Dear SSJ-Friends,

We are pleased to invite you to the next GRIPS Forum at the National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies on November 17.

*Please register at Registration Form by November 14
(Fri)17：00.
https://gremind.grips.ac.jp/form/0002/the-101th-grips-f
orum-on-17th-november/

*If you can’t open the registration form, please send an email to gripsforum@grips.ac.jp with your name, affiliation, job title, phone number or email address without changing the title.

*If you are arriving by a private car, please let us know the car information (type, color, and number) in advance so that we can register it for campus entry permission.

Date: Monday, 17　November, 2014
Time: 16:40-18:10
Venue: GRIPS　Sokairo Hall, 1st Floor
Speaker: Mr. Glen S. Fukushima, Senior Fellow at Center for American Progress (CAP)
Theme: “U.S.-Japan relations after the U.S. midterm elections”
Language: English (Japanese simultaneous interpretation
provided)

Abstract:
The U.S. midterm elections of November 4, 2014 will set the parameters of what the Obama Administration can do in its last two years in both domestic and foreign policy. In a globalizing world, U.S.-Japan relations is increasingly affected by world events, in particular, America’s and Japan’s relations with other countries and regions, including China, Russia, South Korea, etc. In addition, changes in American society and Japanese society are requiring a re-thinking of the orthodox approach to the bilateral relationship. I propose to discuss the implications of these global and domestic changes for the future of the U.S.-Japan relationship.

Speakers’ Profile:
Glen S. Fukushima is a Senior Fellow at CAP (Center for American Progress), a prominent Washington, D.C. think tank. Before assuming his current position in 2012, he was based for over 20 years in Tokyo, where he was a senior executive with one European and four American corporations and served as President of ACCJ (American Chamber of Commerce in Japan). Prior to his business career, he was Director for Japanese Affairs and Deputy Assistant U.S. Trade Representative for Japan and China at USTR (Office of the U.S. Trade Representative). He was educated at Stanford, Keio, Harvard, and Tokyo University.

*** GRIPS Forum ***
Since its establishment in 1997, the National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (GRIPS), as the only graduate school in Japan specializing in policy research, has promoted education and research on a wide range of policy issues.
Utilizing our vast policy network, this Forum invites leaders from various fields including government, academia and business, as well as staff from our own faculty, to deliver lectures on current policy concerns.
The Forum welcomes attendance of GRIPS faculty and students as well as participants from outside the university. Simultaneous interpretation will be available (Japanese/English).

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For registration and inquiries, please contact: Ms. Iso

E-mail: gripsforum@grips.ac.jp
FAX:03-6439-6030
URL: http://www.grips.ac.jp/
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