Dear SSJ Forum,


We are pleased to invite you to a welcome reception at the new TUJ Campus in Sangen-jaya. ICAS has grown tremendously since its establishment in 2004, and we are thankful to all of you who have been part of our journey thus far. After 15 great years in Minami-Azabu, we are thrilled for our next chapter here in Sangen-jaya.
To mark the occasion, we will be joined by Jesper Koll, one of Tokyo's best known economic commentators and longtime friend of ICAS. Mr. Koll will speak to "Lessons from Japan for Global Leaders," followed by audience Q&A. Light refreshments and beverages will be served.


Join us for this special celebration!



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Date: Friday, October 4, 2019
Time: Doors open at 18:30, remarks at 19:00

Venue: Temple University, Japan Campus, 1F Parliament
Our new address is 1-14-29 Taishido, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo ( 東京都世田谷区太子堂1-14-29). The campus is a 7-minute walk from Sangen-jaya station, only two stops from Shibuya on the Tokyu Den-en-toshi Line.(access map here <https://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=1013842329&msgid=1813320&act=3O1N&c=397830&destination=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.tuj.ac.jp%2Fmaps%2Ftokyo.html> )



Welcome remarks:

Robert Dujarric, ICAS Director
Kyle Cleveland, ICAS Associate Director



Speaker:

Jesper Koll, Head of Japan WisdomTree



Admission: Free. Open to the public.
RSVP: RSVPs are appreciated for planning purposes. Please RSVP here (https://forms.gle/gEjqDZQFVkPgFxvS7 ) or just e-mail at icas@tuj.temple.edu <mailto:icas@tuj.temple.edu> before Sept 30.



Speaker:

Jesper Koll has been researching and investing in Japan since becoming a resident in 1986. In July 2015, he was the founding Chief Executive Officer?of WisdomTree Japan and now serves as senior adviser to WisdomTree Asset Management. Over the past two decades, Jesper has been consistently ranked as one of the top Japan strategists/economists, having worked as Chief Strategist and Head of Research for major U.S. investment banks J.P. Morgan and Merrill Lynch. His analysis and insights have earned him a position on several Japanese government and corporate advisory committees. In late-2016, Governor Koike appointed Jesper to her Tokyo Financial Center Advisory Board. He is also one of the few non-Japanese members of the Keizai Doyukai, the Japan Association of Corporate Executives. He has written three books in Japanese, Towards a New Japanese Golden Age, The End of Heisei Deflation, and the recently published Japan's Economy - The Envy of the World.


Institute of Contemporary Asian Studies (ICAS)

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