Dear all,

This week, Japan Zoominar @ UC San Diego hosts "A Conversation about Japanese Politics and Public Policy with Richard Samuels". Please join Richard Samuels for this conversation with Ulrike Schaede, here:

A Conversation about Japanese Politics and Public Policy with Richard Samuels
Wednesday, March 10, 2021, 9:30am-10:30am Japan Time (JST)
Tuesday, March 9, 2021, 4:30pm-5:30pm Pacific (PST)

Please register here:
https://ucsd.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_0yz0mMavSweE8DCld0u6nw

Guest Speaker:
Richard J. Samuels is Ford International Professor of Political Science and director of the Center for International Studies at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He has been head of the MIT Political Science Department, Vice-Chair of the Committee on Japan of the National Research Council, and chair of the Japan-US Friendship Commission. He has also been elected to the American Academy of Arts & Sciences and was awarded an Imperial decoration, the Order of the Rising Sun, Gold and Silver Star by the Emperor of Japan and the Japanese Prime Minister. He has written 13 books, most of which award-winning, and more than 40 articles.

Moderator:
Ulrike Schaede is Professor of Japanese Business at GPS, UC San Diego, and the Director of JFIT. Her research focuses on Japan's changing corporate strategies, including business culture, change management, and business organization. Her 2020 book "The Business Reinvention of Japan" analyzes how Japanese companies are responding to the rise of China and the changing global competition.

We hope to see you there!

Warm Regards,
The Japan Forum for Innovation and Technology, GPS, UC San Diego

Coming up the following Wednesday (JST):
3/17 JST (3/16 Pacific) Japan's Grand Strategy in Outer Space, with Saadia M. Pekkanen and Ellis S. Krauss
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