Past Business and Public Affairs
Programs
2007-2008
Culture & Cuisine
Series
Sasha Issenberg,
Author of
The Sushi Economy:
Globalization and the Making of a
Modern Delicacy
Arthur Alexander,
Adjunct Professor of Asian
Studies, Georgetown
University, on Is
Japan Losing the
R&D Race?
2006-2007
Speaker Series:
The Asian Triumvirate:
Japan, China and Korea
Japan and the
United States in Northeast Asia:
Current Challenges and Future
Prospects
By
Evans Revere
Cyrus Vance Fellow at the
Council on Foreign Relations
September 13, 2006
After Koizumi: Where Will Prime
Minister Abe Lead Japan?
By Dr.
Leonard Schoppa
Professor of
Politics in the Department of
Politics at the University of
Virginia
November 17, 2006
Sino-Japanese Rapprochement:
Challenges and Impact
By
Dr. Jing Huang
Senior Fellow in
Foreign Policy Studies at the
Brookings Institution
January 23, 2007
2005-2006
U.S.-Japan Speaker Caravan
Japan's Recent Rebound: Economic
Opportunities & China's Impact
Panel Discussion by:
-
Arthur Alexander, Japan expert and
Professor at Georgetown University
-
Hiroaki Ishii, Economic Minister,
Embassy of Japan
-
John M. Stich, Honorary Consul
General of Japan at Dallas, and
President of The Asian Network, LLC
March 6, 2006
Speaker Series:
Japanese Companies in the U.S.
and U.S. Companies in Japan
Alcon Japan:
When Is A Company "Turnaround"
Turned Around?
By Scott Manning
President, Alcon Japan
February 9, 2006
Saying Yes to Japan:
Opportunities for Success in
Japan's Real Estate and Finance
Sectors
By Tim Clark
Author
November 30, 2005
Lexus: The Relentless Pursuit
By Chester C. Dawson III
International Finance Editor at
BusinessWeek magazine
November 3, 2005
2004-2005
Speaker Series: Secrets of
Success in Japan
Hello Kitty: The
Remarkable Story of Sanrio & the
Billion Dollar Feline Phenomenon
By Ken Belson
Reporter, New York Times
September 20, 2004
Breaking
Business Barriers in Japan: How
Change Has Led to Global Success
By David Magee
Author
October 26, 2004
2003-2004
Speaker
Series: Japan in Transition
Japan's Productivity Challenge
By David A. Campbell
Principal, McKinsey & Company, Inc.
September 25, 2003
Photos:
Change of Paradigm: 7-Eleven's
Recent Corporate Experience in
Japan and the United States
Masaaki Asakura
Senior Vice President and
International Liaison, 7-Eleven,
Inc.
November 6, 2003
East Asia and the Rise of China
Richard C. Bush
Senior Fellow and Director, Center
for Northeast Asian Policy
Studies, The Brookings Institution
February 17, 2004
5th Annual JETRO Techno Business
Forum
Co-sponsored with the Greater
Irving/Las Colinas Chamber of
Commerce, North Texas Global
Telecommunications Society,
Metroplex Technology Business
Council and STARTech
February 24, 2004
Business Luncheon with Delegation
from Tohoku Region of Japan
Co-sponsored with JETRO-Houston and
Tohoku Bureau of Economy, Trade and
Industry
January 27, 2004
2002-2003
Speaker Series:
Why Japan Matters
The Current
State of U.S.-Japan Relations
The Honorable Ryozo Kato
Ambassador of Japan to the United
States
October 7, 2002
U.S.-Japan Economic Relations:
Challenges and Opportunities in
the Coming Year
Wendy S. Cutler
Assistant U.S. Trade
Representative to Japan
November 20, 2002
Japan's Security in a Turbulent
World
Paul B. Stares
Director, Research and Studies
Program, United States Institute
of Peace
February 20, 2003
4th Annual JETRO Techno Business
Forum
Co-sponsored with the Greater Dallas
Chamber of Commerce, Greater
Irving/Las Colinas Chamber of
Commerce and Centerpiece of
Technology Council, Metroplex
Technology Business Council, North
Texas Global Telecommunications
society, Oklahoma Investment Forum,
Oklahoma Technology
Commercialization Center, and
STARTech
March 6, 2003
JETRO - Nagoya Business Seminar:
Investment Environment in Nagoya,
Japan
Co-sponsored with the Greater Dallas
Chamber of Commerce, Greater
Irving-Las Colinas Chamber of
Commerce, Fort Worth Chamber of
Commerce, North Texas Commission,
North Texas Technology Council,
NTGTS, and STARTech
November 5, 2002
2001-2002
3rd Annual JETRO Techno Business
Forum
Co-sponsored with the Greater
Dallas Chamber of Commerce, Greater
Irving/Las Colinas Chamber of
Commerce and Centerpiece of
Technology, and Metroplex Technology
Business Council
March 22, 2002
Dogs and Demons: Tales from the Dark
Side of Japan
By Alex Kerr
Author
February 3, 2002
Gaining Insight
into the Current Transnational
Terrorist Crisis—And What It Means
for All of Us, Including Japan
By George D. Reasonover, Jr.
Retired U.S. Foreign Service
Officer and Financial Consultant,
A.G. Edwards & Sons
December 11, 2001
2000-2001
Japan in the 21st
Century: On Track for Economic
Collapse without Radical Reform
By the
Honorable Ichizo Ohara
Member, House of Representatives,
Japan
May 11, 2001
Reflections on the Impact of the Integrated Circuit
By Jack Kilby
2000 Nobel Laureate in Physics
April 3, 2001
New Opportunities
for U.S. Economic Policies towards
Japan: Findings & Recommendations of
a Council on Foreign Relations Task
Force
By M. Diana Helweg Newton
Research Fellow, Tower Center for
Political Studies, Southern
Methodist University
November 29, 2000
1999-2000
How the Internet Is Changing U.S.-Japan Relations
By Dr. Kazuhiko Nishi
Founder of ASCII Corporation
May 4, 2000
Is Japan Really Changing? An American Business Perspective
By Glen S. Fukushima
President, Arthur D. Little (Japan), Inc., and Past President, American Chamber of Commerce in Japan
March 6, 2000
Confucius Lives Next Door: What Living in the East Teaches Us about Living in the West
By T.R. Reid
London Bureau Chief and Former Tokyo Bureau Chief,
The Washington Post
December 8, 1999
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