The SMU Tower Center presents the Sun & Star Symposium in Japan 2023.

Co-hosted with KGRI, Keio University

Friday, June 2 & Saturday, June 3, 2023

English and Japanese simultaneous interpretation available.

 

U.S.-Japan Relations in the Post-Pandemic Uncertain World  

ポストコロナの不確実性と日米関係 

  

FRIDAY, JUNE 2 

4:30 – 5:00 p.m. Registration  

5:00 – 6:30 p.m. Keynote Speech & Discussion 

Keynote Speaker:  Ambassador Tom Schieffer  

Former United States Ambassador to Japan and Australia  

トム・シーファー（元駐日米国大使） 

 

SATURDAY, JUNE 3   

9:30 – 10:00 a.m. Registration   

10:00 – 10:15 a.m. Opening Remarks  

Yuichi Hosoya, Professor of Political Science, Keio University  

細谷雄一（慶應義塾大学） 

 

10:15 – 11:45 a.m.

PANEL I: An Alliance of Hope? U.S.-Japan Relations in a New Era  

1. 希望の同盟？新時代の日米関係 

Diana Newton, Senior Fellow of the SMU Tower Center  

ダイアナ・ニュートン（サザンメソジスト大学）

Satoru Mori, Professor of Political Science, Keio University  

森聡（慶應義塾大学） 

Jason Galui, Professor of Practice, SMU Cox School of Business 

ジェイソン・ガルーイ（サザンメソジスト大学） 

 

Discussant: James Hollifield, Director of the SMU Tower Center  

ジェームズ・ホリフィールド（サザンメソジスト大学） 

 

12:00 – 1:30 p.m. LUNCHEON (bento lunchbox) & Discussion   

Keynote Speaker: Ambassador Ron Kirk 

Former United States Trade Representative 

ロン・カーク（元米国通商代表） 

 

1:45 – 3:15 p.m.

PANEL II: CPTPP, USMCA, and IPEF: Implications for U.S.-Japan-Mexico Economic Relations 

2.  CPTPP、USMCA、IPEF：日米墨経済関係への影響 

Kristin Vekasi, Professor of Political of Science, University of Maine

クリスティン・ヴェカスィ（メーン大学）

Taeko Hoshino, Emeritus Senior Fellow, IDE-JETRO 

星野妙子（アジア経済研究所）

Raymond Robertson, Professor of Economics, Texas A&M University Bush School of Government and Public Service  

レイモンド・ロバートソン（テキサスA&M大学） 

 

Discussant: Yoichi Suzuki, Former Japanese Ambassador to France & Singapore and Former Japanese Chief Negotiator of the Japan-EU EPA

鈴木庸一（元日本国駐仏大使、元日本EU EPA首席交渉官）

 

3:30 – 5:00 p.m.

PANEL III: Encouraging Collaborative R&D and Innovation 

3. 研究開発協力とイノベーションの展望 

Stan Crow, Fellow of the SMU Tower Center and Founder of the Stan Crow Enterprises LLC

スタン・クロー（スタン・クロー・エンタープライズ） 

Daiki Amaki, Senior Vice President of Corporate Finance Department at Development Bank of Japan  

甘木大己（日本政策投資銀行） 

Tom Reich, President of BAE Systems Japan GK

トム・ライク（BAEシステムズ・ジャパン）

 

Discussant: Motohiro Tsuchiya: Professor of Media and Governance, Keio University 

土屋大洋（慶應義塾大学）   

 

5:00 – 5:15 p.m. Closing Remarks  

Hiroki Takeuchi, Director of the Sun & Star Program on Japan and East Asia in the SMU Tower Center 

武内宏樹（サザンメソジスト大学） 

Symposium Location:

Mita Campus, Keio University, Japan,

East Research Building, 8th Floor

2 Chome-15-45 Mita, Minato City, Tokyo 108-0073

慶應義塾大学三田キャンパス東館8階

THE EVENT IS FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED.

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