[Program in commemoration of the sixtieth anniversary of the I-House]
Program 6 “China, Japan and the U.S. in Global and Regional Affairs”

• 　Date: Tuesday, January 22, 2013; 1:30-3:30 pm
• 　Venue: Iwasaki Koyata Memorial Hall, International House of Japan
• 　Language: English (with simultaneous interpretation)
• 　Admission: 1,000 yen (Students & IHJ members: Free)

Lecturer: Wang Jisi (Dean of the School of International Studies, Peking University)
Dr. Wang served as director of the Institute of American Studies at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences until 2005 when he assumed his current position. He was concurrently director of the Institute of International Strategic Studies at the Central Party School of the Communist Party of China (2001-2009) and was also a member of the Foreign Policy Advisory Committee of the Foreign Ministry of China and president of the Chinese Association for American Studies. He specializes in U.S. foreign policy, China-Japan relations.

Discussants:
Miyamoto Yuji (Former Ambassador to China)
Ambassador Miyamoto served as the China Division Chief and as the Ambassador to the People’s Republic of China (2006-2010). He was also the Director of Disarmament Affairs of the United Nations Bureau and the Secretary to the Minister of Foreign Affairs. His books include How to Deal with China (Nikkei Publishing, Inc. 2011).

Mori Kazuko (Professor Emerita, Waseda University)
Prof. Mori specializes in Chinese politics and diplomacy, international relations of East Asia. She has held prominent positions such as the President of the Japan Association for Modern China Studies. She has contributed greatly to the construction of the methodological framework that now serves as common foundation for Chinese and Asian Studies in Japan.

[Program in commemoration of the sixtieth anniversary of the I-House]
Program 5 “U.S.-Japan Relations during the American Century (1945-2015)”

• Date: Thursday, November 15, 2012; 1:30-3:30 pm
• Venue: Iwasaki Koyata Memorial Hall, International House of Japan
• Language: English (with simultaneous interpretation)
• Admission: 1,000 yen (Students & IHJ members: Free)

Lecturer: Ezra Vogel (Professor Emeritus, Harvard University)
Contributing greatly to the development of China and Japanese studies in the postwar United States, Prof. Vogel has served as Director of Harvard’s East Asian Research Center, Chairman of the Council for East Asian Studies, and Director of Program on U.S.-Japan Relations at the Center for International Affairs. His publications include Japan as Number One: Lessons for America, Canton Under Communism: Programs and Politics in a Provincial Capital, and Deng Xiaoping and the Transformation of China.

Discussants:
Watanabe Akio (Professor Emeritus, University of Tokyo)
Graduated from University of Tokyo, Department of Japanese History and completed a Ph.D at Australian National University. Prof. Watanabe has held prominent positions such as Professor of Meiji University, Aoyama Gakuin University, a member of the Defense Affairs Roundtable (advisory panel to the Prime Minister) and President of the Research Institute for Peace and Security. His publications include, Asia-Pacific International Relations and Japan (University of Tokyo Press, 1992) and Prime Ministers’ Decisions (Co-author, Chuokoron-Shinsha Inc., 2002).

Kitaoka Shinichi (Professor, National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies [GRIPS])
He has taught at Rikkyo University and University of Tokyo as well as served as Ambassador to the United Nations (2004-2006). He was also the Chairman of the Japanese scholars in Japan-China joint study of history (2006-2009) and the Chairman of the Committee to investigate the Secret Pacts in the Japan-US Security Treaty (2009-2010). His publications include: Global player toshiteno Nippon (Japan as a global player) NTT Publishing, 2010) and Nihon seijishi: gaiko to kenryoku (A Political History of Modern Japan: Foreign Relations and Domestic Politics) (Yuhikaku, 2011)

[Program in commemoration of the sixtieth anniversary of the I-House]
Program 4 “The Uneasy Triangle: Korea between China and Japan”

• Date: Tuesday, October 23, 2012; 1:30-3:30 pm
• Venue: Iwasaki Koyata Memorial Hall, International House of Japan
• Language: English (with simultaneous interpretation)
• Admission: 1,000 yen (Students & IHJ members: Free)

Lecturer: Han Sung-Joo (Former Minister of Foreign Affairs, Korea)
Prof. Han previously served as the UN Secretary-General’s Special Representative for Cyprus, a member of the UN Inquiry Commission on the 1994 Rwanda Genocide, and the Ambassador of the Republic of Korea to the United States. Prof. Han is a graduate of Seoul National University and received his Ph.D. from the University of California, Berkeley. His publication in English include Korea in a Changing World (Chisik Sanopsa, 1995) and in Korean include Nam Gwa Puk, kurigo Sekye [The Two Koreas and the World] (Nanam, 2000).

Discussants:
Lee Jong Won (Professor, Waseda University)
Before assuming his current position at Waseda University, he was a professor at Rikkyo University. He specializes in international politics and East Asian international relations. His books include Rekishi to shiteno Nicchou kokkou seijo ka [History of the Normalization between Japan and North Korea](coauthor, Hosei University Press, 2012)

Soeya Yoshihide (Professor, Keio University)
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (Ph. D.). He specializes in politics and Security in the asia-pacific region, Japan's external relations and diplomacy. His books include "The Cold War in Asia: The Korean Peninsula as a Structural Nexus and the Role of Japan," The Ending the Cold War in Korea: Theoretical and Historical Perspectives (Yonsei University Press, 2001)

[Program in commemoration of the sixtieth anniversary of the I-House]
Program 3 “Japan’s Challenges and Prospects: A View from Southeast Asia”

• Date: Wednesday, October 3, 2012; 1:30-3:30 pm
• Venue: Iwasaki Koyata Memorial Hall, International House of Japan
• Language: English (with simultaneous interpretation)
• Admission: 1,000 yen (Students & IHJ members: Free)

Lecturer: Tommy Koh(Ambassador-at-large, Singapore)
Prof. Koh has held prominent positions such as Singapore's Permanent Representative to the United Nations and Ambassador to the United States. Chairman of the Centre for International Law, National University of Singapore. His publications include The United States and East Asia: Conflict and Co-operation (Institute of Policy Studies (IPS) & Times Academic Press, 1995); co edited The Making of the ASEAN Charter (IPS & World Scientific Publishing, 2009).

Discussants:
Shiraishi Takashi (President, National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies)
Graduated from the University of Tokyo and obtained a Ph.D. from Cornell University. He has taught at Cornell and Kyoto Universities. His books include An Age in Motion (Cornell University Press 1990; Ohira Masayoshi Asia Pacific Award) and Umi no teikoku [Empires of the Seas] (Chuokoron 2000; Yomiuri-Yoshino Sakuzo Award).

Tanaka Hitoshi (President, Institute for International Strategy, Japan Research Institute)
He was Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan until 2005. He also held prominent positions such as Director-General of the Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau and the Economic Affairs Bureau. His publications include Reimagining Japan (McKinsey 2011), and Purofeshonaru no kosho-ryoku [The Logic of Strategic Negotiation] (Nikkei Publishing 2009).

[Program in commemoration of the sixtieth anniversary of the I-House]
Program 2 “Postwar Japan—Its Evolution and Future”

• Date: Tuesday, September 25, 2012; 1:30-3:30 pm
• Venue: Iwasaki Koyata Memorial Hall, International House of Japan
• Admission: 1,000 yen (Students & IHJ members: Free)
• Language: Japanese (without interpretation)

Lecturer: Iokibe Makoto (former President, National Defense Academy)
After serving as Professor at Kobe University and President of the National Defense Academy of Japan, he became President of the Hyogo Earthquake Memorial 21st Century Research Institute in 2012. Mr. Iokibe is also Chairman of the Reconstruction Promotion Committee in response to the Great East Japan Earthquake. His books include Nichibei sensou to sengo nihon [The Japan-U.S. War and Postwar Japan] (Kodansha, 2005).

Discussants
Charles D. Lake II (Chairman of the Board of Directors, U.S.-Japan Business Council)
Prior to joining Aflac in 1999, he practiced law in Washington, DC. He also served in the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) in the Executive Office of the President.

Tadokoro Masayuki (Professor, Keio University)
Ph.D. from Kyoto University. He specializes in international politics and economics. His books include Amerika wo koeta doru [The Dollar goes beyond “America”], (Chuokoron, 2001).

[Program in commemoration of the sixtieth anniversary of the I-House]
Program 1 “The Meaning of the 1930s for Japan”

• Date: Tuesday, September 11, 2012; 1:30-3:30 pm
• Venue: Iwasaki Koyata Memorial Hall, International House of Japan
• Admission: 1,000 yen (Students & IHJ members: Free)
• Language: Japanese (without interpretation)

Lecturer: Kato Yoko (Professor, The University of Tokyo)
Before assuming her current position she was an Assistant Professor at Yamanashi University and a Visiting Researcher at the Hoover Institute of Stanford University. Her books include Soredemo nihonjin wa “sensou” o eranda [The Japanese People Still Chose “War” ] (Asahi Press, 2009).

Discussants:
Sato Takumi (Associate Professor, Kyoto University)
Obtained his BA and Ph.D. at Kyoto University. He worked as associate professor at the International Research Center for Japanese Studies before assuming his current position. His books include Genron tosei [Restriction of the Freedom of Speech] (2004; awarded the Yoshida Shigeru Prize).

Moriyama Atsushi (Associate Professor, Shizuoka Prefectural University)
Completed a Ph.D. (Literature) at Kyushu University. His books include Nihon wa naze taibeikaisen ni fumikitta ka [Why did Japan go to War with the U.S.?] (Shinchosha, 2012).