Koyata Iwasaki Memorial Hall, International House of Japan in Tokyo
Date:
12:00-18:00, October 6, 2017
Purpose:
The Task Force invited young researchers and outside experts who are engaged in Japanese-US exchanges in a range of fields for a half-day forum with the aim of cultivating the next generation of leaders who will help to strengthen US-Japan relations and strengthen US-Japan exchanges over an even broader scope—the mission of the Next Generation Task Force. The Japan Next Generation Task Force took the initiative in organizing this forum, and only invited Japan and US CULCON members, US Next Generation Task Force members and intellectuals in related fields. All participants had an opportunity to speak.
Participants:
Opening message: Ryozo Kato (Japan CULCON Chair), William F. Hagerty (U.S. Ambassador to Japan), and Yoshimasa Hayashi (Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology) Panelists: Toshiyuki Inoko (Founder of teamLab), Fumiaki Kubo (Chair of Japan CULCON, Professor, Graduate Schools for Law and Politics, University of Tokyo), Dr. Amiko Nobori (Research Fellow, Japan Culture International Exchange), Dr. Joshua Walker (Vice President, APCO Worldwide), Hiroyuki Akita (Commentator for Nikkei Inc.), James Kondo (Co-chair of Silicon Valley Japan Platform), Dava Newman (Professor at MIT, former NASA Deputy Administrator), Danny Meza (Office of Congressman Joaquin Castro), Susan Morita (Partner at Arnold & Porter LLP), Sheila Smith (Co-chair of task force, Senior Fellow for Japan Studies, Council on Foreign Relations), Dr. Yukio Yanagisawa (Principal of the Kaisei Academy), Ren Ito (Executive Officer of Mercari, Inc. and CEO of Mericari Europe), Captain Keizo Kitagawa (Director of the National Security and Strategic Studies Office in the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force Command and Staff College), Chuck Jones (Chief executive of Lockheed Martin Japan), Minami Tsubouchi (Executive Director, Global Fund for Education Assistance)
