May 2007

Operational Restructuring: New Strategies of Japanese Corporate Leaders ^

Program on Alternate Investments conference
Tuesday, May 29, 2007
Tokyo
Panelists: Takayuki Katayama, Executive Vice President, & CSO, and& CSRO, Teijin Ltd.
Susumu Kohyama, President & and CEO, Toshiba Ceramics Co., Ltd.
Kunihiko Yogo, Representative Director & and CEO, Aruze Corporation; Former CEO, Kanebo Cosmetics, Inc.
Shuhei Abe, President & and CEO, SPARX Group Co., Ltd.
Norimichi Kanari, Deputy President, The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Ltd.
Naoteru Miyato, President, T&D Holdings, Inc.
John Ehara, Partner, Unison Capital, Inc.
Robert Grondine, Partner, White & Case LLP
Akira Takada, Managing Director, Head of IB Consulting, Nomura Securities Co., Ltd.
Kazuhiko Toyama, CEO, Industrial Growth Platform, Inc.
Moderators: Alicia Ogawa, Director, Program on Alternate Investments, Center on Japanese Economy and Business
Hugh Patrick, Director, Center on Japanese Economy and Business
Tomoo Tasaku, Partner, PwC Advisory Co., Ltd.
Opening Remarks Video (Japanese)
Re-strengthening the Core Business (Japanese)
Managing Global and Mega-Mergers (Japanese)
Views from the Outside: Key Strategic Advisors (Japanese)
Closing Remarks (Japanese)

April 2007

Lost in Translation: Dolls, Trainmen, and the Electric City in Millennial Japan ^

Brown Bag Lecture
Columbia University
Thursday, April 5, 2007
Speaker: Susan Napier, Professor, Tufts University
Cosponsored by the Donald Keene Center of Japanese Culture, Columbia University

Weatherhead Policy Forum: Japan's UN Diplomacy and Security Council Reform ^

Brown Bag Lecture
Columbia University
Wednesday, April 4, 2007
Speaker: Kenzo Oshima, Permanent Representative of Japan to the United Nations
Cosponsored by the Columbia Center on International Organization

March 2007

Resurgence of the Japanese Economy: A Conversation with Takehiko Nakao ^

Zadankai
Columbia Business School
Thursday, March 15, 2007
Speaker: Takehiko Nakao, Minister (Finance Section), Embassy of Japan, Washington, D.C.

February 2007

KKR in Asia: A Strategic View^

Lecture
Tuesday, February 13, 2007
Columbia University
Speaker: Sir Deryck Maughan, Chairman, KKR Asia
Summary Report

January 2007

Investors Unleashed: Rise of Shareholder Activism in Japan ^

Eighth Annual Mitsui USA Symposium
Tuesday, January 30, 2007
Speakers: Koji Fusa
Anthony Miller
Commentator: Curtis Milhaupt
Moderator: Alicia Ogawa
Cosponsored by the Mitsui USA Foundation
Investors Unleashed: Rise of Shareholder Activism in Japan Video
Summary Report

November 2006

The New Big Challenges in East Asia ^

Brown Bag Lecture
Columbia University
Wednesday, November 1, 2006
Speaker: Michael Green, Japan Chair, CSIS; Former Senior Director for Asian Affairs, National Security Council

October 2006

Economic Policies and Issues for the Abe Administration ^

Zadankai
Friday, October 27, 2006
Speakers: Takatoshi Ito, Professor, Faculty of Economics and Graduate School of Public Policy, The University of Tokyo; Member of the Council on Economic and Fiscal Policy under Prime Minister Shinzo Abe
Hugh Patrick, Director, Center on Japanese Economy and Business, Columbia Business School
David Weinstein, Carl S. Shoup Professor of the Japanese Economy, Columbia University
 

Japan's Economic Future: Policy, Politics, and Producers ^

Twentieth Anniversary Celebration Conference
Thursday, October 26, 2006
Columbia University
Opening Remarks: Hugh Patrick, Director, Center on Japanese Economy and Business, Columbia Business School
Lee C. Bollinger, President, Columbia University
Keynote Speaker: Timothy F. Geithner, President and CEO, Federal Reserve Bank of New York
Panelists: Takatoshi Ito, Professor, Faculty of Economics and Graduate School of Public Policy, The University of Tokyo
Robert Hodrick, Professor of International Finance, Columbia Business School
Paul Sheard, Global Chief Economist, Lehman Brothers
Joseph E. Stiglitz, University Professor, Columbia University
Akihiko Tanaka, Professor of International Politics, The University of Tokyo
Shulong Chu, Visiting Fellow, The Brookings Institution    
Gerald Curtis, Burgess Professor of Political Science, Columbia University    
Glenn Hubbard, Dean and Russell L. Carson Professor of Finance and Economics, Columbia Business School
Ernest Higa, President and CEO, Higa Industries; MBA ‘76
Susumu Kato, President and CEO, Sumitomo Corporation of America    
Hiroshi Ukawa, Vice President and General Manager, Canon U.S.A., Inc.
Chairs: Hugh Patrick, David Weinstein, Alicia Ogawa, Director of the Program on Alternative Investments, Center on Japanese Economy and Business, Columbia Business School
Closing Remarks: David Weinstein, Carl S. Shoup Professor of the Japanese Economy, Columbia University
Summary Report

Japan, China, South Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Vietnam, Singapore - A Survey of Mutual Perceptions ^

Brown Bag Lecture
Columbia University
Wednesday, October 25, 2006
Speaker: Akihiko Tanaka, Professor of International Politics, The University of Tokyo

September 2006

Assessing the New Abe Administration in Japan ^

2nd Annual Lecture on Japanese Politics
Tuesday, September 26, 2006
Columbia University
Speaker: Gerald Curtis, Burgess Professor of Political Science, Columbia University
Moderator: Hugh Patrick, Director, Center on Japanese Economy and Business, Columbia Business School
Assessing the New Abe Administration in Japan Video
Summary Report

Update on the Japanese Economy ^

Brown Bag Lecture
Columbia University
Wednesday, September 13, 2006
Speaker: Shijuro Ogata, Former Deputy Governor of International Relations, Bank of Japan