Managing Transitions in Northeast Asia, the Global Economy, and Japan-U.S. Relations
Northeast Asia has seen significant leadership changes in recent months, with the election of Park Geun-hye as president of South Korea, Xi Jinping as leader of China’s ruling Communist Party, and Shinzo Abe as prime minister of Japan. As leaders of world-leading economies, these key players will no doubt bring about dynamic change in the region’s politics and economy, while balancing relations with the United States and its own newly re-elected president.
On November 28, 2012, the Center for Northeast Asian Studies (CNAPS) at Brookings, the Japan Center for Economic Research, and Nikkei held a one-day conference on “Managing Transitions in Northeast Asia, the Global Economy, and Japan-U.S. Relations.” Three panels, featuring Brookings scholars as well leading experts from across Asia, provided their views on issues of profound importance to the Northeast Asian region including leadership transitions, global economy and trade, global governance, and U.S.-Japan relations in the 21st Century.
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Agenda
Welcome Remarks
Ryoki Sugita
Chairman - Japan Center for Economic Research
Opening Remarks
Sadako Ogata
Former Brookings Expert
Video Address
Panel 1: Leadership Transitions in Northeast Asia
Richard C. Bush
Nonresident Senior Fellow - Foreign Policy, Center for East Asia Policy Studies, John L. Thornton China Center
Shotaro Yachi
Professor - Waseda University
Ray Yep
Professor and Assistant Head, Department of Public and Social Administration, City University of Hong Kong - CNAPS Visiting Fellow, 2001-2002, The Brookings Institution
Fumiaki Kubo
A. Barton Hepburn Professor of American Government and History - Graduate School for Law and Politics, University of Tokyo
Panel 2: Global Economy and Trade
Tetsuya Jitsu
Deputy Chief Editorial Writer for Global Economy and Trade - Nikkei
Kazumasa Iwata
President - Japan Center for Economic Research
Mireya Solís
Director - Center for East Asia Policy Studies
Senior Fellow - Foreign Policy, Center for East Asia Policy Studies
Philip Knight Chair in Japan Studies
Luncheon Discussion: Global Governance and Japan-U.S. Relations in the 21st Century
Toshihiro Sunohara
Senior Staff Writer, Nikkei - Director, Office of Global Studies, Japan Center for Economic Research
Sadako Ogata
Former Brookings Expert
Panel 3: U.S.-Japan Relations
Richard C. Bush
Nonresident Senior Fellow - Foreign Policy, Center for East Asia Policy Studies, John L. Thornton China Center
Richard Weixing Hu
Associate Professor, Department of Politics and Public Administration, University of Hong Kong - CNAPS Visiting Fellow, 2007-2008, The Brookings Institution
Closing Remarks
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