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Mar 01 2023

March 1 // U.S. – Japan Strategic Alliance Series

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U.S. – Japan Strategic Alliance Series

The U.S.-Japan Security Alliance and Economic Relations at Work in Tennessee

March 1, 2023 • 9:00am – 1:30pm
TOYOTA AUDITORIUM

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The U.S. and Japan are facing a transformative time in history. Universal values such as democracy, freedom, rule of law, free enterprise and transparency are under attack by powers which are willing to use military force and economic pressure to advance their particularistic interests at the cost of international norms. The U.S. and Japan are natural and logical allies, as the two major powers share the same values and interests in the Indo-Pacific region and in the international order.

This U.S.-Japan Security Alliance and Economic Relations at Work in Tennessee symposium will examine how this crucial bilateral alliance is evolving to meet new geopolitical and geoeconomic challenges by engaging experts in both military and economic security.

Agenda

9:00am Welcome Remarks

  • Consul General Yoichi Matsumoto, Consulate – General of Japan in Nashville
  • Marianne Wanamaker, Executive Director, Howard H. Baker Jr. Center for Public Policy
  • Satohiro Akimoto, Chairman and President, Sasakawa Peace Foundation USA

9:15am Panel: Strengthening the U.S. – Japan Security Alliance

  • LGEN Koichiro Bansho, former Commanding General, JGSDF Western Army (Ret.)
  • LT.Gen Larry Nicholson, former Commanding General of III Marine Expeditionary Force (Ret.)
  • James Schoff, Sr. Director, Sasakawa Peace Foundation USA
  • Moderator – Krista Wiegand, Director of Global Security, Howard H. Baker Jr. Center for Public Policy

10:45am Panel: Advancing U.S. – Japan Economic Relations

  • David Boling, Director, Japan & Asian Trade, Eurasia Group
  • Takuji Tanaka, Corporate Staff Section Adviser, Mitsubishi Corporation
  • Masami Tyson, Partner, Womble Bond Dickinson
  • Moderator – Satohiro Akimoto, Chairman and President, Sasakawa Peace Foundation USA

12:00pm Lunch and In-Depth Conversation on Japan’s Integrated Security

  • Ambassador Masafumi Ishii, former Ambassador of Japan to Indonesia

This event is cohosted by the Howard H. Baker Jr. Center for Public Policy and the Sasakawa Peace Foundation USA.

Written by Patricia Contic · Categorized: Event: NSFA, Event: Recent Event

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