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For this lecture series, established in 1989, the Foundation invites an American and a Japanese speaker to address the same topic in each other's capital. The purpose of the Mansfield American-Pacific Lecture is to enable Americans and Japanese to better understand each other's perspectives by exploring the shared and competing values and interests that underlie important policy debates.

2002 LECTURE SERIES

Corporate Governance: Views from the United States and Japan

Corporate Governance and the Democratization of Finance
On April 2, columnist and author James K. Glassman delivered the first 2002 Mansfield American-Pacific Lecture entitled Corporate Governance and the Democratization of Finance. Glassman called on Japan to institute measures that ensure strong corporate governance and democratized markets. The lecture was co-sponsored with the Keizai Koho Center and held at the Keizai Koho Center in Tokyo.

Whither Japanese Corporate Governance: Symptoms of Institutional Change
On October 23, Masahiko Aoki, Takahashi Professor in Economics at Stanford University and President and Chief Research Officer of the Research Institute of Economy, Trade, and Industry, delivered the 2002 Mansfield American-Pacific Lecture, Whither Japanese Corporate Governance: Symptoms of Institutional Change at the Library of Congress. Hugh Patrick, Director of the Center for Japanese Economy and Business, Columbia University Graduate School of Business, introduced Dr. Aoki.

2001 LECTURE SERIES

Reaching for Reform: Implications for U.S.-Japan Relations

Changing Business Practices, Reforms and New Business: What Japan and the United States Can Learn from One Another
On October 1, 2001, Haruo Shimada, one of Japan's most distinguished economists, delivered the 2001 Mansfield American-Pacific Lecture Changing Business Practices, Reforms and New Business Frontiers: What Japan and the United States Can Learn from One Another. The lecture was held at the Library of Congress. Dr. Shimada was introduced by Clyde V. Prestowitz, president of the Economic Strategy Institute.

The U.S.-Japan Relationship: An Eroding Foundation?
In the second lecture of the 2001-2002 series on March 4, 2002, Charlene Barshefsky addressed the question of whether longer-term economic stagnation and failure to restructure will have adverse implications for the strength of the U.S.-Japan alliance and U.S. perceptions of its strategic priorities in the Pacific. Her lecture was entitled The U.S.-Japan Relationship: An Eroding Foundation? This event was co-sponsored with the Tokyo American Center and the Institute for International Policy Studies.

2000 LECTURE SERIES

Responsive Governance in the 21st Century, Perspectives from the United States and Japan

On September 21, 2000, Thomas Friedman, New York Times foreign affairs columnist and author of the bestseller The Lexus and the Olive Tree, delivered the first 2000 lecture in Tokyo.

Tadashi Yamamoto, one of Japan's most distinguished leaders in the field of civil society and governance, gave the second lecture at the Library of Congress on November 20. Mr. Yamamoto is president of the Japan Center for International Exchange. He also served as a member and executive director of the late Prime Minister Obuchi's Commission on Japan's Goals in the 21st Century.

Responsive Governance in the 21st Century: Perspectives from the United States and Japan Thomas Friedman, foreign affairs columnist for The New York Times, spoke in September 2000, in Tokyo on Responsive Governance in the 21st Century.

Toward Responsive Governance in the 21st Century Tadashi Yamamoto, president of the Japan Center for International Exchange, delivered the second lecture on Responsive Governance at the Library of Congress in November 2000.

1999 Lecture Series

National Identity and International Pressures

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