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Public Symposium: “Industrial Strategy and Global Competitiveness in Japan and the U.S.”
The Japan Foundation Center for Global Partnership and the Maureen and Mike Mansfield Foundation are pleased to invite you to a symposium entitled “Industrial Strategy and Global Competitiveness in Japan and the U.S.” This event will take place on Tuesday, September 26, 2006, from 2:00–5:00 p.m, at the Japan Foundation Conference Hall, Ark Mori Bldg., 20F, 1-12-32 Akasaka, Minato-ku, Tokyo.
As a result of economic globalization, international competition between countries once considered to be developing nations and advanced nations has become more pronounced – and some would say even fierce. In response, advanced nations are now implementing multifaceted industrial strategies that aim to “strengthen the international competitiveness” of some strategic industries while at the same time striving to ensure quality employment and affluent lifestyles through “strategies to invigorate local economies.” During this symposium, a panel of Japanese and American intellectuals, made up of Abe Fellows and Mansfield Fellows, will engage in a lively debate about industrial strategy development and its problems from both theoretical and practical perspectives. They will discuss industrial strategies of the automobile industry that have led Japanese economic growth, the invigoration of creative industry that drives entrepreneurs and local industrial clusters, and new policies for economic stimulus, such as regulatory reform.
The panelists include Dr. Takahiro Fujimoto (1995 Abe Fellow), Professor, Department of Economics, University of Tokyo; Dr. Kathryn Ibata-Arens (2004 Abe Fellow), Professor, Department of Political Science, DePaul University; Mr. Keith Krulak (2001-2003 Mansfield Fellow), U.S. Department of Treasury; and Mr. Christopher Winship (2003-2005 Mansfield Fellow), U.S. Department of Treasury. The moderator will be Dr. Masaru Yoshitomi, President and Chief Research Officer, Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry. Mr. Masaaki Sato (Journalist, Nikkei BP “REAL SIMPLE” Publisher) will give a presentation at the beginning of the panel discussion.
The Japan Foundation Center for Global Partnership (CGP) promotes intellectual exchange and mutual understanding to encourage global partnership between Japan, the United States and other nations of the world. CGP funds the Abe Fellowship program that seeks to build a new generation of researchers in U.S.-Japan relations and to create an intellectual network between the two countries.
Please RSVP by (Tuesday), September 19, 2006, via fax (03-5562-3504). Seating is limited. Official Invitations will be issued in the order requests are received.
Please forward media inquiries to:
Director of Communications The Maureen and Mike Mansfield Foundation
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