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tamagawa university taiko drumming group performance at MIT kresge

Sunday, 30 March 2008, 3:00pm

Thundering Taiko Drumming met traditional Japanese dance as nearly 40 drummers and dancers from Tamagawa University took stage for a Boston premiere performance of one of Japan's top ranking taiko groups.

Hosted by the MIT-Japan Program and the Japan Society of Boston.

MIT-Japan Program Showcased in Tokyo

Symposium: Meeting a rising china

Ambassador Schieffer	Richard Samuels	Ed Steinfeld, Taylor Fravel

23 January 2008, Tokyo

A symposium titled “Meeting a Rising China,” with over 200 participants from across academia and industry, was jointly held by the MIT-Japan Program and Keizai Koho Center at Keidanren Kaikan. U.S. Ambassador J. Thomas Schieffer delivered a keynote speech on “The Strategic Choices for Northeast Asia in the 21st Century.” This was followed by a panel that discussed how the rise of China is affecting the domestic politics of countries throughout the region, including China itself. Speakers on this panel were Security Studies Program member and Assistant Professor of Political Science Taylor Fravel, CIS affiliate and Associate Professor of Political Science Edward Steinfeld, and Dr. George Gilboy, China country manager for Woodside Energy Australia and Senior Fellow at CIS. The second panel considered the regional dimension and featured Professor Chikako Kawakatsu Ueki of Waseda University, Dr. Robert Madsen, CIS Senior Research Fellow, and Professor Takashi Shiraishi of the National Graduate Institute for Policy. The symposium was closed by Akihiko Tanaka Professor of International Politics at the University of Tokyo and by MIT-Japan Program Director Richard J. Samuels.

Please click here to view the symposium agenda.

MIT-Japan Program alumni speak at accj member luncheon

Richard Samuels, Robert Feldman, Alberto Moel, Bryan Banish

21 January 2008, Tokyo

Approximately 100 American Chamber of Commerce in Japan (ACCJ) members attended a luncheon at the Roppongi Hills Club, featuring CIS director Richard J. Samuels and two MIT graduates and MIT-Japan Program alumni based in Japan. Alberto Moel, Principal, Monitor Group, and Bryan Banish, Vice President and Director of Teradyne K.K., presented "Winners and Losers in Japan’s High-Tech Manufacturing Culture." Moderators were Richard J. Samuels and Robert Feldman, Chief Economist of Morgan Stanley Japan.

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