JAPAN ZOOMINAR @ UC San Diego
The Japan Zoominar @ UC San Diego brings together new insights, knowledge and opinions on current events in Japan. Experts from around the globe are invited as speakers and contributors, with the goal to create a vibrant exchange and deepen our understanding of Japan’s role in the world.
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Through a Transnational Lens: Japan and the World
May 18, 2021 | Register
What happens to our understanding of the world if we go beyond comparative analysis, and instead examine the connections among nations? This is what transnational (or global) history does. In such a light, key developments in Japan—nation-building, war, authoritarianism, democracy—become more comprehensible, as we analyze not only domestic factors, but also the impact of global ideas and practices that were circulating at the time. Sheldon Garon will introduce this approach, drawing on his global histories of savings-promotion, social policies, and “home fronts” in the world wars.
Environmental Advocacy in East Asia
May 25, 2021 | Register
East Asia is a region dominated by pro-business governments that are generally hostile to political advocacy, and yet those same governments have become global leaders in environmental policymaking. East Asia’s environmental advocates must be doing something right—What can we learn from them? This talk will drawn on some of the highlights from Haddad’s new book, Effective Advocacy: Lessons from East Asia’s Environmentalists (MIT, 2021), which introduces a new model for understanding policymaking and illustrates five of the most effective strategies for environmental advocates.
Entrepreneurial Revival In Japan: A False Spring or Real Opportunity?
June 8, 2021 | Register
Reviving Japan’s past entrepreneurship is no impossible dream. Generational and technological changes are already creating a new generation of successful entrepreneurs. So far, these trends lack critical mass and, under “business as usual”, they’ll never reach it. If, however, supportive policies are implemented—another possible dream—reviving entrepreneurship can help rejuvenate the entire economy.
Follower No More: Japan’s Role in Shaping the Liberal Trading Order
June 15, 2021 | Register
Over the last decade, Japan has emerged as a major champion of the liberal economic order. The record is impressive: playing a leading role in the creation of mega trade deals, codifying rules for the digital economy, and orchestrating an infrastructure investment push in developing Asia. However, the fracturing of the world economy due to great power competition and resurgent economic nationalism presents new challenges for Tokyo in balancing its economic internationalism with defensive concerns over economic security. What is Japan’s global power position today?
Our March 2021 Zoominars are supported in part by the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, San Francisco. Join us on March 30 for an introduction to their fellowship for research in Japan.
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