Home Activities Supporting the Endowed Chair in ‘Politics and Mass Media (Asahi Shimbun)’ Supporting the Endowed Chair in ‘Politics and Mass Media (Asahi Shimbun)’ Visitors ‘Politics and Mass Media’ Forum ‘Politics and Mass Media’ Seminar Public Policy Seminar Study Meeting Special Guest for Classes Research Study Publications Medusa Project Project Staff Research Overseas Visitors Name Affiliation Term Lecture Title Research Area Ken Endo Professor, Hokkaido University April - June 2007 EU Politics Gerhard Lehmbruch Emeritus Professor, Universität Konstanz 19-27 May 2007 Political Science, Comparative Political Economy ‘Politics and Mass Media’ Forum Outline Date 17 May 2007 Venue Conference Room, 8F, Faculty of Law Building No.4 Speakers Hidenao Nakagawa, Secretary-General, Liberal Democratic Party of Japan Yukio Hatoyama, Secretary-General, the Democratic Party of Japan Title The Possibilities of Japanese Politics Contents Introduction Susumu Takahashi, Professor, the University of Tokyo Comments Masaki Taniguchi, Associate Professor, the University of Tokyo Summary Akira Morita, Professor, the University of Tokyo Chair Katsuyuki Yakushiji, Editor in Chief of Ronza, Asahi Shimbun Details → Ronza, July 2007, Asahi Shimbunsha ‘Politics and Mass Media’ Seminar Date 25 May 2007 Speaker Gerhard Lehmbruch, Emeritus Professor, Universität Konstanz Title ‘State Structures and Organized Society in German Federalism: Path Dependence and Transformation in a Historical-Institutionalist Perspective’ Chair Kenji Hirashima, Professor, Institute of Social Science, the University of Tokyo Public Policy Seminar Public Policy Seminars are co-sponsored by the Graduate School of Public Policy and University of Tokyo 21st Century Program ‘Invention of Policy Systems in Advanced Countries’. 2007 Seminars and previous seminars → the Graduate School of Public Policy Website (Japanese version) 2004 Seminars → ICCLP Annual Report 2004 Study Meeting · Seiken Kotai (Change of Government) Meeting · Follow-up Meeting of the Second Anglo-Japanese Academy · Preparatory Meetings for the Medusa Project, Berlin Special Guest for Classes 10 December 2015 Yoshihide Suga, Chief Cabinet Secretary; Yakashi Mikuriya, Emeritus Professor, the University of Tokyo 16 & 30 November 2015 Yoshihisa Hara, Emeritus Professor, Tokyo International University 9 November, 2015 Yoshiaki Nakagawa, Senior Staff Writer, Mainichi Shmbun 26 October 2015 Masakatsu Okamoto, Administrative Vice-Minister, Reconstructing Agency 19 October 2015 Takuya Kudo, Managing Director, Accenture Analytics 12 October 2015 Go Yamashita, Division of Public Opinion Surveys, Asahi Shimbun 14 & 28 September and 5 October 2015 Yutaka Matsuno, Visiting Researcher, International Exchange Center, Reitaku University; Former City Council Member of Nagareyama City 28 September 2015 Yuusuke Enjoji, Senior Staff, Division of Information & Administrative Reform, General Headquarters, Saga Prefecture 27 April and 13 July 2015 Tetsuya Miyazaki, Pundit 22 June 2015 Nobukatsu Kanehara, Assistant Chief Cabinet Secretary 15 June 2015 Yoshinori Arai, Senior Staff Writer, Sankei Shimbun 1 June 2015 Banri Kaieda, Advisor, Democratic Party of Japan Yoshiaki Nakagawa, Senior Staff Writer, Mainichi Shmbun 5 May 2015 Kenji Eda, Member of the House of Representatives 11 May 2015 Taro Aso, Deputy Prime Minister/Minister of Finance 27 April 2015 Shiro Tazaki, Senior Writer, Jiji Press 16 January 2012 Kosei Kito, Senior Researcher, Institute of Journalism, Asahi Shimbun 19 December 2011 Satoshi Hashimoto, Senior Assistant to Executive Editor, Asahi Shimbun 12 December 2011 Kazunori Minehisa, Senior Staff Writer, Asahi Shimbun 5 December 2011 Yasuo Tanaka, Member of the House of Representatives 21 November 2011 Koji Matsui, Member of the House of Councillors 14 November 2011 Masao Akamatsu, Member of the House of Representatives 7 November 2011 Jun’ichi Fukuda, Deputy Director-General of the Budget Bureau, Ministry of Finance Japan 24 October 2011 Takeshi Soga, Senior Staff Writer, Asahi Shimbun 18 May 2009 Seiji Maehara, Member of the House of Representatives 16 July 2008 Taro Tsukimura, Professor, Doshisha University 24 June 2008 Yohei Kono, The Speaker of the House of Representatives 20 May 2008 Toshihiro Nikai, Chairman, General Council, Liberal Democratic Party 30 May 2007 Yasuo Fukuda, MP (became Party President and Prime Minister in September 2007) Research Study · Public Survey by Asahi Shimbun and the University of Tokyo · Survey of Politicians by Asahi Shimbun and the University of Tokyo Details → Asahi Shimbun, 4 - 6 December 2012, 28 January 2013, etc. Details → Asahi Shimbun, 22 July - 30 August 2010; Sekai, No.809, October 2010, Iwanami; etc. Details → Asahi Shimbun, 18 August - 3 November 2009; Sekai, No.795, December 2009, Iwanami; etc. Details → Asahi Shimbun, 13 July 2007; Ronza, November 2007, Asahi Shimbunsha Publications Beyond Paradoxology: Searching for the Logic of Japanese History, Shiro Ishii, 2007 Medusa Project This project was started by three scholars from the UK, Germany and the US. Their aim is to engage in multifaceted research on the US-Japan Relationship. The first conference was held at the University of Warwick, UK, in March 2006. The second conference was held in Sapporo, Japan, with the support of Hokkaido University in August 2006. A third conference was held at Japanish-Deutshches Zentrum Berlin (JDZB), Germany, in December 2008. The Medusa Project III Berlin Title: Comparing Approaches to Global Governance Issues in US-Japan, US-UK and US-German Relations Date: 10 - 12 December 2008 Venue: Japanish-Deutshches Zentrum Berlin (JDZB) Programme: <10 December> Pre-Meeting of Organizers <11 December> Opening: Friederike Bosse, JDZB Introduction: Verena Blehinger-Talcott, Professor, Berlin Free University; Elis Krauss, Professor, University of California San Diego; Christopher Hughes, Professor, University of Warwick Session 1: Global Governance Issues: Environment Topic: Comparative approaches to climate change politics: The road to Copenhagen Speaker: Miranda Schreurs, Professor, Berlin Free University Topic: Japan’s pro-whaling campaign within the context of US-Japan relations Speaker: Amy Catalinac, PhD candidate, Harvard University Session 2: Global Governance Issues: Business and Energy Topic: Governing global business: Policies towards corruption control and corporate social responsibility Speaker: Professor Verena Blechinger-Talcott Topic: Governing energy and resources Speaker: Frank Umbach, Researcher, Centre for European Security Strategies, Berlin Session 3: Global Governance Issues: Health and Consumer Safety Topic: Who governs policies toward the AIDS crises in Africa? Speaker: Yuka Motoda, Professor, Gakushuin University Topic: Global security and/or safeguarding national interest? Epidemics and discourses surrounding the United States in the United Kingdom, Germany and Japan Speaker: Naonori Kodate , Research Fellow, King’s College, London Session 4: Global Governance Issues: Migration Topic: Japan on the watchlist: Foreign (sex) worker and human trafficking Speaker: David Chiavacci, Professor, Berlin Free University Discussion and Wrap-up: Global Governance Issues <12 December> Session 5: Global Governance Institutions: ODA and Human Rights Topic: ODA: A tool for poverty reduction or for managing security relations? Speaker: Marie Soderberg, Professor, University of Stockholm Topic: Global goals versus bilateral barriers? The international criminal court in the context of the US relations with Japan, Germany and the UK Speaker: Kerstin Lukner, University of Duisburg-Essen Session 6: Global Governance Institutions: The UN and G-8 Topic: The UN Security Council, U.S. alliance, and the legitimacy of the use of force Speaker: Satoru Mori, Associate Professor, Hosei University Topic: Managing the MedUSA: US-Japan and US-UK relations in the G8 Speaker: Hugo Dobson, Senior Lecturer, University of Sheffield Session 7: Global Governance Institutions: Financial Institution and Investment Flows Topic: The governance of cross-border investment flows by Japan, Europe, and the US EBR> Speaker: Saadia Pekkanen, Professor, University of Washington Topic: IMF/World Bank Speaker: Jennifer Amyx, Associate Professor, University of Pennsylvania Discussion and Wrap-up: Global Governance: Institutions Final Internal Discussion Round for Conference Speakers (*Sponsored by Japanish-Deutshches Zentrum Berlin (JDZB), Co-sponsored by Freie Universitat Berlin and University of Tokyto, Supported by Japan Foundation and Asahi Shimbun) Details → ICCLP Annual Report 2005, 2006 Activities of the Endowed Chair before 2007 → ICCLP Annual Report Project Staff Hideaki Uenohara, Project Research Associate (1 May 2011 - 31 March 2012) Chihiro Okawa, Project Research Associate (1 April 2010 - 31 March 2011) Shiro Sakaiya, Project Associate Professor (1 May 2009 - 31 March 2012) Research Overseas New European Politics Studies "Election 2009 in Germany" Shunsuke Sato, Ph.D. Student (17-27 September 2009, Germany) Seiken Kotai (Change of Government) Studies "Fieldwork Research on Change of Government in France" Toru Yoshida, Associate Professor, Hokkaido University (3-31 March 2009, France)