The Rising: How Will Japan Recover from the Disaster?
Public Lecture
05/04/2011, 05:30pm-07:00pm
Location: UC San Diego School of International Relations and Pacific Studies, Robinson Auditorium
Open to: Public
Speaker: Panel Moderated by Ellis Krauss, IR/PS
Six weeks have passed since the Great Eastern Japan Earthquake. Cities, ports, and roads have been destroyed, and the death toll has passed 28,000 and is still rising. Hundreds of thousands of people are without a home. Supply chains, distribution channels, and transportation lines were interrupted in numerous places, and this has affected economic activities all around the world. Even today strong aftershocks continue, and the nuclear disaster that started on March 11 has not been brought under control. Japan’s problems are far from over. But at the same time, we see signs of recovery: factories have been reopened and roads and houses are being rebuilt. In this town hall meeting, we update the political, economic, and social situation and discuss possible future trajectories of post-Earthquake Japan.
The Panel
Moderator: Ellis Krauss, (IR/PS) Professor of Japanese Politics and Policy-making.
Speakers:
Takeo Hoshi, (IR/PS) Professor of Japanese Economy and Financial System and Pacific Economic Cooperation Chair in International Economic Relations.
Ulrike Schaede, (IR/PS) Professor of Japanese Business.
Yuri Okina, Executive Vice President, Japan's National Institute for Research Advancement and Research Director;
Chief Senior Economist of the Japan Research Institute, Ltd. (JRI), and Director of Enterprise Turnaround Initiative Commission.
Hayato Urabe MPIA ‘11, IR/PS Dean’s Fellow focusing on international scientific cooperation.
And: Mitsuhiro Nishida, Dr. Atsushi Tago (Kobe University)
Reception will follow in the Robinson Auditorium foyer.
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