Fall 2007 and Spring 2008
Conferences
- Perspectives on Japan's Political Economy – A Symposium with Professors Curtis, Ogawa, Patrick, and Weinstein
- Japan's Emerging M&A Market: Defensive Measures, Judicial Review, and Insider Trading
Symposia
- Sovereign Wealth Funds: Policy Challenges and Market Implications
- Hurdles and Rewards: Navigating Japan's Financial Services Market
Lectures
- What Will Become of the Japanese Corporation? – A Comparative Perspective
- Japan's Problems and Emerging China: A Japanese Banker's Perspective
- Abe's Gone...Is The LDP Next?
Brown Bag Lectures
Zadankai
May 2008
Perspectives on Japan's Political Economy – A Symposium with Professors Curtis, Ogawa, Patrick, and Weinstein ^
Wednesday, May 21, 2008Palace Hotel Tokyo, Japan
Opening Remarks: Hugh Patrick, Director, Center on Japanese Economy and Business; R.D. Calkins Professor of International Business Emeritus, Columbia Business School
Speakers: Gerald Curtis, Burgess Professor of Political Science, Columbia University
Alicia Ogawa, Director, Program on Alternative Investments; Associate Director for Program Development, Center on Japanese Economy and Business, Columbia Business School
David E. Weinstein, Carl S. Shoup Professor of the Japanese Economy, Economics Department, Columbia University; Associate Director of Research, Center on Japanese Economy and Business, Columbia Business School
April 2008
An Update on U.S.-Japan Relations ^
Brown Bag LectureThursday, April 3, 2008
Columbia University
Speaker: James Zumwalt, Director, Office of Japanese Affairs at the U.S. Department of State
Cosponsored by the Weatherhead East Asian Institute
February 2008
Sovereign Wealth Funds: Policy Challenges and Market Implications ^
The Ninth Annual Mitsui USA SymposiumMonday, February 4, 2008
Columbia Business School
Speakers: Don Hanna, Managing Director, Head of Emerging Market Economic and Market Analysis, Citigroup Global Markets
Curtis J. Milhaupt, Fuyo Professor of Japanese Law; Albert E. Cinelli Enterprise Professor of Law; and Director, Center for Japanese Legal Studies, Columbia Law School
Moderator: Alicia Ogawa, Director, Program on Alternative Investments; Associate Director for Program Development, Center on Japanese Economy and Business, Columbia Business School
Cosponsored by the Mitsui USA Foundation
January 2008
Hurdles and Rewards: Navigating Japan's Financial Services Market ^
Wednesday, January 23, 2008Japan Society
Speakers: Masatomo Harigaya, Director of International Equity Sales, Nomura Securities International, Inc.
Brian Kelly, Chief Investment Officer, Asian Quest Capital, LLC
Alicia Ogawa, Director of the Program on Alternative Investments; Associate Director for Program Development, Center on Japanese Economy and Business, Columbia Business School
Moderator: Leslie Norton, Foreign Editor, Asia, Barron's
November 2007
What Will Become of the Japanese Corporation? – A Comparative Perspective ^
LectureFriday, November 9, 2007
Columbia Business School
Speaker: Katsuhito Iwai, Professor, University of Tokyo
Cosponsored by the Japan Business Association
October 2007
Japan's Emerging M&A Market: Defensive Measures, Judicial Review, and Insider Trading ^
ConferenceFriday, October 12, 2007
Columbia Law School
Speakers: Satoshi Kawai, Partner, Mori, Hama and Matsumoto
Yuto Matsumura, Partner, Mori, Hama and Matsumoto
Curtis J. Milhaupt, Fuyo Professor of Japanese Law; Albert E. Cinelli Enterprise Professor of Law; and Director, Center for Japanese Legal Studies, Columbia Law School
John C. Coffee Jr., Adolf A. Berle Professor of Law, Columbia Law School
Ronald Gilson, Marc and Eva Stern Professor of Law and Business, Columbia Law School
Katsumasa Suzuki, Partner, Mori, Hama and Matsumoto
Jeffrey Gordon, Alfred W. Bressler Professor of Law, Columbia Law School
Organized by The Tokyo Law Firm Mori Hamada & Matsumoto
Cosponsored by the Center for Japanese Legal Studies, Columbia Law School
Issues in Japanese Pension Fund Management ^
ZadankaiThursday, October 11, 2007
Columbia Business School
Speaker: Noboru Yamaguchi, Senior Executive Adviser, Fiduciary Services Research Center, Nomura Securities
Cosponsored by the Japan Business Association
September 2007
Japan's Problems and Emerging China: A Japanese Banker's Perspective ^
LectureThursday, September 20, 2007
Columbia Business School
Speaker: Masamoto Yashiro, Senior Advisor, Shinsei Bank, Ltd.
Abe's Gone...Is The LDP Next? ^
3rd Annual Lecture on Japanese PoliticsThursday, September 13, 2007
Columbia University
Speaker: Gerald Curtis, Burgess Professor of Political Science, Columbia University
