Roundtable with Former Acting Deputy USTR Wendy Cutler
On December 1, Keidanren USA hosted a roundtable with former Acting Deputy USTR Wendy Cutler. Drawing on her nearly three decades of experience as a diplomat and negotiator on the front lines of every Asian trade agreement, Ms. Cutler, shared her insights on the role foreign businesses can play in U.S. trade policy debates. Ms. (…)
Roundtable with Professor Kent Calder
On November 30, as our inaugural seminar event, Keidanren USA hosted a policy roundtable discussion with Professor Kent Calder, Director of the Reischauer Center for East Asian Studies at the School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) at Johns Hopkins University. Professor Calder discussed how the evolving nature of the nation’s capital has made a presence (…)
Opening Remarks
Atsushi Yamakoshi, Executive Director of Keidanren USA (As Prepared, Nov. 4, 2015) I am very honored and pleased to be here today, having so many distinguished people to celebrate the reopening of Keidanren USA. This year has been a momentous year for U.S.-Japan relations. In April, Prime Minister Abe visited the United States and made (…)
Keidanren’s Comprehensive Strategy Toward the Creation of a More Affluent and Vibrant Japan
Japan is currently presented with a golden opportunity — which may well be the last one — to revive its economy thanks to the growing optimism fostered by Abenomics. There is, however, no lack of stumbling blocks that may prevent us from achieving that goal, such as significant demographic decline, steep increase in social security (…)