{"id":33933,"date":"2015-10-26T15:26:10","date_gmt":"2015-10-26T06:26:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/top\/en\/?p=33933"},"modified":"2015-10-26T15:29:09","modified_gmt":"2015-10-26T06:29:09","slug":"waseda-researchers-and-diplomats-discuss-international-issues-in-washington-d-c","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/top\/en\/news\/33933","title":{"rendered":"Waseda researchers and diplomats discuss international issues in Washington D.C."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/top\/en\/assets\/uploads\/2015\/10\/P9100216.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-33658\" alt=\"USJI\u4f1a\u5834\u306e\u69d8\u5b50\" src=\"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/top\/en\/assets\/uploads\/2015\/10\/P9100216-610x457.jpg\" width=\"610\" height=\"457\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The U.S.-Japan Research Institute (USJI), an NPO jointly operated by Waseda University and based in Washington D.C., held a series of seminars as part its USJI Week from September 9-15.<\/p>\n<p>USJI Week has been held every February since 2010. This year\u2019s event explored the theme of \u201cChallenges and Opportunities for future Japan\u201d in nine separate seminars that covered topics such as innovation, world peace and political leadership, government and economics, energy policy, and medicine.<\/p>\n<p>Waseda University Professors Shuichi Furuya (Faculty of Law), Shunji Yanai (former Japanese Ambassador to the U.S.), and Kazuo Kuroda (Faculty of International Research and Education) spoke at the event.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-2 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-2 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 33%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-2 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-2 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-2' class='gallery galleryid-33933 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"360\" height=\"270\" src=\"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/top\/en\/assets\/uploads\/2015\/10\/P9100089-e1444978740919-360x270.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"360\" height=\"270\" src=\"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/top\/en\/assets\/uploads\/2015\/10\/P91000691-e1444978560434-360x270.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"360\" height=\"270\" src=\"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/top\/en\/assets\/uploads\/2015\/10\/P9100127-e1444978903422-360x270.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\u30bb\u30c3\u30b7\u30e7\u30f3\uff11\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>Professor Furuya served as moderator in a seminar titled \u201cSeeking an Effective Framework of International Legal Order in the Asia-Pacific Region,\u201d where American researchers and lawyers discussed diplomatic issues in the region such as China\u2019s rise to power and territorial disputes in the East and South China Seas.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/top\/en\/assets\/uploads\/2015\/10\/P9100252-e1444976620699.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-33660\" alt=\"\u30bb\u30c3\u30b7\u30e7\u30f3\uff12\" src=\"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/top\/en\/assets\/uploads\/2015\/10\/P9100252-e1444976620699-610x332.jpg\" width=\"610\" height=\"332\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/top\/en\/assets\/uploads\/2015\/10\/P9100252-e1444976620699-610x332.jpg 610w, https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/top\/en\/assets\/uploads\/2015\/10\/P9100252-e1444976620699-2000x1089.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 610px) 100vw, 610px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Professor and former Japanese Ambassador to the U.S., Shunji Yanai, spoke at the seminar titled \u201cA New Era for the Asia-Pacific: Challenges for US-Japan Relations,\u201d which was moderated by Council on Foreign Relations Senior Fellow for Japan Studies, Sheila A. Smith. In this seminar, a group of distinguished speakers including former American Ambassador to Tunisia, Rust Deming, retired United States Navy admiral and former commander of U.S. forces in the Pacific Region, Dennis Blair, and former Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs, Kurt Cambell, discussed the future of U.S.-Japan relations following the 70<sup>th<\/sup> anniversary of the end of World War II, and answered questions from the audience.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-4 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-4 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 20%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-4 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-4 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-4' class='gallery galleryid-33933 gallery-columns-5 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"360\" height=\"270\" src=\"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/top\/en\/assets\/uploads\/2015\/10\/P9110368-360x270.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/top\/en\/assets\/uploads\/2015\/10\/P9110368-360x270.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/top\/en\/assets\/uploads\/2015\/10\/P9110368-610x457.jpg 610w, https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/top\/en\/assets\/uploads\/2015\/10\/P9110368-2000x1500.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/top\/en\/assets\/uploads\/2015\/10\/P9110368-720x540.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 360px) 100vw, 360px\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"360\" height=\"270\" src=\"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/top\/en\/assets\/uploads\/2015\/10\/P9110383-360x270.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/top\/en\/assets\/uploads\/2015\/10\/P9110383-360x270.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/top\/en\/assets\/uploads\/2015\/10\/P9110383-610x457.jpg 610w, https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/top\/en\/assets\/uploads\/2015\/10\/P9110383-2000x1500.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/top\/en\/assets\/uploads\/2015\/10\/P9110383-720x540.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 360px) 100vw, 360px\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"360\" height=\"270\" src=\"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/top\/en\/assets\/uploads\/2015\/10\/P9110379-360x270.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/top\/en\/assets\/uploads\/2015\/10\/P9110379-360x270.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/top\/en\/assets\/uploads\/2015\/10\/P9110379-610x457.jpg 610w, https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/top\/en\/assets\/uploads\/2015\/10\/P9110379-2000x1500.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/top\/en\/assets\/uploads\/2015\/10\/P9110379-720x540.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 360px) 100vw, 360px\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"360\" height=\"270\" src=\"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/top\/en\/assets\/uploads\/2015\/10\/P9110371-e1444978249246-360x270.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"360\" height=\"270\" src=\"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/top\/en\/assets\/uploads\/2015\/10\/P9110355-360x270.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/top\/en\/assets\/uploads\/2015\/10\/P9110355-360x270.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/top\/en\/assets\/uploads\/2015\/10\/P9110355-610x457.jpg 610w, https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/top\/en\/assets\/uploads\/2015\/10\/P9110355-2000x1500.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/top\/en\/assets\/uploads\/2015\/10\/P9110355-720x540.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 360px) 100vw, 360px\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>Professor Kazuo Kuroda spoke as a commentator at the seminar titled \u201cJapan-US Partnership towards the formation of Asian Higher Education Area focusing on ASEAN,\u201d which was moderated by Sophia University Professor Hirosato Yasushi. Professor Kuroda spoke of how important it is for East Asia to work together in order to develop educational networks between Asia and the U.S., promote peace and mutual understanding, and maintain stable continuous development.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\">\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-6 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-6 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 33%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-6 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-6 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-6' class='gallery galleryid-33933 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"360\" height=\"270\" src=\"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/top\/en\/assets\/uploads\/2015\/10\/P9150497-360x270.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/top\/en\/assets\/uploads\/2015\/10\/P9150497-360x270.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/top\/en\/assets\/uploads\/2015\/10\/P9150497-610x457.jpg 610w, https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/top\/en\/assets\/uploads\/2015\/10\/P9150497-2000x1500.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/top\/en\/assets\/uploads\/2015\/10\/P9150497-720x540.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 360px) 100vw, 360px\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"360\" height=\"270\" src=\"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/top\/en\/assets\/uploads\/2015\/10\/P9150490-e1445311273314-360x270.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"360\" height=\"270\" src=\"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/top\/en\/assets\/uploads\/2015\/10\/P9150495-e1444976396547-360x270.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\u30bb\u30c3\u30b7\u30e7\u30f3\uff14\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>USJI also held a study meeting for students from George Washington University, Georgetown University, and other universities in the D.C. area. At the study meeting, World War II veteran and 2<sup>nd<\/sup> generation Japanese-American, Terry Shima, shared his wartime experiences and discussed the horrors of war and the struggles of Japanese-Americans living in the U.S.<\/p>\n<p>USJI is based on Waseda\u2019s academic principles and is cooperating with industrial and government organizations to help resolve various issues.<\/p>\n<p>Videos of each seminar at USJI Week can be found on their <a href=\"http:\/\/www.us-jpri.org\/en\/week_201509.html\">official website<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The U.S.-Japan Research Institute (USJI), an NPO jointly operated by Waseda University and based in Washington [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":33861,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[81,117],"tags":[115],"class_list":["post-33933","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-topic","tag-area_studies-en"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/top\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33933","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/top\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/top\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/top\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/top\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=33933"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/top\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33933\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":33934,"href":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/top\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33933\/revisions\/33934"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/top\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/33861"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/top\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33933"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/top\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33933"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/top\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33933"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}