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Conferences/Webinars

Since its establishment in 2018, 21JPSI hosts several events each year, including a multidisciplinary “Japan Politics and Society” speaker series, academic manuscript workshops to support research by U.S.- and Japan-based social scientists, and public conferences and collaborative webinars to facilitate discussions about domestic and foreign policy challenges facing Japan and the United States.

Below, you can explore our past academic and policy conferences and webinars. For information on 21JPSI’s other events, please click the links above.

Academic and Policy Conferences

"The U.S.-Japan Alliance as a Global Partnership"

October 8, 2024

An in-person conference (co-sponsored with Sasakawa Peace Foundation USA) held just a few days after the launch of Japan’s new Cabinet under newly elected Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba. This event convened leading experts from Japan and the United States for a series of discussions on the alliance’s future and political and social challenges confronting Japan’s new leaders. Read the recap.

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"The U.S.-Japan Partnership in the 21st Century: Domestic & Foreign Policy Challenges"

February 18, 2022

21JPSI’s second national conference on U.S.-Japan relations, held online due to COVID-19. This virtual conference brought together leading scholars, think tank experts, and policymakers to discuss this crucial bilateral relationship. Following introductory remarks by the Consul-General of Japan in Chicago, it featured three panels of experts from Japan, the United States, and Europe. They explored foreign policy challenges in East Asia, Australian and European allies’ perspectives on the U.S.-Japan alliance, and domestic policy challenges facing the United States and Japan. Read the recap.

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"The U.S.-Japan Partnership in the 21st Century: Domestic & Foreign Policy Challenges"

November 8th, 2019

21JPSI’s inaugural national conference on U.S.-Japan relations. The conference—the first of its kind at Indiana University—brought together leading experts on US-Japan relations and other influential voices from Indiana to discuss the current state and desired future of this crucial bilateral relationship. Well over 100 students, faculty, staff, and members of the Bloomington and greater Indiana community gathered at the Hamilton Lugar School to hear remarks by the Consul-General of Japan in Chicago, a representative of the Indiana State government, an academic keynote, and two expert panels—on foreign policy and domestic challenges, respectively. Read the recap.

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Collaborative policy webinars

Since its establishment in 2018, 21JPSI hosts several events each year, including an interdisciplinary “Japan Politics and Society” speaker series, public conferences and collaborative webinars (see below) to facilitate discussions about domestic and foreign policy challenges facing Japan and the United States, and academic manuscript workshops to support research by U.S.- and Japan-based social scientists. Additionally, 21JPSI organizes various social engagements on campus with our speakers and among the university and local Japan-interested community.

Below, you can explore the collaborative policy webinars we have hosted as part of our public engagement during the pandemic. For information on other past events, please click the links above.

"The U.S.-Japan Security Alliance in 2023 and Beyond"

January 5, 2023

A binational virtual panel (co-sponsored by the CSIS Japan Chair) analyzing Japan's new (December 2022) national security strategy and discussing foreign policy challenges that will confront the U.S.-Japan alliance in 2023 and beyond. A video recording of the complete webinar is available here.

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"Japan-China Relations After 50 Years"

September 27, 2022

An online expert panel (co-sponsored by the University of Tokyo) reflecting on the 50th anniversary of Japan’s 1972 decision to switch diplomatic recognition from Taipei (ROC) to Beijing (PRC) and its historical and contemporary legacies.

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"U.S.-Japan Relations: Policy Challenges for the Biden Administration (Part 2: Trade and Transnational Challenges)"

January 19th, 2021

An online expert panel (co-organized by 21JPSI & the Brookings Institution) discussing foreign policy challenges for the U.S. and Japan under the new US administration (Panel 2 of 2).

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"U.S.-Japan Relations: Policy Challenges for the Biden Administration (Part 1: National Security and Politics)"

January 12th, 2021

An online expert panel (co-organized by 21JPSI & the Brookings Institution) discussing foreign policy challenges for the U.S. and Japan under the new US administration (Panel 1 of 2).

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"Work-Life Balance in the Covid Age: Can the United States and Japan Meet the Challenges?" (Abe Fellows Global Forum 2020)

October 27th, 2020

A discussion with three leading experts from Japan and the United States about work-life balance and the Covid-19 pandemic.

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Conferences/Webinars