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Upcoming Events

Perspectives on Japan - United States Relations
March 24 - 25, 2006

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University of Mary Washington, Fredericksburg, Virginia
A program of the Leidecker Center for Asian Studies
Made possible with the assistance of the U.S.-Japan Foundation
and UMW Campus Academic Resources

Free and open to the public
For more information, call 540-654-1023

Program

Friday, March 24

Campus Center, Great Hall
12:00 Registration
12:30 Opening Remarks, Mr. Akitaka Saiki Deputy Chief of Mission, Embassy of Japan
The Current State of U.S. Japan Relationship and its Future Prospects
1:00 Reverend Kenjitsu Nakagaki, New York Buddhist Church
Buddhism and Peace: Reflections on Hiroshima and Nagasaki
2:00 Rafe Pomerance, Climate Policy Institute
Climate change: A 21st Century Challenge for Japan and the United States
3:00 Tea and coffee break
3:15 Junji Kitadai
John Manjiro and the Dawn of U.S-Japan Relations
4:30 Break until dinner
5:30 Dinner
7:00 Ayumi Takahira, Filmmaker
The Castaway: the Story of Manjiro
(Combs Hall, Room 237)

Saturday, March 25

Ballroom, Lee Hall
9:00 Daniel Wright, Director, Washington, DC Office
The National Bureau of Asian Research, China and the World: A Look from Inside the Great Wall
10:00 Yuki Tatsumi, Stimson Center Toward an Equal Partnership?: Recent Developments in the US-Japan Alliance and Future Challenges
11:00 Tea and Coffee break
11:15 Mutiah Alagappa, East West Center
Japan's security challenges in the 21st century and the salience of the US-Japan security alliance
12:30 Lunch
1:30 David Janes, U.S-Japan Foundation
Memory War: The role of textbooks, nationalism, and history in current Japan-China relations
2:30 Rev. Kenjitsu Nakagaki
Guided chanting and meditation
3:15 Alex Shear, Filmmaker and Takayo Nagasawa, Producer
Kokoyakyu: Japanese High School Baseball
(Combs Hall Room 139)
5:30 Masako Sohga Koike, Tea Master
Japanese Tea Ceremony Demonstration

Center Programs

The Leidecker Center for Asian Studies supports intercultural awareness, education, and scholarship. Specialists are invited to the campus through the guest speaker program. Lectures are given for the benefit of the community as well as students and faculty. Hands-on workshops are presented both on an ongoing and occasional basis.

Ongoing programs include:

  • Meditation sessions
  • Annual lecture series
  • Workshops diverse Asian topic
  • Student exchange program
  • Supervising special majors in Asian studies
  • Weekend intensive programs
  • Trips to museums and cultural centers
  • Sponsoring visiting faculty
  • Grant opportunities to student