U.S. Congressional Staff Exchange Program The Nineteenth Delegation to Japan

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1 Japan Center for International Exchange (JCIE) U.S. Congressional Staff Exchange Program The Nineteenth Delegation to Japan February 17 25, 2007 Tokyo/Aichi/Kyoto SCHEDULE Saturday, February 17 11:20 Depart Washington Dulles International Airport (ANA #001) Sunday, February 18 15:25 Arrival at Narita Airport 18:00 Check-in at hotel 19:00 Informal dinner Akasaka Prince Hotel 1-2, Kioi-cho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo Tel: (81-3) , Fax: (81-3) Monday, February 19 9:00 10:30 Program Overview: Japan s Evolving Governance Tadashi Yamamoto, President, Japan Center for International Exchange 10:30 12:00 The Future of International Finance and Trade in East Asia Shigemitsu Sugisaki, Vice Chairman, Goldman Sachs; former Deputy Managing Director, International Monetary Fund (IMF); former Deputy Vice Minister of Finance, Ministry of Finance of Japan 12:00 14:00 Luncheon discussion Japanese Politics in Transition: Challenges and Prospects for the Abe Administration Gerald Curtis, Burgess Professor of Political Science, Columbia University 15:00 16:00 Visit to the National Diet Building and briefing 18:30 Okonomiyaki Dinner in Asakusa area

2 Tuesday, February 20 8:00 9:15 Breakfast discussion with U.S. business leaders in Japan Richard Boyden, Assistant General Counsel, American International Group (AIG) Companies, Japan and Korea Robert Clyde, President and CEO, AIG Companies, Japan and Korea Andrew Conrad, Vice President, AFLAC International, Inc. Bruce Ellsworth, Director, Office of the CEO, Hartford Life Insurance (Japan) Akira Kondoh, Vice Chairman, Finance and Investment, AIG Companies, Japan and Korea Akiko Tanioka, Management Associate Legal and Government Affairs, AIG K.K. 9:30 11:00 Japanese Foreign Policy in an Emerging East Asia Community Hitoshi Tanaka, Senior Fellow, JCIE; Former Deputy Foreign Minister of Japan 11:30 12:30 Briefing at the Embassy of the United States in Japan Ambassador J. Thomas Schieffer Mike Meserve, Minister-Counselor for Political Affairs Dan Fantozzi, Economic Counselor John Peters, Minister Counselor for Foreign Commercial Service Bill Morgan, Minister-Counselor for Public Affairs Ed Mckeon, Consul General 16:00 17:00 Visit to Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) Headquarters Hon. Yukio Hatoyama, Secretary General, DPJ; Member, House of Representatives Hon. Kenji Tamura, Member, House of Representatives 19:00-21:00 Dinner Discussion Politics and the Media Aiko Doden, Senior News Broadcaster, NHK World Network Fusako Go, Deputy Editor, Foreign News Section, Asahi Shimbun Toshimitsu Kishi, Assistant Culture Editor, The Mainichi Shimbun Wednesday, February 21 8:00 9:30 Breakfast discussion with emerging leaders in the Japanese Diet Hon. Keiichiro Asao, Member, House of Councillors (DPJ) Hon. Isamu Ueda, Member, House of Representatives (New Komeito); Chairman, Committee on Economy, Trade and Industry 10:00 11:30 Japan and a Rising China: The Shifting Regional Context Amb. Koji Watanabe, Senior Fellow, JCIE; former Ambassador to Russia, Italy, and Saudi Arabia

3 12:00 14:00 Roundtable luncheon discussion with policy staff of the Japanese Diet: The Role of Policy Staff in the United States and Japan Hiroyasu Higuchi, Deputy General Manager, DPJ Executive Office Satoshi Honjo, Legislative Assistant, Office of Katsuya Okada, Member of the House of Representatives and former DPJ President Masaru Kawakami, Chief Officer, Secretariat of the LDP Policy Research Committee Toshihisa Koganeya, Leader, International Affairs Bureau, New Komeito Misa Sanuki, Legislative Assistant, Office of Goshi Hosono, Member of the House of Representatives (DPJ) Kenji Sasaki, Deputy General Manager, LDP Policy Research Council Shigenobu Tamura, Senior Research Officer, Secretariat of the LDP Policy Research Committee Yuka Uchida, Manager, DPJ International Department 15:00 16:30 Public Seminar U.S. Politics after the Mid-term Elections with program participants as panelists Moderator Tadashi Yamamoto, President, JCIE Approx. 60 audience member, including: Hon. Satsuki Eda, Member, House of Councillors (DPJ) Hon. Kenzo Fujisue, Member, House of Councillors (DPJ) Hon. Tadashi Inuzuka, Member, House of Councillors (DPJ) Hon. Keiro Kitagami, Member, House of Representatives (DPJ) Hiroto Arakawa, Executive Director, Japan Bank for International Cooperation Junko Hirose, Director, National Diet Library Research Bureau Yoshinori Imai, Executive Editor, NHK (Japan Broadcasting Corporation) Tadashi Ogawa, Managing Director, Center for Global Partnership, Japan Foundation 19:00-21:00 Dinner hosted by Mr. and Mrs. Tadashi Yamamoto Junichi Chano, Managing Director, Japanese Studies and Intellectual Exchange Department, Japan Foundation James Foster, Director of Corporate Affairs, Microsoft Japan; former Country Director for Korea, US Department of State Keiko Foster Hyoma Ito Ken Shibusawa, Chief Executive Officer, Shibusawa & Company Hidekazu Takeda, Intellectual Exchange Division, Center for Global Partnership, Japan Foundation

4 Thursday, February 22 12:00 13:45 Roundtable with Japanese Business Leaders at Nippon Keidanren (Japan Business Federation) Keikichi Honda, Chair, Planning & Coordination Subcommittee, Committee on U.S. Affairs, Japan Business Federation (Nippon Keidanren); Special Advisor and former Chairman, NCR Japan; former Chairman, Sun Microsystems Japan Masao Toyama, Deputy General Manager, External Relations Department, Sony Corporation Akihiro Tanii, Councilor, Corporate International Affairs Group, Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. Go Eguchi; Manager for the Americas; Americas, Europe & Middle East Office; Regional Strategy & Coordination Department; Mitsubishi Corporation Masakazu Kubota, Managing Director, Japan Business Federation (Nippon Keidanren) Kazuyuki Kinbara, Director, International Affairs Bureau, Japan Business Federation (Nippon Keidanren) Tomoko Hasegawa, Manager, North America and Oceania Group, International Economic Affairs Bureau I, Japan Business Federation (Nippon Keidanren) 14:30 15:00 Discussion with Ministry of Foreign Affairs officials Kazuyoshi Umemoto, Deputy Director General, North American Bureau, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Hirofumi Murabayashi, Deputy Director, First North America Division, North American Affairs Bureau, Ministry of Foreign Affairs 15:00 16:00 Roundtable Discussion with emerging leaders in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Yusuke Arai, Principal Deputy Director, First North America Division, North American Affairs Bureau, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Takeo Mori, Director, First North America Division, North American Affairs Bureau, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Takehiro Funakoshi, Foreign Policy Coordinator, Foreign Policy Division Keiichi Ichikawa, Principal Deputy Director, Policy Coordination Division, Foreign Policy Bureau, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Motosada Matano, Principal Deputy Director, National Security Policy Division, Foreign Policy Bureau, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Hirofumi Murabayashi, Deputy Director, First North America Division, North American Affairs Bureau, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Aya Yoshida, Deputy Director, Second North America Division, North American Affairs Bureau, Ministry of Foreign Affairs

5 16:15 17:25 Panel Discussion at Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) Headquarters Hon. Ichiro Aisawa, Member, House of Representatives; Chair, Committee on Rules and Administration, House of Representatives Hon. Kenji Kosaka, Member, House of Representatives; former Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Hon. Toshimitsu Motegi, Member, House of Representatives; former Minister of State for Okinawa and Northern Territories; former Minister of State for Science and Technology Policy; former Minister of State for Personal Information Protection 18:30 21:00 Dinner Discussion The Role of Civil Society in Japan Kaori Kuroda, Co-Director, CSO Network Japan Tatsuya Hata, Chief Executive Director, Shanti Volunteer Association Yukie Osa, Co-Director, Japan Platform Friday, February 23 7:00-18:30 Aichi Program: Globalization and Governance at the Local Level in Japan 8:03 Depart Tokyo Station for Nagoya by bullet train (arrive 9:43 am) 10:20 11:10 Responding to Globalization and Growing Social Diversity: Aichi Prefecture s Experience Takao Asada, Director, Policy Division, Department of Industry and Labor, Aichi Prefectural Government 11:10-11:25 Visit Aichi Prefectural Assembly Session (opening day of the new session) 11:25-11:50 Visit with the leadership of the Aichi Prefectural Assembly Hon. Yasuhiro Uchida, Chair, Aichi Prefectural Assembly Hon. Mitsuo Kokubo, Vice Chair, Aichi Prefectural Assembly Kouichi Shimada, Director-General, Aichi Prefectural Assembly Office Haruki Ando, Deputy Director-General, Aichi Pref. Assembly Office Toshio Shimazaki, Director, Secretariat, Aichi Pref. Assembly Office Kazuko Ito, Director, International Affairs Division, Aichi Prefectural Government 12:40 13:00 Tour of Toyota Kaikan Hall 13:00 14:00 Luncheon Briefing The Evolving Global Strategy of an Aichi Corporation Sumio Otsuji, General Manager, Global External Affairs, Toyota Motor Corporation Daigo Umeki, Group Manager, Corporate Public Relations, Toyota Motor Corporation Yukihisa Hayakawa, Asst Manager, Overseas Department I, Global External Affairs, Toyota Motor Corporation

6 14:00 16:00 Guided Tour of Toyota Motomachi Automobile Plant 16:00 Depart for Kyoto by bus (arrive 18:30) Hotel Nikko Princess Kyoto Karasuma Takatsuji Higashi-iru Shimogyo-ku, Kyoto Japan 19:30 Dinner Saturday, February 24 9:30 10:30 Campaigning Japanese Style: Electoral Politics at the District Level Visit to Diet district office (Kyoto-2) and briefing Hon. Seiji Maehara, Member, House of Representatives; former President, Democratic Party of Japan 10:30 17:00 Visit on local leaders and supporters arranged by Hon. Seiji Maehara and Mrs. Airi Maehara 11:00 12:00 Site visit to campaign office launch and briefing on local-level campaign activities Takashi Toyoda, Democratic Party of Japan candidate for Kyoto Prefectural Assembly, and Toyoda campaign supporters 12:15 13:30 Luncheon discussion with Diet district office staff Hiroshi Saito, Aide, Kyoto Office of Hon. Seiji Maehara 14:00 15:15 Briefing and discussion: The Changing Role of Religion in Japanese Society and Politics Seihan Mori, Chief Abbot, Kiyomizu-dera Temple Shinko Onishi, Secretary General, Kiyomizu-dera Temple 15:45 17:15 Visit to the headquarters of the Urasenke school of tea and discussion on Traditional Cultural Influences in Contemporary Japanese Society Sen Soshitsu XVI, Grand Master, Urasenke School of Tea Hon. Seiji Maehara, Member, House of Representatives and Mrs. Airi Maehara Hideji Sekine, Director General, Urasenke 19:30 Farewell Dinner Sunday, February 25 5:30 Leave hotel for Itami Airport 8:00 Departure for Narita Airport on NH2176 (arrive 9:10 am) 11:10 Departure for Washington, DC, on NH2 (Arrive 9:40 am on Sunday, February 25, in Washington)