Social Science Research Council

"Soft Power: National Assets in Japan and the United States"
February 24-27, 2005, Tokyo, Japan.

AGENDA

Friday, February 25

9:00-9:30 a.m.
Welcoming Remarks, Masao Ito, CGPIntroductions, Frank Baldwin, SSRC9:30 - 9:45 a.m.
Discussion of Common Themes, Yasushi Watanabe

9:45 - 11:20 a.m.
Panel 1: Overview

Towards a Realization of Cool Power, Tamotsu Aoki

Public Diplomacy and U.S.-Japan Cultural Relations

Discussants: Yoshiko Nakano, Anne Allison, and Tsutomo Sugiura

10:15 - 10:30 a.m.
Break

11:20-12:00 p.m.
Panel 2: Japanese Pop Culture

Softening the Sharp Edges: Growing Up with Images of Tojo, Doraemon, and Tokyo Love Story in China, Yoshiko Nakano

Finding Japan? The Attractive Power of J-Pop Amongst American Youth, Anne Allison

Culture as a Source of Soft Power, Tsutomo Sugiura

Discussants: Yasushi Watanabe and David McConnell

12:00 - 1:15 p.m.
Lunch

1:15-2:35 p.m.
Japanese Pop Culture continued

2:35-2:50 p.m.
Break

2:50-4:45 p.m.
Panel 3: Perception

The "loci" of America in Japan, Yashushi Watanabe

Lost in Translation? The JET Program as Cultural Diplomacy, David McConnell

Discussants: Seiichi Kondo and Mark Davidson

Saturday, February 26

9:00-11:00 a.m.
Panel 4: Education

Higher Education as a Projection of America's "Soft Power," Philip Altbach and Patti Peterson

Soft Power and Japanese Education, Akiyoshi Yonezawa

Representations of Soft Power in Japanese Higher Education, Ellen Mashiko

Discussants: Tamotsu Aoki and Michael Auslin

11:00-11:15 a.m.
Break

11:15-12:35 p.m.
Panel 5: Civil Society

The Global Freedom of Information Movement as an Example of Soft Power, Lawrence Repeta

Soft Power and Japanese NGOs, Katsuji Imata and Kaori Kuroda

Discussants: Akiyoshi Yonezawa and Ellen Mashiko

12:35-2:00 p.m.
Lunch

2:00-4:15 p.m.
Panel 6: Public Diplomacy

Japan's Soft Power and Public Diplomacy, Seiichi Kondo

Soft Power in Practice: U.S. Public Diplomacy in Japan, William G. Crowell

Views of Soft Power from the Embassy of Japan, Naoyuki Agawa

Discussants: William Morgan, Lawrence Repeta, Katsuji, and Kaori Kuroda

3:15-3:30 p.m.
Break

4:15-5:00 p.m.
Wrap-up Session