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April
1st , 2001
- **THERE
WILL BE A SPECIAL JWW REPORT EARLY THE WEEK OF APRIL 8TH
THAT WILL NOTE THE IMPORTANT ARTICLES, DOCUMENTS, and WEBSITES
ON THE CHINA INCIDENT.
"Old Game, New Risks: In the Cold War, the Rules Were Clear.
Not So with China," by JIAP Board Member Kurt Campbell,
Outlook front page, WP4/8/01. We will comment more later
this week.
We are beginning to do more highlighting in the newsletter.
If anyone is having trouble with this, please tell us. We
can return to the "simple" format." We are also considering
going to a password-protect system to retrieve the newsletter.
We are finding that our readership is greatly beyond our
paid membership. Comments and suggestions are welcome.
The JIAP newsletter staff is taking a three week vacation
to do spring cleaning and to organize our April 24 program
on Energizing Japan's Politics: New Tools with New Consequences
with Larry Repeta, Robert Pekkanam, and Jean Grier. We will
issue Flashes when necessary.
As astute readers have pointed out, Ms. Cornelia pooped
in the potty on April 2, not popped in the potty. Ms. Cornelia
had her first soccer game on 4/7. Mom and dad now have two
soccer games to go to. A milestone.
Congratulations
to JIAP Board member Kurt Campbell. He appeared on NPR,
Nightline and other programs to discuss the spy plane incident
with China. He will be holding a private briefing for the
Japanese Embassy on the security alliance (arrangement)
later this week.
Congratulations to JIAP summer intern Seth Drewry for winning
a Coughlin award for Asian History at the University of
Virginia. He was one of our best interns who was an extremely
quick study and we only expect the best from him. He is
job hunting!
Congratulations to Ms. Cornelia Smith. On April 2, she finally
popped in the potty.
Watch for an April 24 program on Energizing Japanese Politics:
New Tools for Change. Discussion on Japan's new freedom
of information law, administrative reforms, and civil society
and how these changes may affect US-Japan relations.
March
11th , 2001
- The
MORSE TARGET OF WASHINGTON'S MOVERS AND SHAKERS 2001 will
debut March 15 at Noon in a conference at the law firm of
McKenna & Cueno, 1900 K Street, NW, Suite 100, Washington
D.C. Dr. Ronald A. Morse, Professor of International Economics
and Business, Reitaku University in Tokyo will present his
observations and Chris Nelson of The Nelson Report will
provide color commentary. Time: Noon - 2:00 PM. Brown Bag
Lunch discussion. Registration: $10. One Target monograph
and "Armitage Report" will be available to attendees. Extra
copies are $10 plus postage and tax. Reservations necessary,
preference given to members. access@jiaponline.org.
For more information, please contact the Japan Project at
202-822-6040, or visit our website at: http://www.jiaponline.org
We
bid a sad farwell to our winter intern, Matt Walczewski.
He was among the best interns we have ever had. Matt a student
at Truman State is off to spend a semester at an university
in Japan. Gambatte!
A future Japan expert (boy) was born in February to Deputy
USTR for Japan, John Neuffer. Congratulations!
February
4th , 2001
- Nominations
for the infamous Morse Target are still being taken. Name
names and rank them as hard or soft on Japan. Please give
a reason for your pick.
Resumes for a research associate are now being considered.
Email to access@jiaponline.org
January
17th, 2001
- The
long-awaited JIAP publication, "Intellectual Property: Japan
and the New Asia," (533pp) has been published and is now
available for purchase. Prices are $135 for members, $150
for non-members. Shipping & handling is $25 domestic or
$45 international but free if you supply your Fedex or UPS
number. Please contact us if you are interested in ordering
a copy!
Congratulations to our research director Ian Hillman who
has entered the US Foreign Service. We are taking bets on
which third world country he will be sent. We will miss
him greatly.
Resumes for a research associate are now being considered.
Email to access@jiaponline.org
November
12th, 2000
- SWEET
HOLIDAY MEMORIES, GIVE THE GIFT THAT KEEPS ON GIVING.
Give the gift of JIAP membership: a membership for the sophisticated
Japan analyst. We will send a beautiful, handmade gift card
noting your gift subscription to whomever you designate
on your gift list. Send list with names and addresses and
emails to JIAP: access@jiaponline.org
Individual Professional is $100 and Individual full-time
academic, press, US government official is $45.
Questions? (202) 822-6040
This will be the last Japan Washington Watch A for the Year
2000. Publication will resume the week of January 8, 2001.
We still intend, however, to keep our readers informed of
any new critical events through JWW Newsflash advisories.
We wish all of our readers the very best during the upcoming
holiday season!
November
12th, 2000
- SWEET
HOLIDAY MEMORIES, GIVE THE GIFT THAT KEEPS ON GIVING.
Give the gift of JIAP membership: a membership for the sophisticated
Japan analyst. We will send a beautiful, handmade gift card
noting your gift subscription to whomever you designate
on your gift list. Send list with names and addresses and
emails to JIAP: access@jiaponline.org
Individual Professional is $100 and Individual full-time
academic, press, US government official is $45.
Questions? (202) 822-6040
November
12th, 2000
- Nov
16 - "China's Defense Industrial Complex," Noon. Asian Science
& Technology Forum at the AFOSR Ballston office. By Invitation.
Calls JIAP for details.
There will be no Japan Washington Watch next week as we
break for the Thanksgiving holiday. It is likely that this
week's part B will be late.
October 29th, 2000
- The
Rachel Stern, the daughter of JIAP Senior Adviser Robert
Stern, was married to Derek Davis on Sunday, October 29,
2000. The happy couple works at the New York City Opera.
October
22nd, 2000
- The
Japan Project has many of the articles and reports listed
below on file.
Copies are available on request.
October
15th, 2000
- We
have sent to all our members a copy the Nye-Armitage Report.
If you wish additional copies please come by, send a courier
or email us your FedX #.
- JIAP
Member Richard Lilley (former AF officer and patent attorney)
has opened his own patent law and management firm. Congratulations.
You can reach Rich at (301) 602-2833. His specialty is,
of course, Japan.
October
9th, 2000
- We
have sent to all our members a copy the Nye-Armitage Report.
If you wish additional copies please come by, send a courier
or email us your FedX #.
NB: We often have the hard copy of the reports and articles
mentioned below. Members can request copies.
- Please
notify us if you are not receiving both JWWA and JWWB each
week. The Congressional Research Service and The Brookings
Institution have become members of the Japan Project Family.
Welcome!.
October 2nd, 2000
- The
JIAP office will be closed on Monday for the holiday. We
will issue JWW A on Tuesday.
Don't forget that Oct 9 is a holiday in the US and Japan.
In Japan, it is Taiiku no Hi, or Sports Day, a national
holiday to foster healthy minds and bodies through physical
activity. It was established to commemorate the 1964 Olympic
Games in Tokyo.
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Today,
JIAP mourns the demise of the Japan Economic Institute.
The Japanese Foreign Ministry's closure of this important
organization will be a strategic blow to American understanding
of Japan. Over the past 30 years, the Institute has provided
excellent highlights and analysis of Japanese policy.
The Institute was the starting point for every student
and analyst of Japan. JEI will be missed by Japanese and
Americans alike. Do, however, keep checking their website,
we understand that the MOFA is trying to find funding
for occasional contracted reports on the site. http://www.jei.org
This move has been one of many over the past few years,
by the Japanese government to eliminate or to cut funding
to U.S. institutions that traditionally held programs
and conducted studies on Japan. In Washington, the Keidanren,
the Sasakawa Peace Foundation, and the Embassy's Information
& Culture Center, with their increased funding, will soon
be the only resources on Japan.
September 25th, 2000
September 25th, 2000
- Please
notify us if you are not receiving both JWWA and JWWB each
week.
September 24th, 2000
- The
Harvard US-Japan Program has renewed its institutional membership.
Thank you!
September 18th, 2000
- Senator
Max Baucus (D-MT) entered into the International Trade Commission's
record during a September 13th Hearing on "Sunset Review"
our Board Member Mark Tilton's (Purdue) paper on "Japan's
Steel Cartel and the 1998 Steel Export Surge," where he
outlines in detail Japan's collusive steel policy and practices.
The paper was written for JIAP for a Japan-US Friendship
Commission Public Policy Program in October 1998.
August
24th, 2000
- The
JIAP website is being revamped by our new webmaster Felipe
Huici.
The site will soon hold more information and be easier to
navigate
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