FSI researchers strive to understand how countries relate to one another, and what policies are needed to achieve global stability and prosperity. International relations experts focus on the challenging U.S.-Russian relationship, the alliance between the U.S. and Japan and the limitations of America’s counterinsurgency strategy in Afghanistan.
Foreign aid is also examined by scholars trying to understand whether money earmarked for health improvements reaches those who need it most. And FSI’s Walter H. Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center has published on the need for strong South Korean leadership in dealing with its northern neighbor.
FSI researchers also look at the citizens who drive international relations, studying the effects of migration and how borders shape people’s lives. Meanwhile FSI students are very much involved in this area, working with the United Nations in Ethiopia to rethink refugee communities.
Trade is also a key component of international relations, with FSI approaching the topic from a slew of angles and states. The economy of trade is rife for study, with an APARC event on the implications of more open trade policies in Japan, and FSI researchers making sense of who would benefit from a free trade zone between the European Union and the United States.
Encina Ground Floor Conference Room
Encina Hall, Room E008
Encina Hall, Room E008
This unit provides students with geographic and historical context to analyze major issues facing contemporary Indonesia, as well as in-depth examination of its regional and global importance.
12:00 p.m. Katsuyuki Tsukada, Nihon Unisys Company (JR) "Development of the New Business Model of Digital Contents Trade" 12:20 p.m. Tetsu Fukuoka, Sumitomo Corporation of America (HR) "Current Activity of Venture Capitals in Silicon Valley" 12:40 p.m. Takayuki Niikura, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (RH) "Japan and Regional Choices" 1:00 p.m. Kotaro Inuzuka, Toyobo Company, Ltd. (FC) "Application of Smart Structure Technologies at TOYOBO" 1:20 p.m. Takeshi Myoi, Tokyo Electric Power Company (RD) "Strategies and Management of R&D at Tokyo Electric Power Company" 1:40 p.m. Takihiko Ashiya, Kansai Electric Power Company (RH) "Proposal of Strategic Viewpoints in Diversification Based on Analysis of Failures in the U.S. Telecommunication Industry"
Philippines Conference Room, Encina Hall East, Third Floor
12:00 p.m. Akira Kobayashi, Japan Patent Office (DO) "How to Handle Patents in Venture Companies" 12:20 p.m. Joseph Huang, AllCan Investment Company (MH) "Venture Capitals and Entrepreneurship in the Silicon Valley and the Greater China Region" 12:40 p.m. Seishi Nakatani, Shiraimatsu Pharmaceutical (DO) "Evaluation of the IT Industry Potential" 1:00 p.m. Tetsuo Fujita, Japan Research Institute (GS) "The Role of Information Technology on the Economic Development of Japan" 1:20 p.m. Makoto Kawashima, Ministry of Finance (DO) "Recent Changes to the Banking Business Model and the U.S. Response" 1:40 p.m. Eui Yong Chung, Samsung Company (GS) "Collaboration Between the U.S. and Korea in the Semi-Conductor Industry"
Philippines Conference Room, Encina Hall East, Third Floor
Reuben W. Hills Conference Room, 2nd Floor, Encina Hall East
