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The Japan Studies Program co-hosted a delegation of government officials from six Japanese prefectures and business leaders from California in late July. The event was part of a two-day conference and initiative, led by the U.S.-Japan Council, to promote bilateral economic collaboration between the two countries.

A summary of the event can be found on the U.S.-Japan Council website.

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Governors from six Japanese prefectures convened at Stanford in July 2014.
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Changbao Zhang

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Corporate Affiliate Visiting Fellow, 2014-15
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Changbao Zhang is a corporate affiliate visiting fellow at the Walter H. Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center (Shorenstein APARC) for 2014-15. He has worked at PetroChina for 18 years.  Currently, he is the Assistant President and HR Director at PetroChina International Iraq Company. Zhang received his bachelor's degree in Petroleum Geology from North East Petroleum University in China, his MBA from Beijing Science & Technology University and his master's degree in Law from Peking University in China.

Rajeev Prasad

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Rajeev Prasad is a corporate affiliate visiting fellow at the Walter H. Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center (Shorenstein APARC) for 2014-15.  Rajeev has thirteen years of experience in handling pharmaceuticals Quality Management Systems and has been with Reliance Life Sciences Pvt. Ltd., India since 2008. Currently, Rajeev is Senior Manager in Quality Assurance group and he is accountable for entire gamut of Quality Assurance function including Laboratory Controls, Change Control, Deviation/OOS handling, Process Validation, Inspections, Internal and External Audits, Vendor and Contract Testing Laboratory Audits, Annual Product Quality Reviews, Stability Programs, Batch Release, Technology Transfer, Investigations, Documentation Control and supporting regulatory filing.  Prior to joining Reliance Life Sciences Pvt. Ltd., he has previously worked for six years with Panacea Biotec Limited at New Delhi. Rajeev received his post graduate degree in Microbiology from Nagpur University, India in 2002.

Tatsuru Nakajima

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Corporate Affiliate Visiting Fellow, 2014-15
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Tatsuru Nakajima is a corporate affiliate visiting fellow at the Walter H. Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center (Shorenstein APARC) for 2014-15. Nakajima has over eight years of experience in the information technology business field at Sumitomo Corporation, one of the major trading and investment conglomerates in Japan, and its subsidiaries. His experience in the IT industry includes establishing and managing EV charging infrastructure company, business development and marketing & sales strategy planning.  While at Stanford, Nakajima is researching the difference in the profitability and structure of IT businesses between the United States and Japan. Nakajima is interested in applying his knowledge gained here to his work and overall helping to grow the economy in Asia. Nakajima graduated from the Graduate School of Precision Engineering at The University of Tokyo with a degree in Mechanical Engineering.

Yasunori Matsui

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Corporate Affiliate Visiting Fellow, 2014-15
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Yasunori Matsui is a corporate affiliate visiting fellow at the Walter H. Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center (Shorenstein APARC) for 2014-15. He started his career in 1991 as a software engineer for Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, Tokyo, Japan. Matsui has been engaged in designing and consulting ERP systems for several Japanese manufacturing industry companies, as well as managing software development teams. His product system is structured to perform integrated management of all company duties. Matsui graduated from Kinki University with a B.S. in mathematical and physical sciences.

Kyeongsik Cho

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Kyeongsik Cho joins the Shorenstein APARC during the 2014-2015 academic year from the Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning (MSIP) in Korea where he serves as a director general. His research interests encompass how the US is currently solving national issues that involve slow growth, unemployment and how scientific technologies and ICT are used in solving those problems. Kyeongsik Cho holds an MS in finance from the Michigan State University, and a BA in Business Administration from the Korea University.

Szu-Chi Huang

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Professor Huang’s research focuses on consumer motivation. Her work in this area has been programmatic, documenting how consumers have different concerns in different stages of goal pursuit, and thus derive motivation in very distinct ways. Professor Huang uses experiments to tightly examine causal processes, and field studies to test these findings in the real world, such as launching loyalty programs with local restaurants and conducting charity campaigns with nonprofit organizations. Her new projects examine consumer motivation in social settings, such as shared goal-pursuit groups (e.g., Weight Watchers) and pro-social behaviors (e.g., motivation behind donations).

Research Interests:

 

  • Consumer motivation
  • Self-regulation
  • Social interactions in goal pursuit
  • Prosocial Behaviors

 

Faculty Fellow at the Stanford Center at Peking University, November 2014 to January 2015

Implementing Structural Reforms in Abenomics: How to Reduce the Cost of Doing Business in Japan

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Improving the environment for business is an important part of the growth strategy of Abenomics. As the goal for this effort, the Abe Administration aims to improve Japan’s rank in the World Bank Doing Business Ranking to one of the top three among OECD. This paper clarifies what it takes for Japan to achieve the goal. By looking at details of the World Bank Doing Business ranking, we identify various reforms that Japan could implement to improve the ranking. Then, we classify the reforms into six groups depending on whether the reform requires legal changes and on political resistance that the reform is likely to face. By just doing the reforms that do not require legal changes and are not likely to face strong political opposition, Japan can improve the ranking to 13th. To be in the top 3, Japan would need to implement all the reforms that are not likely to face strong political resistance. The conclusions, however, are based on the assumption that the conditions in the other countries do not change, which is unrealistic. Thus, Japan would need to carry out all the reforms including those with high political resistance to be among the top three.

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Governors' Meeting in Silicon Valley

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GOVERNORS' MEETING IN SILICON VALLEY

U.S.-Japan Economic Collaboration at the State-Prefecture Level

 

July 28, 2014

MacCaw Hall at Arrillaga Alumni Center, Stanford University

 

This July, as part of the U.S.-Japan Council’s (USJC) Governors’ Circle Initiative, USJC and The Walter H. Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center (APARC) will convene a Japan Governors’ Meeting in Silicon Valley. Governors from six prefectures, namely Fukuoka, Hiroshima, Oita, Okayama, Saga and Shizuoka, have confirmed their attendance, and each plans to bring a delegation of business leaders and government officials involved in bilateral economic collaboration. These governors are interested in the state of California, particularly Silicon Valley, as a leader in the fields of IT, biomedical/healthcare, automobile technology, clean energy and consumer goods. This event will serve as a catalyst for select Japanese prefectures to connect with the Silicon Valley’s innovative companies, pilot projects, and state-of-the-art technologies across a number of sectors, including technology licensing, market development, manufacturing agreements, investments, joint ventures, and strategic partnerships.

For registration, please visit http://bit.ly/GovCircle    

 

Date: July 28:  Plenary Session and Networking Reception/Sake Tasting (Open to Public)  

2:00 - 2:15 pm:    Opening Remarks

2:15- 2:45 pm:     Presentation by the Director of Stanford’s Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies (FSI)

2:45 – 4:00 pm:   Governors’ Panel Discussion on Prefectures’ Economic Collaboration Targets and Collaboration with Silicon Valley

4:00 - 4:15 pm:    Break

4:15 - 5:15 pm:    Presentations:  “How Stanford Played a Significant Role in Creating New Businesses Collaborations in Silicon Valley”

5:15 - 5:30 pm:    Closing Remarks

5:30 – 7:30 pm:  Networking Reception

Frances C. Arrillaga Alumni Center

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