I-House Salon
The I-House provides an intimate setting to engage in an off-the -record intellectual dialogue with distinguished guests in English.
The Eighth I-House Salon
Vietnam’s Diplomacy and Japan-Vietnam
Relations in a New Era
Speaker:
Nguyen Phu Binh, Ambassador of Vietnam
Date/Time: Friday,September 11, 2009,
6:30-8:00 pm
Moderator/Commentator: Masaya Shiraishi, Professor, Graduate School
of Asia Pacific Studies, Waseda University
Venue: Kabayama/Matsumoto Room
Admission: 2,500 yen (1,500 yen for IHJ members) with
coffee/tea
Language: English (no Japanese translation provided)
Vietnam has recently joined ASEAN, APEC, and WTO, and its diplomacy is drawing much attention. This year, celebrating 2009 Japan-Mekong Exchange Year, we will invite Ambassador Nguyen Phu Binh of Vietnam to give an off-the-record talk on Vietnam’s diplomacy and Japan-Vietnam relations in a new era. Following the lecture and the moderator’s comments, the floor will be open for Q & A and discussion.
In order to provide the speaker and the moderator with a list of participants in advance for facilitating an intensive discussion, the deadline for reservation is 3 pm of the previous day. Please note that those without a reservation cannot be admitted.
In case of cancellation, kindly let us know at your earliest convenience. Thank you.
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The Ninth I-House Salon
The New Indian Government
Its Challenges, Prospects and Relations with Japan
Speaker:
Siddharth Varadarajan, Strategic Affairs Editor/National Bureau Chief, The Hindu
Date/Time: Thursday,October 15, 2009,
2:00-3:30 pm
Moderator/Commentator: Yamazaki Yasuyo, President, Sun-based Economy Association
Venue: Kabayama/Matsumoto Room
Admission: 2,500 yen (1,500 yen for IHJ members) with
coffee/tea
Language: English (no Japanese translation provided)
In the elections in May the Indian National Congress (INC) won a decisive victory and Manmohan Singh’s second-term government has been launched. President Singh receives much support from the citizens for taking on tough challenges and initiating substantive measures such as selling stakes in state-owned companies, deregulation of the oil industry, and the sale of state-owned enterprises. Yet, the government faces challenges as in its relationship with Pakistan and conflicts like that in Kashmir.
Mr. Siddharth Varadarajan, one of the most eminent journalists in India, will talk about the challenges and prospects of the new Indian government, including the Indian economy in this time of global economic crisis and the future of India-Japan relations.
Siddharth Varadarajan:
Reported on a broad range of topics such as the NATO war against Yugoslavia, the Taliban regime in Afghanistan, the war in Iraq and the crisis in Kashmir. His articles are often quoted both in India and abroad. In 2005, the United Nations Correspondents Association awarded him the Elizabeth Neuffer Memorial Prize Silver Medal for Print Journalism for a series of articles on Iran and the International Atomic Energy Agency. He edited Gujarat: The Making of a Tragedy, Penguin Books, 2002.
Yamazaki Yasuyo:
Former President of Goldman Sachs Asset Management Japan Limited and Partner of Goldman Sachs and Co. Currently the representative of the think tank Yamazaki Associates and the president of the Sun-based Economy Association, which promotes an economy and society based on solar energy.
In case of cancellation, kindly let us know at your earliest convenience. Thank you.
Past I-House Salon Meetings
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