Past I-House Salon Meetings

The Seventh I-House Salon
Brazil Now and After the Global Economic Crisis~With a Focus on Cooperation with Asia~

Date/Time: Tuesday, June 9, 2009, 6:30-8:00 pm
Venue: Kabayama/Matsumoto Room
Speaker: Luiz Augusto de Castro Neves, Ambassador of Brazil
Moderator/Commentator: Ryohei Konta, Associate Senior Research Fellow, Latin American Studies Group, Institute of Developing Economies-JETRO
Admission: 2,500 yen (1,500 yen for IHJ members) with coffee/tea
Language: English

The Sixth I-House Salon
New Japn-China Relations in Global Society

Time/Date: Friday, July 18, 2008 6:30 pm
Venue: Banquet Room, International House of Japan
Speaker: Cui Tiankai, Ambassador of China
Moderator/Commentator: Rumi Aoyama, Professor, Waseda University
Language: English (with no translation)
Fee: 2,500 yen (IHJ members & Students: 1,500 yen) (with coffee or tea)
*Reservation is accepted up to 40 people on a first-come, first-served basis.

The Fifth I-House Salon
Toward a New Japan-India Partnership in the 21st Century

Time/Date: Wednesday, February 20, 2008, 6:30 pm
Venue: Banquet Room, International House of Japan
Speaker: Hemant Krishan Singh, Ambassador of India
Moderator/Commentator: Takenori Horimoto, Professor, Shobi University
Language: English (with no translation)
Fee: 2,500 yen (IHJ members & Students: 1,500 yen) (with coffee or tea)

The Fourth I-House Salon
Russia and East Asia Approaching a New Era

Time/Date: Thursday, October 25th, 2007 6:30 pm
Venue: Banquet Room, International House of Japan
Speaker: Mikhail M. Bely, Ambassador of the Russian Federation to Japan
Moderator/Commentator: Nobuo Shimotomai, Professor, Hosei University
Language: English (with no translation)
Fee: 2,500 yen (IHJ members & Students: 1,500 yen) (with coffee or tea)
*Reservation is accepted up to 40 people on a first-come, first-served basis.

The Third I-House Salon
The Enlarged EU and Its Relations with Asia

Time/Date: Tuesday, June 19th, 2007 6:30 pm
(Door opens at 6:00 pm)
Venue: Banquet Room, International House of Japan
Speaker: Hugh Richardson, Ambassador, Head of the Delegation of the European Commission to Japan
Moderator: Kumiko Haba, Professor, Aoyama Gakuin University
Language: English (with no translation)
Fee: IHJ members & Students: 1,500 yen/ non-members: 2,500 yen (with coffee or tea)
*Reservation is accepted up to 40 people on a first-come, first-served basis.

The Second I-House Salon
Future of Korea-Japan Relations

Time/Date: Thursday, October 19, 2006, 12:30 pm
(Door opens and lunch starts at 12:00 noon)
Venue: International House of Japan
Speaker: Ra Jong-yil, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Korea
Moderator: Lee Jong Won, Professor, Rikkyo University
Language: English (with no simultaneous translation)
Fee: IHJ members: 3,000 yen/ non-members: 4,000 yen (with box lunch)
(Fees without lunch: members 1,000 yen/ non-members 2,000 yen)
*Reservation is accepted up to 40 people on a first-come, first-served basis.

First I-House Salon
Stabilizing Northeast Asia's Strategic Triangle: Japan-China-US Relations in a New Century

Time/Date: Tuesday, June 13, 2006, 6:15 p.m.- 8:30 p.m.
(Door opens at 6:00 p.m.; Lecture starts at 6:30 p.m.)
Place: International House of Japan, Kabayama Room (B1F)
Topic: "Stabilizing Northeast Asia's Strategic Triangle: Japan-China-US Relations in a New Century"
Speaker: Kent E. Calder, Director, Reischauer Center for East Asian Studies, SAIS, Johns Hopkins University
Moderator: Akio Takahara, Professor, University of Tokyo
Language: English (with no simultaneous translation)
Fee: IHJ members: 3,000 yen/ non-members: 4,000 yen (with box dinner)
*Reservation is accepted up to 40 people on a first-come, first-served basis.

*After the lecture/discussion, the cash-bar will be open in the foyer from 8:30 to 9:00 p.m. and the participants may enjoy talking with the speaker and other participants.