Comments from:
Koichi MERA (University of Southern California)
Marc BELIVEAU (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation)
John DE BOER (University of Tokyo)
Moderator:
Takahiro MIYAO (GLOCOM)

Program:
Keynote Speech: Shumpei Kumon (See the "Opinions" page)
Workshop Session (Three workshops)
General Discussion Session (See the "Debates" page)

Keynote Speaker:
Yotaro KOBAYASHI (Chairman, Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.)
(See the "Opinions" page for the summary of his speech)
Panelists:
Katsuto MOMII (President and CEO, Mitsui & Co. USA, Inc.)
John BUSSEY (Foreign Editor, The Wall Street Journal)

Speakers:
Shumpei KUMON (Executive Director, GLOCOM)
(See the "Opinions" page for the text of his speech)
Alan WESTIN (President, Institute for Social and Legal Research)
(See the "Opinions" page for the summary of his speech)
Panelists:
Katsuto MOMII (President and CEO, Mitsui & Co., USA, Inc.)
John BUSSEY (Foreign Editor, The Wall Street Journal)
Other participants:
David ISENBERG (President, isen.com)
Hugh PATRICK (Professor, Columbia University)
Moderator:
Takahiro MIYAO (Professor, GLOCOM)

• Preliminary Discussion on September 22 (Friday)
• Full Debate with Our Panelists on September 26 (Tuesday)

• Preliminary discussion on August 25 (F)
• Online full debate on August 29 (T)
• Prof. Dore's Final Remarks on the Debate

Panelists:
Ronald DORE (Professor, University of London)
Masahiro OKUNO (Professor, Tokyo University)
James Masaakira KONDO (Consultant, Mckinsey Global Institute)
Tatsuya TERAZAWA (Director for Policy Planning, MITI)
Moderator:
Takahiro MIYAO (Professor, GLOCOM)

Panelists:
Jiro KOKURYO(Professor, Keio University)
Teruyasu MURAKAMI (Executive Managing Director, Nomura Research Institute)
Takahiro MIYAO (Professor, GLOCOM, IUJ)
with Shumpei KUMON's comment

Participants

Moderator: Masakazu Yamazaki
Keynote Speaker: Hayao Kawai
Panelists:
Roland Robertson (UK)
Emmanuel Todd (France)
Kim Moon-Hwan (Korea)
Nurcholish Madjid (Indonesia)
Wolf Lepenies (Germany)

Participants:
Takashi SHIRAISHI, Professor, Kyoto University
Toshihiko KINOSHITA, Professor, Waseda University
Takahiro MIYAO, Professor, GLOCOM, Int'l Univ. of Japan

Preliminary Discussion on Asia's Crisis and Recovery

This online debate was based on the preliminary e-mail discussion between Prof. Kinoshita and Prof. Miyao on May 22.

Participants:
Kazuhito IKEO, Professor, Keio University (Tokyo)
Koichi MERA, Professor, Univ. of Southern California (Los Angeles)
Takahiro MIYAO, Professor, GLOCOM, Int'l Univ. of Japan (Tokyo)

February 21, 2000. Round-table discussion on the use of computers in the Japanese education system and the current situation of computer-assisted education in Japan.

November 25, 1999 discussion of Japan's nuclear policy in the aftermath of the accident at the Tokaimura nuclear fuel fabrication facility.

September 22, GLOCOM staff and guests examined prospects for revitalization of local communities in the global age of information technology.

Views from Japan for May 25, 1999 looked at the ambitious project by Mori Building Co. for redevelopment of Roppongi's 6th district. Description of the project by Mori Building Co.'s Executive Director was followed by discussion. RealVideo of the entire debate is available.

The topic of the March 17, 1999 meeting was "Japan and Y2K Revisited", focusing on how Japan's Y2K preparations and readiness status are viewed overseas, and on perceptions within Japan regarding Japan's Y2K activities.

On January 27, 1999 the third debate focused on "How to Revive the Japanese Real Estate Market".  RealVideo of the entire debate is available, see the discussion page for details.

Y2K and Japan was the topic of the November 18, 1998 meeting.  Two key questions were addressed: "How serious is the Y2K problem in Japan?" and "Is the current Japanese government Y2K action plan sufficient? If not, how can the plan be improved?"

Inaugural meeting, October 6, 1998. Two separate topics were discussed: the Financial Situation in Japan and its Impact on Asia, and Japan's Policy Response to North Korea's Missile Launch.