Monday, November 14th, 2022 The Politics of the Kishida Cabinet in the Post-Abe Era

DateTimeLocation
Monday, November 14, 20228:00PM - 9:30PMOnline Event, This is an online event.

Description

The UBC Centre for Japanese Research, in partnership with the University of Toronto Munk School Centre for the Study of Global Japan and the University of Tokyo ISS Methodology of Social Sciences Project is organizing a panel event on the theme of Japanese politics titled: “The Politics of the Kishida Cabinet in the Post-Abe Era.”

This panel will take place on November 14, 2022, with the following objectives:

To understand the implications of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s state-funeral, revealed connections to the Unification Church, and resulting public backlash;

To map out the current power holders and bureaucratic balance of power within the Kishida administration in the post-Abe era, including Abe policy legacies and;

To understand Kishida policy priorities and achievements regarding COVID, national economic security, R&D, green tech and Japan’s role in the G20.


Speakers

Takako Hikotani
Speaker
Professor, Gakushuin University

Rieko Kage
Speaker
Professor, University of Tokyo

David Leheny
Speaker
Professor, Waseda University

Kenneth McElwain
Speaker
Professor, University of Tokyo

Harukata Takenaka
Speaker
Professor, National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies

Andrew Horvat
Discussant
Senior Fellow, University of British Columbia

Phillip Lipscy
Moderator
Director, Centre for the Study of Global Japan, Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy; Professor, University of Toronto

Yves Tiberghien
Moderator
Professor, CJR Director, University of British Columbia


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