The Contest for Japan's Economic Future: Entrepreneurs vs. Corporate Giants

In this program on US-Japan Relations Seminar, Richard Katz will discuss how a new generation of entrepreneurs is challenging Japan's established corporate institutions. Richard Katz is a senior fellow at Carnegie Council for Ethics In International Affairs, as well as a special correspondent for Weekly Toyo Keizai.

More information at Harvard's Weatherhead Center for International Relations site here.

Moderated by Christina L. Davis, Director, Program on U.S.-Japan Relations; Edwin O. Reischauer Professor of Japanese Politics, Department of Government, Harvard University.

Full address:

Bowie-Vernon Conference Room (K262) CGIS Knafel Bldg. 

1737 Cambridge St

Cambridge, MA

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Note: Registration is not required for in-person attendance.

Additional Resources

1. Richard Katz, "What Holds Japan Back." Foreign Affairs, January 31, 2024.
2. Richard Katz, "Korea Has Already Passed Japan in Per Capita GDP." The Oriental Economist, March 9, 2022.