U.S.-Japan Strategic Leadership Program

  • Monday, May 1, 2006

  • The Japan Chair hosted a delegation of Japanese legislators, led by Foreign Minister Taro Aso, for a three-day seminar convened May 1-3, 2006.  Participants studied the role of Congress and other respective agencies in formulating national strategy.  The program also generated strategic thinking through tailored discussions of key regional and global issues and their impact on the U.S.-Japan Alliance.  The legislators also exchanged views with members of Congress on various occasions including a reception on Capitol Hill co-hosted by the Congressional Study Group on Japan.

    The Foreign Minister was joined by the following Diet Members: the Hon. Tadamori Oshima (LDP), the Hon. Shigeru Ishiba (LDP), the Hon. Katsuhito Asano (LDP), the Hon. Itsunori Onodera (LDP), the Hon. Akihisa Nagashima (DPJ), the Hon. Shuji Kira (DPJ), and the Hon. Yasutoshi Nishimura (LDP).

    Seminars
     

    Onodera, Aso, Oshima Nishimura, Kira, Onodera, Aso, Oshima, Asano, Nagashima Aso, Oshima, Asano
    Ishiba and Ohshima Concept of National Strategy with Dr. Edward Luttwak U.S. Strategy in Iraq with Dr. Anthony Cordesman
    Role of Congress in Formulating National Strategy with Mr. Jeremiah Gertler U.S.-Japan-China with Dr. Bates Gill, Ms. Bonnie Glaser, and Mr. Derek Mitchell Middle Eastern Affairs with Dr. Jon Alterman

    Luncheon with former Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage
     

    Reception

    Representative Tom Lantos Ranking Member, House International Relations Committee Representative Dana Rohrabacher, Onodera, Kira
    Ohshima, Green, Ambassador Thomas Foley Foreign Minister Aso and Representative Jim Leach Chairman, Subcommittee on East Asia and the Pacific, House International Relations Committee

    Meetings with Senators 


    Senator Richard Lugar
    Senator Lisa Murkowski
    Senator Daniel Inouye

    Scenario Exercise

      Luncheon hosted by Dr. John Hamre 

    Statesmen’s Forum with Foreign Minister Taro Aso

    Programs
    Japan Chair
    Regions
    East Asia and the Pacific