Task Force on US-Japan Cooperation after 3-11 releases recommendations for US-Japan partnerships for recovery & reconstruction

WASHINGTON, November 3, 2011—The Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) Task Force on U.S.-Japan Cooperation today released a  new report and series of recommendations “Partnership for Recovery and a Stronger Future: Standing with Japan after 3-11.”

Jim McNerney, chairman, president and chief executive officer of The Boeing Company, chaired the Task Force which is comprised of business leaders, leading scholars, and functional experts to examine ways the United States and Japan can partner on recovery and reconstruction from the March 11 earthquake and tsunami.   

“The Task Force has produced a series of constructive recommendations in support of reconstruction and recovery and focused considerable attention on the leading role of the private sector in the reconstruction process,”  Mr. McNerney said.  “Many of these recommendations call for joint Japanese-U.S. actions that will further strengthen the alliance while addressing the challenges at hand.”

Coordinated by CSIS in partnership with Keidanren, Japan’s leading business organization, the Task Force organized working groups on disaster relief and preparedness; economic recovery; energy strategy; health and recovery; lessons for the alliance; and strengthening civil society linkages. The report reflects working group deliberations and outlines Japan’s requirements and opportunities for bilateral cooperation in each of these areas. 

“We hope that our efforts and ideas have demonstrated the readiness of Americans in all fields to continue working with Japan on rebuilding in the months and years ahead,” said CSIS President and CEO John J. Hamre.

Keidanren Chairman Hiromasa Yonekura commented, “I welcome the excellent recommendations in this report and strongly endorse and share the vision for a revitalized bilateral partnership with the United States and a stronger future for Japan based on the vitality of the private sector and the people of Tohoku and all Japan.”
Please find a link to the CSIS Partnership for Recovery report by visiting:
http://csis.org/files/publication/111026_Green_PartnershipforRecovery_Web.pdf

Please find a full list of the Task Force membership below:

Tim Adams, Managing Director, The Lindsey Group
Daniel Amos, Chairman and CEO, Aflac Incorporated
Richard Armitage, President, Armitage International
Lori Bertman, President and CEO, Irene W. and C.B. Pennington Foundation
Brian Biles, Professor, Department of Health Policy, School of Public Health, George Washington University
Christopher S. “Kit” Bond, Chairman, Kit Bond Strategies
Joseph Booth, Executive Director, Stephenson Disaster Management Institute, Louisiana State University
Joseph Bosco, Senior Associate, CSIS
Myron Brilliant, Senior Vice President, International Affairs, U.S. Chamber of Commerce
J.D. Crouch II, President, Technology Solutions Group, QinetiQ North America
James Fatheree, President, US-Japan Business Council
Wallace Gregson, Lt. Gen. USMC (ret.); WC Gregson & Associates, Inc.
John J. Hamre, President and CEO, CSIS
John Hopkins, Group Executive, Fluor Corporation
Chris Kubasik, President and Chief Operating Officer, Lockheed Martin Corporation
Charles Lake, Chairman, Aflac Japan
Randolph Martin, Director at Large for East Asia, Mercy Corps
J. Stephen Morrison, Senior Vice President and Director, Global Health Policy Center, CSIS
Jane Nakano, Fellow, Energy and National Security Program, CSIS
Thierry Porté, Chairman, Japan-U.S. Friendship Commission
David Pumphrey, Senior Fellow and Deputy Director, Energy and National Security Program, CSIS
Stanley Roth, Vice President, International Government Relations, The Boeing Company
Robin Sakoda, Partner, Armitage International
Sheila A. Smith, Senior Fellow for Japan, Council on Foreign Relations
Michael Wallace, Senior Adviser, CSIS
Peter Watson, President and CEO, The Dwight Group, LLC
Stacey White, Senior Research Consultant, CSIS
Tadataka Yamada, former President, Global Health Program, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation

Task Force Directors:

Michael J. Green, Senior Adviser and Japan Chair, CSIS; Associate Professor, Georgetown University
Kiyoaki Aburaki, Visiting Fellow, CSIS; U.S. Representative, Keidanren

The Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) is a bipartisan, non-profit organization founded in 1962 and headquartered in Washington, D.C. CSIS seeks to advance global security and prosperity by providing strategic insights and policy solutions to decisionmakers.

Keidanren is Japan’s leading business organization and aims to achieve sound development of the Japanese and world economies.