Reviewing Revisionism (1985-95)
Looking back at ten tough years in US-Japan relation
Are we better off or worse?

Sponsored by:

The Asia Foundation

Time:

March 23, 2000, 2:00 p.m to 4:00 p.m

Place:

The Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan Map

In contrast to the present calm in US-Japan relations, the decade between 1985 and 1995 was marked by a war of words in negotiating rooms as well as in the media.

In 1994, Mike Armacost, former US Ambassador to Japan recalling earlier trade talks, said: "I don't remember a time when members of the delegation, in some cases not even seeking anonymity, spoke with such acerbity about the other's negotiating team,"

Speakers:
Harry Harding, China scholar, Dean, the Elliott School of lnternationa Affairs, George Washington University
Mike Mochizuki, Expert on Japanese domestic and foreign policy; Professor, George Washington University; former fellow, Brookings Institution
Scott Snyder, author of the recently published book, ''Negotiating on the Edge: North Korean Negotiating Behavior"

materials:
 Reviewing Revisionism -- judging the legacy of an era of US-Japan acrimony By Andrew Horvat(Representative of The Asia Foundation Japan Office)
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