A symposium commemorating the 50th anniversary of the establishment of The Asia Foundation
Embracing Diversity - Gender and Ethnicity Issues in 21st Century Japan

Sponsored by:

The Asia Foundation

Time:

December 14, 2004 (Tuesday)
2:00 p.m to 6:10 p.m Symposium (simultaneous interpretation provided)
6:10 p.m to 7:30 p.m Reception

Place:

New Building of The Tokyo Metropolitan Tei-en Art Museum Map

A symposium commemorating the 50th anniversary of the establishment of The Asia Foundation
Embracing Diversity - Gender and Ethnicity Issues in 21st Century Japan

Program:
14:05-14:20 Film - "Celebrating 50 Years"
14:20-14:25 Welcome from Gordon HEIN, Vice President, Programs, The Asia Foundation
14:25-14:40 "Securing the Peace: The Rise of Civil Society in Asia"
Opening remarks by Susan PHARR, Edwin O. Reischauer Professor of Japanese Politics, Harvard University, and Secretary, Board of Trustees, The Asia Foundation

14:45-16:05 "Expanding Opportunities for Women"
Moderator: Keiko TAMAI, Senior Program Officer, The Asia Foundation
"Expanding Labor Opportunities for Women in Asia" - Mitsuko HORIUCHI,
Special Regional Advisor on Gender Issues, Director, Tokyo Office, International Labor Organization
"Women's Political Participation" - Carol YOST, Director, Women's Programs, The Asia Foundation
"Trafficking Issues in Japan" - Yoko YOSHIDA, Attorney, Co-chair of Japan Network Against Trafficking in Persons

16:05-16:20 Coffee Break

16:20-17:45 Panel II "Japan as a Multi-Ethnic Society"
Moderator: Andrew HORVAT, Japan Representative, The Asia Foundation
"Myth of Koreans in Japan" - CHUNG Dae Kyun, Professor, Tokyo Metropolitan University
"The German Experience with 8% Foreign Residents" - Gebhard HIELSCHER, Director, Tokyo Office, Friedrich Ebert Stiftung
"Will Japan Become a Multi-Ethnic Society?" - Kinhide MUSHAKOJI, Director, Centre for Asia Pacific Partnership, Osaka University of Economics and Law

17:45-18:00 - "United States and Japan"
Closing remarks by Robert SCALAPINO, Robson Research Professor of Government Emeritus, University of California, Berkeley, and Trustee Emeritus, The Asia Foundation

18:10-19:30 - "Celebrating 50 Years of Partnership"
Remarks from Nancy Kassenbaum-Baker

materials:
 Profiles of Speakers
 Myth of Koreans in Japan CHUNG Dae Kyun (In Japanese)