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Art for Breakfast 2020: Aerosyn-Lex Mestrovic

Arts Committee was delighted to have Aerosyn-Lex Mestrovic, award winning multi-disciplinary artist and creative director to kick off 2020.  Lex will take us through his evolution as an artist and his art form connecting east & west.
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Asia Society Japan Center - First Yearend Gathering

Asia Society Japan Center hosts its first yearend gathering with Founding Members and staff.
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Gov. Yuriko Koike | Asia Game Changers Award Presentation in Tokyo

Gov. Yuriko Koike | Asia Game Changers Award Presentation
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Asia Society Japan Center Welcomes The Hon. Kevin Rudd

Asia Society Japan Center was delighted to host a lunch meeting with guest speaker His Honorable Kevin Rudd, currently the President of Asia Society Policy Institute.
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Asia Society Japan Center, Arts Committee Signature Symposium

The Future of the Art Market – Discussion of its Innovation & Evolution
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Asia Society Policy Salon Tokyo | Breakfast #14 Zainab Ahmad

"Beyond Elections: Foreign State Influence and American Businesses"
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Arts Committee Breakfast Series #|6 Marty Gross

The Mingei Film Archive is an ongoing project to restore, enhance and preserve films and recordings of the Mingei Movement. Mr. Gross has footages featuring, the renowned potters, Bernard Leach, Minagawa Masu, and Hamada Shoji.
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[APYLP x Asia21 Joint Session] What the Future Holds for an LGBT-inclusive Asia - Signature Symposium

Signature symposium
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Asia Society Policy Salon Tokyo | Breakfast #11 Prof. Kenneth J. Ruoff

Asia Society Japan Center is delighted to welcome Professor Kenneth J. Ruoff, professor of modern history of Japan and Director of the Center for Japanese Studies at Portland State University.
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Asia Society Japan Center Policy Conference: Competing Visions for the Future of Asia

There are 2 competing visions for the future of Asia, China’s Belt and Road Initiative and the west’s Free and Open Indo-Pacific (FOIP). We will explored these issues with experts seeking to promote peace and prosperity for the region.
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Art Day Trip to Enoura Observatory

A group led by the Arts Committee experience Hiroshi Sugimoto’s, Enoura Observatory and a special program by the world renown contemporary artist, Tino Sehgal's site specific work in Odawara.
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Asia Society Policy Salon Tokyo | Breakfast #12 Peter Gruss

Dr. Peter Gruss noted, "OIST is one of the most interesting initiatives in world scientific research and education.”
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Asia Society Policy Salon Tokyo | Breakfast #10 Alex Moazed

Alex Moazed, CEO & Founder of Applico, author of "Modern Monopolies" and 2019 Asia 21 fellow took the us through how modern successful platform business' use infrastructure and techniques to build a tech platform.
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Asia Society Policy Salon Tokyo | Breakfast #9 Evan Wolfson

A lawyer and a campaigner for equal marriage rights in the US.  Evan Wolfson founded and was the President of Freedom to Marry, the campaign that won marriage in the US, architect of the movement that led to nationwide victory in 2015.
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Asia Society Policy Salon Tokyo (ASPST) | Breakfast #8 Wendy Cutler

“Stormy Forecast for Asia-Pacific Trade” Ms. Cutler provided us with her insights surrounding trade and security policies in the current climate on what's to happen in the region.
Yoseph Ayele
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Asia Society Policy Salon Tokyo | Breakfast #7 Yoseph Ayele

Mr. Ayele introduced the concept of the Global Impact Visa and how it was inspired and designed. In-depth discussions following his comments covered a broad range of issues regarding the program design and its significance globally.
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Arts Committee Breakfast Series #4 |Naoto Fukasawa

Mr. Fukazawa introduced the concept of Mingei, referring to its distinction from Kogei, and discussed Mingei’s influence on modern design. Participants discussed about the boundaries among Mingei, Kogei, industrial design and minimalism.
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Asia Society Policy Salon Tokyo | Breakfast #6 Prof. Kent E. Calder

Prof. Calder discusses the concepts at work in transforming Eurasia: connectivity, geo-economics, technology.
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Asia Society Policy Salon Tokyo| Breakfast #5 David Atkinson

Japan is facing the largest decline in working population in the developed world. No major country has faced such a decline since the Black Death. Mr. Atkinson discussed what this mean for the Japanese economy, and if there's any hope.
Art Panel Discussion
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Arts Committee Breakfast Series #3 |Panel Discussion

In an effort to build a new discussion platform for arts, the Arts Committee bring to you a panel discussion led by Chris Wells, co-chair of the Arts Committee to understand what challenges young artists today are facing to making it.
Taihei Shii
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Arts Committee Breakfast #2 | Taihei Shii

Taihei is your modern day renaissance man, an artist and entrepreneur. He set up Startbahn and launched a blockchain product for the art market in April. With the product launched he will take us on a journey (discussion) on how blockchain
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Asia Society Japan Welcomes Asia Society Global Trustees during the Asia Innovation Caravan Tour

Asia Society Japan Center Founding Members welcomes the Asia Society Global Trustees to International House of Japan during the Japan leg of Asia Innovation Caravan.
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Asia Society Policy Salon Tokyo (ASPST) | Breakfast #4 Jamie Metzl

Jamie Metzl is the leading technology futurist and geopolitical expert and a Senior Fellow of the Atlantic Council. Jamie spoke at the March Policy Salon round-table about geopolitics in Asia and the technological frontier.
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Arts Committee Breakfast Series #1 | Fumio Nanjo

Mr. Fumio Nanjo, Director of Mori Art Museum kicked off the first Art Committee breakfast roundtable of 2019 to discuss his holistic views of the current trends in the Asia Art world.
Professor Masaaki Shirakawa
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Asia Society Policy Salon Tokyo (ASPST) | Breakfast #3 Prof. Masaaki Shirakawa

“Challenges to Central Banking - Personal Reflections from a former-Bank of Japan Governor”

Events

Discussion

Art for Breakfast 2020: Yu Tazawa

13 Mar 2020
8 - 9:30 a.m.
The Arts Committee is delighted to invite Mr. Yu Tazawa (“Taz”), Founder and CEO of BnA Co, Ltd. to the March Art for Breakfast.
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Asia Society Policy Salon Tokyo | Mark Bookman, Ph.D. Candidate, University of Pennsylvania

25 Mar 2020
8 - 9:30 a.m.
Mark's research on disability and politics began in a bathroom. From personal experience to advising for the 2020 games, Mark will share past, present and the future of disability policies in Japan.