Connecting People & Ideas to Advance Mutual Interests in U.S.-Asia Relations

Roundtable on U.S.-Japan Cooperation in Free and Open Infrastructure

On March 2, 2023 the Mansfield Foundation convened a roundtable discussion with Hiroyuki Suzuki (The Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC)), Dr. Shino Watanabe (Sophia University), and Courtney Weatherby (Stimson Center Southeast Asia Program) who spoke on...

Building Resilient Energy Systems: Lessons from Japan Roundtable

On February 1, 2023 the Mansfield Foundation convened a roundtable discussion with Dr. Jennifer Sklarew (Assistant Professor, Energy and Sustainability Policy, George Mason University) who spoke on the research behind her recently published book, Building Resilient...

Building a Cyber Workforce Event in Tokyo

On December 13, 2022, the Mansfield Foundation held a public event on Building a Cyber Workforce Through the U.S.-Japan Alliance at the University of Tokyo, Hongō Campus. Juliane Doscher (Maureen and Mike Mansfield Foundation) and Abigail Bard (U.S. Embassy in Tokyo)...

Roundtable on U.S.-Japan Cooperation in Cybersecurity

On January 13, 2023, the Mansfield Foundation hosted Dr. Benjamin Bartlett (Miami University in Oxford, Ohio), Mihoko Matsubara (NTT Corporation, Tokyo), and Simone Petrella (CyberVista) for a roundtable discussion addressing why and how the United States and Japan...

Roundtable: Communication is Power for the Nuclear Industry in Japan

On December 2, 2022, the Mansfield Foundation convened a roundtable discussion with Dr. Mariko Nishizawa (Founding Director, Litera Japan) and Mr. Paul Dickman (Senior Policy Fellow, Argonne National Laboratory) who spoke on the challenges of recruiting a new...

Roundtable: The Ukraine Crisis and Implications for Japan

On February 9, 2022, the Mansfield Foundation convened a roundtable discussion with Prof. Gilbert Rozman (Princeton University) and Prof. Yoko Iwama (GRIPS), who explored Japan’s role in the Ukrainian crisis and its possible consequences on the future of the...