Advancing the Status of Women in a Globalizing Japan: A 70-Year Retrospective

"Advancing the Status of Women in a Globalizing Japan:
A 70-Year Retrospective"

Thursday, May 7, 1-6:00pm

Belfer Case Study Room (S020), CGIS South

Harvard University

Sponsored by

Showa Women’s University
Showa Boston Institute for Language and Culture

Program on U.S.-Japan Relations and Reischauer Institute of Japanese Studies, Harvard University

Opening remarks
Bando Mariko
President, Showa Women’s University

Keynote speech
The Honorable Noda Seiko
Member, House of Representatives

Panel 1 — 70 Years of Change in Women’s Roles

Moderator:

Professor Susan Pharr

Department of Government, Harvard University

Bando Mariko

President, Showa Women’s University

Professor Emeritus Iwao Sumiko

Keio University

Professor Margarita Estévez-Abe
Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, Syracuse U.

Panel 2 — Recent Strategies to Increase Participation in Decision-Making and Management

Moderator:

Professor Mary Brinton

Department of Sociology, Harvard University

Ms. Kathy Matsui

Chief Japan Equity Strategist, Goldman Sachs, and originator of “womenomics”

Professor Yashiro Naohiro

Faculty of Global Business, Showa Women’s University

Glen S. Fukushima

Senior Fellow, Center for American Progress, Former President, American Chamber of Commerce in Japan

Closing remarks

The Honorable Himeno Tsutomu
Consul General of Japan in Boston

Flyer

THE JAPAN SOCIETY OF BOSTON