{"280771":{"#nid":"280771","#data":{"type":"event","title":"Japanese Politics and Policy in the 21st Century","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe rise of China has raised the level of tension throughout Northeast Asia, intensifying competition\u0026nbsp;between China and Japan. Taiwan is often seen as caught between the two, pressured on the one hand by China for closer relations, and lured by shared interests with Japan on the other. This presentation will analyze the current state of Japan-Taiwan relations, explaining why relations have continued to develop despite Chinese pressure and the improvement of cross-straits relations with China. Perhaps the most important factors in the continued development of close Japan-Taiwan relations\u2014despite friction over historical and territorial\u0026nbsp;issues\u2014are the shared liberal and democratic values of the two societies.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EJapanese politics has been rocked by major political changes over the last decade, including the reform policies under Prime Minister Koizumi, the subsequent weakening of the long-ruling Liberal Democratic Party, the birth of a government under the opposition Democratic Party of Japan, and the recent return to power of the LDP. The dramatic changes of this first decade of the 21st century also reflected major changes in the policy\u0026nbsp;positions and governing theories of major politicians in both parties. This presentation will use data from the joint University of Tokyo-Asahi Survey to analyze the changing political positions of leading politicians and the major political parties.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFeaturing:\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u2022 Dr. Jarrod Hayes (INTA) as panel chair\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u2022 Dr. Brian Woodall (INTA) as panel discussant\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u2022 Professor Toshihiro Nakayama (Aoyama Gakuin University), opening comments\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u2022 Dr. Madoka Fukuda (Hosei University), speaking on Japan\u2019s policy toward Cross-Strait Relations\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u2022 Dr. Chihiro Okawa (Kanagawa University), speaking on Party Politics and Policy\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EVisiting guest speakers and panel discussion on Japanese Cross-Strait Relations with China and Party Politics and Policy Change. \u003Cem\u003ESponsored by Sasakawa Peach Foundation and Social Science Research Council Young Japanese Specialists US-Visit Program\u003C\/em\u003E\u0026nbsp;in collaboration with\u0026nbsp;Georgia Tech\u2019s School of Public Policy and the Sam Nunn School of International Affairs.\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Visiting guest speakers and panel discussion on Japanese Cross-Strait Relations with China and Party Politics and Policy Change"}],"uid":"27751","created_gmt":"2014-03-04 19:35:59","changed_gmt":"2017-04-13 21:23:02","author":"Vince Pedicino","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","field_event_time":{"event_time_start":"2014-03-14T17:00:00-04:00","event_time_end":"2014-03-14T18:30:00-04:00","event_time_end_last":"2014-03-14T18:30:00-04:00","gmt_time_start":"2014-03-14 21:00:00","gmt_time_end":"2014-03-14 22:30:00","gmt_time_end_last":"2014-03-14 22:30:00","rrule":null,"timezone":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"65275":{"id":"65275","type":"image","title":"Associate Professor Brian Woodall","body":null,"created":"1449176801","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:06:41","changed":"1475894577","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:42:57","alt":"Associate Professor Brian Woodall","file":{"fid":"192210","name":"tht78595.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/tht78595_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/tht78595_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":50353,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/tht78595_0.jpg?itok=E08_M9ma"}},"273101":{"id":"273101","type":"image","title":"Jarrod Hayes","body":null,"created":"1449244095","gmt_created":"2015-12-04 15:48:15","changed":"1475894964","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:49:24","alt":"Jarrod Hayes","file":{"fid":"198685","name":"jarrod.hayes_.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/jarrod.hayes__0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/jarrod.hayes__0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":99260,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/jarrod.hayes__0.jpg?itok=f4Xt0Qhs"}}},"media_ids":["65275","273101"],"groups":[{"id":"1281","name":"Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts"},{"id":"1285","name":"Sam Nunn School of International Affairs"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"802","name":"China"},{"id":"851","name":"INTA"},{"id":"751","name":"Japan"},{"id":"167090","name":"SPP"},{"id":"3933","name":"taiwan"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[{"id":"1795","name":"Seminar\/Lecture\/Colloquium"}],"invited_audience":[{"id":"78751","name":"Undergraduate students"},{"id":"78761","name":"Faculty\/Staff"},{"id":"78771","name":"Public"},{"id":"174045","name":"Graduate students"}],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EDr. Janelle Knox-Hayes\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:Janelle.Knox@pubpolicy.gatech.edu\u0022\u003EJanelle.Knox@pubpolicy.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}