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A Commemorative Lecture by the 2009 Japan Foundation Awardee Arthur Stockwin "Japanese Politics in a British Mirror"
Symposium Honoring the Contributions and Career of Thomas L. Blakemore "Law and Practice in Postwar Japan The Postwar Legal Reforms and Their Influence"

A Commemorative Lecture by the 2009 Japan Foundation Awardee Arthur Stockwin "Japanese Politics in a British Mirror"

Speaker: Arthur Stockwin, Former Director of the Nissan Institute of Japanese Studies at the University of Oxford
Date & Time: Wednesday, October 7, 4:00-6:30 pm
*Following the one-hour lecture, a reception will be held.
Venue: Iwasaki Koyata Memorial Hall, International House of Japan
Admission: Free *prior booking essential
Language: English/Japanese (with simultaneous translation)
Sponsored by the Japan Foundation with support from the International House of Japan

Arthur Stockwin

Prof. Stockwin is a renowned professor of modern Japanese studies who clearly interprets the dynamics of Japanese politics and makes them comprehensible to the non-Japanese. He has been promoting the intellectual exchange and understanding between Japan and the UK as the founding director of the Nissan Institute of Japanese Studies at the University of Oxford. He has published many books, including The Japanese Socialist Party and Neutralism (1968), Dynamics and Immobilist Politics in Japan (1988), and Governing Japan: Divided Politics in a Resurgent Economy (4th ed., 2008).

Symposium Honoring the Contributions and Career of Thomas L. Blakemore "Law and Practice in Postwar Japan The Postwar Legal Reforms and Their Influence"

This symposium honors the contributions of Mr. Thomas L. Blakemore (1915-94), one of the most active American lawyers in postwar Japan and also a member of the board of directors at International House for many years. Its aim is to review the accomplishments and influence of Mr. Blakemore first in terms of the legal reforms during the Allied Occupation and second in relation to the postwar legal profession.

Dates: May 28, 29, 2009
Admission: Free (registration necessary)
Venue: Iwasaki Koyata Memorial Hall, International House of Japan
Language: English/Japanese (with simultaneous translation)
Organizers: Blakemore Foundation/International House of Japan

Thursday, May 28 1:00 pm – 5:00 pm

1:00 pm — Introduction
Eugene Lee/Board of Managers, Blakemore Foundation
Koichiro Fujikura/Board of Councilors, International House of Japan; Professor, Doshisha University
1:30 – 3:30 pm — Part One
Thomas Blakemore and His Contributions
Thomas L. Blakemore and Japanese Law, as a Student of Tokyo Imperial University and Legal Staff of GHQ
Yuichi Deguchi/ Associate Professor, Dept. of Law, Toin University of Yokohama
Recurring Encounters: Personal Perspectives on Thomas Blakemore’s Career Contributions to Japanese Law
John O. Haley/ William R. Orthwein Distinguished Professor of Law, Washington University School of LawEugene Lee An Afterword
3:30 – 4:00 pm — Coffee Break
4:00 – 4:30 pmCitizen’s Participation in the Criminal Justice, from the Establishment of Prosecutorial Review Commissions to the Citizen-Judgeships
Akio Harada/ former Prosecutor General/President, International Civil and Commercial Law Center Foundation
4:30 – 5:00 pm — Comments and Questions

Friday, May 29 9:00 am-5:00 pm

9:00 – 11:00 am — Part TwoThe Allied Occupation and Law ReformThe Good Occupation: The Politics of the Allied Occupation of Japan
J. Mark Ramseyer/ Professor, Harvard Law School and Yoshiro Miwa/
Professor, Dept. of Economics, University of TokyoRole of Lawyers in the Occupation Reforms: From Constitutional Reform to Legal Reforms
Akira Amakawa/ Professor, Open University of JapanLaying the Foundation for Rights Advocacy – The 1949 Attorneys Law and Other Occupation-era Measures
Lawrence Repeta/ Professor, Omiya Law School/Visiting Professor, University of Washington Law SchoolPostwar Reform of Corporate Law and Corporate Governance: Democratization under the Occupation and the Japanese Reaction
Bruce Aronson/ Associate Professor, Creighton University School of Law
1:30 pm – 5:00 pm — Part Three/ Panel DiscussionThe Legal Profession in Postwar Japan: The American ExperiencePaul Davis/ Managing Partner, Baker & McKenzie GJBJ Tokyo Aoyama Aoki Koma Law office (Gaikokuho Joint Enterprise)Daniel H. Foote (Chair)/Professor, University of Tokyo Faculty of LawRobert F. Grondine/ Partner, Gaikokuho Jimu Bengoshi, White & CaseEugene Lee
Anthony Zaloom/ Director, China Project, UC Berkeley Center for Law, Business and the Economy
3:30 – 4:00 pm — Coffee Break
4:00 – 5:00 pm — Comments and Questions
5:00 pm — Concluding Remarks

*Program subject to change.

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