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DESCRIPTION:East Asia Program\nPresents: Akira Chiba Minister for Congressi
 onal Affairs\, Embassy of Japan\nJapan in Asia: Wither and Why? The divide
 d government and the Great East Japan\nEarthquake seem to have shoved Japa
 n away from the forefront of ever changing\nAsia\; it now seems eclipsed b
 y the rise of China. But is it really so? Akira\nChiba attempts to describ
 e how true (or untrue) this is through historical\ninsight with emphasis o
 n Japan-China relations. Akira Chiba is currently the\nMinister for Congre
 ssional Affairs at the Embassy of Japan in Washington\, DC.\nAs Minister\,
  he oversees relations between the Embassy and Capitol Hill\, meeting\nwit
 h staff and Members of Congress to discuss American foreign policy affecti
 ng\nJapan-US relations\, and raising awareness of Japanese affairs. Since 
 entering\nthe public service in 1984\, he has served at the Japanese Embas
 sy in the\nPeople’s Republic of China and the Permanent Mission of Japan i
 n Geneva. He has\nalso held a number of positions at the Ministry of Forei
 gn Affairs in Tokyo\,\nincluding Director of the International Press Divis
 ion and Assistant Press\nSecretary. Before his current posting\, Minister 
 Chiba was seconded to the\nImmigration Bureau in the Ministry of Justice. 
 He specializes in Chinese\nlanguage and Japan-China relations\, and has wr
 itten a number of publications on\nthe subject. Minister Chiba earned a B.
 A. from the University of Tokyo and an\nM.A. in Asian Studies from the Uni
 versity of California\, Berkeley. Speaking:\nAkira Chiba Minister for Cong
 ressional Affairs Embassy of Japan Sponsor:\nMoynihan Institute of Global 
 Affairs\, Co-Sponsor East Asia Program\, Co-Sponsor
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SUMMARY:East Asia Program Presents: Akira Chiba Minister for Congressional 
 Affairs\, Embassy of Japan
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X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:East Asia Program\nPresents: Akira Chiba Minis
 ter for Congressional Affairs\, Embassy of Japan\nJapan in Asia: Wither an
 d Why? The divided government and the Great East Japan\nEarthquake seem to
  have shoved Japan away from the forefront of ever changing\nAsia\; it now
  seems eclipsed by the rise of China. But is it really so? Akira\nChiba at
 tempts to describe how true (or untrue) this is through historical\ninsigh
 t with emphasis on Japan-China relations. Akira Chiba is currently the\nMi
 nister for Congressional Affairs at the Embassy of Japan in Washington\, D
 C.\nAs Minister\, he oversees relations between the Embassy and Capitol Hi
 ll\, meeting\nwith staff and Members of Congress to discuss American forei
 gn policy affecting\nJapan-US relations\, and raising awareness of Japanes
 e affairs. Since entering\nthe public service in 1984\, he has served at t
 he Japanese Embassy in the\nPeople’s Republic of China and the Permanent M
 ission of Japan in Geneva. He has\nalso held a number of positions at the 
 Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Tokyo\,\nincluding Director of the Internat
 ional Press Division and Assistant Press\nSecretary. Before his current po
 sting\, Minister Chiba was seconded to the\nImmigration Bureau in the Mini
 stry of Justice. He specializes in Chinese\nlanguage and Japan-China relat
 ions\, and has written a number of publications on\nthe subject. Minister 
 Chiba earned a B.A. from the University of Tokyo and an\nM.A. in Asian Stu
 dies from the University of California\, Berkeley. Speaking:\nAkira Chiba 
 Minister for Congressional Affairs Embassy of Japan Sponsor:\nMoynihan Ins
 titute of Global Affairs\, Co-Sponsor East Asia Program\, Co-Sponsor
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