Elections, Politics
Japan Center News
A Special Lecture by Professor Gerald Curtis "Japan's Politics: Current Realities, Future Possibilities" was held on September 25. CJEB Graduate Fellow Vivien Ng reports.
In the wake of Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda's resignation and the election of Taro Aso as his successor, Gerald Curtis, Burgess Professor of Political Science, Columbia University, gave a special lecture titled "Japan's Politics: Current Realities, Future Possibilities." The event was cosponsored by the Weatherhead East Asian Institute (WEAI) and the Center on Japanese Economy and Business (CJEB) of Columbia Business School on September 25. Approximately 180 people were in attendance.