23 June 2009
The fifth seminar in the 2009 series “Changing World Views: International Challenges for the UK and Japan” explored the concept of ‘special relationships’ (first used by Winston Churchill in 1945 to describe the shared interests and values of the United Kingdom and the United States), with respect to the United States, Great Britain and Japan.
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As the deterioration in global economic and financial conditions takes its toll, reflections on the past and concerns about the future continue to dominate national and international headlines.
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‘Addressing the Wealth Gap in the UK and Japan’, was the sixth in this year’s seminar series, ‘Economic Futures: Wealth and Well-Being in the UK and Japan’.
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‘The Corporate Restructuring Experience: Employers and Workers in Transition’, the fifth in this year’s seminar series, ‘Economic Futures: Wealth and Well-Being in the UK and Japan’, brought together complementary knowledge on corporate restructuring in Japan and a case study of restructuring by the Toyota Group.
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‘A Tale of Two Cities: London and Tokyo in the 21st Century’ was the second in this year’s seminar series, ‘Economic Futures: Wealth and Well-Being in the UK and Japan’.
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This first seminar in the series set the scene and provided a context for the full 2008 programme by offering an overview of the British and Japanese economies and an outlook for the future.
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This seventh seminar in the 2009 seminar series, ‘Changing World Views: International Challenges for the UK and Japan’, reflected on relations with Russia since the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991.
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This sixth seminar in the 2009 seminar series, ‘Changing World Views: International Challenges for the UK and Japan’, looked at the particular roles played by Japan and Britain in international development assistance.
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The eighth seminar in the 2009 seminar series, ‘Changing World Views: International Challenges for the UK and Japan’, took its title from a recently-published book that examines Japan’s role in ‘a more complicated world’.
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This fourth seminar in the 2009 seminar series “Changing World Views: International Challenges for the UK and Japan” looked to some key dimensions of the UK’s present-day relationship with the Asia-Pacific region.
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