Special Screening:ANPO- Art X War followed by a Q&A session with director Linda Hoaglund
Wednesday, September 29, 7 pm 20th floor

USA / Japan, 2010 89 minutes
Produced and directed by Linda Hoaglund
With appearances by: Tadanori Yokoo, Eikoh Hosoe, Hiroshi Nakamura, Makoto Aida, Miyako Ishiuchi, Kikuji Yamashita, Tatsuo Ikeda, Tokiko Kato, Mao Ishikawa, Shomei Tamotsu, Kazuyoshi Kushida

Film courtesy of Uplink

Professional Breakfast
Melanne Verveer
U.S.Ambassador-at-Large
Global Women's Issues

Senrei by Tobiichi 1996-2000
(Main Bar and Sushi Bar)
Sunday, October 3 to Saturday, November 6, 2010

PANEL DISCUSSION
Phil Deans, Professor of Temple University
Koichi Kato, LDP Member of the House of Representatives
Zhu Jianrong, Professor of Toyo Gakuen University

PROFESSIONAL LUNCHEON
Seiji Maehara, Minister for Foreign Affairs

PANEL DISCUSSION
Peter M. Beck, Council on Foreign Relations-Hitachi Research Fellow, Keio University
Hajime Izumi, Professor of International Relations, Shizuoka University

PROFESSIONAL LUNCHEON
Colin Angle, CEO, iRobot Corporation
Yoji Kuroda, Associate Professor, Meiji University

The Moonshots
Foot-stompin'Feel Good Roots Rock'n'Roll

PROFESSIONAL LUNCHEON
Hitoshi Tanaka
Chairman, The Institute for International Strategy,
The Japan Research Institute, Ltd.

Special Sneak Preview Screening: Leonie followed by a Q&A session with director Hisako Matsui and producer Yuuki Itoh
Tuesday , October 12, 6:30 pm 20th floor
Please note earlier start time

Japan / USA, 2010 132 minutes
Director: Hisako Matsui
Writers: Hisako Matsui and David Wiener
Producers: Hisako Matsui, Ashok Amritraj, Yuuki Itoh, Masao Nagai
Cast: Emily Mortimer, Shido Nakamura, Mary Kay Place, Masatoshi Nakamura, Mieko Harada

AKI
with the Satoko Okuyoshi Trio
Jazz and Japanese Standards

PROFESSIONAL LUNCHEON
Akihiro Ohata
Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry

PROFESSIONAL LUNCHEON
Kazuo Inamori, Chairman of Japan Airlines

Professional Luncheon
Jonathan Watts, Asia Environment Correspondent for The Guardian

Press conference
Etienne Baulieu, Professor, College de France, Adjunct Professor, Scripps Institute, USA
Michel Goedert, Head of the Neurobiology Division, Medical Research Council Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge, UK
Akihiko Takashima, Head of the Laboratory for Alzheimer’s disease, RIKEN Brain Science Institute

Mae West
Blues and Jazz Vocalist

Associate Members' General Meeting

Intro to Social Media for Journalists
19:00-21:00 Monday, October 25, 2010

Contemporary Japan: History, Politics and Social Change Since the 1980s

By Dr. Jeff Kingston

Tuesday, October 26 from 6.15 pm to 8.30 pm
6:15 pm start with cocktail party.

PRESS BRIEFING
Masahiro Kawai　
Dean & CEO, Asian Development Bank Institute

Professional Luncheon
Franklin Hobbs III, A Veteran of the Battle of Iwo Jima
Peter Grilli, The President at Japan Society of Boston
Chie Takekawa, Daughter of a Japanese Army Soldier

PROFESSIONAL DINNER
James Hansen & Robert Watson,
2010 Blue Planet Prize Winners

PRESS CONFERENCE
Masayoshi Son,
Chairman & CEO, Softbank Corp.

Celebrating the 1300th Anniversary of Nara Heijo-kyo Capital in 2010
Music of the Silk Road and Ancient Musical Instruments and Costumes of the "Shosoin" Imperial Treasure House