COMING UP IN APRIL 2002

• ?Fixing Japan?s Economy? ~ April 8 in Washington, D.C.
  
• Ratan Tata Honored with Award
  
• ?Worries Grow as Population Ages?
  
• Journalists: Responses to Terrorism
  
• Malaysian M.P. Joins EWC Board
  
• ?Cultures of Authority? ~April 10-14 in Nashville
  
• ?Nature and Spirit? ~ Artist in Residence
  
• Admiral Blair Luncheon is April 2
  
• Looking Ahead . . .

Fixing Japan?s Economy
APRIL 8 SYMPOSIUM at the NATIONAL PRESS CLUB

R. Glenn Hubbard, chair of the Council of Economic Advisers, will be a featured speaker at an April 8 symposium on ?Fixing Japan?s Economy? at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C. Sponsors are the East-West Center, the University of Hawaii, the Stockholm School of Economics, the Japan-United States Friendship Commission, and the Japan Information Access Project (JIAP). The symposium will run from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Full registration is $85. The fee is $65 for JIAP members. Luncheon only, featuring Hubbard, is $45, or $35 for JIAP members. Symposium proceedings will be available immediately after the event.

Gillian Tett, former Tokyo correspondent for the Financial Times and currently working on a book on Japanese banking reforms, will moderate the program. Speakers include:

• Professor Magnus Blomström, President of the European Institute of Japanese Studies, Stockholm School of Economics??Lessons for Japan from Sweden?s Financial and Economic Crisis?
• Professor Anil Kashyap, Graduate School of Business, University of Chicago??Japan?s Financial Crisis: Priorities for Policymakers?
• Professor Sumner La Croix, East-West Center and University of Hawaii??Institutional Change in Japan: Why it Happens, Why it Doesn?t?
• Professor Hiroshi Ono, European Institute of Japanese Studies, Stockholm School of ?Economics?The Rough Road to Labor Market Reform?
• Jay Tate, doctoral candidate, University of California, Berkeley??Reforming Japan?s Industry Associations: Modernizing Japan?s Business Relations?

CONTACT: Sumner La Croix. E-mail: lacroixs@EastWestCenter.org Phone: (808) 944-7508) for information. Make checks for the symposium payable to Japan Information Access Project and send to JIAP, 2000 P St. NW, S620, Washington, DC 20036.

EAST-WEST CENTER AWARD HONORS RATAN TATA
Ratan N. Tata, chairman of India?s largest industrial conglomerate, has been named recipient of the Asia Pacific Community Building Award of the East-West Center.

Tata, who heads Tata Sons Ltd. and Tata Industries, was cited for ?significant contributions to building better relations and understanding between India, the United States and the countries in the Asia Pacific region,? adding that his ?vision and professional and personal accomplishments exemplify the mission of the East-West Center.? Tata also has served for nine years as a member of the EWC Board of Governors. The award noted that the Tata Group ?has contributed generously to philanthropic causes in education, research, art and culture and many social development programs.?

The award was presented at the annual dinner of the East-West Center Foundation, held at the Hilton Hawaiian Village and attended by 850 persons from the Hawaii community.

New Publication:
?As Asia?s Population Ages, Worries Grow About the Future?
AsiaPacific Issues No. 58 by Andrew Mason, Sang-Hyop Lee and Gerard Russo. 8 pages.

Summary: Asia, a region whose population has long been determined by children, is seeing the proportion of its elderly rise rapidly. The U.N. projects the population 65 and older will more than quadruple by 2050, while the population under the age of 15 will decline.

Though Asia?s population is still younger than the West?s, dramatic declines in childbearing and significant improvements in life expectancy are causing it to age faster. The result will be growing demand for health care, retirement systems, and old-age support ? particularly if the traditional family support system continues to erode.

The challenge to countries with large elderly populations and relatively underdeveloped economies will be especially great. Throughout Asia, population aging could slow economic growth. If governments are to meet the challenges posed by aging populations, they must start soon to adopt policies that encourage savings and investment, develop effective social and economic institutions, and find ways to tap the productive potential of older people.

CONTACTS:
Andrew Mason (808) 944-7455. E-mail: amason@hawaii.edu
Sang-Hyop Lee (808) 956-8590. E-mail: leesang@hawaii.edu
Gerard Russo (808) 944-7412. E-mail: russo@hawaii.edu

JEFFERSON FELLOWSHIP JOURNALISTS
EXAMINE TERRORIST ATTACK AFTERMATH
"After September 11: Responding to Terrorism" is the theme for the spring session of the EWC?s Jefferson Fellowship program for journalists, April 28-May 24. The journalists are:

China: Wei Ke, Deputy Editor-in-Chief, Business Weekly, China Daily News Group, Beijing
Sun Yuhong, Deputy Director, Special Page Department, Yangcheng Evening News Group, Guangzhou

Hong Kong: Lam Kit Yin Canace, Producer (Current Affairs), Radio Television Hong Kong

India: Vinay Kumar, Special Correspondent, The Hindu, New Delhi

Indonesia: Sory Ersya Siregar, Senior Journalist, Rajawali Citra Televisi Indonesia (RCTI) J1, Jakarta

Malaysia: Badrul Azhar Abdul Rahman, Foreign Editor, Utusan Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur

Pakistan: Imran Bashir Khan, Reporter (Current Affairs), Pakistan Television Corporation Islamabad

Philippines: Mary Christine Ong, Anchor-writer-producer-reporter, National Broadcasting Network, Manila

Vietnam: Hue Thi Ngoc Tran, Page Editor, The Saigon Times Daily, Ho Chi Min City

United States:

• Eugene Paul Bloch, Assignment Manager, CNN Business News, New York, NY
• Florangela Davila, Reporter, The Seattle Times, Seattle, Washington
• Jane Jennifer Hirt, Foreign-National News Editor, Chicago Tribune, Chicago, Illinois
• Karen Leslie Lowe, Foreign Editor, Marketplace Productions (NPR), Los Angeles, California
• Jessie Riogelon Mangaliman, Asian Affairs Writer, San Jose Mercury News, San Jose, California

They will begin with a week of professional exchanges, lecture/discussions and personal study at the East-West Center. Then the American journalists will begin a study tour to Jakarta, Beijing and Tokyo. The Asia Pacific Fellows will travel to Los Angeles, Washington DC and New York City. They will re-convene at the EWC May 22-24.

CONTACT: Dennis Donahue (808) 944-7192. E-mail:donahued@EastWestCenter.org

Malaysian Parliamentarian Named to Board
Tun Daim Zainuddin of Kuala Lumpur, a member of Parliament, has been appointed to a three-year term on the East-West Center?s International Board of Governors. He succeeds Ratu Sir Kamisese K. T. Mara of Fiji. The board chair is George R. Ariyoshi, former governor of Hawaii. Other members are from Hong Kong, South Korea, Japan, India, Washington, D.C., California and Virginia.

?Cultures of Authority in Asian Practice?
The 2002 National Endowment for the Humanities Regional Workshop on Representing Excellence - The Authoritative in South & East Asian Art and Literature, April 10-14, hosted by Belmont University in Nashville, Tennessee.

Participation is by invitation. This is the second of four workshops for college and university faculty to examine how authority is conceived, represented, institutionally established, and challenged in both traditional and contemporary Asian Cultures. This workshop will explore the aesthetic canon of Chinese and Indian societies for representations of authority and the role of authoritative conduct in the creation and conservation of communal and cultural norms. Throughout the workshop, participants will work with faculty and in discipline-focused groups on ways to infuse the workshop content into their undergraduate courses.

CONTACT: Peter Hershock, ASDP Coordinator, (808) 944-7757. E-mail: hershocp@EastWestCenter.org

April 16-July 26
"Nature and Spirit: Works by Zhiyuan Cong"
Exhibition by painter and printmaker Cong, EWC Visiting Artist. The opening reception will be Tuesday, April 18 from 5 to 7 p.m. in the EWC Gallery, Burns Hall. Born in Jiangsu, China, Cong received a strong foundation in Chinese arts, including traditional painting. He has explored various combinations of Eastern and Western arts, and has developed his own fusion styles both in painting and printmaking. He is on the faculty of William Paterson University in Wayne, New Jersey, and has been featured in scores of exhibitions, both in China and in the West. His works depict a wide range of themes, including human figures, scenery, animals, and flowers. Some of his most appealing works are based on sports subjects, such as basketball. He will be in residence at the EWC through April, and will be demonstrating his techniques from time to time in the EWC Gallery during the period of April 17-27. The residency and exhibition are made possible by generous support from the Hawai'i Pacific Rim Society.

Gallery hours are Monday-Friday 8 a.m.-5 p.m.; Sunday Noon-4 p.m. Closed Saturdays and holidays. Admission is free. Visitor Parking on the UH campus is $3 and is usually easily available after 4 p.m. weekdays; parking on Sundays is normally free and ample.

CONTACT: William Feltz, EWC Arts Program Coordinator, (808) 944-7612.<be> E-mail: feltzb@EastWestCenter.org </be>

ADMIRAL BLAIR TO BE HONORED AT APRIL 2 LUNCHEON
Admiral Dennis Blair, who is ending his service as Commander in Chief, Pacific (U.S. CINCPAC), will be honored at a luncheon open to the public on Tuesday, April 2 at the Hilton Hawaiian Village. He will speak on efforts to combat terrorism in the Pacific and other security issues.

The sponsors are the Pacific and Asian Affairs Council (PAAC), East-West Center, Friends of the EWC and the Asia-Pacific Center for Security studies. The cost is $25 for members of the sponsoring organizations and $30 for others. For information, call PAAC at 944-7780.

L o o k i n g A h e a d . . .

Continuing Exhibition: ?XiQu: The Beauty of Chinese Opera? through April 6. EWC Gallery. Call (808) 944-7612.

May 30 -- Annual East-West Summer Seminar on Population ? to June 29.

May 12-16 -- Pacific Island Technical Training Planning Workshop.

May 14-26 -- 3rd Asia Pacific Journalism Fellowships (in Honolulu, Singapore and Taipei).

June 3-5 -- Senior Seminar on Environment: Greenhouse Gases.

July 1-4 -- EWCA/EWC International Alumni Conference, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

August 4-7 -- Senior Policy Seminar.

September 1 -- 12th New Generation Seminar, through September 15.

September 9-16 -- Women in Leadership.

October 4-9 -- Chaplin Fellow in Distinguished Journalism.

October 5-8 -- 35th Anniversary Jefferson Fellows Alumni Conference.

October 6 -- Fall Jefferson Fellowships (through November 2).

October 27-30 -- 3rd Asia Pacific Conference on E-Commerce.

November 10-24 -- 3rd US-Japan Journalism Exchange (in Honolulu, US mainland and Japan).

November 25 -- Pacific Island Technical Training Program (through December 5).