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Japanese Views of US-Japan-Southeast Asia Economic Relations
An Indo Pacific Political Economy and Trade Seminar featuring:
Hirobumi Kayama
Special Advisor, Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry (METI), Japan and
Director, Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO), New York
Dr. Ellen L. Frost (Moderator)
Senior Advisor, East-West Center in Washington
Japanese Views of US-Japan-Southeast Asia Economic Relations from East-West Center on Vimeo.
In 2017, the United States exported nearly $700 billion worth of goods and services to the Indo-Pacific as a whole. Nearly 20% of those exports went to Japan, the United States’ 4th largest export destination. With discussions on a bilateral trade deal
between Japan and the US, its largest export destination, looming in late spring, an assessment of the strengths and weaknesses of this economic relationship going forward is of particular importance. An arena that could see increased collaboration between the two allies is Southeast Asia, which presents an opportunity for the United States and Japan to work together on improving trade practices and investing in infrastructure among other issues.
This seminar will be part of a series tied to the U.S.-Japan-Southeast Asia in a Dynamic Asia Fellowship program jointly organized and sponsored by the East West Center and Osaka University’s Osaka School of International Public Policy (OSIPP). Generously funded by The Japan Foundation and US Embassy Tokyo, this fellowship has brought together two American, two Japanese, and two Southeast Asian fellows for three months to explore the following theme: How should the United States, Japan, and Southeast Asia collaborate on trade, investment, and economic integration in Southeast Asia?
For more images, please visit the album for this event on the East-West Center's Flickr page.
Hirobumi Kayama is a Special Advisor to Japan’s Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry (METI) and the Director of the Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO)’s headquarters in New York. He has previously held many government positions, including Director of the Office for International Nuclear Energy Cooperation Agency for Natural Resources and Energy (ANRE) in METI (2011-2015), Senior Deputy Director of the Policy Planning and Coordination Division in the Minister’s Secretariat (2009-2011), and the Deputy Director of the Petroleum and Gas Division of ANRE (2002-2005). Mr. Kayama received his Bachelor’s degree in Law from the University of Tokyo in 1995 and his dual Master’s degrees of International and Public Affairs and Law (LL.M.) from Columbia University in 2002, a year in which he also pass the Bar in New York.
Dr. Ellen L. Frost is a Senior Advisor and Fellow at the East-West Center and a Visiting Distinguished Research Fellow at the National Defense University's Institute of National Strategic Studies. She writes and lectures frequently on Asia-related topics, especially Indo-Pacific political-economic issues and their strategic and security implications. Her most recent book is Asia's New Regionalism. She is also the author of For Richer, For Poorer: The New U.S.-Japan Relationship and Transatlantic Trade: A Strategic Agenda. Dr. Frost previously served in the US government as Counselor to the US Trade Representative (1993–95), Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Economic and Technology Affairs (1977-81), various positions in the Treasury Department (1974–77) and the State Department (1963), and as a legislative assistant in the US Senate (1972–74). During the 1980s she worked for two multinational corporations. From 1996 to 2014 she was a senior fellow and subsequently visiting fellow at the Institute for International Economics. She received a B.A. from Radcliffe College, an M.A. from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, and a Ph.D. in Government from Harvard University.
Japanese Views of US-Japan-Southeast Asia Economic Relations
An Indo Pacific Political Economy and Trade Seminar featuring:
Hirobumi Kayama
Special Advisor, Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry (METI), Japan and
Director, Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO), New York
Dr. Ellen L. Frost (Moderator)
Senior Advisor, East-West Center in Washington
Japanese Views of US-Japan-Southeast Asia Economic Relations from East-West Center on Vimeo.
In 2017, the United States exported nearly $700 billion worth of goods and services to the Indo-Pacific as a whole. Nearly 20% of those exports went to Japan, the United States’ 4th largest export destination. With discussions on a bilateral trade deal
between Japan and the US, its largest export destination, looming in late spring, an assessment of the strengths and weaknesses of this economic relationship going forward is of particular importance. An arena that could see increased collaboration between the two allies is Southeast Asia, which presents an opportunity for the United States and Japan to work together on improving trade practices and investing in infrastructure among other issues.
This seminar will be part of a series tied to the U.S.-Japan-Southeast Asia in a Dynamic Asia Fellowship program jointly organized and sponsored by the East West Center and Osaka University’s Osaka School of International Public Policy (OSIPP). Generously funded by The Japan Foundation and US Embassy Tokyo, this fellowship has brought together two American, two Japanese, and two Southeast Asian fellows for three months to explore the following theme: How should the United States, Japan, and Southeast Asia collaborate on trade, investment, and economic integration in Southeast Asia?
For more images, please visit the album for this event on the East-West Center's Flickr page.
Hirobumi Kayama is a Special Advisor to Japan’s Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry (METI) and the Director of the Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO)’s headquarters in New York. He has previously held many government positions, including Director of the Office for International Nuclear Energy Cooperation Agency for Natural Resources and Energy (ANRE) in METI (2011-2015), Senior Deputy Director of the Policy Planning and Coordination Division in the Minister’s Secretariat (2009-2011), and the Deputy Director of the Petroleum and Gas Division of ANRE (2002-2005). Mr. Kayama received his Bachelor’s degree in Law from the University of Tokyo in 1995 and his dual Master’s degrees of International and Public Affairs and Law (LL.M.) from Columbia University in 2002, a year in which he also pass the Bar in New York.
Dr. Ellen L. Frost is a Senior Advisor and Fellow at the East-West Center and a Visiting Distinguished Research Fellow at the National Defense University's Institute of National Strategic Studies. She writes and lectures frequently on Asia-related topics, especially Indo-Pacific political-economic issues and their strategic and security implications. Her most recent book is Asia's New Regionalism. She is also the author of For Richer, For Poorer: The New U.S.-Japan Relationship and Transatlantic Trade: A Strategic Agenda. Dr. Frost previously served in the US government as Counselor to the US Trade Representative (1993–95), Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Economic and Technology Affairs (1977-81), various positions in the Treasury Department (1974–77) and the State Department (1963), and as a legislative assistant in the US Senate (1972–74). During the 1980s she worked for two multinational corporations. From 1996 to 2014 she was a senior fellow and subsequently visiting fellow at the Institute for International Economics. She received a B.A. from Radcliffe College, an M.A. from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, and a Ph.D. in Government from Harvard University.
