Thursday, March 25, 2010

We are pleased to invite you to join us for our 2010 General Members Meeting. This exclusive, members-only gathering is your opportunity to meet the new members of the Board of Directors of the Japan Society, and to learn about our plans for the future.

After a short presentation, we will be joined by Daniel C. Sneider, Associate Director for Research, Shorenstein APARC, for a talk on current developments in US-Japan relations in the DPJ (Democratic Party of Japan) era.

Reception to follow.

Daniel C. Sneider is the associate director for research at the Walter H. Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center at Stanford University. He currently directs the center’s project on Nationalism and Regionalism and the Divided Memories and Reconciliation project, a three-year comparative study of the formation of historical memory in East Asia. His own research is focused on current U.S. foreign and national security policy in Asia, including work on a diplomatic history of the building of the United States Cold War alliances in Northeast Asia.

Sneider was a 2005-06 Pantech Fellow at the Center, and the former foreign affairs columnist of the San Jose Mercury News. He has appeared as a foreign affairs commentator on the Lehrer News Hour and on National Public Radio. Sneider also has had a long career as a foreign correspondent. From 1990-94, he was the Moscow Bureau Chief of the Christian Science Monitor, covering the end of Soviet Communism and the collapse of the Soviet Union. From 1985-90, he was Tokyo Correspondent for the Monitor, covering Japan and Korea.

Location:
Hotel Nikko
222 Mason Street, San Francisco
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Time:
5:00-6:00 pm – Members Meeting & Presentation, 25th floor Peninsula Room
6:00-7:00 pm – Reception, 25th floor Golden Gate Room
Light hors d’oeuvres will be served; no host bar.

Cost:
The Annual General Meeting is a free event open only to current Japan Society members.