The Stanford China Program, in cooperation with the Center for East Asian Studies, will host a special series of seminars to examine China as a major political and economic actor on the world stage.  Over the course of the autumn and winter terms, leading scholars will examine China actions and policies in the new global political economy.  What is China's role in global governance?  What is the state of China's relations with its Asian neighbors?  Is China being more assertive both diplomatically as well as militarily?  Are economic interests shaping its foreign policies?  What role does China play amidst international conflicts? 

Seiichiro Takagi is a professor at the School of International Politics, Economics and Communication at the Aoyama Gakuin University in Tokyo, Japan and a Senior Visiting Fellow of the Japan Institute of International Affairs. He specializes in Chinese foreign relations and security issues in the Asia-Pacific region. Previously, he was the director of the Second Research Department, which was responsible for area studies, at the National Institute for Defense Studies in Tokyo. He also served on the Graduate School of Policy Science of Saitama University (which became the National Graduate Institute of Policy Studies) for over 20 years, and has been a guest scholar at The Brookings Institution and Beijing University. He serves on the Board of Directors of the Japan Association for International Security, and is a member of several other organizations, including the Japanese Committee, Council for Security Cooperation in Asia-Pacific (CSCAP); the Japan Association for International Relations; and the Japan Political Science Association. His recent publications in English include China Watching: Perspectives from Europe, Japan and the United States, 2007 and in Japanese The U.S.-China Relations: Structure and Dynamics in the Post-Cold War Era, 2007.. He earned a B.A. in international relations from the University of Tokyo, Japan, and an M.A. and Ph.D. from Stanford University, California.

This event is part of the China and the World series.

On November 1, 2010 the 2nd annual Symposium on Japanese Entrepreneurship was held in Tokyo, Japan. The purpose of the symposium was to present insights on entrepreneurship to engage broader Japanese interests and further the national discussion. 

The symposium was held jointly by the University of Tokyo and SPRIE-STAJE, and made possible by a joint effort with the Japan Academic Society for Ventures and Entrepreneurs (JASVE) and the Nikkei Shimbun.

Also sponsoring the symposium were Tokyo AIM (the organization of stock exchanges), the Innovation Network Corporation of Japan (INCJ), and the University of Tokyo’s Science Entrepreneurship and Enterprise Development (SEED) - Division of University Corporate Relations (DUCR).

U.S. Ambassador John Roos made the keynote speech at the symposium. Presenting panels on "Risk Money, the Role of Venture Capital, and Exit Strategies" and "Entrepreneurship Education: Help for Japan's Entrepreneurs?" were academic, business and government participants from Keidanren, Sumitomo Corporation, Mitsubishi Estate Corporation, AZCA and the University of Tokyo Enterprise Center, in addition to scholars from Stanford and other universities, including the University of Tokyo.

Following the public symposium, on November 2, there was a closed academic conference with presentation and discussion of new papers in support of the project.