{"id":8139,"date":"2009-08-18T22:24:41","date_gmt":"2009-08-19T02:24:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/?p=8139"},"modified":"2009-08-18T22:26:05","modified_gmt":"2009-08-19T02:26:05","slug":"michael-auslin-to-moderate-panel-discussion-on-japans-aug-30-elections","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/2009\/08\/18\/michael-auslin-to-moderate-panel-discussion-on-japans-aug-30-elections\/","title":{"rendered":"Michael Auslin to moderate panel discussion on Japan&#8217;s Aug 30 elections"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>The latest from JET alum <a onclick=\"javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('\/outbound\/article\/www.aei.org');\" href=\"http:\/\/www.aei.org\/scholars\/filter.,scholarID.127\/scholar.asp\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Michael Auslin<\/strong><\/a>, a professor of Japanese history and politics and currently the <strong>Director of Japanese Studies<\/strong> for the <strong>American Enterprise Institute<\/strong> in D.C. <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Go to <\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aei.org\/event\/100118\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.aei.org\/event\/100118<\/a> <em>for full event details<\/em>.\u00a0 <em><a href=\"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/?s=michael+auslin\">Go here<\/a> for more posts about Michael Auslin on JetWit.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; color: #07304a; font-size: 18px;\"><a style=\"color: #124178; text-decoration: none;\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.aei.org\/event\/100118\" target=\"_blank\"><span id=\"lw_1250646585_20\">Japan&#8217;s Election: Democratic Breakthrough?<\/span><\/a><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"line-height: 1.2em; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; color: #333333; font-size: 11px;\">AEI event, <span id=\"lw_1250646585_21\" style=\"border-bottom: 1px dashed #0066cc; cursor: pointer;\">Wednesday, September 2, 2009<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<table border=\"0\" align=\"left\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"padding: 30px 13px 20px 0px;\" width=\"106\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.aei.org\/event\/100118\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.chinadaily.com.cn\/english\/doc\/2005-08\/08\/xin_490802081357425661610.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" width=\"144\" height=\"111\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<span style=\"line-height: 1em; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; color: #333333; font-size: 7px;\"><span style=\"line-height: 1em; font-size: 7px;\">Photo Courtesy of <a href=\"http:\/\/chinadaily.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span id=\"lw_1250646585_22\">chinadaily.com<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p style=\"line-height: 1.2em; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; color: #000000; font-size: 12px;\"><span id=\"lw_1250646585_23\" style=\"border-bottom: 1px dashed #0066cc; cursor: pointer;\">On September 2<\/span>, AEI&#8217;s <a style=\"color: #124178; text-decoration: none;\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.aei.org\/scholar\/127\" target=\"_blank\"><strong><span id=\"lw_1250646585_24\">Michael Auslin<\/span><\/strong><\/a> will moderate a panel discussing Japan&#8217;s <span id=\"lw_1250646585_25\" style=\"border-bottom: 1px dashed #0066cc; cursor: pointer;\">August 30<\/span> general elections. If it wins, the <span id=\"lw_1250646585_26\">Democratic Party of Japan<\/span> will focus on reversing the country\u2019s sharpest <span id=\"lw_1250646585_27\">economic downturn<\/span> since <span id=\"lw_1250646585_28\" style=\"background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%; cursor: pointer; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;\">World War II<\/span>, but it will also face numerous foreign policy challenges. The panel will include <strong><span id=\"lw_1250646585_29\" style=\"background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%; cursor: pointer; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;\">Kevin Maher<\/span><\/strong>, director of the <span id=\"lw_1250646585_30\">Japan<\/span> desk at the State Department, <strong>Len Schoppa<\/strong> of the <span id=\"lw_1250646585_31\" style=\"background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%; cursor: pointer; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;\">University of Virginia<\/span>, and <strong>Nick Szechenyi<\/strong> of the Center for Strategic and International Studies. <span style=\"color: #124178;\">[<a style=\"color: #666666; font-size: 10px; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.aei.org\/event\/100118\" target=\"_blank\">READ MORE<\/a>]<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The latest from JET alum Michael Auslin, a professor of Japanese history and politics and currently the Director of Japanese Studies for the American Enterprise Institute in D.C. Go to http:\/\/www.aei.org\/event\/100118 for full event details.\u00a0 Go here for more posts about Michael Auslin on JetWit. Japan&#8217;s Election: Democratic Breakthrough? 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