An Agenda for Japan and the United States

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2012 October 26 - 28, 2012 • Karuizawa, Japan

Topics
• Key Challenges for Post-Crisis Adjustment of the Financial System Including Banking, Insurance, and Securities Firms
• Restoration of Fiscal Sustainability
• Impact of the Euro-Crisis on International Finance

Keynote Speakers
• Takehiko Nakao, Vice Minister of Finance for International Affairs, MOF
• Yasuhiro Sato, Chief Executive Officer, Mizuho Financial Group, Japan
• Jeff Hayman, Chief Executive Officer, Global Consumer Insurance, Chartis

Symposium Materials
• Final Report
• Final Presentation
• Bibliography
• Briefing Points

Final Presentations 
• Mr. Yasuhiro Sato Presentation
• Mr. Akihiro Kagawa Presentation
• Professor Ito Presentation
• Mr. Charles Lake Presentation

Concept Papers
• Overview Of The Japanese Legal Framework To Resolve A Systemically Important Financial Institution In Insolvency Proceedings In Japan - Hideyuki Sakai, Bingham
• Micro-Prudential Measures for Systemic Stability - Tomoyoshi Uranishi, Tokyo Stock Exchange Group, Inc.
• The flaws in the Fed's new macro stress test proposals - Tsuyoshi Oyama, Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Japan
• Micro- Prudential Measures for Systemic Stability of Property & Casualty Insurance Companies – 
      Masashi Oba, Tokio Marine Nichido Fire Insurance Co., Ltd.
• Japan’s Sputtering Economic Recovery Amid Heightened Political Turmoil – Hugh Patrick, Columbia University
• DEFYING GRAVITY: HOW LONG WILL JAPANESE GOVERNMENT BOND PRICES REMAIN HIGH? – 
      Takatoshi Ito, University of Tokyo
• Why Post-Crisis Financial Regulatory Reforms Will Not Produce Financial Stability - Kevin Mellyn, MasterCard
• Public Debt Overhang and the Financial Sector: 3 Topics a Bank CFO is Asked - Tetsuya Kubo, SMBC
• Problems with the banking system central to the European crisis 
      - Akinari Horii, The Canon Institute for Global Studies
• The Global (Not Euro-Zone) Crisis - Hal Scott, PIFS, Harvard Law School
• When the Euro Falls Apart- A Sequel- Hal Scott Scott, PIFS, Harvard Law School
• Better Risk-Appetite Frameworks and More Risk Disclosure can Improve the Global Financial Systems Stability
and Resilience - Jeff Bohn, PwC

2012 Japan-U.S. Symposium Sponsors

Global Sponsors
• AIG
• CITI
• State Street

Lead Sponsors
• Aflac
• Nomura

Sponsors
• Asian Century Quest
• Advantage Partners
• Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ
• Bingham
• CFA Institute
• Cerberus Japan
• Daiwa Securities Group
• Development Bank of Japan
• Global Strategic Associates
• JP Morgan
• JSDA
• KPMB
• Japan Investment Advisers Association
• Kamano Sogo Law Offices
• Linklaters
• Mitsubishi Corporation
• Mizuho
• Monex Group
• Morgan Stanley MUFG
• Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu
• The Norinchukin Bank
• PriceWaterhouseCoopers
• Promontory
• SMBC Nikko
• Shizuoka Bank
• Sidley Austin Nishikawa
• Sumimoto Mitsui Banking Corporation (SMBC)
• Sumimoto Mitsui Trust Group
• Tokyo Stock Exchange Group
• Unison Capital
• White & Case