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Emory University
Atlanta, GA 30322

Release date: February 8, 1999
Contact: Nancy Seideman, Assistant Director

FUTURE OF U.S.-JAPAN PARTNERSHIP TO BE DISCUSSED BY JAPANESE EXPERT

Yukio Okamoto -- a prominent businessman, public policy advisor and media consultant in Japan -- is the first Distinguished Fellow of the Claus M. Halle Institute for Global Learning at Emory University. He will lecture on "The U.S.-Japan Partnership: Will it Strengthen or Splinter?" on Monday, February 15, at 7 p.m. The lecture will be held in Room 130 of the Goizueta Business School.

Okamoto will be in residence at Emory from Feb. 12-19 giving lectures in several classes, participating in faculty discussion groups and participating in a seminar on Northeast Asia in addition to the lecture. He is considered an expert on United States-Japan relations, including the presence of U.S. troops on Okinawa; Japan-China relations; Northeast Asia security issues and Asian economic and financial questions.

The Claus M. Halle Institute is committed to advancing internationalization at Emory, stimulating greater cooperation in international studies among the area's educational institutions and contributing to the realization of Atlanta's international aspirations.