On May 28, 2010, a symposium and panel discussion commemorating the U.S.-Japan Security Treaty was hosted by the US-Japan Research Institute, a US-registered NPO (The Chair: Katsuhiko Shirai, President, Waseda University) co-founded in Washington, D.C. by Waseda University along with Kyoto University, Keio University, The University of Tokyo, and Ritsumeikan University. The program of the event, held on this occasion at the Okuma Auditorium, included a keynote speech by former U.S. Ambassador to Japan Michael H. Armacost, followed by a panel discussion by distinguished guests.
President Shirai, the chair of USJI, who took the podium and delivered his opening speech, stressed that USJI, in its effort to tackle major issues facing the entire globe, will keep pursuing various issues to the utmost extent by cooperating with universities and institutions abroad.
H.E. Mr. Michael H. Armacost, the keynote speaker, said, "...the Futenma issue has dominated the security dialogue between our countries, and it has eroded trust between our two governments. How, one might ask, could our two governments allow a second-tier base issue to become the litmus test for the health of the alliance?" Meanwhile, eight panelist members developed heated discussions on the topics, including the importance of the U.S.-Japan alliance concerning security in Asia, the Okinawa base issue, and issues related to North Korea. For full text of Mr. Armacost's keynote speech, http://www.us-jpri.org/reports/0528sympo/keynotespeech0528.pdf
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