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the walter h. shorenstein SHORENSTEIN asia-pacific research center stanford university APARC center overview 2010–11 Growing Pains 01 Director’s Message 11 Programs 18 Donors 02 The Stanford Kyoto • AHPP 19 Supporting Shorenstein Dialogue 2011 • SCP APARC 04 KSP 10th Anniversary • SEAF 20 Financial Information • KSP 06 Research • SPRIE 08 Outreach • Corporate Affiliates 10 Publications 17 People shorenstein aparc’s mission The Walter H. Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center (Shorenstein APARC) is a unique Stanford University institution dedicated to the interdisciplinary study of contemporary Asia. Shorenstein APARC’s mission is • to produce and publish outstanding interdisciplinary Asia-Pacific–focused research; • to educate students, scholars, and corporate and governmental affiliates; • to promote constructive interaction to influence U.S. policy toward the Asia-Pacific; • to guide Asian nations on key issues of societal transition, development, U.S.-Asia relations, and regional cooperation. cover photo: A worker at a superblock construction site in Jakarta, Indonesia, February 2010. credit: reuters/beawiharta director’s MESSAGE There are always two ways of looking at a March 2012, we will hold the interdisciplinary situation. “Growing pains,” in one sense, implies “China and the World” workshop there. uncertainty. With regard to the socioeconomic, On the research front this past year, demographic, and cultural changes now under Shorenstein APARC launched two new projects way in Asia, it also suggests opportunity and to address key issues of transition in Asia. underscores Asia’s vital place in the global system. Thomas Fingar, FSI’s Oksenberg-Rohlen Two events of the past year challenged Asia’s Distinguished Fellow, is leading a collaborative vibrancy and resilience during this period of empirical study of how neighboring countries transition: the ongoing global financial crisis respond to China as its political and economic and Japan’s unprecedented triple disaster. In the power continues to grow. Joined by interna- face of these difficulties, Asia demonstrated a tional colleagues, numerous Stanford scholars spirit of growth and recovery. are also taking part in the Center’s new demo- Shorenstein APARC is deeply grateful to its graphic change research initiative directed by donors — many of whom are located in Asia — Asia Health Policy Program director Karen for their ongoing support throughout 2011. Eggleston. The team is examining the social, It is through their generosity that our Center economic, and political impacts of demographic continues to grow and thrive. developments across Asia. We are proud to announce the formal estab- Finally, in terms of organizational change, lishment of our Japan Studies Program (JSP), Huma Shaikh, who served for many years as our renewing Shorenstein APARC’s commitment capable finance manager, is now our associate to this important field. Along with Asia’s rising director for administration. She directs the human economies, Japan remains a major global power. resources and general operations of the Center. Longtime Shorenstein APARC faculty member As we look to 2012, growth and change Masahiko Aoki will serve as JSP’s inaugural appear uncertain, but we at Shorenstein APARC director, working in collaboration with professor also believe that uncertainty harbors transfor- of political science Phillip Lipscy and with our mative opportunities. Asia will find ways to new Takahashi Research Associate in Japanese adapt to this tremendous period of transition, Studies, Kenji Kushida, who is also a former in the same way that Japan has earned the world’s Shorenstein Postdoctoral Fellow. We are currently respect for finding the strength to rebuild after conducting an international search for a senior an epic disaster. faculty member in Japanese studies. In the coming years, we look forward to Shorenstein APARC eagerly awaits the continuing to work more in Asia, especially with official opening of the new Stanford Center at leading Asian scholars and opinion leaders, to Peking University (SCPKU), a Stanford-wide find solutions for future challenges. initiative in which we will play an active part. Our China Program director, Jean C. Oi, will lead SCPKU, and Shorenstein APARC will have its own office at the center, enabling us to expand the scope of the activities that we already conduct Gi-Wook Shin in Asia. Once the new SCPKU facility opens in Director shorenstein aparc letter from the director 1 THE STANFORD KYOTO DIALOGUE 2011: ECONOMIC, SOCIAL, AND SECURITY IMPLICATIONS OF EAst AsIA’S DEMOGRAPHIC TRANSITION “Low fertility rates are not because women are all out there working. In fact, a number of countries have lots of females in the labor force and have achieved a resurgence of fertility. Achieving work-life balance is important, not just for women, but for men as well, and might play a role in lessening the gap in life expectancy between men and women.” Karen Eggleston, Director, Asia Health Policy Program photo: Participants and observers from the 2011 Stanford Kyoto Trans-Asian Dialogue gather in front of the Kyoto International Community House. credit: sarah lin bhatia Asia’s demographic landscape is changing in discuss key issues related to the question of a big way. Japan’s population is shrinking, as demographic change. people are living longer, marrying later, and choosing to have fewer or no children. Korea comparative demographics is moving in the same direction, while China and policy responses and the countries of South and Southeast Asia Japan’s shrinking workforce calls for labor policy face similar issues in the coming decades. As changes, stressed presenters during the opening this takes place, more people are moving to, Dialogue session. Stanford Center for Population from, and across Asia for job, education, and Research director Shripad Tuljapurkar stated marriage opportunities. that Japan’s population could decrease by as These demographic changes present policy- much as 25 percent and that its government has makers with new challenges and questions, a window of approximately 40 years in which including: What are the interrelationships to act. In describing Japan’s demographic shift, between population aging and key macroeco- Ogawa Naohiro, director of the Nihon University nomic variables such as economic growth? How Population Research Institute, also emphasized will it impact security? What are the effects on the importance of good financial education for employment policy and other national institutions? individuals as life expectancy increases. How have patterns of migration affected society and culture? What lessons can Asia, the United macroeconomic implications States, and Europe learn from one another to Economists Masahiko Aoki and Cai Fang improve the policy response to population aging? addressed changes to East Asia’s economic Shorenstein APARC focused its third annual landscape. Aoki, an FSI senior fellow, spoke of Stanford Kyoto Trans-Asian Dialogue on the transition from agriculture to industry that addressing the possible economic, social, and has occurred at different stages in Japan, Korea, security implications of Asia’s unprecedented and China and of the increasing cost of human demographic transition. Thirty scholars, govern- capital that has followed. Cai, a Chinese ment figures, journalists, and other opinion Academy of Social Sciences labor and population leaders from Stanford, the United States, and expert, stated that after several decades of countries across the Asia-Pacific region gathered industrial growth China is now at a turning September 8–9, 2011, in Kyoto, Japan, to point in terms of its global competitiveness. 2 the stanford kyoto dialogue shorenstein aparc labor and migration need for the United States to continue pursuing Scott Rozelle, codirector of Stanford’s Rural good relations with China and Russia during Education Action Program, opened the next this time of transition. day with a discussion of China’s rural human Throughout the event, Dialogue participants capital investment. Offering Mexico’s situation unanimously acknowledged the serious challenges after the mid-1990s peso crisis as a comparison, facing policymakers as they look for ways to he emphasized the immediate need for allocating meet the evolving needs of individuals, families, more health and education resources to China’s and organizations. The demographic outlook rural areas. Ton-Nu-Thi Ninh, president of Tri is not entirely gloomy, however. Numerous Viet University, discussed the socioeconomic participants also pointed to the potential for and cultural aspects of labor migration — a exciting advances and innovations in technology growing trend in Asia — and advocated that and international cooperation. governments factor it more into their foreign As in previous years, the event concluded policy development. with a lively public symposium and reception attended by students from Stanford and local security universities, Shorenstein APARC guests and The security impact of Asia’s demographic affiliates, and members of the general public. transition will take several decades to under- Speaking during the reception, Kadokawa stand, but it will eventually lead to the need Daisaku, mayor of Kyoto, and Kim Hyong-O, for significant policy re-strategization, stated member and former speaker of the Korean Yu Myung Hwan, Korea’s former minister of National Assembly, acknowledged the signifi- foreign affairs and trade, during the closing cance of the Stanford Kyoto