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INC. <o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:2'> <td valign=top style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"'>Japan Project Meeting <o:p></o:p></span></b></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:3'> <td valign=top style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><span class=SpellE><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>Shiro</span></span><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'> Armstrong, Charles <span class=SpellE>Horioka</span>, Takeo Hoshi, Tsutomu Watanabe, and David Weinstein, Organizers <o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:4'> <td valign=top style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>July 30-31, 2015 <o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:5'> <td valign=top style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'>Asian Development Bank Institute<br> <span class=SpellE><span style='color:#333333'>Kasumigaseki</span></span><span style='color:#333333'> Building 8F<br> 3-2-5, <span class=SpellE>Kasumigaseki</span>, Chiyoda-<span class=SpellE>ku</span><br> Tokyo 100-6008, Japan<br style='mso-special-character:line-break'> <![if !supportLineBreakNewLine]><br style='mso-special-character:line-break'> <![endif]></span><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:6'> <td valign=top style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'></td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:7;mso-yfti-lastrow:yes'> <td valign=top style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'> <h2 align=center style='text-align:center'><u><span style='font-size:12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>PROGRAM<o:p></o:p></span></u></h2> </td> </tr> </table> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><u><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><a href="partlist.pdf">Participant List</a><o:p></o:p></span></u></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><i style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>Suggested Attire for all Events:<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>Business Casual<br style='mso-special-character:line-break'> <![if !supportLineBreakNewLine]><br style='mso-special-character:line-break'> <![endif]><o:p></o:p></span></i></p> <table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellpadding=0 style='mso-cellspacing:1.5pt; mso-yfti-tbllook:1184;mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:0;mso-yfti-firstrow:yes'> <td width=970 colspan=2 valign=top style='width:727.5pt;padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'> <p class=MsoNormal><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><u><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><!-- </div> -->Thursday, July 30:<br style='mso-special-character:line-break'> <![if !supportLineBreakNewLine]><br style='mso-special-character:line-break'> <![endif]><o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:1'> <td width=96 valign=top style='width:1.0in;padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>8:30 am<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td valign=top style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>Breakfast/Registration<br style='mso-special-character:line-break'> <![if !supportLineBreakNewLine]><br style='mso-special-character:line-break'> <![endif]><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:2'> <td width=96 valign=top style='width:1.0in;padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>8:50 am<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td valign=top style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>Welcome Remarks<br> <span class=SpellE>Naoyuki</span> Yoshino, Dean of the </span>Asian Development Bank Institute<span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:3'> <td width=96 valign=top style='width:1.0in;padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><br> 9:00 am<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td valign=top style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><br> </span>Chair:<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>David Weinstein, Columbia University and NBER<span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><br> <br> Sebastian <span class=SpellE>Heise</span>, Yale University<br> Justin Pierce, Federal Reserve Board<br> Georg <span class=SpellE>Schaur</span>, University of Tennessee<br> Peter Schott, Yale University and NBER<br> <i><a href="Heise_Pierce_Schaur_Schott.pdf">American vs Japanese Procurement: Evidence from Transaction-Level Trade Data</a></i><br> <br> Discussant:<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>Hiroshi <span class=SpellE>Ohashi</span>, University of Tokyo<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:4'> <td width=96 valign=top style='width:1.0in;padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><br> 9:50 am<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td valign=top style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><br> Yukiko <span class=SpellE>Asai</span>, University of Tokyo<br> Ryo <span class=SpellE>Kambayashi</span>, <span class=SpellE>Hitotsubashi</span> University<br> Takao Kato, Colgate University<br> <i><a href="Asai_Kambayashi_Kato.pdf">Careers of Married Women and the Nature of Husbands Work: Evidence from Japan</a></i><br> <br> Discussant:<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>Katharine Abraham, University of Maryland and NBER<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:5'> <td width=96 valign=top style='width:1.0in;padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><br> 10:40 am<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td valign=top style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><br> Break<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:6'> <td width=96 valign=top style='width:1.0in;padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><br> 11:00 am<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td valign=top style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><br> </span>Chair:<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span><span class=SpellE><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>Shiro</span></span><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'> Armstrong</span>, Australian National University<span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><br> <br> Nobuko Nagase, <span class=SpellE>Ochanomizu</span> University<br> </span><a href="http://www.nber.org/confer/2015/JPMs15/Nagase.pdf"><i>The Effect of Family Friendly Regulation on Fertility: Evidence from Japan Using Natural Experiments </i></a><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><br> <br> Discussant:<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>Karen Eggleston, Stanford University and NBER<br style='mso-special-character:line-break'> <![if !supportLineBreakNewLine]><br style='mso-special-character:line-break'> <![endif]><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:7'> <td width=96 valign=top style='width:1.0in;padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>11:50 am<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td valign=top style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>Lunch<br> <br> </span>Chair:<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span><span style='mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"'>Takeo Hoshi, Stanford University and NBER<br> <br> Lunch Speech<br> Masako Mori, Member of the House of <span class=SpellE>Councillors</span>, Japan<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:8'> <td width=96 valign=top style='width:1.0in;padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><br> 1:30 pm<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td valign=top style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><br> </span>Chair:<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span><span style='mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"'>Tsutomu Watanabe, University of Tokyo<br> <br> Christina <span class=SpellE>Atanasova</span>, </span>Simon Fraser University<span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><br> Jess Diamond, <span class=SpellE>Hitotsubashi</span> University<br> <i><a href="Atanasova_Diamond.pdf">Japan s Diversification Discount</a></i><br> <br> Discussant:<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>Pierre <span class=SpellE>Yared</span>, Columbia University and NBER<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:9'> <td width=96 valign=top style='width:1.0in;padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><br> 2:20 pm<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td valign=top style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><br> William <span class=SpellE>Goetzmann</span>, Yale University and NBER<br> Yasushi <span class=SpellE>Hamao</span>, University of Southern California<br> <span class=SpellE>Hidenori</span> Takahashi, Kobe University<br> <i><a href="Goetzmann_Hamao_Takahashi.pdf">Selective Disclosure: The Case of Nikkei Preview Articles</a></i><br> <br> Discussant:<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span><span class=SpellE>Tatsuyoshi</span> <span class=SpellE>Okimoto</span>, Australian National University<br style='mso-special-character:line-break'> <![if !supportLineBreakNewLine]><br style='mso-special-character:line-break'> <![endif]><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:10'> <td width=96 valign=top style='width:1.0in;padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>3:10 pm<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td valign=top style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>Break<br style='mso-special-character:line-break'> <![if !supportLineBreakNewLine]><br style='mso-special-character:line-break'> <![endif]><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:11'> <td width=96 valign=top style='width:1.0in;padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>3:30 pm<br> <br style='mso-special-character:line-break'> <![if !supportLineBreakNewLine]><br style='mso-special-character:line-break'> <![endif]><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td valign=top style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'> <p class=MsoNormal>Chair:<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>Takeo Hoshi, Stanford University and NBER<br> <br> <span class=SpellE>Koichiro</span> Ito, Boston University and NBER<br> James <span class=SpellE>Sallee</span>, University of Chicago and NBER<br> <i><a href="Ito_Sallee.pdf">The Economics of Attribute-Based Regulation: Theory and Evidence from Fuel-Economy Standards</a></i><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:12'> <td width=96 valign=top style='width:1.0in;padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> </td> <td valign=top style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><br> Discussant:<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span><span class=SpellE>Tomohiko</span> Inui, <span class=SpellE>Gakushuin</span> University<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:13'> <td width=96 valign=top style='width:1.0in;padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> </td> <td valign=top style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:14'> <td width=96 valign=top style='width:1.0in;padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>4:20 pm<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td valign=top style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>Chie Hanaoka, </span>Kyoto Sangyo University<span style='mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"'><br> Hitoshi <span class=SpellE>Shigeoka</span>, Simon Fraser University and NBER<br> <span class=SpellE>Yasutora</span> Watanabe, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology<br> <i><a href="Hanaoka_Shigeoka_Watanabe.pdf">Do Risk Preferences Change? Evidence from Panel Data before and after the Great East Japan Earthquake</a><br> <br> </i>Discussant:<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>Michael Callen, Harvard University and NBER<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:15'> <td width=96 valign=top style='width:1.0in;padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>5:10 pm<br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> 5:30 pm<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td valign=top style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><br> </span>Chair:<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span><span style='mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"'>Charles <span class=SpellE>Horioka</span>, Asian Growth Research Institute and NBER</span><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-latin'><br> <br> Tribute to Professor Masahiko Aoki<br> </span><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>Takeo Hoshi, Stanford University and NBER<br> <br> </span><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri'>Tribute to Professor Marcus <span class=SpellE>Rebick</span><br> </span><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>Yuji <span class=SpellE>Genda</span>, University of Tokyo<br> <br> Adjourn<br style='mso-special-character:line-break'> <![if !supportLineBreakNewLine]><br style='mso-special-character:line-break'> <![endif]><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:16'> <td width=96 valign=top style='width:1.0in;padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>6:30 pm<br> <br style='mso-special-character:line-break'> <![if !supportLineBreakNewLine]><br style='mso-special-character:line-break'> <![endif]><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td valign=top style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'> <p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; mso-outline-level:1'><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>Conference Dinner<br> <span class=SpellE><span style='mso-font-kerning:18.0pt;mso-bidi-font-weight: bold'>Shunju</span></span><span style='mso-font-kerning:18.0pt;mso-bidi-font-weight: bold'> <span class=SpellE>Tameikesanno</span> Restaurant <br> </span></span><span class=SpellE><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-latin'>Sanno</span></span><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-latin'> Park Tower, 27<sup>th</sup> Floor<br> 2-11-1 Nagata-<span class=SpellE>cho</span> <br> Chiyoda-<span class=SpellE>ku</span>, Tokyo</span><span style='mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-font-kerning:18.0pt;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><br style='mso-special-character:line-break'> <![if !supportLineBreakNewLine]><br style='mso-special-character:line-break'> <![endif]><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:17'> <td width=970 colspan=2 valign=top style='width:727.5pt;padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'> <p class=MsoNormal><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><u><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>Friday, July 31:</span></u></b><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:18'> <td width=96 valign=top style='width:1.0in;padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><br> 8:30 am<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td valign=top style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><br> Breakfast<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:19'> <td width=96 valign=top style='width:1.0in;padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><br> 8:50 am<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td valign=top style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><br> </span>Chair:<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span><span style='mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"'>Charles <span class=SpellE>Horioka</span>, Asian Growth Research Institute and NBER<br> <br> <span class=SpellE>Arito</span> Ono, Chuo University<br> Daisuke <span class=SpellE>Miyakawa</span>, <span class=SpellE>Hitotsubashi</span> University<br> Kaoru <span class=SpellE>Hosono</span>, <span class=SpellE>Gakushuin</span> University<br> Hirofumi Uchida, Kobe University<br> <span class=SpellE>Taisuke</span> Uchino, Daito Bunka University<br> <span class=SpellE>Iichiro</span> <span class=SpellE>Uesugi</span>, <span class=SpellE>Hitotsubashi</span> University<br> <i><a href="Ono_Miyakawa_Hosono_Uchida_Uchino_Uesugi.pdf">Transaction Partners and Firm Relocation Choice: Evidence from the Tohoku Earthquake</a></i><br> <br> Discussant:<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>David Weinstein, Columbia University and NBER<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:20'> <td width=96 valign=top style='width:1.0in;padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><br> 9:40 am<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td valign=top style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><br> Adjourn<br style='mso-special-character:line-break'> <![if !supportLineBreakNewLine]><br style='mso-special-character:line-break'> <![endif]><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:21'> <td width=96 valign=top style='width:1.0in;padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>10:20 am<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td valign=top style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>ESRI Conference </span><a href="http://www.esri.go.jp/en/international_conference_2015.html">http://www.esri.go.jp/en/international_conference_2015.html</a><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><br style='mso-special-character: line-break'> <![if !supportLineBreakNewLine]><br style='mso-special-character:line-break'> <![endif]><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:22'> <td width=96 valign=top style='width:1.0in;padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>6:15 pm<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td valign=top style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'> <p class=MsoNormal>Transportation from Asian Development Bank Institute to US Embassy Reception</p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:23'> <td width=96 valign=top style='width:1.0in;padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> </td> <td valign=top style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'> <p class=MsoNormal><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:24'> <td width=96 valign=top style='width:1.0in;padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>6:30 pm<br style='mso-special-character:line-break'> <![if !supportLineBreakNewLine]><br style='mso-special-character:line-break'> <![endif]><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td valign=top style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'> <p class=MsoNormal>US Embassy Reception<span style='mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"'><br style='mso-special-character:line-break'> <![if !supportLineBreakNewLine]><br style='mso-special-character:line-break'> <![endif]><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:25'> <td width=96 valign=top style='width:1.0in;padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><br style='mso-special-character:line-break'> <![if !supportLineBreakNewLine]><br style='mso-special-character:line-break'> <![endif]><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td valign=top style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'></td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:26'> <td width=96 valign=top style='width:1.0in;padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'></td> <td valign=top style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><br> <br> <br> <br style='mso-special-character:line-break'> <![if !supportLineBreakNewLine]><br style='mso-special-character:line-break'> <![endif]><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:27;mso-yfti-lastrow:yes'> <td width=96 valign=top style='width:1.0in;padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> </td> <td valign=top style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> </table> <p class=MsoNormal>We are very grateful to the Asian Development Bank Institute, the Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center at Stanford University and to Miki <span class=SpellE>Futagawa</span> of the European Institute of Japanese Studies for their generous assistance and support.<span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> </body> </html>