Japan Society
07/15/2002
5:30 pm - 01/16/2026
7:30 pm
The undeniable threat of weapons of mass destruction presents new challenges to existing home security policies. In the weeks immediately after 9/11, letters contaminated by anthrax began appearing in cities on the eastern seaboard of the United States; in June 1993, two years before its successful sarin gas attack on the Tokyo subway system, Aum Shinrikyo attempted to release anthrax spores from its mid-rise Tokyo office building laboratory. What lessons has each country learned about managing the consequences of these kinds of attacks? Experts in public health, home security, and communication will share their knowledge, as well as the results of a private two-day Japan Society roundtable. Speakers include Jerry Hauer, Director, Office of Public Health Preparedness, HHS; Scott Lillibridge, Special Assistant to the Secretary for National Security & Emergency Management, HHS; Gideon Rose, Managing Editor, Foreign Affairs magazine; and Haruo Watanabe, Director, Department of Bacteriology, National Institute of Infectious Diseases. Followed by a reception.
Speakers:
Jerry Hauer
Director, Office of Public Health Preparedness
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Scott Lillibridge
Special Assistant to the Secretary for National Security & Emergency Management
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Gideon Rose
Managing Editor
Foreign Affairs magazine
Haruo Watanabe
Director, Department of Bacteriology
National Institute of Infectious Diseases
For additional Information please contact
Brian Byun at (212) 715-1222
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THE JAPAN SOCIETY BOX OFFICE
AT (212) 715-1271
Registration – 5:30 pm
Lecture – 6:00 pm
Reception to follow
FPA & Japan Society Members: $8
Students: $5
Non-members: $10
This Public Forum is made possible in part by the Center for Global Partnership of the Japan Foundation and the Foreign Policy Assocation. Transportation is supported by JAL.
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