{"id":24177,"date":"2014-01-21T12:50:57","date_gmt":"2014-01-21T03:50:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stage.apinitiative.org\/symposium20140311\/"},"modified":"2022-01-24T12:48:19","modified_gmt":"2022-01-24T03:48:19","slug":"symposium20140311","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/apinitiative.org\/en\/symposium20140311\/","title":{"rendered":"Great Eastern Japan Earthquake 3rd<\/sup> Year Memorial International Symposium"},"content":{"rendered":"

\uff5eRisk, Governance, Leadership\uff5e<\/p>\n

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Short Summary<\/h2>\n

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Keynote Speech : \u201cCrisis Response in Japan Viewed from Abroad\u201d
\nDr. Gregory Jaczko (Former Chairman of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC))<\/h3>\n

Under the theme of \u201ccrisis response in Japan viewed from abroad\u201d, Dr. Jaczko gave a keynote speech on crisis management and leadership at a time of crisis based on his own experience during the Fukushima Daiichi accident.<\/p>\n

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Dr. Jaczko pointed out that leaders in crisis face two types of pressures; one is a pressure to provide information continuously, and the other one is a pressure to make decisions with missing or incomplete information. He also raised important lessons: crisis decision making always has some degree of uncertainty and sometimes needs a reversion of those decisions, however,\u3000decisions should be made very quickly given the time sensitive situation of crisis management. Moreover, he raised the importance of training to deal with invariably new challenges and issues which have never been anticipated or prepared for.
\nDr. Jaczko also mentioned the importance of risk communication. Citing the NRC\u2019s conclusion, which later turned out to be a mistake, that the spent fuel pool in Reactor No. 4 at Fukushima Dai-ichi must have been dried up, Dr Jaczko emphasized the importance of the timely delivery of
\ninformation relevant to the possible worst-case scenario to the public when the public demands it most. Despite the inevitable uncertainty such information could contain, it would be far much better providing incorrect information than not making any information available for the fear for
\nmaking mistakes. Public perception of “concealment of information” or “cover-up” could easily be formed, subsequently leading to the loss of trust to the leaders.
\nHe finally pointed out that in addition to do everything to prevent a crisis from happening, a system of safety and crisis management must be designed to prepare for these situations on the premise that accidents will happen, and the key element is an extensive program in crisis management and crisis communication.<\/div>\n
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Panel Discussion (1) : \u201cJapan\u2019s Crisis Management\u201d<\/h3>\n

Coordinator: Dr. Hideaki Shiroyama <\/strong><\/p>\n

Panelists:<\/strong>
\nDr. Gregory Jaczko (Former Chairman of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission)<\/strong>
\nMr. Tetsuro Ito (Former Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary for Crisis Management)<\/strong>
\nMr. Koichi Kitazawa (President, Tokyo City University \/ Chairman, Investigation Commission on the Fukushima Nuclear Accident)<\/strong>
\nMr. Saito William Hiroyuki (President & CEO, InTecur, K.K.\/ Special Advisor to the Cabinet Office of the Government of Japan)<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"\"In this session, the panelists discussed the challenges that Japan is currently confronted from the view point of crisis management, looking back the past three years since the Great East Japan Earthquake.<\/p>\n

Firstly, Dr. Kitazawa, the Chairman of the Investigation Commission, referring to the lessons learnt and the remained challenges of the accident, and stated that \u201cit is of critical importance not to discard them as \u201ccultural problem\u201d but to consolidate personnel and legal system.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Discussing that crises are invariably exacerbated by human errors, Mr. Saito also addressed Japan\u2019s continuing lack of crisis preparedness as exemplified by its insufficient response to cyber threats and the recent heavy snow at Yamanashi Prefecture occurred in March. He pointed out that current Japanese education caused fear of failures and emphasized the importance of absorbing failures as shared sets of experience rather than negative mistakes.<\/p>\n

\"\"Secondly, regarding the establishment of organizational culture and safety culture crucial to the preparation for the unanticipated events and crisis communication, Dr. Jaczko stated \u201cengineers are required to acquire not only specialized techniques but also critical perspectives and approaches\u201d, and Mr. Ito followed that \u201calthough scientists tend to be reluctant to make decisions based on uncertain matters, rough and ready is preferable to elaborate perfection in times of crises\u201d. In addition, with regard to human resources development, Dr. Jaczko took NRC as an example in terms of referable organization, addressed the need to encourage individual\u2019s motivation, to possess diversified workers with a variety of skills, and to have flexibility. Mr. Saito also emphasized the importance of \u201cdiversity\u201d within the organization to attain response capability of various crises. Furthermore, he emphasized the importance to have a sense of changeability and the \u201cpower of   flexibility\u201d so as to modify or fine-tune along the way.
\nFinally, the facilitator concluded that buildup of framework considering security through technology is essential in order to realize the points that are discussed.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Keynote Speech (2) \u201cRethinking Risk, Governance and Leadership\u201d<\/h3>\n

Speaker: Mr. Takeshi Niinami (CEO & Representative Director, Lawson, Inc.) <\/strong><\/p>\n

\"\"Mr. Takeshi Niinami, CEO & Representative Director, Lawson, Inc. has delivered his keynote speech on exercising leadership during a crisis, based on the experience of the Great East Japan Earthquake, in which many of the Lawson stores along the Sanriku coastline were washed away by the subsequent tsunami. By reference to those actual cases, he shared with the audience how he prioritized and acted in such exigencies as a chairman, and described the leadership in time of crisis. (Read more)<\/p>\n

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Mr. Niinami first described importance of thoroughly shared cooperate values for leadership and decision-making during crises, stating \u201cit is vital to set a standard which would guide the employees and local stores on decision-making at time of an emergency, and how well the standard is shared among them in advance\u201d.  At the same time, however, he also pointed out that \u201cpermeation of such corporate values is not easy\u201d and explained that such efforts for permeation do not yield profits in short-term so that it is difficult to get a consent by employees and stockholders on implementation of those efforts.<\/p>\n

He emphasized that permeation of the corporate values in peacetime is the invisible leadership in action.
\nIn regard to the governance, Mr. Niinami argued that the headquarters in Tokyo should never prescribe orders when they are uninformed of local situations, and that decision-making authority must be granted to the locals.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Panel Discussion (2) \u201cUncertainty and Business\u201d<\/h3>\n

Moderator: Dr. Yoi<\/strong>\uff43hi Funabashi (Chairman, RJIF)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Panelists: <\/strong>
\nMr. Takeshi Niinami (CEO & Representative Director, Lawson, Inc.)  *<\/strong>
\nMr. Lee Howell (Managing Director, Member of the Managing Board, World Economic Forum)<\/strong><\/p>\n

In this session moderated by Dr. Yoichi Funabashi of the RJIF, Mr. Takeshi Niinami and Mr. Lee Howell mainly discussed what constitutes the exemplary leadership and how to build them through education and trainings.<\/p>\n

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Mr. Howell defined a good leader as an individual who is decisive, sensible and able to observe situations comprehensively. He added that although it is painstaking to find such individual, it is possible to assess quality of leadership by \u201cestablishing a holistic personnel evaluation system which allows us to identify leadership quality by how s\/he sets the goal and the approach to attain the goal.\u201d<\/p>\n

Dr. Funabashi posed a question that whether leaders are cultivated through experiences or born with the quality. In his reply, Mr. Niinami stated that although \u201cinnate sense\u201d is important, the culture and the nature of the environment in which one has been brought up determines what kind of a leader one will become, and claimed that \u201cit is important that how early one has trained himself on \u2018decision-making on his own\u2019\u201d. He added that \u201canother important criteria for exemplary leadership is that how many life-staking decisions one has made\u201d, emphasizing the essentiality of coaching individuals with decision-making experiences.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Session \u201cRisk Management in Practice\u201d<\/h3>\n

Panelists:
\nMr. Daisuke Asano (Senior Deputy Director, Oil Supply and National Reserve, Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry)<\/strong>
\nMr. Akihisa Shiozaki (Attorney at Law, Partner, Nagashima Ohno and Tsunematsu)<\/strong>
\nMr. Yoshiki Hiruma (Director, DBJ Enterprise Resilience Rated Loan Program<\/strong>\uff08BCM Rating\uff09\/ Environmental Initiative & Corporate Social Responsibility Support Department \/ Development Bank of Japan Inc)<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"\"In the last session of the day, specific examples of crisis response from the on-site operational perspectives, practical crisis consciousness and local risk management were discussed. To start off the session, three panelists, Mr. Yoshiki Hiruma, Mr. Daisuke Asano and Mr. Akihisa Shiozaki, conducted fifteen-minute presentation for each. Mr. Hiruma focused on the definition of \u201crisk\u201d, followed by Mr. Asano addressing weaknesses and challenges of Japan\u2019s \u201cgovernance\u201d at a crisis from the perspectives of the government. Lastly, Mr. Shiozaki stated the importance of role of \u201cleadership\u201d at the time of crisis.<\/p>\n

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During the session, definition of \u2018risk\u2019 was discussed proceeded by inability of the Japanese government to deal appropriately with crises due to the inefficient information and Japan\u2019s lack of culture to act decisively on its own. Referring to the recent case of massive snow at Yamanashi prefecture, it was analyzed that Japan\u2019s officials have been unable to perform their possible operations because of these systematic weaknesses. Given such situation, the panelists discussed the pros and cons of the establishment of a \u201cstrong and leading government agency such as the U.S. Federation Emergency Management Agency. Furthermore, it was pointed that in order to cultivate leadership during crises, it is crucial to identify priorities as triages by constantly anticipating the \u2018worst-case scenarios\u2019. The discussion concluded that for individuals in charge at the local level to maximize their leadership and facilitate communication in the time of crisis, it is essential to conduct regular exercises which prepare for all unexpected events.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Outline<\/h2>\n

In the commemoration 3rd anniversary of the Great East Japan Earthquake, RJIF and UTokyo Policy Alternatives Research Institute co-hosted an international symposium focusing on risk, governance and leadership on March 11, 2014 at the University of Tokyo. More than three hundred people including former prime minister Naoto Kan attended the symposium. Moderated by Ms. Yumiko Ono, Managing Editor of The Wall Street Journal’s Japan edition online, this symposium contained two keynote speeches by Dr. Gregory Jaczko, former Chairman of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) and Mr. Takeshi Niinami, Chief Executive Officer and Representative Director of Lawson Inc. followed by three panel discussions: \u201cHow Japan Responds to Crisis\u201d ;  \u201cUncertainty and Business\u201d ; \u201cRisk Awareness in Business Practice\u201d. At the symposium, the audience took part in the panel sessions through answering the questions from the panelists. The symposium was covered by both Japanese and foreign media including TV, newspaper and magazine.<\/p>\n

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Report<\/h2>\n
Nearly three years have passed since a major earthquake of unprecedented magnitude struck the eastern part of Japan. To what extent has the Japanese crisis management system evolved since then in addressing the nation\u2019s vulnerability revealed as the outcome of its immediate response to seismic disaster and nuclear accident? A growing concern contingent to the rapid development of globalization is that the impact of an incident occurring remotely at the far end of the planet can now immediately ripple and may lead to a devastating situation worldwide. By reviewing and redefining the global risks, we will not only be able to prepare better to mitigate the damages and losses, should such risk becomes a reality, but will also be able to leverage the efforts to prevent such risks in corporate activities to create new opportunities for innovation and business growth. For this symposium, we have invited Dr. Gregory Jaczko, former Chairman of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) and Mr. Takeshi Niinami, Chief Exective Officer and Representative Director of Lawson Inc. as keynote speakers, and Mr. Lee Howell, Director of World Economic Forum (WEF) as a special guest from abroad, to hear their insightful views about \u201cRisk, Governance, Leadership\u201d from multilateral perspectives. The panel discussions joined also by a number of prominent figures representing the public, private and academic circles will be exchanging opinions on themes ranging from \u201cCrisis response in Japan\u201d at the national level to \u201cHow to link risk management and governance to business\u201d. We look forward to welcoming you all to this symposium, which we hope will be a worthwhile occasion for the audience in raising their awareness on \u201chow each one of us should act when a crisis occurs\u201d.<\/div>\n
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Date<\/td>\nTuesday, March 11 2014, 10:00 -19:30<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Venue<\/td>\nIto Hall (B2 floor), Ito International Research Center, Hongo Campus, the University of Tokyo<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Admission<\/td>\nFree<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Method of registration<\/td>\nPlease register through the Registration Form<\/a> on the bottom of this page.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Hosted by<\/td>\nRebuild Japan Initiative Foundation, UTokyo Policy Alternatives Research Institute<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Supported by<\/td>\nDevelopment Bank of Japan Inc.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Sponsored by<\/td>\nDiscover 21<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Guest speakers and panelists<\/h2>\n
Keynote Speech 1 <\/strong> \"\" Dr. Gregory Jaczko Former Chairman, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC)<\/div>\n
Keynote Speech 2 <\/strong> \"\" Mr. Takeshi Niinami CEO & Representative Director, Lawson, Inc.<\/div>\n
Special guest from abroad <\/strong> \"\" Mr. Lee Howell Managing Director, Member of the Managing Board, World Economic Forum (WEF)<\/div>\n
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(* in the order of Japanese alphabet) <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/colgroup>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Mr. Daisuke Asano<\/td>\nSenior Deputy Director, Oil Supply and National Reserve, Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry (METI)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mr. Tetsuro Ito<\/td>\nFormer Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary for Crisis Management<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dr. Koichi Kitazawa<\/td>\nPresident, Tokyo City University \/ Chairman, Investigation Commission on the Fukushima Nuclear Accident<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Prof. Hideaki Shiroyama<\/td>\nDirector, UTokyo Policy Alternatives Research Institute \/ Vice Dean, Graduate School of Public Policy, the University of Tokyo<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mr. Akihisa Shiozaki<\/td>\nAttorney at Law, Partner, Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mr. Yoshiki Hiruma<\/td>\nDirector, DBJ Enterprise Resilience Rated Loan Program\uff08BCM Rating\uff09\/ Environmental Initiative & Corporate Social Responsibility Support Department \/ Development Bank of Japan Inc (DBJ)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Prof. Masafumi Maeda<\/td>\nVice President, the University of Tokyo<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dr. Yoichi Funabashi<\/td>\nChairman, Rebuild Japan Initiative Foundation<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Program (as of latest schedule) <\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n<\/colgroup>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
10:00-10:10<\/td>\n\u25cfOpening speech<\/td>\nProf. Masafumi Maeda (Vice President, the University of Tokyo)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
10:10-10:55<\/td>\nKeynote speech (1) \u201c3\/11 – Crisis Response in Japan Viewed from Abroad\u201d \u3010with simultaneous interpretation\u3011<\/td>\nDr. Gregory Jaczko (Former Chairman of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC))<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
11:00-12:15<\/td>\n\u25cfPanel discussion (1) \u201cHow Japan Responds to Crisis\u201d \u3010with simultaneous interpretation\u3011<\/td>\nCoordinator : Prof. Hideaki Shiroyama(Director, UTokyo Policy Alternatives Research Institute) Panelists: Mr. Tetsuro Ito (Former Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary for Crisis Management) Dr. Koichi Kitazawa (President, Tokyo City University \/ Chairman, Investigation Commission on the Fukushima Nuclear Accident) Dr. Gregory Jaczko (Former Chairman of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC))<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
12:15-13:30<\/td>\nLunch break<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
13:30-14:15<\/td>\n\u25cfKeynote speech (2) \u201cRevisiting Risk, Governance, Leadership\u201d<\/td>\nMr. Takeshi Niinami (CEO & Representative Director, Lawson, Inc.)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
14:20-15:40<\/td>\n\u25cf Panel discussion (2) \u201cUncertainty and Business\u201d \u3010with simultaneous interpretation\u3011<\/td>\nCoordinator : Dr. Yoichi Funabashi (Chairman, Rebuild Japan Initiative Foundation) Panelists\uff1a Mr. Takeshi Niinami (CEO & Representative Director, Lawson, Inc.) Mr. Lee Howell (Managing Director World Economic Forum)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
16:00-18:00<\/td>\n\u25cfSession \u201cRisk Awareness in Business Practice\u201d<\/td>\nMr. Daisuke Asano (Senior Deputy Director, Oil Supply and National Reserve, Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry (METI)) Mr. Yoshiki Hiruma (Director, DBJ Enterprise Resilience Rated Loan Program (BCM Rating) \/ Environmental Initiative & Corporate Social Responsibility Support Department \/ Development Bank of Japan Inc. (DBJ)) Mr. Akihisa Shiozaki (Attorney at Law, Partner, Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
18:00-18:10<\/td>\n\u25cfClosing speech<\/td>\nDr. Yoichi Funabashi (Chairman, Rebuild Japan Initiative Foundation)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
18:10-19:30<\/td>\nConvivial gathering<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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\uff5eRisk, Governance, Leadership\uff5e Finished: Thank you very much for your attendance. Short Summary Keynote Speech : \u201cCrisis Response in Japan Viewed from Abroad\u201d Dr. Gregory Jaczko (Former Chairman of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC)) Under the theme of \u201ccrisis response in Japan viewed from abroad\u201d, Dr. Jaczko gave a keynote speech on crisis management …<\/p>\n

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