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The Future of Asia: Perspectives from Japan
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Seminar
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Daiwa Foundation Japan House, 13/14 Cornwall Terrace, London NW1 4QP
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11 November 2009
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6.00pm-7.30pm |
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Organised by
The Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation in association with the Embassy of Japan |
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Ambassador Masafumi Ishii
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Bill Emmott
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Seminar image
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The geopolitical dynamism of East Asia over the next 20 years may be greatly affected by political, economic and social developments, particularly within and among the main player nations of Japan, the United States, China, Russia, South Korea and North Korea. How is Japan going to steer its foreign policy in this intriguing regional context? Mr. Masafumi Ishii, Ambassador for Policy Planning and International Security Policy in the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, will set out his views on the future strategic situation in East Asia, citing seven trends and policy priorities for Japanese diplomacy in the light of the newly-inaugurated Japanese government’s foreign policy.
Contributors:
Ambassador Masafumi Ishii joined the Foreign Service in 1980 after graduating from Tokyo University with a law degree. He has since served in a number of positions in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, including Director of Planning Division (1998-1999), Director of Second Southeast Asian Division (1999-2002), and Private Secretary to the Minister for Foreign Affairs (2002-2003). His overseas assignments include postings in both London and Washington. He took up his current post of Ambassador for Policy Planning and International Security Policy in January 2009.
Bill Emmott (chair) is an independent writer, speaker and consultant on international affairs. From 1993 until 2006 he was editor of The Economist, the world's leading weekly on international current affairs. He has published nine books, contributed articles to many publications and given countless talks and lectures. Of his seven books on Japan, The Sun Also Sets: the limits to Japan’s Economic Power (1989) and The Sun Also Rises (2005) were bestsellers in Japanese. Bill's latest English book, Rivals: How the Power Struggle between China, India and Japan will Shape our Next Decade, was published in April 2008 in Britain, and June in Japan.
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