Leading citizens from Japan and Korea in the fields of politics, government, business, academia, the nonprofit sector, and media attended the first forum in Seoul in 1993. Since then, the forum has taken place annually and is held alternately in Korea and Japan. This meeting, which gathered roughly 50 experts, was held in Seoul and focused on recent developments in each country and how the two countries could work together to address critical shared concerns.
December 6
Dinner hosted by Korean Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade YU Myung-hwan
December 7
Opening Remarks
GONG RO-MYUNG, Korean Chairman
MOGI YUZABURO, Japanese Chairman
Speech by Japanese State Secretary for Foreign Affairs FUKUYAMA TETSURO
Session I: Changing Politics and Society in Korea and Japan and the New Bilateral Relationship
JAUNG HOON, Professor, Chung-Ang University
WAKAMIYA YOAHIBUMI, Columnist, Asahi Shimbun
Session II: Korea-Japan-U.S. Trilateral Cooperation on North Korea’s Missile Testing & Nuclear Programs
RHEE SANG-WOO, Chairman, Korea-Japan Cultural Foundation
OKONOGI MASAO, Professor, Keio University
December 8
Session III: The Global Financial Crisis and Korea-Japan Cooperation
HYUN OH-SEOK, President, Korea Development Institute
KADOWAKI HIDEHARU, Special Advisor and Senior Fellow, Japan Research Institute, Ltd.
Session IV: New Tasks for Korea and Japan: (1) Joint Responses to Global Issues
KWON WON-TAE, Director, Climate Research Laboratory, National Institute of Meteorological Research
SOEYA YOSHIHIDE, Professor of Keio University
Session IV: New Tasks for Korea and Japan: (2) Korea-Japan Cooperation for the Future
PARK CHEOL-HEE, Associate Professor, Graduate School of International Studies, Seoul National University
TANAKA HITOSHI, Senior Fellow, Japan Center for International Exchange
Wrap-up Session
