The seventh meeting of the Forum was held on August 27–29, 1999, in Seoul, Korea, with over 40 leaders from the political, business, academic, media, and the nonprofit sectors. Discussions focused on ways to further enhance cooperation between the two countries in a broad, Asian regional context.
August 27
Opening Ceremony: Congratulatory Speech
Hong Soon-young, Foreign Minister
Session I: The Domestic Situations in Korea and Japan
Part I: The Political and Economic Situation in Korea
August 28
Session I (cont.): The Domestic Situations in Korea and Japan
Part II: The political and economic situation in Japan
Session II: The Security Dimensions of Korea-Japan Cooperation
The Korean Peninsula
Major power relations
Regional issues
Korea-Japan bilateral cooperation
Session III: The Economic Dimensions of Korea-Japan Cooperation
The impact of and the recovery from the financial crisis
Prospects for restructuring and deregulation
Regional cooperation
Korea-Japan bilateral cooperation
August 29
Session IV: The Socio-Cultural Dimensions of Korea-Japan Cooperation
Globalization, civil society, and governance
Cultural and educational exchanges
Cooperation on information and communications technology
Session V: The Future Agenda for Korea-Japan Cooperation
Cooperation for the World Cup
Cooperation on global and regional Issues
Youth and grassroots-level exchanges
Korean Participants
Chairman: Kwang-soo Choi, Former Minister of Foreign Affairs
Byung-joon Ahn, Professor, National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies, Japan; Director of Korean Steering Committee, Korea-Japan Forum
Jung-ho Bae, Senior Research Fellow, Institute for National Unification
Myong-Sue Chang, President and publisher, Hankook Ilbo
S.R. Cho, Chairman, Hyosung Group
Woong-kyu Cho, Member, National Assembly (The Grand National Party)
Chung-ho Choe, Chairman, Korea Commission for Vision 2000
Sang-yong Choi, Korean Ambassador to Japan
In-yong Chung
Ku-chong Chung, President, donga.com
Jong-sup Kil, Anchor, Korea Broadcasting System (KBS)
Do-Eun Kim, Member of the National Assembly (The Grand National Party)
Ok-Yul Kim, Professor Emeritus, Sookmyung Women’s University
Sang-Ha Kim
Pyong-Hwoi Koo, Advisory Board Member, LG Group
Gil-Hyun Lee, President, Hotel Shilla
Jin-soon Lee, President, Korea Development Institute
Joung-Binn Lee, President, Korea Foundation
Kyung-Tae Lee, President, Korea Institute for International Economic Policy
Si-Uk Nam, Former publisher, Munhwa Ilbo
Jay-Hee Oh, Former Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs
Byong-wook Seong, Special Advisor, The JoongAng Ilbo
Dong-won Shin, Former Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs
Sei-Il Sonn, Member of the National Assembly (National Congress for New Politics)
Sung-Chun Yang, Member of the National Assembly (National Congress for New Politics)
Heung-soo Yoo, Member of the National Assembly (New Korea Party)
Kun-il Yoo, Editor-in-Chief and Chief Editorial Writer, The Chosun Ilbo
Japanese Participants
Chairman: Hisashi Owada, President, The Japan Institute of International Affairs
Tamotsu Asami, Deputy Director, Editorial Bureau, Chuokoron-Shinsha
Keiko Chino, Editorial Writer, The Sankei Shimbun
Hiroaki Fujii, President, The Japan Foundation
Masaya Fujimura, Executive Advisor, Mitsubishi Materials Corporation; President, Japan-Korea Economic Association
Katsuhiro Fujiwara, Managing Director, Keidanren (Japan Federation of Economic Organizations)
Yukiko Fukagawa, Associate Professor, Economics Department, Aoyama Gakuin University
Yoshimasa Hayashi, Member, House of Councillors (Liberal Democratic Party)
Abito Itoh, Professor, Department of Cultural Anthropology, University of Tokyo
Tadao Kano, Editorial Writer, The Mainichi Shimbun
Toru Kusukawa, Senior Councilor, Fuji Research Institute Corporation
Iwao Matsuda, Member, House of Councillors (Independent)
Hiroshi Nakanishi, Associate Professor, Law Department, Kyoto University
Masao Okonogi, Professor, Faculty of Law, Keio University
Tomoko Sasaki, Member, House of Councillors (LDP)
Ginko Sato, Chairperson, Securities and Exchange Surveillance Commission
Takabumi Suzuoki, Columnist, Hong Kong Bureau, Nihon Keizai Shimbun (NIKKEI)
Hatsuhisa Takashima, Executive Controller-General, NHK (Japan Broadcasting Corporation)
Yoshibumi Wakamiya, Political Editor, The Asahi Shimbun
Tadashi Yamamoto, President, Japan Center for International Exchange; Director of Japanese Steering Committee, Korea-Japan Forum
