ASEAN-JAPAN COOPERATION IN EAST ASIA COMMUNITY BUILDING
2003
The year 2003 marked several important anniversaries for the ASEAN-Japan relationship and was designated by Japan and ASEAN leaders as the “ASEAN-Japan Exchange Year.” In order to explore ways to strengthen the ASEAN-Japan partnership as a step toward building a more cohesive East Asian regional community, JCIE held two workshops in 2003 on the theme of “ASEAN-Japan Cooperation in East Asia Community Building” as part of its Asia Pacific Agenda Project (APAP).
The initial workshop was held in Hua Hin, Thailand from May 2–4, 2003, and the second took place on September 15–17, 2003 in Kisarazu, Japan. International relations experts from Japan, East and Southeast Asia, and the United States came together at the Kisarazu workshop to discuss issues such as the changing regional and international environments and the implications for ASEAN-Japan relations, the future direction of ASEAN-Japan economic and political relations, cooperation in social and cultural areas, Japan and ASEAN as regional actors, and the rationale for a renewed emphasis on ASEAN-Japan cooperation.
The project resulted in the adoption of a joint statement that was submitted to the ASEAN governments prior to the October 2003 ASEAN Summit and also to the Japanese government in time for the December 2003 ASEAN-Japan Summit. The Kisarazu statement and the results of the workshops are available in a book, ASEAN-Japan Cooperation: A Foundation for East Asian Community.
PROJECT TEAM
AHN BYUNG-JOON, Visiting Professor, Graduate Institute of Policy Studies, Tokyo; former Professor of Political Science, Yonsei University, Korea
NARONGCHAI AKRASANEE, Chairman, Seranee Holdings Co. Ltd.; former Minister of Commerce of Thailand
CHIA SIOW YUE, Senior Research Fellow, Singapore Institute of International Affairs; former Director, Institute of Southeast Asian Studies
JESUS P. ESTANISLAO, Director, Institute of Corporate Directors; former Secretary of Finance, Philippines
MOHAMED JAWHAR BIN HASSAN, Director-General, Institute of Strategic and International Studies, Malaysia
CAROLINA HERNANDEZ, President, Institute of Strategic and Development Studies, Philippines
HIRONO RYOKICHI, Professor Emeritus, Seikei University, Japan
KIUCHI TAKASHI, Statutory Auditor, Shinsei Trust and Banking Co., Ltd.; former Economic Advisor, Shinsei Bank Ltd., Japan
CHARLES E. MORRISON, President, The East-West Center, USA
NISHIHARA MASASHI, President, National Defense University, Japan
APICHART PRASERT, Fiscal Policy Research Institute, Thailand
HADI SOESASTRO, Executive Director, Centre for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), Indonesia
SOEYA YOSHIHIDE, Professor of International Relations, Keio University, Japan
TANAKA AKIHIKO, Director, Institute of Oriental Cultures, University of Tokyo
JUSUF WANANDI, Founding Member, Centre for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)
YAMAMOTO TADASHI, President, Japan Center for International Exchange
ZHANG YUNLING, Director, Institute of Asia-Pacific Studies, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences