The 11th Forum was held on March 5–7, 2003, in Berlin, where the participants discussed the obstacles to structural reform in Japan and Germany, new security challenges in East Asia, regionalism and bilateralism, and ways to cooperate with the United States in regards to the new challenges of global governance. The group also met with Chancellor Gerhard Schroder for an hour-long discussion.
March 6
Session I: Structural Reform in Germany and Japan—Issues and Outlook
Domestic factors that call for economic and political reform (e.g., aging societies, demographic change, postwar development of society in Germany and Japan)
Reforms currently under discussion
The role of science and technology
Comments
Naoki TANAKA, President, The 21st Century Public Policy Institute
Wataru MORI, Japanese Chairman, German Japanese Cooperation Council for High-Tech and Environmental Technology, 1994-2002
Ulrich CARTELLIERI, Member of Supervisory Board, Deutsche Bank AG
Heinz RIESENHUBER, Member of Parliament (CDU); Former Federal Minister for Research and Technology
Special Session: Meeting the New Security Challenge in East Asia—The Regional Security Arrangement, Alliance Relations with the United States, and the Role of Japan
Speaker
Hitoshi TANAKA, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs
Session II: Working with the United States in Facing the New Challenges of Global Governance
Current challenges for Japan and Germany with regard to sustaining an alliance relationship with the United States
War against terrorism
Stabilization of the Near and Middle East
Implications of a possible U.S.-led attack on Iraq
Comments
Karsten VOIGT, Coordinator of German-American Cooperation, German Federal Foreign Office
Shinichi KITAOKA, Professor, University of Tokyo
March 7
Session III: Regionalism and Bilateralism
European integration: NATO and EU enlargement
Prospects of East Asian integration (e.g., ASEAN+3, Free Trade Agreements)
Situation on the Korean Peninsula
German-Japanese economic interaction in a regionalized world
Comments
Osamu WATANABE, Chairman and CEO, the Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO); Former Administrative Vice Minister in Japan’s Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry
Horst TELTSCHIK, Chairman of the BMW Foundation Herbert Quandt
Session IV: Promoting Intellectual and Cultural Exchange Between Germany and Japan
General trends in intellectual and cultural exchange
Strategies for fostering new leaders in exchange
New opportunities and needs for further cooperation between the peoples of the two countries
Comments
Tadashi YAMAMOTO, President, Japan Center for International Exchange
Wilhelm HAAS, General Secretary, “Germany in Japan” Year – 2005/2006
Closing Session
GERMAN PARTICIPANTS | |
CHAIRMAN | |
DR. ULRICH CARTELLIERI | Member of Supervisory Board, Deutsche Bank AG |
PARTICIPANTS | |
PROF. DR. DR. ANN-KRISTIN ACHLEITNER | Professor, Technical University of Munich |
DR. THILO GRAF BROCKDORFF | Member of the Foundation Council, Japanese-German Center Berlin (JDZB) |
RAINER BRÜDERLE | Member of Parliament (FDP) |
PROF. DR. HANS GUNTER DANIELMEYER | Vice President, JDZB |
MDG DR. CHRISTIAN HAUSWEDELL | Director for Asian and Pacific Affairs for the Federal Foreign Office |
GEBHARD HIELSCHER | Journalist; Director Friedrich Ebert Foundation, Tokyo Branch |
PROF. MANFRED LAHNSTEIN | Chairman, Lahnstein & Partner; Special Representative of the Board, Bertelsmann AG |
PROF. DR. WOLF LEPENIES | Rector, Wissenschaftskolleg (Institute for Advanced Study) zu Berlin |
PROF. DR. DR. H.C. MULT. HEINZ RIESENHUBER | Member of Parliament (CDU); Former Federal Minister for Research and Technology |
AMBASSADOR HENRIK SCHMIEGELOW | German Ambassador to Japan |
DR. THEO SOMMER | Editor-at-Large, DIE ZEIT |
WERNER SPINNER | Chairman of the Japan-Initiative of the Asia Pacific Committee of German Business; Former Board of Management, Bayer AG |
MINDIR DR. VOLKER STANZEL | Director-General for Political Affairs, Federal Foreign Office |
DR. HORST TELTSCHIK | Chairman of the BMW Foundation Herbert Quandt |
ANGELIKA VIETS | Secretary-General, JDZB |
[GUEST PARTICIPANTS] |
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MDG WILFRIED GRORIG | Secretary-General, JDZB |
BOTSCHAFTER A.D. WILHELM HAAS | General Secretary, “Germany in Japan” Year – 2005/2006 |
JAPANESE PARTICIPANTS | |
CHAIRMAN | |
YUZABURO MOGI | President and CEO, Kikkoman Corporation |
PARTICIPANTS | |
KOICHIRO GENBA | Member of the House of Representatives (Democratic Party of Japan-DPJ) |
SHINICHI KITAOKA | Professor, University of Tokyo |
AKIRA KOJIMA | Managing Director/Editorial Page Editor, The Nihon Keizai Shimbun |
WATARU MORI | Japanese Chairman, German Japanese Cooperation Council for High-Tech and Environmental Technology (1994-2002) |
RYOHEI MURATA | Special Advisor to The Nippon Foundation; Former Ambassador to Germany |
JIRO SAITO | Chairman and Chief Executive, The Tokyo International Financial Futures Exchange |
TOSHITSUGU SAITO | Member of the House of Representatives (LDP); Former Director General of Defense Agency |
YUSHU TAKASHIMA | Ambassador to the Federal Republic of Germany |
AKIHIKO TANAKA | Professor of International Politics and Director of the Institute of Oriental Culture, University of Tokyo |
HITOSHI TANAKA | Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs |
NAOKI TANAKA | President, The 21st Century Public Policy Institute |
MICHIAKI TSURUMI | President, Sony Europe GmbH; Group Executive Officer, Sony Corporation |
OSAMU WATANABE | Chairman and CEO, the Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO); former Administrative Vice Minister in Japan’s Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry |
TADASHI YAMAMOTO | President, Japan Center for International Exchange |
