JCIE has a long-standing commitment to promoting closer ties with its neighbors in Asia Pacific and has been co-organizing the Korea-Japan Forum annually since 1993. Those meetings draw roughly 50 participants from the two countries from various sectors to discuss a range of economic, political, and security issues relevant to Korea-Japan ties and ways to enhance the relationship. At a recent meeting of the Forum, it was suggested that a smaller group of key opinion leaders be convened to examine the issues in greater depth. As a result, JCIE and the Korea Institute for International Economic Policy (KIEP) held the inaugural “Korea-Japan Strategic Dialogue” in Tokyo on June 8–10.
The meeting convened 14 Japanese and Korean experts on diplomacy and security and 15 on economy and trade for a two-day seminar on the two country’s foreign policies, the macroeconomic and financial issues that they face, the nexus between economic and security issues in the region, and how the two countries can better cooperate in the regional and global contexts. The following morning, 7 of the participants, accompanied by the heads of JCIE and KIEP, presented the group’s findings at a meeting with Japanese Diet members.
June 8
Opening Session
Opening Remarks
June Dong Kim, Acting President, KIEP
Congratulatory Remarks
Akio Okawara, President, JCIE
Session I: Geopolitical Parameter of Korea and Japan’s External Strategy
Chair: Yung Woo Chun [Korean Peninsula Future Forum]
Presentations
Sung Han Kim [Korea University]
Cheol Hee Park [Seoul National University]
Hitoshi Tanaka [Institute for International Strategy, the Japan Research Institute Ltd.]
Akio Takahara [University of Tokyo]
Discussion
Kang Choi [Asan Institute]
Satoru Mori [Hosei University]
Seong Ho Sheen [Seoul National University]
June 9
Session II: Macroeconomy and Finance of Korea and Japan
Chair: Yung Chul Park [Korea University]
Presentation
Kwanho Shin [Korea University]
Masahiro Kawai [University of Tokyo, Economic Research Institute for Northeast Asia]
Ippei Fujiwara [Keio University]
Discussion
Kazuyuki Kinbara [Keidanren]
Jae Ha Park [Institute of Finance]
Doo Yong Yang [KyungHee University]
Session III: Nexus between Transnational Economy and National Security in East Asia
Chair: Akio Okawara [JCIE]
Presentation
Jae Woo Choo [KyungHee University]
Yoichi Kato [Rebuild Japan Initiative Foundation]
Tae Ho Bark [Seoul National University]
Naoki Tanaka [Center for International Public Policy Studies]
Discussion
Yoshihide Soeya [Keio University]
Seong Ho Sheen [Seoul National University]
Shujiro Urata [Waseda University]
Byung-il Choi [Ewha Womans University]
Closing Session: Korea-Japan Cooperation in the Regional and Global Context
Chair: Myung Hwan Yu [Sejong University, Chairman]
Rapporteurs
Yung Woo Chun [Korean Peninsula Future Forum]
Yung Chul Park [Korea University]
Akio Okawara [JCIE]
Discussion
Closing Address
Se Young Ahn [NRC, Chairperson]
Hitoshi Tanaka [IIS, JRI, President]
June 10
Focused Group Meeting
Japanese Diet Members
Ichiro Aisawa [Liberal Democratic Party, LDP]
Asahiko Mihara [LDP]
Takeo Kawamura [LDP]
Yasutoshi Nishimura [LDP]
Takao Ochi [LDP]
Ken Saito [LDP]
Shinichi Isa [New Komeito]
Takeaki Matsumoto [Independent]
Korean Participants
Myung Hwan Yu [Sejong University]
Se Young Ahn [NRC]
Byung Il Choi [Ehwa Womens University]
June Dong Kim [Korea Institute for International Economic Policy]
Cheol Hee Park [Seoul National University]
Japanese Participants
Akio Okawara [JCIE]
Hitoshi Tanaka [Institute for International Strategy, Japan Research Institute Ltd.]
Yoshihide Soeya [Keio University]
Masahiro Kawai [University of Tokyo, Economic Research Institute for Northeast Asia]
Naoki Tanaka [Center for International Public Policy Studies]
JAPANESE PARTICIPANTS | |
FUJIWARA IPPEI | Professor, Keio University |
FUKAGAWA YUKIKO | Professor, Waseda University |
KATO YOICHI | Senior Research Fellow, The Rebuild Japan Initiative Foundation (RJIF) |
KAWAI MASAHIRO | Professor, University of Tokyo; Representative Director and Director General, Economic Research Institute for Northeast Asia |
KINBARA KAZUYUKI | Senior Advisor, International Affairs Bureau, Keidanren (Japan Business Federation) |
MORI SATORU | Professor, Hosei University |
NISHINO JUNYA | Professor, Keio University |
OKAWARA AKIO | President, Japan Center for International Exchange |
SOEYA YOSHIHIDE | Professor, Keio University |
TAKAHARA AKIO | Professor, University of Tokyo |
TANAKA HITOSHI | Chairman, Institute for International Strategy, the Japan Research Institute Ltd.; Former Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs; Senior Fellow, Japan Center for International Exchange |
TANAKA NAOKI | President, Center for International Public Policy Studies |
URATA SHUJIRO | Professor, Waseda University |
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KOREAN PARTICIPANTS | |
AHN SE YONG | Chairperson, National Research Council for Economics, Humanities and Social Science |
BARK TAE HO | Professor, Seoul National University; the Ambassador-at-Large for International Economic and Trade |
CHOI BYUNG-IL | Processor, Ehwa Womens University |
CHOI KANG | Vice President, Asan Institute |
CHOO JAE WOO | Professor, KyungHee University |
CHUN YUNG WOO | Chairman, Korea Peninsula Peace Forum; Former Senior Presidential Secretary of Foreign Affairs |
KIM JUNE DONG | Senior Vice President, Korea Institute for International Economic Policy |
KIM SUNG HAN | Professor, Korea University; Former Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs |
PARK CHOEL HEE | Professor, Seoul National University |
PARK JAE HA | Senior Research Fellow, Institute of Finance |
PARK YUNG CHUL | Professor emeritus, Korea University |
SHEEN SEONG HO | Professor, Seoul National University |
SHIN KWABSHO | Professor, Korea University |
SONG WOONG-SOON | Senior Partner, SHIN&KIM |
YANG DOO YONG | Professor, KyungHee University |
YU MYUNG HWAN | Chairman, Sejong University; Former Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade |
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OBSERVERS | |
KIM GYU PAN | Korea Institute for International Economic Policy |
KIM JONG-WONG | Korea Institute for International Economic Policy |
KOTARI KYOKO | Researcher, Institute for International Strategy, the Japan Research Institute Ltd. |
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CONFERENCE SECRETARIAT | |
FUNAKI DAI | Program Officer, Japan Center for International Exchange |
KATSUMATA HIDEKO | Executive Director & Chief Operating Officer, Japan Center for International Exchange |
LEE HYEJIN | Program Officer, Japan Center for International Exchange |
LEE SHIN AE | Korea Institute for International Economic Policy |
MURAKAMI DAVID | Crawford School of Public Policy, Australia National University; conference rapporteur |
