March 27
Session I: Latest Developments in Japan & East Asia
Tadashi Yamamoto, President, Japan Center for International Exchange
March 28
Session II: Latest Development in the UK & Europe
Rt. Hon Denis MacShane MP, former Minister for Europe
Session III: The Growth of Asian Developing Economies: How this May Affect the Strategic Interests of the UK and Japan
Japan
Ambassador Yoshiyasu Sato, former Ambassador to Beijing
UK
Philip Stephens, Associate Editor & Senior Commentator, Financial Times
Session IV: International Development: Challenges for the UK and Japan in their Development assistance effort in Africa and other areas
Japan
Masaki Miyaji, Advisor, Mitsubishi Corporation
UK
Paul Batchelor, Chairman, Crown Agents
March 29
Session V: Climate Change
Japan
Taizo Yakushiji, Cabinet Council for Science & Technology Policy
UK
Simon Buckle, Director of Climate Policy, The Grantham Institute for Climate Change, Imperial College London
JAPANESE PARTICIPANTS |
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PARTICIPANTS |
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TAKAKO HIKOTANI |
Associate Professor, National Defense Academy |
YOSHIO ISIZAKA |
Senior Advisor to the Board, Toyota Motor Corporation |
MASAKI MIYAJI |
Advisor, Mitsubishi Corporation |
YASUHIRO NAGASAKI |
Executive Correspondent and Director of General Bureau for Europe, Middle East, and Africa, NHK (Japan Broadcasting Corporation) |
YOSHIJI NOGAMI |
Japanese Ambassador to UK |
HIROTO OHNO |
Bureau Chief of European General Bureau, Asahi Shimbun |
HAJIME SASAKI |
Chairman of the Board, NEC Corproation |
AMB. YOSHIYASU SATO |
Advisor, Tokyo Electric Power Co., Ltd.; Former Japanese Ambassador to China |
YOSHIHIDE SOEYA |
Professor, Political Science, Keio University |
HIDEKI WAKABAYASHI |
Visiting Fellow, CSIS; Former member of the House of Councillors (DPJ) |
TAIZO YAKUSHIJI |
Executive Member, Council for Science for Science and Technology Policy of the Cabinet Office of Japan; Professor, Political Science, Keio University; Executive Research Director, Institute for International Policy Studies |
TADASHI YAMAMOTO |
President, Japan Center for International Exchange |
OBSERVERS |
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TOSHIRO IIJIMA |
Director, Western Europe Division, European Affairs Bureau, Ministry of Foreign Affairs |
MASAKI KURASAWA |
Chief Manager, International Business Planning Division, NEC Corporation |
SHINJI NARAKI |
Senior Manager, Secretariat Office, General Affairs Division, NEC Corporation |
KOJI TOMITA |
Minister, Embassy of Japan |
SECRETARIAT |
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HIFUMI TAJIMA |
Senior Program Officer, Japan Center for International Exchange |
UK PARTICIPANTS |
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CO-CHAIR |
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RT. HON LORD CUNNINGHAM OF FELLING |
House of Lords |
PARTICIPANTS |
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PAUL BATCHELOR |
Chairman, Crown Agents |
SIR JOHN BOYD KCMG |
Former Chairman, Board of Governors, British Museum |
NEIL BRUCE |
Chief Operatin Officer, Natural Resources, AMEX plc |
SIMON BUCKLE |
Director of Climate Policy, The Grantham Institute for Climate Change, Imperial College of London |
ANDY CRISP |
Vice President, Corporate Marketing, BAE Systems |
BILL EMMOTT |
Former Editor, The Economist |
SIR GRAHAM FRY KCMG |
HM Ambassador, Tokyo |
ROGER GODSIFF MP |
Chairman, All Party Parliamentary Group for Japan |
MELVILLE GUEST OBE |
UK Executive Director, UK-Japan 21st Century Group; Senior Advisor, Imperial College London |
RT. HON FABIAN HAMILTON MP |
Member, House of Commons Foreign Affairs Select Committee |
RT. HON LORD HOWELL OF GUILFORD |
House of Commons |
RT. HON DENIS MACSHANE MP |
MP for Rotherham, Former Minister for Europe; House of Commons, Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe |
RT HON SIR RICHARD NEEDHAM |
Former Minister of State for Trade |
MICHAEL SHEARS |
Chairman, Arup Trustees |
PHILLIP STEPHENS |
Associate Editor & Senior Commentator, Financial Times |
JOHN SWENSON-WRIGHT |
Lecturer in Japanese Politics and International Relations, University of Cambridge |
LORD ROBIN TEVERSON |
House of Lords |
RICHARD THORNLEY |
Regional Director, Japan, Rolls-Royce plc |
DAVID WARREN |
British Ambassador designate to Japan; Director of Human Resources, Foreign and Commonwealth Office |
LORD WOOLMER OF LEEDS |
UK Treasurer, UK-Japan 21st Century Group; House of Lords |
SIR DAVID WRIGHT, GCMG, LVO |
Vice Chairman, Barclays Capital |