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The 61st meeting of "Diplomatic Roundtable" on "Regional Integration in East Asia from Korean Perspective" Held

The 61st meeting of "Diplomatic Roundtable" on "Regional Integration in East Asia from Korean Perspective" HeldThe 61st meeting of "Diplomatic Roundtable" on "Regional Integration in East Asia from Korean Perspective" was held on 7 July 2010. ...more

Opinion-ad of the Japan-U.S. Roundtable “The Japan-U.S. Alliance at 50: Crossroads or Continuity” Placed in Major Japanese Newspapers

The Japan Forum on International Relations (JFIR), under the co-sponsorship with the National Committee on American Foreign Policy (NCAFP), organized “Japan-U.S. Roundtable to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the revision of the Japan-U.S. Security Treaty,” under the theme of “The Japan-U.S. Alliance at 50: Crossroads or Continuity?” in Tokyo on 24 May, 2010. Prof. ITO Kenichi, President of JFIR, as well as fourteen other Japanese panelists, and Dr. George SCHWAB, President of NCAFP, as well as six other American panelists assembled in the “Roundtable” and discussed among themselves how they should review the change of the world and the region in those 50 years and what should be their recommendations for the future of the Japan-U.S. alliance. The message of this Roundtable, released as a "Summary of Japanese Chairman," was carried in a full-page opinion ad on the June 23, the day when the revision of the Treaty went into effect 50 years ago, issue of; The Sankei Shimbun, The Asahi Shimbun, and The Nikkei.
 

The 58th Meeting of "Diplomatic Roundtable" on "Capitalizing on the Asia-Pacific's Rise- Working as a Region: An Australian Perspective" Held

The 58th Meeting of "Diplomatic Roundtable" on "Capitalizing on the Asia-Pacific's Rise- Working as a Region: An Australian Perspective"HeldThe 58th Meeting of "Diplomatic Roundtable" on "Capitalizing on the Asia-Pacific's Rise-- Working as a Region: An Australian Perspective" was held on 28 April 2010. ...more

The 1st Meeting of the JFIR Policy Council on " Global Terrorism and Japan" Held

The 1st Meeting of the JFIR Policy Council on " Global Terrorism and Japan" HeldThe 1st Meeting of the JFIR Policy Council on "Global Terrorism and Japan" was held on 6 April 2010. ...more

Ｔhe 56ｔｈ Meeting of "Diplomatic Roundtable" on "The EU after the Lisbon Treaty"Held

Ｔhe 56ｔｈ Meeting of "Diplomatic Roundtable" on "The EU after the Lisbon Treaty"HeldThe 56th Meeting of "Diplomatic Roundtable" on "The EU after the Lisbon Treaty" was held on 25 January 2010. ...more

The 2nd meeting of the JFIR Policy Council on "Prospects and Challenges for the Acceptance of Foreigners to Japan" Held

The 2nd meeting of the JFIR Policy Council on "Prospects and Challenges for the Acceptance of Foreigners to Japan" HeldThe 2nd meeting of the JFIR Policy Council on "Prospects and Challenges for the Acceptance of Foreigners to Japan" was held on 27 October 2009. ...more

The 32nd Policy Recommendations "Positive Pacifism and the Future of the Japan-U.S. Alliance" Announced

      The full text of this set of Policy recommendations, both in Japanese and in English, has been submitted to the Prime Minister of Japan and concurrently announced at a press conference on October 22 (Thu.). In view of the fact that these Policy Recommendations deal with the Japan-U.S. Alliance, linchpin of Japan’s diplomacy, at the time of the unprecedented change of administration from one political party to another, we ran a full-page opinion advertisement of the full text of the Policy Recommendations in the October 23 issue of; The Sankei Shimbun, The Asahi Shimbun, The Nikkei, The Japan Times (English), and International Herald Tribune/The Asahi Shimbun (English). Click the following images to view the Policy Recommendations and the Opinion Advertisement.