The "Diplomatic Roundtable" is organized, taking advantage of an occasion of a visit to Japan of a person prominent in various fields of activities abroad, for the purpose of providing an occasion for the visiting speaker to meet and exchange views with his or her counterparts in the membership of JFIR. Unless the speaker agrees to speak in Japanese, English is, in principle, the language used in the "Roundtable" and no translation is provided. The "Diplomatic Roundtable" is held under the co-sponsorship of JFIR with its sister organizations, the "Global Forum of Japan," and the "Council on East Asian Community."
2011
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| Nov. 10 |
Mark PHILLIPS, Head of the Land Operations and Capabilities Programme, Royal United Services Institute (RUSI) |
| Oct. 13 |
CHENG Yonghua, Ambassador of China to Japan |
| Oct. 5 |
Ashwani KUMAR, Minister of State for Planning; Science & Technology; Earth Sciences of India |
| Sep. 22 |
David ABRAHAM, International Affairs Fellow, Council on Foreign Relations |
| Sep. 16 |
Dennis SHOWALTER, Professor, The Colorado College |
| July 5 |
John WONG, Professorial Fellow, East Asian Institute, National University of Singapore |
| Jun. 21 |
David HOLLEY, Visiting Professor, Waseda University |
| May 18 |
UETA Takako, Professor, International Christian University |
| Feb. 21 |
Doru Romulus COSTEA, the State Secretary for Global Affairs of Romania |
| Feb. 8 |
Mikhail Mikhailovich Bely, Ambassador of Russia to Japan |
| Jan. 28 |
KIM Beng Phar Director of Strategy/Research, Foreign Policy Study Group |
2010
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| Dec. 1 |
Rizal SUKMA, Executive Director at the Centre for Strategic and International Studies |
| Nov. 22 |
David Warren, Ambassador, British Embassy to Japan |
| Oct. 15 |
Julius Caesar, Parreñas Advisor for International Affairs, The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Ltd. |
| July. 7 |
JIN Chang Soo, Director of the Sejong Institute Japan Center |
| Jun. 29 |
Farkhod SABIROV, Head of the Department of International Relations, Institute of Forecasting and Macroeconomic Research, the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Uzbekistan |
| May. 27 |
Nikolaos TSAMADOS, Ambassador of Greece to Japan |
| Apr. 28 |
Murray MCLEAN, Ambassador of Australia to Japan |
| Mar. 25 |
Simon TAY, Chairman, Singapore Institute of International Affairs |
| Jan. 25 |
Ioan Mircea PASCU, Member of the European Parliament (EP), Vice-Chair of the Foreign Affairs Committee of EP |
2009
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| Nov. 19 |
Elaine BUNN, Senior Fellow at National Defense University’s Institute for National Strategic Studies |
| Oct. 29 |
CUI Tiankai, Ambassador of China to Japan |
| Oct. 2 |
Edward N. LUTTWAK, Senior Associate, Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) |
| Aug. 27 |
Thomas J. PEMPEL, Professor of Political Science, University of California, Berkeley |
| July. 22 |
Jonathan T. FRIED, Ambassador of Canada to Japan |
| Jun. 12 |
FENG Chi-Tai (John), Representative, Taipei Economy & Culture Representative Office |
| May. 22 |
David WARREN, British Ambassador to Japan |
| Apr. 10 |
James FOSTER, former Director for Korean Affairs of U.S. State Department |
| Mar. 9 |
Michael MESERVE, Minister Counselor for Political Affairs of the U.S. Embassy in Tokyo |
| Feb. 17 |
Efraim HALEVY, Director of the Center for Strategic and Policy Studies at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem (former Director of Mossad) |
| Feb. 4 | TSUNEOKA Kosuke, Journalist |
| Jan. 28 |
Haron AMIN, Ambassador of Afghanistan to Japan |
2008
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| Nov. 19 | Mykola KULINICH, Ambassador of Ukraine to Japan |
| Oct. 3 | Jonathan EYAL, Director of International Security Studies, Royal United Services Institute for Defence and Security Studies (RUSI) |
| Sep. 17 | Walid Mahmoud ABDELNASSER, Ambassador of the Arab Republic of Egypt to Japan |
| Jul. 9 |
Rentsendoo JIGJID, Ambassador of Mongolia to Japan |
| Jun. 19 |
Ivane MATCHAVARIANI, Ambassador of Georgia to Japan |
| May. 30 | Jolyon HOWORTH, Visiting Professor, Yale University |
| Mar. 4 | Faisal Hassan TRAD, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to Japan |
| Feb. 26 | Eneko LANDABURU, Director-General for External Relations of European Commission |
| Jan. 10 | TAN Chin Tiong, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Singapore to Japan |
2007
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| Nov. 26 | Stephan SAKALIAN, Advisor for Multilateral Affairs in ASIA ICRC |
| Nov. 15 | Mohsen TALAEI, Ambassador of the Islamic Republic of Iran to Japan |
| Jul. 24 | Cui Liru, President of China Institutes of Contemporary International Relations |
| Jul. 4 | Forancois Godement, President of Asia Centre, Centre Etudes Asie, France |
| Apr. 26 | MATSUMOTO Hiroshi, Managing Director, Japan Actions for Relief Center |
| Apr. 17 | CHOO Kyu-ho, Korean Ambassador for East Asian Regional Cooperation |
| Mar. 20 | Eugeniusz SMOLAR, President of the Center for International Relations of Poland |
| Feb. 26 | Hugh RICHARDSON, Ambassador, Head of the Delegation of the European Commission to Japan |
