The East Asia Institute(EAI) co-hosted the 5th Korea-Japan Future Dialogue in Tokyo with the Korea Foundation for Advanced Studies and the Genron NPO. This particular dialogue will discuss not only the ideal improvement direction to the Korea-Japan relations, but also cooperation measures between the two countries in the face of the North Korean nuclear/missile threat based on data from the annual Korea-Japan Joint Public Opinion Survey.

 

 

Korea-Japan Future Dialogue was initiated in May 2013 by EAI and Genron NPO as a channel for civilian dialogue between the two countries among politicians, businessmen, scholars, artists, and media figures alike.

 

 

Host: East Asia Institute (EAI) • Korea Foundation for Advanced Studies • the Genron NPO

 

Program

 

DAY 1

 

13:00-15:30

Closed Session I
「Why are Korea-Japan relations so bad?」

 

 

 

Host:
Yasushi Kudo (President, The Genron NPO)

Sook Jong Lee (President, East Asia Institute; Professor at Sungkyunkwan University Graduate School of Governance)

 

Presentation
Yasushi Kudo (President, The Genron NPO)

Kazuo Ogoura (Advisor, Japan Foundation, Former Ambassador to the Republic of Korea)

Sook Jong Lee (President, East Asia Institute; Professor at Sungkyunkwan University Graduate School of Governance)

Yul Sohn (Professor, Graduate School of International Studies at Yonsei University)

15:30-16:00 Break
 
16:00-18:00

Closed Session2
「The role of Korea and Japan on the North Korean issues」

 

 

 

Host:
Yasushi Kudo (President, The Genron NPO)

Sook Jong Lee (President, East Asia Institute; Professor at Sungkyunkwan University Graduate School of Governance)

 

Presentation
Yoji Koda (Ret. Vice Admiral JMSDF; Former Commander in Chief, JMSDF Fleet)

Seong-Mook Moon (Chief of Unification Strategy Center, Korea Research Institute for National Strategy)

 

 

DAY 2

 

10:00-12:00

Closed Session III
「Issues that Should be Overcome for the Future of Korea-Japan Relations」

 

 

 

Host:
Yasushi Kudo (President, The Genron NPO)

Sook Jong Lee (President, East Asia Institute; Professor at Sungkyunkwan University Graduate School of Governance)

 

Presentation
Yasushi Kudo (President, The Genron NPO)

Kazuo Ogoura (Advisor, Japan Foundation; Former Ambassador to the Republic of Korea)

Sook Jong Lee (President, East Asia Institute, Professor at Sungkyunkwan University Graduate School of Governance)

Kak-Soo Shin (Former Ambassador to Japan; President, the Center for International Law at the Korea National Diplomatic Academy)

12:00-13:00 Luncheon
 
13:00-13:15

Opening Remarks

Kazuo Ogoura (Advisor, Japan Foundation; Former Ambassador to the Republic of Korea)

Kak-Soo Shin (Former Ambassador to Japan; President, the Center for International Law at the Korea National Diplomatic Academy)

 

Congratulatory Remarks:
Yoriko Kawaguchi (Fellow, Meiji Institute for Global Affairs; Former Minister of Foreign Affairs)

In-Kook Park (Former Ambassador to UN; President, the Korea Foundation for Advanced Studies)

 

13:00-14:45

Open Session I
「Why are Japan-Korea relations so bad?」

 

 

Host

Yasushi Kudo (President, The Genron NPO)

 

 

「The 5th Korean-Japanese Mutual Cognition Poll Announcement」 Analysis Report:

Yasushi Kudo (President, The Genron NPO)

Yul Sohn (Professor, Graduate School of International Studies at Yonsei University)

 

 

14:45-15:00 Break
 
15:00-16:30

Open Session II
「Solution to the North Korean Nuclear Issue and Countermeasures of Korea and Japan」

 

 

Host:
Sook Jong Lee (President, East Asia Institute, Professor at Sungkyunkwan University Graduate School of Governance)

 

 

Presentation:
Yoji Koda (Ret. Vice Admiral JMSDF Former Commander in Chief, JMSDF Fleet)

Duk Min Yun (Former Chancellor of the Korea National Diplomatic Academy)

 

 

16:30-17:00

Q&A, Closing Speech

 

 

Host:

Yasushi Kudo (President, The Genron NPO)
Sook Jong Lee (President, East Asia Institute; Professor at Sungkyunkwan University Graduate School of Governance)

 

 

 

 

 

List of Panelists

 

 

Korean Panelists (15)

Sue Hye Kim,              Tokyo correspondent for Chosun Ilbo

Tae-Young Kim,          Executive Director of the Korean War Memorial Foundation, Former Minister of National Defense

Seong Mook Moon,     Chief of Unification Strategy Center, Korea Research Institute for National Strategy

In Kook Park,               Former Ambassador to UN; President, the Korea Foundation for Advanced Studies

Yul Sohn,                    Professor, Graduate School of International Studies at Yonsei University

Ji Yeoun Song,            Professor, Graduate School of International Studies at Seoul National University

Kak Soo Shin,             Former Ambassador to Japan; President, the Center for International Law at the Korea National Diplomatic Academy

Kyu Sun Shim,            Associate Executive Director, Donga Ilbo

Duk Min Yun,               Former Chancellor of the Korea National Diplomatic Academy

Young Hwan Oh,        Tokyo Bureau Chief, JoongAng Ilbo

Sook Jong Lee,           President, East Asia Institute

Cheol-Hee Lee,          Member of the National Assembly (The Minjoo Party)

Byoung Gug Cheong, Member of the National Assembly (The Bareun Party)

Sae Hong Hur,            President & CEO, GS Global Corporation

 

 

 

Japanese Panelists (19)

Gen Nakatani,              Member of the House of Representatives (LDP), former Minister of Defense

Masanori Nishi,           Special Advisor to Nippon Life Insurance Company; Former Vice Minister of Defense

Junya Nishino,             Professor, Faculty of Law at Keio University

Hideshi Tokuchi,          Senior Research Adviser, Institute for International Policy Studies (IIPS); Former Director General of the Defense Policy Bureau

Rui Matsukawa,           Member of House of Councilors (LDP), former deputy director, Trilateral Cooperation Secretariat

Yuji Miyamoto,             Chairman, Miyamoto Institute of Asian Research; Former Japanese Ambassador to China

Katsumi Sawada,        Editorial Writer, Mainichi Shimbun

Yasuyo Sakata,           Professor, Kanda University of International Studies

Shogo Aoki,                 President, Junior Chamber International Japan; President, Noritsu Isu

Kazuhiko Yamamoto,   President, Mori Urban Planning Corporation

Kazuo Ogoura,            Advisor, Japan Foundation; Former Ambassador to the Republic of Korea

Osamu Onoda,           Advisor, Toshiba Infrastructure Systems Corporation, Ret. Gen. JASDF

Atsushi Ijuin,               Lead Economist Asian research Department, Japan Center for Economic Research (JCER)

Soichi Tsukamoto,      NHK Deputy Director, Press Bureau

Yoriko Kawaguchi,      Professor at Meiji Institute for Global Affairs (MIGA), Meiji University; Minister for Foreign Affairs

Yoji Koda,                   Ret. Commander in Chief, Self-Defense Fleet; Former JMSDF Lieutenant General

Seiichi Kondo,            Director of Kondo Institute for Culture & Diplomacy, Former Commissioner of the Agency for Cultural Affairs

Yasushi Kudo,            President, the Genron NPO

Ichiro Fujisaki,            Chairman of the Institute of International Relations, Sophia University; Former Ambassador to the United States of America

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Major Project

Center for Japan Studies

Detailed Business

Redesigning Korea-Japan Relations

Korea-Japan Future Dialogue

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