GAIKO FORUM 2001 Summer
Japan-China Relations,
Past and Future Moving Beyond tbe Misunderstangs
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Feature Essay : Japan-China Relations, Past and Future: Feature Moving Beyond the Misunderstandings / Okabe Tatsumi
A leading authority on China and former co-chairman of the Japan-China 21st Century Committee, shares his insights and interpretations of the history of misunderstandings on both sides between Japan and China over the period corresponding to his own career as a scholar.
Symposium : Toward a Japan-Singapore Free Trade Agreement
Gaiko Forum in Singapore
Urata Shujiro / Linda Low / Saimon SC Tay/ Tanaka HitoshiA transcription of the Sixth Gaiko Forum International Symposium, held in collaboration between Gaiko Forum and universities and think tanks overseas. What kind of economic integration is possible in our era of the New Economy? The panelists consider the economic partnership between Japan and Singapore.
How can Japan convince the pragmatic, nationalist and hard-driving President Vlaidmir Putin to agree to its position on the Northern Territories. One of Japan's leading experts on Russia examines the situation.
Russia and Japan: Do We Need Each Other?
Andrei V. KortunovWhy do negotiations between Japan and Russia invariably close on a note of mutual disappointment and suspicion? An internationally active expert on Russian foreign policy suggests what might happen in the event of a partial withdrawal of the U.S. military presence in Asia and the expansion of Chinese influence.
"The Refugee Problem" Can be Solved / Ogata SadakoThe UNHCR mayhave marked its fiftieth anniversary, but it is no occasion for celebration. After serving as Commissioner for ten years, the internationally known author express her hope a world in which of he UNHCR will finally come to an end.
Step by Step toward Permanent Membership: Japan's Strategy for Security Council Reform / Satoh Yukio
Whether Japan can obtain a permanent seat on the UN Security Council is at base a question of the politics of Security Council reform. Japan's permanent representative to the United Nations looks at the tasks for Japan in encouraging favorable developments.
Moves to end the political stalemate in Myanmar seem at last to be underway.A specialist in Asia-Pacific international relations offers a fresh appreciation of the consistency of Japan's dialogue-centered diplomacy in Myanmar.
Anchorwoman for a Japanese-language program broadcast on China Radio International, the author looks back on her five years on the program and the enthusiastic support of the numerous Japan fans---herizu---throughout China.