Event: Japan-U.S. Dialogue 2020 and Asia Peace Conference

January 20, 2020

OVERVIEW:

The Genron NPO launched the historic initiative aiming at building sustainable peace in volatile Northeast Asia with experts and former officials from Japan, the United States, China, and South Korea. Having conducted extensive dialogue with China towards sustainable peace and stability in the region through its Track 1.5 Japan-China dialogue, the Genron NPO will begin a new endeavor to contribute to peace and stability in the region.

With the Asia Peace Conference, we build a Track II multinational platform for joint efforts to contribute to maintaining the peace and future development of frameworks for supporting sustainable peace and stability in the region. This is an attempt to open the discussion by starting at the non-governmental level to build an environment for future formal processes. By launching a new multinational platform for candid discussion involving the United States and China on regional crisis management, management of hotspots, and visions and norms for the future of a peaceful order in a structurally unstable Northeast Asia, we aim to contribute to an environment for future formal processes towards sustainable peace in the region.

To this end, The Genron NPO established the Asia Peace Conference, the platform for Japan-U.S.-China-ROK Dialogue, as a venue for nongovernmental and multilateral consultations.

Prior to the establishment of the Asia Peace Conference on January 21, 2020, The Genron NPO conducted the Japan-U.S. Dialogue 2020 on January 20 with distinguished experts on diplomatic and security issues from the United States attending. On the agenda at the forum was Washington's strategy toward China, what expectations the United States is pinning upon Japan in this context, and how Japan and the United States should address the issue of peace in this part of the world.


AGENDA

Public Forum
Japan-U.S. Dialogue 2020

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Date and time: January 20 (Mon.) 3:00 p.m.-6:00 p.m.
Location: Iwasaki Koyata Memorial Hall, East Wing B1F, International House of Japan (Roppongi 5-11-16, Minato-ku, Tokyo Japan)

Program:
3:00 p.m. ～3:30 p.m. | Opening Remarks and Keynote
3:30 p.m. ～4:30 p.m. | Session 1
"Where is the U.S.-China Competition heading to? What is expected of Japan?"
4:45 p.m. ～6:00 p.m. | Session 2
"How should Japan and the United States cooperate for peace in Northeast Asia?"

Speakers:
【Japan】
Yuji Miyamoto Former Ambassador to China
Masanori Nishi Former Administrative Vice-Minister of Defense
Katsutoshi Kawano Former Chief of Staff, the Japan Self-Defense Forces
Yoji Koda Former Commander in Chief, the Self Defense Fleet
Osamu Onoda Adviser, Toshiba Infrastructure Systems and Solutions Corporation
Akio Takahara Professor, the University of Tokyo
Yasushi Kudo President, the Genron NPO

【U.S.】
Clyde V. Prestowitz Jr. President of the Economic Strategy Institute
Douglas Paal Distinguished Fellow, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Ralph Cossa President Emeritus and WSD-Handa Chair in Peace Studies, Pacific Forum
David Shear Former Assistant Secretary of Defense for Asian and Pacific Security Affairs


Public Forum
Asia Peace Conference 2020

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Date and time: January 21 (Tue.) 3:00 p.m.-6:00 p.m.
Location: Iwasaki Koyata Memorial Hall, East Wing B1F, International House of Japan (Roppongi 5-11-16, Minato-ku, Tokyo Japan)
Program:
3:00 p.m. ～3:30 p.m. | Opening Remarks and Keynote
3:30 p.m. ～4:30 p.m. | Session 1
"What do we need now to prevent possible war in Northeast Asia?"
4:45 p.m. ～6:00 p.m. | Session 2
"How can we build a stable, sustainable regional order into the future?"

Participants:
【Japan】
Yuji Miyamoto Former Ambassador to China
Masanori Nishi Former Administrative Vice-Minister of Defense
Katsutoshi Kawano Former Chief of Staff, the Japan Self-Defense Forces
Yoji Koda Former Commander in Chief, the Self Defense Fleet
Masayuki Masuda Senior Fellow, China Division, National Institute for Defense Studies
Yasushi Kudo President, the Genron NPO

【China】
Jia Qingguo Professor, the School of International Studies, Peking University
Zhang Tuosheng Director, the Center for Foreign Policy Studies, China Foundation for International and Strategic Studies
Zhang Yunling Academy Member, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences

【U.S.】
Douglas Paal Distinguished Fellow, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Ralph Cossa President Emeritus and WSD-Handa Chair in Peace Studies, Pacific Forum
David Shear Former Assistant Secretary of Defense for Asian and Pacific Security Affairs

【South Korea】
Kang Choi Vice President for Research and a Principal Fellow, The Asan Institute for Policy Studies
Lee Sang-chul former First Vice Chief, the National Security Office

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