East Asia InstituteㆍKorea Foundation for Advanced StudiesㆍThe Genron NPO hosted the 4th Korea-Japan Future Dialogue on September 1-2, 2016. As a major result of the 4th Korean-Japanese Mutual Cognition Poll, EAI has announced that negative perceptions of both Korean and Japanese citizens towards each other have decreased, while positive perceptions have slightly increased. This year’s “4th Korean-Japan Future Dialogue” was a stage for “People to People Diplomacy”, where politicians, businessmen, scholars, media figures, and civilian experts joined together to discuss North Korea’s nuclear programme, Korea-Japan security cooperation, and possible ways to develop public civilian relations. The need for cooperative efforts to build regional peace in East Asia was also emphasized at the conference.
In 2013, the East Asia Institute, in cooperation with Japanese civilian think tank The Genron NPO(言論NPO) established a new civilian dialogue called the “Korea-Japan Future Dialogue." This dialogue was initiated in an effort to try to find an understanding of the cognition gap between the citizens of both countries.
Hosted by : East Asia InstituteㆍKorea Foundation for Advanced Studies ㆍThe Genron NPO
Program
DAY 1
16:00~18:00
[Closed Session] The Future of Korea and Japan’s Security Cooperation
Moderators
Young-Sun Ha, Chairman of EAI; Chairman of East Asia Institute; Member of the Presidential National Security Advisory Group
Yasushi Kudo, President of The Genron NPO
Presenters
Sung-Han Kim, Professor at the Korea University Graduate School of International Studies Former Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade
chiro Fujisaki, Chairman of the Institute of International Relations at Sophia University; Former Japanese Ambassador to the United States of America
DAY 2
10:00~10:10
Opening remarks
Sook-Jong Lee, President of EAI; Professor at Sungkyunkwan University
Yasushi Kudo, President of The Genron NPO
10:10~10:15
Congratulatory remarks
Tae-won Chey, Chairman of SK
10:15~12:00
[Closed Session] Korea-Japan Relations and Prospects for Korea-Japan-U.S. Security Cooperation
Moderators
Sook-Jong Lee, President of EAI; Professor at Sungkyunkwan University
Yasushi Kudo, President of The Genron NPO
Presenters
Yeong-Jun Park, Professor of the National Security Graduate School at the Korea National Defense University
Gen Nakatani, Member of the House of Representatives(LDP); Former Minister of Defense
12:00~13:30
Luncheon
13:30~13:35
Opening remarks
In-kook Park, President of the Korea Foundation for Advanced Studies; Former South Korean Ambassador to the UN
13:35~13:45
Greeting
Kak-Soo Shin, President of the Center for International Law at the Korea National Diplomatic Academy; Former South Korean Ambassador to Japan
Kazuo Ogoura, Councilor at the Japan Foundation; Former Japanese Ambassador to the Republic of Korea
13:45~15:15
[Open Session I]
Change and Continuity in Mutual Perceptions of South Korean and Japanese Citizens
Moderators
Sook-Jong Lee, President of EAI; Professor at Sungkyunkwan University
Yasushi Kudo, President of The Genron NPO
15:15~15:30
Break
15:30~17:00
[Open Session II] The Future of Asia: The Role of Korea-Japan Relations
Moderators
Kak-Soo Shin, President of the Center for International Law at the Korea National Diplomatic Academy; Former South Korean Ambassador to Japan
Kazuo Ogoura, Councilor at the Japan Foundation; Former Japanese Ambassador to the Republic of Korea
Presenters
Yul, Sohn, Professor at the Yonsei University Graduate School of International Studies
Yoshihide Soeya, Professor at Keio University
17:00~17:30
General Review & Q&A
Participants (in Korean alphabetical order)
Korea
Japan
Sung-Han Kim, Professor at the Korea University Graduate School of International Studies; Former Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade
Chang-Su Kim, Senior Research Fellow
Tae-Young Kim, Chairman of the Korean War Memorial Foundation; Former Minister of National Defense
Yeong-Jun Park, Professor at the National Security Graduate School at the Korea National Defense University
In-kook Park, President at the Korea Foundation for Advanced Studies; Former South Korean Ambassador to UN
Jung Sun Woo, Editorial Writer at the Chosun Ilbo
Yul Sohn, Professor at the Yonsei University Graduate School of International Studies
Kak-Soo Shin, President of the Center for International Law, Korea National Diplomatic Academy; Former South Korean Ambassador to Japan
Jae-Ho Yeom, President of Korea University
Sai-Ree Yun, Managing Partner at Yulchon LLC
Byung-Hee Lee, Director of the Future and Vision Desk at SBS
Sook-Jong Lee, President of EAI; Professor at Sungkyunkwan University
Won-Deog Lee, Director of the Institute of Japanese Studies at Kookmin University
Jae-Seung Lee, Professor at the Korea University Graduate School of International Studies
Jae-Yeol Yee, Professor of Sociology at Seoul National University
Hong-Koo Lee, Chairman of the Seoul Forum; Former Prime Minister
Mi-Kyung Chin, Professor at Kyung Hee University
Tae-won Chey, Chairman of SK Corp
Young-Sun Ha, Chairman of the East Asia Institute; Member of the Presidential National Security Advisory Group
Sae-Hong Hur, Vice President of GS Caltex Corp.
Young-Sik Hwang, Editor in Chief of the Hankook Ilbo
Masahiro Kawai, Professor at Tokyo University; Former Dean and CEO of the Asia Development Bank Institute; Former Deputy Vice Minister of Finance for International Affairs
Gen Nakatani, Member of the House of Representatives (LDP); Former Minister of Defense
Junya Nishino, Professor at Keio University
Hideshi Tokuchi, Senior Fellow of the National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies; Former Vice Defense Minister of International Affairs, Ministry of Defense
Yoshihide Soeya, Professor at Keio University
Shogo Aoki, Vice President of the Junior Chamber International Japan; President of Noritzisu Co. Ltd.
Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi, Member of the House of Representatives (LDP); Former Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs
Kazuhiko Yamamoto, Senior Adviser at Mori Building Co., Ltd
Kazuo Ogoura, Councilor at the Japan Foundation; Former Japanese Ambassador to the Republic of Korea
Shuhei Ikehata, Seoul Bureau Chief of NHK
Hiroshi Komatsu, Editor-in-chief, Mainichi Shimbun Yasushi Kudo, President of The Genron NPO
Ichiro Fujisaki, Chairman of the Institute of International Relations at Sophia University; Former Japanese Ambassador to the United States of America