OVERVIEW実施概要
- Date & Time
- 10:30-12:00, Thursday, December 11, 2025
- Application Deadline
- 12:00, Wednesday, December 10
- Theme
- Japan-China Relations -Measures by Japan to Lessen Tensions-
- Briefer
- Dr. Tomoko Ako, Professor, Course Interdisciplinary Social Sciences, Division of Social and International Relations, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, The University of Tokyo
Bio: Studied at the Osaka University of Foreign Studies and Nagoya University Graduate School before receiving a PhD in education from the University of Hong Kong. Worked as a researcher at the Embassy of Japan in China and associate professor at Waseda University before becoming an associate professor at the University of Tokyo Graduate School of Arts and Sciences in 2013 and a professor in 2020. Main works she has authored or co-authored include Hong Kong, Where Are You Heading? (Jig Publishing, 2020), The Future of Superpower China 5: The Rise of the People (University of Tokyo Press, 2016), and A State Which Eats the Poor—A Warning from China’s Inequal Society (Shinchosha, 2014).
- Language
- Japanese, with consecutive English interpretation
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After Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi commented at the National Diet regarding a potential Taiwan military emergency, China criticized the comment and called for it to be retracted, with the situation appearing to have no end in sight. How can Japan and China put this situation to rest?
The FPCJ has invited Dr. Tomoko Ako, a professor at the University of Tokyo Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, to discuss the rapidly changing situation surrounding Japan-China relations, the background behind China’s actions, the diplomatic and security issues facing Japan, and Japan’s response.
Please note that you cannot physically attend this briefing, as it will be a Zoom webinar.
Embassy representatives and FPCJ supporting members may also participate in the briefing as observers (admission free).
As in our standard press briefings, there will be a Q&A session at the end.
*In principle, questions will only be accepted from members of the foreign press.
Members of the Foreign Press:
Please send any questions for the briefer or topics you are interested in to cp@fpcjpn.or.jp by 12:00 on Monday, December 8.
As there will only be a limited amount of time to ask questions during the briefing, we will collect questions and provide them to the briefer in advance.
*We will not be accepting applications by email.
