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With China’s rise in recent years and arguments that its increasing belligerence is a challenge towards the international order based on freedom and democracy, a Summit for Democracy hosted by the US was held on December 9 and 10, 2021.

 

For the first FPCJ online briefing of 2022, we invited University of Tokyo Professor Shin Kawashima, an expert in the history of Chinese diplomacy and international relations in East Asia, and one of four experts from the US and Japan to release the “Proposed Basic Principles for a U.S.-Japan Strategy for China” urgent recommendations in July 2021. 2022 marks the 50^th anniversary of the normalization of Japan-China relations, and the Winter Olympics will be held in Beijing in February.

 

Dr. Kawashima talked about Japan-China relations, one of the most important topics for Japanese diplomacy in 2022, including the Free and Open Indo-Pacific, the strategy for China as part of the Japan-U.S. alliance, and the actions of the Quad including Australia and India.

　

The briefing had a total of 54 participants including journalists from China, Denmark, France, Germany, South Korea, and the US.

 

Handouts (Japanese only)

 

 

■Date: January 18 (Tue), 2022, 14:00-15:30

■Theme: Free and Open Indo-Pacific and Japan’s China Strategy —Outlook for Japanese Foreign Affairs in 2022

■Briefer: Dr. Shin Kawashima, Professor, Department of International Relations, Graduate School of Arts and Science, The University of Tokyo

■Language: Japanese, with consecutive English translation　

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