Japan’s Diplomacy under the New Abe Cabinet
Japan’s new political leadership faces challenges in its important relationships with China, the Korean peninsula, and the United States. On October 27, Tomohiko Taniguchi, the Deputy Press Secretary for the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, delivered a speech explaining Japan’s diplomacy with its neighbors and the U.S. under new Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.
Agenda
Introduction
Richard C. Bush
Nonresident Senior Fellow - Foreign Policy, Center for East Asia Policy Studies, John L. Thornton China Center
Presenter
Tomohiko Taniguchi
Adjunct Professor, Graduate School of System Design and Management, Keio University; CNAPS Visiting Fellow, 2004-2005
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