What are the possibilities and obstacles related to the rise of China? How is Japan handling the issue of North Korean weapons of mass destruction? What effect has the relaxation of Japan’s arms export principles had for the Japanese defense industry?

Three distinguished speakers will present different Japanese perspectives on East Asian Security in the present, and discuss how Japan is responding or should respond.

Professor Yoshihide Soeya, Keio University
Associate Professor Yasuhuiro Izumikawa, Chuo University
Mr. Sugio Takahashi, Senior Fellow, The National Institute for Defense Studies

Discussants:
Professor Marie Söderberg, Director, The European Institute of Japanese Studies
Dr. Johan Lagerkvist, Associate Professor and Senior Research Fellow, UI
Moderator: Dr. Linus Hagström, Associate Professor and Senior Research Fellow, UI

Venue: Utrikespolitiska institutet, Drottning Kristinas väg 37, Stockholm