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Achieving Security and Cooperation in a Fractured World

Japan's Bet on Cooperation

January 18, 2024
09:00–09:45 (Europe/Amsterdam time zone)

About this session

Japan is seeking to play a more prominent role in the Indo-Pacific and beyond by strengthening ties with traditional partners and trying to improve relations with other major democracies in the region. From encouraging free trade agreements to boosting technology and climate change cooperation, will Japan be able to overcome underlying challenges and improve stability? Simultaneous...
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Speakers

ID
Isabelle Deschamps
Chief Legal Officer, Governance and Corporate Affairs
Rio Tinto
MF
Michael Froman
President
Council on Foreign Relations
MH
Masayuki Hyodo
Representative Director, President and Chief Executive Officer
Sumitomo Corporation
KT
Kono Taro
Minister for Digital Transformation
Cabinet Office of Japan
WM
Walter Mead
Ravenel B. Curry III Distinguished Fellow in Strategy and Statesmanship
Hudson Institute

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