TOKYO FORUM ON OFFICIAL DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE AND BILATERAL COOPERATION IN ASIA
Following the 2006 mid-term elections in both Japan and the U.S., The Asia Foundation organized a Japan-U.S. symposium on “Official Development Assistance and Bilateral Cooperation in Asia: Midterm Election Realties.” Panelists included Mr. Frank S. Jannuzi, Chief Policy Advisor for East Asia, U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee; Mr. Taro Kono, Member, Japan House of Representatives; Mr. Barry Hager, president of Hager Associates; and The Asia Foundation staff. The forum was held at the Japan National Press Club before an audience of journalists, NGOs, diplomats and officials including representatives from the Foreign Ministry, the U.S. embassy, other Asian embassies, and the Cabinet Secretariat.
U.S.-CHINA-JAPAN TRILATERAL DIALOGUE CONFERENCE
The Foundation co-sponsored the 10th U.S.-China-Japan Trilateral Dialogue Conference in Washington, D.C. in February 2007. The conference series provides an opportunity for an exchange of views among key officials and scholars in the American foreign policy community and their Japanese and Chinese counterparts. Participants discussed four key topics in the trilateral relationship: prospects for political and economic cooperation in East Asia; competition and cooperation on energy issues; the impact of environmental policy on trilateral relations; and prospects for collaboration on economic development and poverty alleviation. The series, which has been running continuously since an initial planning session in mid-1998, is jointly sponsored by the Japan Institute of International Affairs, China Institute of International Studies, and The Asia Foundation.