Online Discussion on ‘COVID-19 and Japan's Future Security Outlook in Indo-Pacific’

Chair: Ambassador Sujan R. Chinoy, DG, MP-IDSA

Four Japanese Experts:
Mr. Jun Isomura (Senior Fellow, Hudson Institute, Washington DC),
Prof. Tosh Minohara (Professor, Kobe University & Chairman, Research Institute for Indo-Pacific)
Dr. Tsuneo “Nabe” Watanabe (Senior Fellow, Sasakawa Foundation, Tokyo)
Dr. Yoichiro Sato, Professor, Ritsumeikan Asia-Pacific University, Japan)

• 6.20 PM- 6.30 PM:      Connect via Webex
• 6.30 PM- 6.40 PM:      Start of the Meeting: Director General’s Introductory Remarks
• 6.40 PM- 6. 55 PM:     Jun Isomura, Senior Fellow, Hudson Institute, Washington DC   Alliance Politics and Japan’s Security Outlook Post the Covid-19
• 6.55PM- 7.10 PM:      Tosh Minohara, Professor, Kobe University & Chairman, Research Institute for Indo-Pacific, Japan, Sino-US Relations in the Post-Corona World: How Japan Should Prepare
• 7.10 PM - 7.25 PM:  Tsuneo “Nabe”Watanabe, Senior Fellow, Sasakawa Peace Foundation, Tokyo,         Japan, Covid-19 and the US-China Conflict 
• 7.25 PM- 7.40 PM:   Yoichiro Sato, Professor, Ritsumeikan Asia-Pacific University, Japan,         FOIP and Japan’s Maritime Vision in a Post-Covid Period  
• 7.30PM-8PM:           Q & A Session