Kawato Akio (Former Japanese Ambassador to Uzbekistan) "How the
Forum 'Central Asia Plus Japan'
Came Into Being"
Christopher Len (CACI & SRSP) "Japan's Evolving Central Asian
Policy"
Yuasa Takeshi (The National Institute for Defense Studies, Japan)
"Japan's Developing Initiative
toward Eurasia"
Discussant: Tamura Keisuke (Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan)
Session 2. Japan-Central Asian
Relations in the Global and Regional Contexts
Iwashita Akihiro (SRC) "SCO: Power Balance or Border Dynamics?"
Erica Marat (CACI & SRSP) "Kyrgyzstan: Japan's Prime Partner
in Central Asia?"
Uyama Tomohiko (SRC) "Japan's Diplomacy toward Central Asia in
the Context of Japan's Asian
Diplomacy and Japan-US Relations"
Discussant: Timur Dadabaev (Tsukuba University)
Session 3. Economic Aspects of
Japan-Central Asian Relations
Niklas Swanström (CACI & SRSP) "Economic Integration as a
Tool for Conflict Management and
Confidence Building in Central Asia"
Shimao Kuniko (York St John University) "The Political and
Economic Relationships between Japan and
West and Central Asian Countries with Reference to the Development of
Energy and Natural Resources"
Discussant: Sugimoto Tadashi (Euro-Asian Research Institute)