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Prime Minister Fumio Kishida will arrive in Washington for his first state visit on April 10. During his stay, the two leaders will not only have a bilateral conversation on a wide range of issues, but also are anticipated to have a trilateral summit between U.S.-Japan and the Philippines.
Please join Yuki Tatsumi as she engages in a conversation with Ambassador Masafumi Ishii, the former Japanese Ambassador to Indonesia, for the assessment of the U.S.-Japan and U.S.-Japan-Philippines trilateral summit and how Kishida might incorporate the results of these leadership talks into implementing some of his major foreign policy initiatives.
Featured Speaker
Masafumi Ishii, Former Ambassador of Japan to Indonesia; Distinguished Visiting Professor, the Faculty of Law, Gakushuin University
Masafumi Ishii was the Ambassador of Japan to Indonesia till December 2020 and retired from Japanese Foreign Service in January 2021, having served there for more than 40 years. He graduated from Tokyo University and joined MOFA in 1980. His posts in Tokyo include Director for Policy Planning, Special Assistant to Foreign Minster, Director General for Global Issues and Legal Advisor.
Moderator
Yuki Tatsumi, Senior Fellow and Director, Japan Program, Stimson Center