Friday, September 6

• Opening Ceremony
  Looking Back on the Relationships of the Last Decade: Further Developments and Future Tasks

Remarks:

OWADA Hisashi, Chairman (Japan)

CHOI Kwang-soo, Chairman (Korea)

• Session I: Korea-Japan Exchange and Cooperation after World Cup 2002
• Changes in Japanese and Korean perceptions of bilateral relations
• Promoting intellectual exchange
• Strengthening the institutional infrastructure and financial base for expanded and sustained youth and grassroots exchange
• Japanese-Korean cooperation on global and regional issues

Saturday, September 7

• Session II: Socio-political and Economic Developments in Japan and Korea

• Prospect of the reform agenda of Prime Minister Koizumi and Japanese politics
• Korean politics after the presidential election
• Prospect of reform and economic revitalization
• Impact of changes in international environment (unilateralist tendency of the United States, developments in North Korea, etc.)

Sunday, September 8

• Session III: Future of Korea-Japan Economic Cooperation
• Prospects and challenges of Japan-Korea free trade agreement
• Developments in the Asia Pacific regional economy and Japan-Korea cooperation
• Changes in the working population and corporate responses
• Session IV: The Rise of China and the Future of the Asia Pacific Region
• Impact of China's economic growth on the Asia Pacific regional economy
• Impact of China's growing military and security influence on Asia Pacific regional security
• Opportunities for the Japan-China-Korea cooperative relationship
• Session V: A Vision of Korea-Japan Relations for the Next Decade