UK-Japan 21st Century Group
25th Meeting
February 19–22, 2009
Participants
Japanese Participants | |
[Participants] | |
| Yasuhisa Shiozaki | Chairman, The UK-Japan 21st Century Group Former Chief Cabinet Secretary Member, House of Representatives (LDP) |
| Tadashi Arashima | President & Chief Executive Officer, Toyota Motor
Europe Senior Managing Director, Toyota Motor Corporation |
| Shin Ebihara | Japanese Ambassador to UK |
| Shinji Fukukawa | Chairman, TEPIA, The Machine Industry Memorial Foundation |
| Yoko Fukumoto | Senior Writer, The Mainichi Shimbun |
| Takako Hikotani | Associate Professor, National Defense Academy |
| Yoshinori Imai | Executive Vice President, Japan Broadcasting Corporation (NHK) |
| Akira Kojima | Trustee and Senior Fellow, Japan Center for Economic Research (JCER) |
| Yoshiji Nogami | President, The Japan Institute of International Affairs Former Ambassador to UK |
| Masashi Nishihara | President, Research Institute for Peace and Security (RIPS) |
| Hajime Sasaki | Chairman of the Board, NEC Corporation |
| Yoshiyasu Sato | Advisor, Tokyo Electric Power Company Former Ambassador to China |
| Masayuki Tadokoro | Professor, Faculty of Law, Keio University |
| Hitoshi Tanaka | Senior Fellow, Japan Center for International Exchange |
| Isamu Ueda | Member, House of Representatives (New Komeito) |
| Taizo Yakushiji | Research Director, Institute for International Policy Studies Visiting Professor, Faculty of Law, Keio University |
| Tadashi Yamamoto | President, Japan Center for International Exchange |
| Fumihiko Yoshida | Editorial Writer, The Asahi Shimbun |
Observers |
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| Jonathan Aves | Head of Political Section, British Embassy in Japan |
| Masaki Kurasawa | Chief Manager, International Business Planning Division, NEC Corporation |
| Scott Wightman | Director for Asia Pacific, Foreign and Commonwealth Office |
| Satomi Okagaki | Deputy Director, Western Europe Division, European Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs |
Interpreters |
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| Mitsuko Sumita | Simul International, INC. |
| Mikiyo Morioka | Simul International, INC. |
| Noriko Kato | Simul International, INC. |
Secretariat |
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| Hifumi Tajima | Senior Program Officer, Japan Center for International Exchange |
| Patrick Ishiyama | Web and Book Design, Japan Center for International Exchange |
| Hiyuko Fujita | Program Assistant, Japan Center for International Exchange |
UK Participants | |
[Co-Chair] | |
| Rt. Hon Lord Cunningham of Felling | House of Lords |
Participants | |
| Paul Batchelor | Chairman, Crown Agents |
| Sir John Boyd KCMG | Chairman of the Joseph Needham Research Institute, Cambridge |
| Samir Brikho | Group Chief Executive, AMEC |
| Neville Chamberlain | Former CEO, British Nuclear Fuels |
| Andy Crisp | Executive Vice President, BAE Systems |
| Bill Emmott | Writer, Speaker and Consultant on International Affairs |
| Jon Gibbins | Senior Lecturer, Imperial College |
| Melville Guest OBE | Senior Advisor, Corporate and External Affairs,Imperial College |
| Glenn Hook | Director, Graduate School of East Asian Studies, Sheffield University |
| Charles Humfrey | UK Executive Director, UK-Japan 21st Century Group |
| Rt Hon Sir Richard Needham | Former Minister for Trade |
| Michael Shears | Chairman, Arup Trustees |
| Phillip Stephens | Associate Editor & Senior Commentator, Financial Times |
| Mark Taylor | Professor of International Finance and Macroeconomics, Warwick University |
| Steve Taylor | Executive Director, Crown Agents |
| Lord Robin Teverson | House of Lords |
| Richard Thornley | Regional Director, Japan, Rolls-Royce plc |
| David Warren | British Ambassador to Japan |
| Lord Woolmer of Leeds | House of Lords |
| Sir David Wright, GCMG, LVO | Vice Chairman, Barclays Capital |