The annual Japan Update is designed to give a comprehensive overview of Japan’s current economic and political landscape, and future directions.

Speakers participating in the Update are at the cutting edge of politics, economics and trade and each session will focus on opportunities and challenges in these fields.

Presenters and discussants include:

Senator the Hon Brett Mason, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Foreign Affairs

Professor Richard Samuels, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Professor Tsutomu Watanabe, University of Tokyo

Professor Koichi Hasegawa, Tohoku University

Dr Shoko Yoneyama, University of Adelaide

Professor Nobumasa Akiyama, Hitotsubashi University

Professor Yoshihide Soeya, Keio University

Professor Tessa Morris-Suzuki, ANU

Professor Aurelia George Mulgan, UNSW Canberra

Professor Jenny Corbett, Pro Vice-Chancellor (Research and Research Training), ANU

Professor Veronica Taylor, Dean, College of Asia and the Pacific, ANU

Professor Peter Drysdale Crawford School of Public Policy, ANU

Dr Shiro Armstrong, Australia-Japan Research Centre, ANU

Professor Ippei Fujiwara, Keio University and ANU

Dr Simon Avenell, ANU Japan Institute, ANU

Dr Amy King, School of International, Political and Strategic Studies, ANU

Professor Warwick McKibbin, Crawford School of Public Policy, ANU

The Japan Update is presented by the Australia-Japan Research Centre, Crawford School of Public Policy and the Japan Institute at The Australian National University, and is supported by the Australian Government through the Australia-Japan Foundation which is part of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade.

Conference program