Event Updates

Japan’s stronger position in this G7 Summit

( May 2nd, 2016) Japan’s role in this year’s G7 Summit will be more important than in previous years’ summits, and not just because it will host the conference, to be held May 26-27. In a Forbes piece, Akihiko Tanaka a professor of international politics at the...

Japan Announces Outreach Meeting During G7 Summit

( May 2nd, 2016) Japan will hold an outreach meeting during the G7 Ise-Shima Summit, inviting the heads of state and government of non-G7 countries and chairpersons of international organizations, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga announced on April 8. The G7...

Vietnam asks Japan to continue help to address climate change

(April 25th, 2016) Vietnamese President Tran Dai Quang has asked for Japan’s continued assistance in helping Vietnam deal with climate change, which has been linked to saline intrusion in the fresh water of coastal areas as well as to drought. He said that climate...

Japanese healthcare lessons for the G7 Summit

(April 18th, 2016) The G7 Summit will consider global health concerns (which will presumably include the spread of the Zika virus). As host country of the G7 Summit in 2016, Japan will have a larger role than usual in setting the tone for how global health priorities...

G7 foreign ministers meet in Hiroshima

( April 11st, 2016) Foreign ministers of the G7 nations met early this week in Hiroshima, Japan, to plan for the G7 Summit to be held May 26-27. John Kerry will become the first ever US secretary of state to visit Hiroshima, obliterated by an American atomic bomb in...