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German-Japanese 1.5 Track Security Dialogue

Languages: German-Japanese with simultaneous interpretations

17:00 - 17:10 JST/ 10:00 – 10:10 CEST Opening Remarks

Dr. Julia MÜNCH, Secretary General (Japanese-German Center Berlin)

Dr. Klaus VIETZE, Minister, Deputy Chief of Mission (Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany to Japan, Tokyo, Japan)

H.E. Hidenao YANAGI, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (Embassy of Japan in Germany)  (tbc)

17:10 - 18:30 JST/ 10:10 – 11:30 CEST   Panel Discussion
Chair: Barbara VÖLKL, Desk Officer for East Asia (Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung)

Henning SIMON, Head of Unit (Japan, Korean Peninsula, Mongolia, Australia, New Zealand and Pacific States, Federal Foreign Office of Germany)

Yasushi NOGUCHI, Director General for International Affairs (Bureau of Defense Policy, Ministry of Defense of Japan)

Dr. Sarah KIRCHBERGER, Head of the Center for Asia-Pacific Strategy & Security (Institute for Security Policy at Kiel University (ISPK)); Nonresident Senior Fellow (Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security, Atlantic Council); Vice President (German Maritime Institute (DMI))

Dr. Yoko IWAMA, Professor (National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies)

18:30 - 18:40 JST/ 11:30 – 11:40 CEST   Closing Remarks        

Tomiko ICHIKAWA, Managing Director (The Japan Institute for International Affairs (JIIA))

18:40 JST/ 11:40 CEST  Virtual Reception / Informal Exchange / Breakout Rooms on Zoom

19:15 JST/ 12:15 CEST  End

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