• Japan’s economic-security policy with Professor Suzuki Kazuto and Dr Elli-Katharina Pohlkamp

  • Feb 13 2025
  • Length: 45 mins
  • Podcast

Japan’s economic-security policy with Professor Suzuki Kazuto and Dr Elli-Katharina Pohlkamp

  • Summary

  • Robert Ward hosts Professor Suzuki Kazuto, Professor at the Graduate School of Public Policy at the University of Tokyo, and Dr Elli-Katharina Pohlkamp, Director at Agora Strategy Group, to explore Japan’s economic security policy.

    Robert, Professor Suzuki and Dr Pohlkamp discuss:

    • Recent developments in Japan’s economic security strategy
    • The European perspective on Japan’s economic security policy
    • Key differences between Japan and Europe’s economic security approaches
    • The future of Japan-China economic relations

    The following books are recommended by our guests to gain a clearer picture of the topics discussed:

    • Aoyama Michiko, What You Are Looking for Is in the Library, (New York: Doubleday, 2023), 256pp.
    • Okamoto Yukio, Japan and the United States: The Journey of a Defeated Nation - A Diplomat’s Memoir by Yukio Okamoto, (Vermont: Tuttle Publishing), 388pp.


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    Date recorded: 30 January 2025

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