New leadership in the United States and Japan marks a potential shift in the U.S.-Japan alliance regarding China. After often challenging policy coordination during the Trump administration’s severe China policy and worsening Japanese public opinion on China, some change is likely. While fierce competition with China is still expected, how it is managed—and where opportunities for cooperation exist—are key questions. How should Biden’s United States and Suga’s Japan approach vital trade, security, diplomatic, and human rights issues with China?
Join us as Nobukatsu Kanehara, Akio Takahara, Amy Searight, and Patricia M. Kim confer with James L. Schoff and Matake Kamiya on the evolving Japanese and American perspectives toward China and prospects in the year ahead.
This event is cosponsored by the Japan Forum on International Relations.
*This event will be conducted in English and Japanese with simultaneous interpretation.
**This event coincides with the release of two new policybriefs published via this collaborative project “China Risk and China Opportunity for the U.S.-Japan Alliance.”
FEATURING
James L. Schoff
Schoff is a senior fellow in the Carnegie Asia Program. His research focuses on U.S.-Japan relations and regional engagement, Japanese technology innovation, and regional trade and security dynamics.
Matake Kamiya
Matake Kamiya is a professor of international relations at the National Defense Academy of Japan and a director and distinguished research fellow at the Japan Forum on International Relations.
Nobukatsu Kanehara
Nobukatsu Kanehara is a professor at Doshisha University and a distinguished research fellow at the Japan Forum on International Relations.
Amy Searight
Amy Searight is a nonresident senior associate for Asia at the Center for Strategic and International Studies.
Patricia M. Kim
Patricia M. Kim is a senior policy analyst on China at the U.S. Institute of Peace
Akio Takahara
Akio Takahara is a professor of contemporary Chinese politics at the Graduate Schools for Law and Politics and the Graduate School of Public Policy at The University of Tokyo.