The second joint seminar on economic security, organized by the Nakasone Peace Institute (NPI) and the Japan office of the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung, will focus on critical raw materials and supply chains. In the first part a collaboratively developed joint paper with policy recommendations will be presented, while the second part will feature a panel discussion with experts from both Japan and Europe.

Format: Hybrid

Language: English and Japanese (Japanese-English simultaneous interpretation)

Agenda: 

16:30 / 08:30 Opening remarks

16:35 / 08:35 Part 1: Outline of the KAS-NPI Joint Paper “EU-Japan Critical Raw Materials Alliance”

• Tim Peter, Policy Advisor for the Competitiveness of Europe, Department of Economy and Innovation, Division Analysis and Consulting, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung

16:45 / 08:45 Part 2: Panel Discussion “EU-Japan Current Status and Future Actions on Critical Raw Materials & Supply Chains”

• Moderator: Michito Tsuruoka, Associate Professor, Faculty of Policy Management, Keio University
• Panelist: Adeline Hinderer, Minister Counsellor, Head of Trade, Economic Affairs, and Green Transition Section, Delegation of the European Union to Japan
• Panelist: Tsuyoshi Kawase, Professor, Faculty of Law, Department of Legal Studies of the Global Environment, Sophia University
• Panelist: Jürgen Matthes, Head of International Economic Policy, Financial and Real Estate Markets Research Unit, German Economic Institute (IW)
• Panelist: TANAKA Kazushige, Director-General, Trade Policy Minister’s Secretariat / Deputy Director-General (Trade and Economic Cooperation Bureau & Manufacturing Industries Bureau), Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry

17:30 / 09:30 Q&A Session

18:00 / 10:00 End of the event

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