Japan

Trilateral Dialogue on India-Japan-South Korea: Promoting Peace, Prosperity and Stability in the Indo-Pacific Region

The Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF) organised a virtual India-Japan-South Korea Trilateral Dialogue on the topic <b>“India-Japan-South Korea: Promoting Peace, Prosperity and Stability in the Indo-Pacific Region”</b> on June 15, 2023. The partner institutions included the Japan Institute of International Affairs (JIIA), the Japan Foundation, the Korea National Diplomatic Academy (KNDA) and the Korea Institute for International Economic Policy (KIEP).

June 15, 2023
Tags: Asian Values, India, Indo-Pacific, Japan, People to People Connect, Security, Soft Power, South Korea, trade, Trilateral Dialogue

VIF-JINF Webinar on Strategic Outlook for Indo-Pacific in 2022

The Vivekananda International Foundation organized a joint webinar with the Japan Institute of National Fundamentals (JINF) on 10 February 2022 on Strategic Outlook for Indo-Pacific in 2022. After initial remarks by Dr Arvind Gupta, Director VIF and Ms Yoshiko Sakurai, President JINF, presentations were made by Amb Anil Wadhwa, Distinguished Fellow VIF and Hiroshi Yuasa, Senior Fellow JINF. The webinar discussed a range of issues from shaping a new regional security architecture to engaging ASEAN and analyzing ramifications of China’s military rise and Ukraine standoff on the region. Some of the salient points made were:

February 10, 2022
Tags: ASEAN, China, CPEC, Indo Pacific, Japan, Quad Plus, Strategic Outlook, Ukraine standoff

Conference on Security in Indian Ocean Region, Sasakawa Peace Foundation, Tokyo

A conference was organised by Sasakawa Peace Foundation (SPF) on February 22 & 23, 2018, at Tokyo, to conclude a two years project that explored the possibilities for major democracies - namely Australia, India, Japan and the United States - to cooperate for maintenance of peace and stability in the Indian Ocean. The countries were represented by representatives from think tanks of Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF), India, SPF, Japan, Australian National University (ANU) and SPF, USA. Representatives of VIF were Amb Kawal Sibal, Dr Vijay Sakhuja and Cmde Somen Banerjee.

February 22, 2018
Tags: China, China’s Naval Strategy, Indian Ocean Region, Japan, Maritime Connectivity, ndo-pacific Region

The Weakness of Japanese Diplomacy in prospects of Indian-Japanese Ties

Professor Michimi Muranushi, Department of Law, Gakushuin University, Tokyo spoke on 'The Weakness of Japanese Diplomacy and the prospects of Indian-Japanese Ties?' on Monday, 28 March 2011 at Vivekananda International Foundation. While he was talking about the weakness of Japanese diplomacy, Professor Michimi took the case of Senkaku island dispute to explain it.

March 28, 2011
Tags: Democratic Party of Japan, Indian-Japanese Ties, Japan