The Sejong Institute held a joint conference with the Korean Association for Contemporary Japanese Studies on “East Asian Political Economy and Japan,” at Jeju Peace Institute on August 24, 2016. The conference was moderated by Soung Chul Kim, our Senior Research Fellow, and featured presentations by Young Geun Kim, Professor at Korea University, and Eunmi Choi, Visiting Research Fellow at Sejong Institute, respectively on “Japan and TPP” and “Northeast Asia Regional Cooperation and Japan’s Foreign Policy.” The discussants included Woong Hee Kim, Professor at Inha University, Suhng Bin Lim, Professor at Myongji University, Jaehung Chung, Research Fellow at Sejong Institute, and Kitae Lee, Research Fellow at Korea Institute for National Unification. The participants at the conference collaborated to examine prospects of Japan’s foreign policy and East Asian Political Economy and to explore strategies for regional cooperation.

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