Security Studies Program Seminars

The implications of the superiority of China claimed "Novel Party System"

SPF China Observer

Organized by: Sasakawa Peace Foundation
 
The Sasakawa Peace Foundation has been conducting a project to publish research papers to analyze China's politics, economy, society, diplomacy, and security by Japanese experts through a satellite website, SPF China Observer. In addition, public forums are periodically held with the authors of this project.

In this third session of 2021, we will focus on Chinese politics since the establishment of the Xi Jinping administration, which is known as the "new era," and discuss what features can be found in Chinese politics in the new era and what they mean. Prof. Naoko Eto of Gakushuin University will be the speaker, and Prof. Akio Takahara of the University of Tokyo, supervisor of the "SPF China Observer," will be the discussant. Additionally, Mr. Bonji Ohara (Sasakawa Peace Foundation) will moderate the discussion about focusing on Chinese politics since the establishment of the Xi Jinping administration.

We look forward to seeing you there.

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Description

14:00-14:05 JST Opening
14:05-14:45 JST Presentation, Discussion
Naoko Eto (Professor, Gakushuin University)
Akio Takahara (Professor, University of Tokyo) 
Bonji Ohara (Senior Fellow, the Sasakawa Peace Foundation)
14:45-15:00 JST Q&A
15:00 JST Closing

Speakers

Naoko Eto
Speaker

Naoko Eto

Professor at the Department of Political Science, Gakushuin University

Profile

Her main research interests include contemporary Chinese politics and Japan-China relations. Before taking up her current position, she was an associate senior research fellow at the Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade Organization (IDE-JETRO) and a research fellow at the Center for Area Studies, National Institutes for the Humanities (NIHU). She holds an MA in international policy studies from Stanford University and a PhD in political science from Keio University. She was also a visiting research fellow at the School of International Studies, Peking University (2004–2005) and the East Asian Institute, Singapore National University (2019–2020). Her recent publications include Japan in the Context of Chinese Nationalism: The Transformation of “Patriotism” and the Issue of Differing Historical Perspectives (in Japanese, Keiso Shobo, 2014); “Japan-China Strategic Communications Dynamics under the Belt and Road Initiative: The Case of 'Third Country Business Cooperation'” (Asian Perspective, Vol. 45, no.3, Summer 2021).

Akio Takahara
Speaker

Akio Takahara

Professor of Contemporary Chinese Politics at the Graduate School of Law and Politics and the Graduate School of Public Policy at The University of Tokyo.

Profile

He received his DPhil in 1988 from Sussex University, and later spent several years as Visiting Scholar at the Consulate-General of Japan in Hong Kong, the Japanese Embassy in Beijing, Harvard University, Peking University, and at the Mercator Institute for China Studies. Before joining The University of Tokyo, he taught at J. F. Oberlin University and Rikkyo University. He served as President of the Japan Association for Asian Studies, and as the Secretary General of the New Japan-China Friendship 21st Century Committee. He currently serves as Senior Adjunct Fellow of the Japan Institute of International Affairs, Distinguished Research Fellow of the Japan Forum on International Relations and Director of JICA Ogata Sadako Research Institute for Peace and Development. His publications include The Politics of Wage Policy in Post-Revolutionary China, (Macmillan, 1992), and Japan-China Relations in the Modern Era, (co-authored, Routledge, 2017).

Bonji Ohara
Speaker

Bonji Ohara

Senior Fellow, Sasakawa Peace Foundation

Profile

Graduated from the National Defense Academy of Japan in 1985 and completed his Master’s program (area studies) at the University of Tsukuba in 1998. Joined the Maritime Self‐Defense Forces in 1985 and became a helicopter pilot. Stationed in China between 2003 and 2006 as a naval attaché. Became chief of the intelligence section, MSDF Maritime Staff Office, Ministry of Defense, in 2006 and commanding officer of the 21st Flight Squadron, MSDF, in 2009. Worked at IHS Jane’s from 2011 as an analyst and business development manager and joined The Tokyo Foundation for Policy Research in 2013, and became the Director of Policy Research in 2016 before assuming his present position in June 2017. His works include Chugoku no gunji senryaku (China’s Military Strategy), Toyo Keizai Inc., co-author of Magari kado ni tatsu chugoku (China at a Turning Point), NTT Publishing, Beichu shin reisen no makuake (After Sharp Power), Toyo Keizai Inc., and Yoku wakaru gendai chugoku seiji (Contemporary Chinese Politics), Minervashobo.

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