UK-Japan 21st Century Group | 15th Conference

March 5–7, 1999
Kisazaru, Japan
The 15th UK-Japan 2000 Group Conference was held in the town of Kisarazu in Chiba Prefecture, with the participation of 26 of the Group’s members. This conference focused on three topics: (1) the crisis of global capitalism; (2) security issues in the age of globalization; and (3) social security systems in the coming era. During the final session of the conference, participants confirmed the importance of continued efforts by the Group to actively promote UK-Japan collaboration and understanding. Also, it was decided that given the imminent approach of the year 2000, the year should be changed to the “UK-Japan 21st Century Group.”
Friday, March 5

Session I: Japan’s Domestic Developments and the Implications for Its Economic and Political Role in Asia

 

Saturday, March 6

Session II: Developments in the United Kingdom and the Implications for Its Role in an Integrated Europe

Session III: Global Capitalism in Crisis—A New Task for Nation States

 

Sunday, March 7

Session IV: Security Issues in a Globalized World

Session V: Social Welfare Challenges in a New Era

Concluding Session: UK-Japan Cooperation in the 21st Century

UK PARTICIPANTS

CHAIRMAN

THE RT HON LORD HOWELL OF GUILDFORD

Advisory Director and Senior Advisor to the Board, Warburg Dillon Read

PARTICIPANTS

VISCOUNT BLAKENHAM

Chairman of the Board of Trustees, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

SIR ALAN BUDD

Member of Monetary Policy Committee, Bank of England

LORD BURNS OF PITSHANGER GCB

Member, House of Lords

BILL EMMOTT

Editor, The Economist 

CHRISTOPHER EVERETT

Director General, Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation

ANDREW FRASER

Chief Executive, Invest in Britain Bureau

ROGER GODSIFF MP

Chairman, British -Japanese Parliamentary Group

GARETH JONES

Managing Director, Abbey National plc

THE RT HON SIR RICHARD NEEDHAM

Vice-Chairman NEC Europe Ltd; Chairman, Gleneagles UK Ltd.

SIR PETER PARKER

Chairman, Mitsubishi Electric Europe BV and Whitehead Mann Group

ROBIN ROWLAND

Member of the Asian and Latin American Advisory Boards, Royal & Sun Alliance

ANTHONY LOEHNIS QC

Executive Director, UK-Japan 21st Century Group; Former Executive Director, Bank of England

VISCOUNT TRENCHARD

Director and Head, Japanese Investment Banking, Robert Fleming and Co. Ltd

PROFESSOR DAVID WALL

Head, Asia Programme, Royal Institute of International Affairs

SIR JOHN WHITEHEAD

Senior Advisor, Morgan Grenfell Asset Management; Chairman, Deutche Morgan Grenfell Trust Bank (Japan) Ltd

SIR PETER WILLIAMS

Chairman, Oxford Instruments Ltd

SIR DAVID WRIGHT

HM Ambassador to Japan

PHILLIDA PURVIS

Acting Executive Director, UK-Japan 2000 Group

JAPANESE PARTICIPANTS

CHAIRMAN

MOTOO SHIINA

Member, House of Councillors

PARTICIPANTS

YOSHITOKI CHINO

Vice Chairman, Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation

SHINJI FUKUKAWA

Chairman and CEO, Dentsu Institute for Human Studies

WAKAKO HIRONAKA

Member, House of Councillors; Vice President of the Democratic Party of Japan

HIROYA ICHIKAWA

Professor, Sophia University

YOSHINORI IMAI

Executive Presenter and Commentator, NHK Broadcasting Centre

MASAHIKO ISHIZUKA

Editorial writer, The Nihon Keizai Shimbun

HIROSHI KITAMURA

Corporate Advisor, Mitsubishi Corporation; President, Shumei University; Former Ambassador to the UK

YUTAKA KOSAI

Chairman, Japan Center for Economic Research; Professor of Economics, Toyo-Eiwa Women’s University

ISAMU MIYAZAKI

Advisor, Daiwa Institute of Research, Ltd.; Former Director-General of the Economic Planning Agency

MASASHI NISHIHARA

Professor of International Relations, National Defense Academy

TADAHIRO SEKIMOTO

Senior Member of the Board, NEC Corporation

HIDEYA TAIDA

Managing Director, Marubeni Corporation

KEIZO TAKEMI

State Secretary for Foreign Ministry; Member, House of Councillors

SHOICHIRO TOYODA

Chairman of the Board, Toyota Motor Corporation

KIYOSHI YAMAKAWA

Corporate Executive Vice President, Sony Corporation

TADASHI YAMAMOTO

President, Japan Center for International Exchange

 

 

PAUL STARES

Advisor to the UK-Japan 2000 Group; Director of Studies, Japan Center for International Exchange