UK-Japan 21st Century Group | 18th Conference

February 21–24, 2002
Ditchley Park, United Kingdom

The 18th Group Conference was held on February 21–24, 2002, in Ditchley Park, UK, under the joint chairmanship of Yasuhisa Shiozaki (member, House of Representatives and former parliamentary vice-minister for finance) and the Rt. Hon. Peter Mandelson MP (member, House of Commons). Approximately 40 participants discussed UK-Japan relations, international affairs after September 11, approaches to common challenges such as the provision of welfare and other public services, and the contribution of technology to sustainable development.

February 22

Session I: The Political and Economic Environment in the UK and Japan

Speakers:
PHILIP STEPHENS, Financial Times
TAKASHI KIUCHI, Economic Advisor, Shinsei Bank
FUMIHIKO YOSHIDA, Editorial Writer, The Asahi Shimbun

February 23

Session II: The Provision of Welfare and Public Services: Striking an Appropriate Balance Between the Government and the Private Sector

Speakers:
MICHAEL BARBER, Prime Minister’s Chief Adviser on Delivery, Prime Minister’s Delivery Unit
MIKIKO ETO, Professor of Political Science, Hosei University

 

Session III: Redefining Global Order in the Post-September 11 Era—The Superpower Role of the United States, the Position of Japan and the UK, and the Relationship with China and Russia

Speakers:
JOHN LLOYD, Associate Editor, New Statesman
KOJI WATANABE, Senior Fellow, Japan Center for International Exchange

 

February 24

Session IV: The Contribution of Science and Technology to Sustainable Development and the Application of Environmental Technology to Industry

Speakers:
JACQUELINE McGLADE, University College London, Natural Environment Research Council
TATSUJIRO SUZUKI, Senior Research Scientist, Socio-economic Research Center, Central Research Institute of Electric Power Industry

 

UK PARTICIPANTS

CHAIRMAN

PETER MANDELSON MP

Member of the House of Commons, Labour

PARTICIPANTS

 

VISCOUNT BLAKENHAM

Director, Japan 2001

VICTOR BULMER THOMAS

Director, Royal Institute of International Affairs

THE LORD BURNS OF PITSHANGER GCB

Member of the House of Lords

MENZIES CAMPBELL QC, MP

Liberal Democrat Spokesman on Foreign Affairs; Member of the House of Commons

ANDREW FRASER CMG

Senior Advisor, Mitsubishi Corporation (UK) plc

ROGER GODSIFF MP

Chairman British-Japanese Parliamentary Group; Member of the House of Commons, Labour

SIR STEPHEN GOMERSALL

British Ambassador to Japan

JANE GRIFFITHS MP

Member of the House of Commons, Labour

MELVILLE GUEST

Chief Executive, Asia House

FABIAN HAMILTON MP

Member of the House of Commons, Labour

LORD HOWELL OF GUILDFORD

Opposition Spokesman on Foreign Affairs, House of Lords

HELENA KENNEDY QC

Chair, British Council

LORD LAMING OF TEWIN CB

Member of the House of Lords

ANTHONY LOEHNIS

Executive Director, UK-Japan 21st Century Group

DENIS MACSHANE MP

Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Foreign and Commonwealth Office

SIR RICHARD NEEDHAM

Vice Chairman NEC Europe Ltd; Deputy Chair of Dyson Plc

SIR PETER PARKER KBE LVO

Chairman, Mitsubishi Electric Europe BV

ROBIN ROWLAND

Voluntary Sector Consultant

LORD SAINSBURY OF TURVILLE

Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Science and Innovation

GISELA STUART MP

Member of the House of Commons, Labour

STEWART WHITE

Director of Public Policy, Vodafone plc

TONY YOUNG

President, Trades Union Congress (TUC)

SPEAKERS

MICHAEL BARBER

Prime Minister’s Chief Adviser on Delivery, Prime Minister’s Delivery Unit

SIR CHRIS GENT

CEO, Vodafone plc

JOHN LLOYD

Associate Editor, New Statesman

JACQUELINE MCGLADE

University College London, Natural Environment Research Council

PHILIP STEPHENS

Financial Times

JAPANESE PARTICIPANTS

CHAIRMAN

YASUHISA SHIOZAKI

Member, House of Representatives; Former Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Finance

PARTICIPANTS

MIKIKO ETO

Professor of Political Science, Hosei Univeristy; Visiting Fellow of Lucy Cavendish College, University of Cambridge

SHINJI FUKUKAWA

Chief Executive Officer, Dentsu Institute for Human Studies

TORU HASHIMOTO

Chairman, of the Board, Fuji Bank, Ltd.

MASAKO HOSHINO

Director, Japan NPO Center

HIROYA ICHIKAWA

Professor, Sophia University

TAKASHI KIUCHI

Economic Advisor, Shinsei Bank, Ltd.

YASUO KUBOTA

Assistant General Secretary, Japanese Trade Union Confederation (JTUC-RENGO)

SEIJI MAEHARA

Member, House of Representatives

MASAKI ORITA

Japanese Ambassador to UK

TADAHIRO SEKIMOTO

Chairman Emeritus, NEC Corporation

TATSUJIRO SUZUKI

Senior Research Scientist, Socio-economic Research Center, Central Research Institute of Electric Power Industry

HATSUHISA TAKASHIMA

Director, The United Nations Information Centre, Tokyo

ISAMU UEDA

Member, House of Representatives

KOJI WATANABE

Senior Fellow, Japan Center for International Exchange; Executive Advisor, Keidanren (Japan Federation of Economic Organizations)

TADASHI YAMAMOTO

President, Japan Center for International Exchange

FUMIHIKO YOSHIDA

Editorial Writer, The Asahi Shimbun