The 18th Tokyo-Beijing Forum 2022 will be held on December 7th and 8th in the hybrid format by connecting Tokyo and Beijing. Its main theme will be "the future of China-Japan relations: how to restore peaceful order and international cooperation".

Amid an increasing fragmentation in the international community, with Russia's invasion of Ukraine and the US-China tension, we believe that this year's forum will be particularly important to design the future of the China-Japan relations that marks its 50th anniversary in September.

Please find details below and further updated will be posted on this website.

The 18th Tokyo-Beijing Forum

• Date: December 7th and 8th, 2022
• Format: Hybrid (Connecting Tokyo venue and Beijing venue)
• Main theme: The future of China-Japan relations - how to restore of global peace and international cooperation
• Breakout sessions:
  Politics and bilateral relations "A world in deepening turmoil and the future of Japan-China relations
  Security "Japanese and Chinese responsibilities regarding peace and stability in Asia"
  Economy "Restoring the global economy as it continues to fragment, and the role of Japan and China"
  Media"The nature of reporting on global conflict and peace in Asia"
  Digital "Shared norms and Japan-China cooperation in a digital society"
  Peace Building "The modern meaning of the UN Charter and re-building a peaceful global order"
  Public opinion "How did people in Japan and China view the 50th anniversary of the normalization of relations?"
  Youth dialogue "Designing the future of Japan and China from the youth perspective"


• Panelists:



Japanese
HAYASHI Yoshimasa Minister of Foreign Affairs -TBD
FUKUDA Yasuo Former Prime Minister of Japan; Supreme Adviser, Tokyo-Beijing Forum
MUTO Toshiro Executive Committee Chair, Tokyo-Beijing Forum; Honorary Chairman, Daiwa Institute of Research Ltd.; Former Secretary-General, The Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games
AKASHI Yasushi Chairman of the Board, Kyoto International Conference Center; Former United Nations Under-Secretary-General
MIYAMOTO Yuji Chairman, Miyamoto Institute of Asian Research; Former Ambassador of Japan to China
YAMAGUCHI Hirohide Chairman, Nikko Research Center; Former Deputy Governor, Bank of Japan
KAWANO Katsutoshi Former Joint Staff of the Self-Defense Forces
KAWAGUCHI Yoriko Former Minister of Foreign Affairs
IOKIBE Makoto President, Hyogo Earthquake Memorial 21st Century Research Institute; Chancellor, University of Hyogo
KUDO Yasushi President, Genron NPO
YAMAGUCHI Tsuyoshi Politician, member of the House of Representatives; Former Minister of the Environment; Former Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs
SONOURA Kentaro Politician, Member of the House of Representatives; Deputy Secretary General of the Liberal Democratic Party
NAKAO Takehiko Former President, Asian Development Bank
FURUSAWA Mitsuhiro Former Vice Minister of Finance for International Affairs
SASAKI Nobuhiko President, Japan External Trade Organization
TARUMI Hideo Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the People's Republic of China
SHINYO Takahiro Professor, Kwansei Gakuin University; Former Ambassador to United Nations; Former Ambassador of Japan to Germany
TAMAKI Yuichiro Politician, Member of the House of Representatives
NISHIDA Makoto Member of the House of Member of the House of Councillors; Chairman of the Komeito House of Councillors; Chairman of the party's election task force
KITERA Masato Former Ambassador of Japan to China and France
OZAWA Hideki Executive Vice President, Canon Inc.
NISHI Masanori Former Administrative Vice-Minister of Defense
KODA Yoji Former Fleet Commander, Self
MATSUKAWA Rui Politician, Member of the House of Councilors
YAMASAKI Tatsuo Specially Appointed Professor, International University of Health and Welfare; Former Vice Finance Minister for International Affairs
And 20 more panelists



Chinese
Wang Yi State Councilor, Minister of Foreign Affairs -TBD
Lou Jiwei Former Minister of Finance, Director of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the 13th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference
Zhu Guangyao Former Vice Finance Minister
Liu Hongcai Vice Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the 13th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, Vice Minister of the Foreign Liaison Department of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China
Cao Weizhou Executive Vice President of the China-Japan Friendship Association, Member of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the 12th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference
Zhou Mingwei Member of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the 12th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, President of China International Publishing Group
Cheng Yonghua Former Ambassador to Japan, Member of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the 12th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC)）
Zhao Qizheng Director of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the 11th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), Former Director of the State Council Information Office
Wei Jianguo Member of the Advisory Committee of the China Center for International Economic Exchange, Former Vice Minister of the Ministry of Commerce
Chang Zhenming Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors of the China Center for International Economic Interaction; Former Chairman of CITIC Group Co.
Gao Hong President of the Chinese Japan Society, Member of the 13th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference
Kong Hyunwoo Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the People's Republic of China to Japan; Member of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the 13th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference
He Yafei Former vice-minister of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Former Ambassador to United Nations
Xu Aike President, China Institute of International Studies
Wang Zhuyi Chief Editor of People's Journal of China, Member of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the 13th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference
Huang Haibo Deputy Director of Chinese Channel, Phoenix Satellite Television
Chen Xiaogong Former Deputy Director of the Office of the Foreign Affairs Leading Group of the CPC Central Committee; Former Deputy Commander and Lieutenant General of the Air Force of Chinese People's Liberation Army; The 12th National People's Congress Foreign Affairs Committee
Yao Yunzhu Member of the Academic Committee of the National High-End Think Tank of the Chinese People's Liberation Army Academy of Military Sciences and former Director of the Research Center for China-US Defense Relations
And 20 more panelists



• Joint statement is scheduled to be released after the forum