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Opening Remarks (KITAOKA Shinichi, President, JICA)

Title: Symposium on Remembering OKAMOTO Yukio, Special Advisor to JICA: Navigating Japan's route in uncharted ocean
Date: April 29, 2021
Sponsors: JICA (in cooperation with Okamoto Associates Inc.)
Location: Online

Moderators and panelists

Lecture (SASAE Kenichiro, President of the Japan Institute of International Affairs)
Panel Discussion (Part I) (MIYAKE Kunihiko, Visiting Professor, Ritsumeikan University)

Opening Remarks (by KITAOKA Shinichi, President, JICA)
Lecture (by SASAE Kenichiro, President of the Japan Institute of International Affairs)

Panel Discussion
KITAOKA Shinichi, President, JICA
SASAE Kenichiro, President of the Japan Institute of International Affairs
MIYAKE Kunihiko, Visiting Professor, Ritsumeikan University
Richard Lee Armitage, President, Armitage International and Former Deputy Secretary of State
John V. Roos, Co-Founding Partner, Geodesic Capital and Former U.S. Ambassador to Japan
MAEDOMARI Hiromori, Professor at Okinawa International University

Primary objectives and outcomes

Panel Discussion (Part I) ( Richard Lee Armitage, President, Armitage International and Former Deputy Secretary of State)
Panel Discussion (Part II) ( John V. Roos, Co-Founding Partner, Geodesic Capital and Former U.S. Ambassador to Japan and MAEDOMARI Hiromori, Professor at Okinawa International University)

Mr. OKAMOTO Yukio, who served as a JICA Special Advisor and has dedicated to our operations in various fields over the years, passed away on April 24, 2020. This month marks the first anniversary of his death.

Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) , in cooperation with Okamoto Associates, Inc. (OAI), held the Symposium on Remembering OKAMOTO Yukio by welcoming special guests from Japan and other countries who are familiar with Mr. OKAMOTO. As there is still difficulty of foreseeing when the issue of COVID-19 is settled completely and it is observed that the previous world order inevitably has been made significant changes, JICA held the symposium to look back on Mr. Okamoto's achievements, deepen understanding through the discussion of Mr. Okamoto's view on global issues, and consider the role of Japan in international communities and expected future of international cooperation.

Content of the discussions

Please refer to the following link for the outline of the symposium;

• JICA President Kitaoka spoke at the “Symposium on Remembering OKAMOTO Yukio, Special Advisor to JICA: Navigating Japan’s route in uncharted ocean” (April 29)

Closing Remarks (OKAMOTO Yasuo, Representative, Okamoto Associates Inc.)