"China and India: How Japan Approaches Asia's Two Giants"
Ambassador Sakutaro Tanino, Former Japanese Ambassador to China and India
| DATE: | Wednesday, April 11, 2007 |
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| TIME: | 4:00 PM |
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| PLACE: | IEAS Conference Room, 2223 Fulton Street, 6th Floor |
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| FORMAT: | Lecture |
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| SPONSORS: | Institute of East Asian Studies, Center for Chinese Studies, Center for Japanese Studies, Center for South Asia Studies, Asia Society of Northern California, Consulate-General of Japan in San Francisco, Japan Society of Northern California |
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China and India are frequently compared to a giant dragon and a giant elephant. There is much these two countries have in common, but there are also major differences. Ambassador Sakutaro Tanino will discuss how Japan has approached these two great giants in the past, and he will look at the present and future of Japan's bilateral relations with them.
Ambassador Tanino was born in Tokyo and attended the Faculty of Law at the University of Tokyo. Upon graduation in 1960, he joined the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan, and in 1989 was named Director-General of the Asian Affairs Bureau of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Ambassador Tanino was subsequently named Cabinet Secretariat of the Chief Cabinet Councillors’ Office on External Affairs. In 1995, he was appointed as Ambassador to India, and three years later became Ambassador to the People’s Republic of China. Ambassador Tanino retired from the government in 2001 and became Director of Toshiba Corporation.
