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CONFERENCE ON THE UK-JAPAN RELATIONSHIP

Objective

1.

a)

b)

c)

2.

3.

A.

Title

To

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create high visibility of the UK-Japan relationship among the public of the two countries. To deepen understanding of the respective

countries.

To seek ways to further the UK-Japan relationship.

"Conference on the UK-Japan Relationship"

Themes

a)

b)

To attract the interest of a wide range of people in the UK and Japan.

To be recommended by the UK-Japan 2000 Group (e.g. "Global Order and Respective Roles," "Compatibility of the Two Societies in the Business and Cultural Context, or "Improvement of Quality of Life in the Respective Countries").

Modality of the Conference

a) b)

businessmen,

London, two days in Autumn 1993. Government officials, politicians, academics, people of the artistic world, critics,

etc.

English and Japanese (simultaneous translation). Maximum coverage by TV and newspapers. Principally funded by The Japan Foundation.

Course of Action

c)

d)

e)

5.

a)

b)

c)

Recommendation by the Uk-Japan 2000 Group on the holding and themes of the Conference. Endorsement of the two Prime Ministers. Establishment of the Executive Committee composed of the people concerned in the FCO, the Japanese Embassy, Chatham House, the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Centre

International Exchange and The Japan Foundation.

for