The rise of China and India – repercussions for Japan (Wissenschaftliche Tagung der DGA, 15.05.2009)Shinichi Kitaoka

ASIEN – Nr. 116 (2010) pp. 8–15

Thank you very much for your kind introduction.

It is a great pleasure for me to be here in Berlin again. As a member of the Japan-German Dialog Forum, I have been a regular visitor here at least every two years for more than 10 years. One big difference is that we are now in the best season of the year, while our Japan-German meetings were often held in February, the worst season of the year in Berlin. I felt that it was colder in Berlin than in Moscow in February.

The topic today is “Asia’s Old and New Powers – The Rise of China and India and the Consequences for Japan, Europe, and the Global Politics” and I am going to cover the repercussions of the rise of China for Japan particularly…