9:30-11:00 am National Institute for Defense Studies, Ichigaya; lecture by Prof. Shinji HYODO on security environment surrounding Japan (confirmed)
11:20 am-12:10 pm Lunch in Ichigaya
12:45-3:30 pm Japanese Parliament; lecture by Mr. Masataka SUZUKI on domestic discourse on constitutional revision and Japan-US alliance (confirmed)
4:30-6:30 pm METI; briefing on Japan’s trade policy by Kazunari MORII, Principal Deputy Director, Multilateral Trade System Department, Trade Policy Bureau (confirmed)
7:00 pm – Individual dinner
Tuesday, March 19:
8:00-9:00 am Breakfast at hotel
9:30-11:30 am Individual and small-group interviews
11:45 am-12:45 pm Individual lunch
1:15-2:45 pm National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies, Roppongi; lecture by Prof. Narushige MICHISHITA on Japanese national security policy and issues (confirmed)
3:45-5:00 pm MOFA, Second North America Division on Japan-US Trade and Economic Relations
5:30 pm – Individual dinner
Wednesday, March 20:
8:00-9:30 am Breakfast at hotel
9:30 am-12:00 pm Free time
mid-afternoon to Haneda Airport or Narita Airport; fly to Beijing
