Professor Mari Sako of Oxford University and Fred Katayama talk about the ambiguity around the term Global South, the challenges those countries are facing around debt, the potential for Japan to illuminate an alternative economic model, the impacts of climate change and how the block can develop...

Chairman and CEO of Japan’s Institute of Energy Economics Tatsuya Terazawa and Fred Katayama discuss differences between energy demand in Asia and other regions, as well as the diversity of economic development and energy systems within Asia. They go on to look at Prime Minister Fumio Kishida’s...

Political science Professor Takako Hikotani and Fred Katayama delve into the concept of a Free and Open Indo-Pacific (FOIP), its origins, its relevance after the aggression against Ukraine and flashpoints of tension elsewhere, as well as how Japan’s leadership around the CPTPP trade agreement...