The academic seminar on Change of Japanese Politics and Sino-Japanese Relations was held by Center for Japanese Studies (SIIS) on September 20. More than 20 scholars and experts of Japanese studies from Beijing and Shanghai attended this meeting, including Vice President Gao Hong of Institute for Japanese Studies at CASS, Prof. Lin Xiaoguang of International Strategic Studies Center at Party School of the Central Committee of C.P.C, Prof. Wang Xinsheng of Beijing University, Prof. Liu Qiang, Director of Institute for International Relations Studies at PLA School of International Studies, Prof. Fan Yongming of School of International Relations and Public Affairs at Fudan University, Prof. Yu Zhirong, Vice-Captain of East China Sea Branch of China Marine Surveillance Force, Prof. Wang Shaopu, Director of the Center of RimPac Studies at Shanghai Jiaotong University, Prof. Cai Jianguo, Director of Asia-Pacific Studies Center at Tongji University, Prof. Chen Jiehua, Director of the Institute for East Asian Studies and Crisis Management, East China Normal University, senior researchers Wu Jinan and Li Xiushi of SIIS, etc. SIIS Vice President Chen Dongxiao participated in the meeting and delivered the opening speech and closing summary. Director Li Xiushi of Center for Japanese Studies presided over the meeting.
    During this one-day seminar, focusing on the change of Japanese politics and its impacts on Japanese political system and foreign policy, experts and scholars had an in-depth discussion on the change of Japan’s domestic situation, Japan’s policy toward East Asia, Japan-US relations, and adjustment of Japan’s policy toward China after the Democratic Party takes power. They also took an outlook of Sino-Japanese relations in a multilateral international system.