Panel Discussion on “Strategic Stability in East Asia and Okinawa,” May 10, 2022

The Yomiuri Shimbun

18:02 JST, May 13, 2022

Shinsuke J. Sugiyama (former Japanese Ambassador to the United States), Bonji Ohara (Senior Fellow of the Sasakawa Peace Foundation), and Akiko Yamamoto (Associate Professor at the University of the Ryukyus) discussed the importance of the Japan-U.S. security alliance and the reduction of the burden on Okinawans amid growing military tension in East Asia.

This video includes simultaneous interpretation (provided by Simul International, Inc.) as it happened at the venue. The original discussion was held in Japanese and can be watched at the following URL:

https://www.yomiuri.co.jp/stream/2/19371/