Foreign Affairs Committee Visit
to Japan and the Koreas,
11-15 May 2008
Participating Members:
| Mr Fabian Hamilton
Mr David Heathcoat-Amory
Mr John Horam
Mr Eric Illsley
Mr Malcolm Moss
| | Sandra Osborne
Mr Greg Pope
Mr Ken Purchase
Sir John Stanley
Ms Gisela Stuart
|
Tokyo
Sunday 11 May
Briefing dinner hosted by HMA Sir Graham Fry with
Embassy staff
Monday 12 May
Meetings with:
Mr Koji Tsurouka, Director-General, Global Issues,
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Mr Etsuro Honda, Deputy Director-General, European
Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Mr Akitaka Saiki, Director-General, Asian and Oceanian
Affairs Bureau, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Mr Koro Bessho, Director-General, International Cooperation
Bureau, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Mr Itsunori Onodera, Senior Vice-Minister of Foreign
Affairs
Mr Shigeru Ishiba, Minister of Defence
Mr Masaru Tsuji, Director-General for International
Affairs, Ministry of Defence
Dinner hosted by HMA Sir Graham Fry. Guests:
Mr Ian de-Staines OBE, Executive Director, British
Chamber of Commerce, Japan
Mr Joseph R. Donovan, Jr., charge d'affaires, US
Embassy
Dr Kuniko Inoguchi, Member of the House of Representatives
Mr Shintaro Ito, Member of the House of Representatives
Mr Andrew Mankiewicz, President, British Chamber
of Commerce, Japan
Mr Stuart Milne, President and Chief Executive Officer,
Country Manager Japan, HSBC Ltd
Ambassador Nishimura Mutsuyoshi, Special Adviser
to the Cabinet (Prime Ministerial adviser on climate change)
Professor Koichi Nakano, Sophia University
Mr Kotoro Tamura, Member of the House of Councillors
Dr Taizo Yakushiji, Executive Member, Council for
Science and Technology Policy, Cabinet Office
Tuesday 13 May
Meetings with:
Mr Chikao Kawai, Director-General, Foreign Policy
Bureau, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs, House of Representatives
Lunch hosted by David Fitton, Minister at the British
Embassy. Guests:
Dr Chiaki Akimoto, Senior Defence Analyst and Senior
Commentator, Japan Broadcasting Corporation
Professor Nobumasa Akiyama, Associate Professor,
School of International and Public Policy, Hitotsubashi University
Mr Toru Ando, Editorial Writer, Chunichi Shimbun/Tokyo
Shimbun
Ms Keizo Iizuka, Deputy Political Editor, Yomiuri
Shimbun
Mr Shinji Inada, Political News Section Staff Writer,
Asahi Shimbun
Mr Hiroshi Komatsu, Political News Editor, Mainichi
Shimbun
Mr Kenro Nagashi, Foreign News Editor, Jiji Press
Mr Ryoichi Nishida, International News Editor, Sankei
Shimbun
Mr David Pilling, Tokyo Bureau Chief, Financial
Times
For the remainder of the visit, the Committee
split into two groups
Further programme in Japan, Mr Illsley and Mr
Pope only:
Tokyo
Tuesday 13 May
Meetings with:
DPRK Abductee Family Association
Mr Kotaro Ohno, Director-General, Criminal Affairs
Bureau, Ministry of Justice
Jason James, Director, British Council in Japan
Wednesday 14 May
Meeting with the Japan Federation of Bar Associations
(Ms Maiko Tsugahari, Staff Attorney, and other members)
Tour of Fujitsu Forum, an annual display of new products
and technologies
Osaka
Wednesday 14 May
Briefing from Chris Stuart, HM Consul-General, Osaka
Thursday 15 May
Visit to Osaka Detention Centre and meeting with
Mr Masahiro Katou, Warden
Kyoto
Thursday 15 May
Visit to Advanced Telecommunications Research Institute
International and meeting with Dr Yasuo Hirata, President, and
Dr Nick Campbell, Chief Researcher, Department of Acoustics and
Speech Research
Programme in the Koreas for the remainder of the
Committee
Seoul
Wednesday 14 May
Briefing from HMA Martin Uden and Embassy staff,
HMA to Pyongyang John Everard, and Ian Simm, Director, British
Council, South Korea
Meetings with:
Mr Kim Sung-hwan, Vice Foreign Minister
Mr Kim Ha-joong, Minister of Unification
Professor Lee Jae-Joung, former Minister of Unification
Mr Kang Chol-hwan, North Korean defector and journalist
Ms Kay Seok, North Korea Researcher, Human Rights
Watch
Major General John A. Weida, Deputy Chief of Staff,
United Nations Command/US Forces Korea, and US colleagues
UK business representatives: Mr Chris Hollands, Executive
Vice President, Standard Chartered; Mr Simon Cooper, HSBC; Mr
Michael De Vere, Standard Life
Dinner hosted by HMA Martin Uden. Guests:
Mr Park Jin, National Assembly Representative
Mr Hong Jung-wook, National Assembly Representative
Ms Song Young-sun, National Assembly Representative
Thursday 15 May
Visit to Kaesong Industrial Complex, North Korea,
accompanied by HMA Martin Uden and HMA John Everard:
Briefing from Mr Dan Byun, Hyundai Asan
Briefing from, and lunch hosted by, Mr Shin Un-sang,
Chairman, Kaesong Industrial Management Committee
Visits to Shinwon factory and Taesung Hata factory
Visit to Joint Security Area (Panmunjom), Demilitarised
Zone, South Korea:
Briefing from Commander Dignan, UN Command Joint
Duty Officer
Briefing from Major Johann Larsson, Secretary, Swedish
Contingent, Neutral Nations Supervisory Commission
