Report of 6th Research Meeting of East Asia Culture Research Meeting of 2012

Date: 26th September 2012

Time: 18:30-20:30

Venue: Hosei University Ichigaya Campus, ’58 Building 2F Research Center for International Japanese Studies Seminar Room

Speaker: Yusuke Suzumura (Visiting Academic Researcher, Hosei University Research Center for International Japanese Studies)

Theme: Ishibashi Tanzan and His Effort toward the Normalization of Diplomatic Relations between Japan and China

Chair: Ming Wan (Professor, Hosei University Research Center for International Japanese Studies)

Executive Summary
In this meeting, Dr. Suzumura examined efforts and approaches of Ishibashi Tanzan, the former prime minister of Japan, toward the normalization of diplomatic relations between Japan and China in the 1950s and the 1960s.