Yukio Okamoto Addresses Vancouver Audience

In a special event co-hosted by the Consulate General of Japan and the Canada-Japan Society of BC, Mr. Yukio Okamoto, a former Japanese diplomat and special advisor to two prime ministers, gave a one-hour presentation on the current political situation in Japan and the relationship between China, the U.S. and Japan.

An audience of about 110 gathered at the Coast Plaza Hotel in Vancouver to hear him speak on "The Challenges Prime Minister Fukuda Faces" and "From Manchuria to Iwo Jima to Nagasaki: What the Competing War Narratives of World War II can say about the Sino-American-Japanese Relationship."

Following his talk, there was a 25 minute question and answer session in which he frankly responded to questions about Japan's history and possible future directions of current affairs in Japan.