An international symposium brings together eminent researchers from France, Japan, the Republic of Korea and Singapore, who analyze the Japanese policies and speak about the situation in their own countries. They approach this subject from several angles: pop culture and Japanese diplomacy, current cultural policy in our globalized era as well as examining the "mechanisms" of the promotion of Japanese pop culture.
Featured speakers: Dr Koichi Iwabuchi, Pprofessor at Waseda University (Japan) Dr Kiwon Hong, Director of Research on the Arts and Culture Policy, Korea Culture & Tourism Policy Institute (Republic of Korea) Dr Kwok Kian-Woon, Senior Lecturer at the Nanyang Technological University (Japan) Ms Katérina Stenou, Director of the UNESCO Division of Cultural Policies and Intercultural Dialogue Chairperson: Prof. Cécile Sakai-Mink, Professor at the Université Paris 7 - Denis Diderot This event is organized by the Japanese Cultural Centre, Paris, in cooperation with the UNESCO Division of Cultural Policies and Intercultural Dialogue.