API Matsumoto-Samata Fellow

The API Matsumoto-Samata Fellowship is a program at API that aims to send young researchers to foreign think tanks in order to foster next-generation leaders. The IISS is an independent think tank in London and organizer of the world-renowned IISS Shangri-La Dialogue. API has, to date, dispatched Ms. Yuka Koshino and Ms. Mariko Togashi to the IISS as API Matsumoto-Samata Fellows.

＜API Roundtable＞ （2025.07.15）

API hosts a Roundtable with Dr. Tom Le from Pomona College, USA

On July 15, 2025, the Asia Pacific Initiative (API) hosted a roundtable, welcoming Dr. Tom Phuong Le from Pomona College in the United States. This event was held to commemorate the publication of the Japanese translation of Dr. Le’s book…

＜API Roundtable＞ （2025.06.23）

API hosts a Roundtable with Prof. Srabani Roy Choudhury from Jawaharlal Nehru University

>On June 23, 2025, the Asia Pacific Initiative (API) hosted a roundtable at the International House of Japan in Roppongi, Tokyo, welcoming Prof. Srabani Roy Choudhury from the Centre for East Asian Studies, School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, India. The event focused on…

＜2025 Korea-Japan Future Vision Dialogue＞ （2025.05.16）

Korea-Japan Relations in the Trump 2.0 Era: A New Horizon for Bilateral Cooperation

On May 16, 2025, the Asia Pacific Initiative (API), in collaboration with the Institute for Japanese Studies at Kookmin University (Seoul), convened the “2025 Korea-Japan Future Vision Dialogue” at the International House of Japan in Tokyo. Bringing together approximately 30 leading experts and practitioners from both countries, the dialogue provided a multi-dimensional forum for….

＜Asia Leaders Fellowship (ALF)＞ （2024.02.05）

Inaugural gathering

The Asia Leaders Fellowship (ALF) is a community of 30 new leaders in the region who share a belief that Asia needs a place of dialogue, where “do-ers” can form meaningful and purposeful connections, articulate Asian ideas, and discuss Asian issues from Asian perspective. At the inaugural gathering in Japan, 24 entrepreneurs, investors, executives of major conglomerates, and artists engaged in a discussion to understand the different realities of the region and to find better solutions to shared challenges.