In foreign affairs, Mr. Shinzo Abe who became Prime Minister of Japan last Dec. has been developing his positive approach called “diplomacy of bird’s eye view of globe”. He has also been promoting the diplomacy of proactive contribution to peace by expanding Japan’s diplomatic horzto the universal values such as freedom, human rights, democracy and rule of law, and by firmly maintaining its position as a sea power. In this lecture, due consideration will be given to the future foreign policy of Prime Minister Abe who made courageous decisions one after another on Futenma base, TPP and the consumption tax raise.

At the 85th GRIPS Forum on November 11, 2013, Mr. Shotaro Yachi, special advisor to the Cabinet, gave a lecture titled “The Abe administration’s diplomatic strategy”.