Experts discussed what role Japan should play amid rising global uncertainty, voicing their expectations that Japan will provide global leadership through economic, diplomatic, and security initiatives, especially in the Indo-Pacific, and emphasizing Japan’s role in sustaining a rules-based order by deepening ties with allies and leveraging its technological and soft power strengths. 1. Tim Groser Former Minister of Trade, New Zealand 2. Jean-Eric Paquet EU Ambassador to Japan 3. HappymonJacob Director, Council on Strategic and Defense Studies, India 4. Bilahari Kausikan Special Envoy, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Singapore 5. Kenneth Weinstein Former President / Japan Chair, Hudson Institute （USA） #GlobalJapan #IndoPacific #JapanLeadership #GlobalJapan #RulesBasedOrder #ForeignPolicy #EconomicSecurity #AsiaSecurity #Diplomacy #StrategicPartnership #JIIA #CGO #JapanOutreach #InternationalPolitics