On 20 April 2017, NISCSS President Wu Shicun headed a delegation of Chinese scholars to visit think tanks in Tokyo. On the morning, the delegation visited Japan Institute for International Policy Studies and held a discussion with its President Ken Sato and research staff. The two sides exchanged views on issues of common concern, including the nuclear issue on the Korean Peninsula, fishery resources in the South China Sea, and marine ecological protection, and China-Japan maritime cooperation.

On the afternoon, the delegation visited Japan Institute of International Affairs and held a discussion with its Acting Director-General Shingo Yamagami about the current situation in the South China Sea, China’s South China Sea policy, the South China Sea arbitration, historical title, and the recent moves of Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force.

Also present at the discussion were Professor Zhu Feng with Nanjing University, Professor Yu Tiejun with Peking University, Professor Zhang Renping with Dalian Maritime University and Professor Zhang Xinjun with Tsinghua University as well as staff with Chinese embassy in Japan.

On the evening, Wu also met with Endo Kazuya, director of First China and Mongolia Division of Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau of Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and exchanged views on China-Japan relations and other issues of mutual concern.