• Professor Lynne Nakano (Chair, Department of Japanese Studies, Chinese University of Hong Kong)
• Professor Rein Raud (Professor, Department of World Cultures, University of Helsinki and former President of European Associ ation for Japanese Studies)
• Professor Masaaki Takeda (Chair, The International Program on Japan in East Asia, University of Tokyo)

Contents:
The current situation of Japanese studies in the respective affiliations of the panelists will be introduced. Questions like how Japanese studies/cultures should be taught in non-Japanese languages and what potential Japanese studies have in the 21 st century will be examined.