Shared Values and Democracy in Asia Symposium on 18th January, 2016

Hon'ble Minister of State of Home Mr.Kiren Rijiju, President of the Tokyo Foundation Mr M Akiyama, The Rev and Hon’ble High Priest of the Todaiji Temple, Nara – Dr. Kosei Morimoto, Mr S Gurumurthy and IJC Chairman Deepak Vasdev

This symposium being held on 18th January, 2016 at the Nikkei Hall in Otemachi, Tokyo was the second leg of a pair of Japan-India conferences. The first, titled "Samvad: A Global Hindu-Buddhist Initiative on Conflict Avoidance and Environment Consciousness," was held in September 2015 in India.

Mr S Gurumurthy, Mr. Masahiro Akiyama, President of the Tokyo Foundation & IJC Chairman Deepak Vasdev

Participants examined which values, are commonly shared by Asian states and how they have sustained the evolution of those countries into modern democracies. Research findings on shared values in Asia were referenced, and the future of Asia's political and democratic institutions, as well as interstate relations, was explored. The Hon'ble Prime Ministers of both India & Japan also addressed the gathering.