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The ROLES  (RCAST Open Laboratory for Emergence Strategies) of the University of Tokyo will host the opening session and keynote speech of the Sun & Star Symposium 2026 titled "U.S.-Japan Relations and Regional International Orders: The Indo-Pacific, the Middle East, and Europe" in cooperation with Institute of Geoeconomics (IOG) and Southern Methodist University (SMU) Tower Center.

The Day 1, the opening session and keynote speech will take place in Komaba Research Campus of the University of Tokyo will be hosted by ROLES (RCAST Open Laboratory for Emergence Strategies) of the University of Tokyo in the evening of July 24.  Day 2 will be held at the International House of Japan. 

Sun & Star Symposium 2026
U.S.-Japan Relations and Regional International Orders: The Indo-Pacific, the Middle East, and Europe
Day 1: Opening Session and Keynote Speech

Date: July 24, 2026
Venue: Auditorium at the 2nd Floor of Bulding 4, The University of Tokyo, Komaba Research Campus

Agenda:
17:00 – 1730 Registration

17:30 – 19:00 Keynote Speech & Discussion
Fifteen Years since the Operation Tomodachi and the Current State of U.S.-Japan Alliance

Keynote Speaker: Admiral Patrick Walsh, Admiral U.S. Navy (retired), former commander of the Pacific Fleet, Senior Fellow of the SMU Tower Center

Discussant: Yuichi Hosoya, Keio University

19:30- Dinner (invited guests only)
bio café ape, University of Tokyo, Komaba Research Campus

This event is organized in cooperation with: 
SMU Jon Goodwin Tower Center for Public Policy & International Affairs
International House of Japan
Institute of Geoeconomics
Japan Airlines