Prof. Koji MURATA, Professor of the Faculty of Law Department of Doshisha University and Senior Associate Fellow of ROLES/Visiting Senior Fellow of RCAST and Prof. Satoshi IKEUCHI, Professor of Religion and Global Security of RCAST of the University of Tokyo and Founding Chair of ROLES, delivered talks at a roundtable "Perspectives on Japanese Domestic Politics and Middle Eastern Policy: A POLICY ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION" organized by the Maureen and Mike Mansfield Foundation in the Washington DC on September 2, 2025. 

Titles of the talks: 
Koji MURATA, "Japanese Domestic Politics after the Upper House elections and Its Implications for U.S.-Japan Relations" 

Satoshi IKEUCHI, "Japanese Middle Eastern Policy and Its Implications for U.S.-Japan Relations"