Dhaka, Nov. 4 -- A lecture programme titled "Towards a Free and Open Indo-Pacific: Its Vision, Significance and Practices in the Bay of Bengal" by eminent Professor Takahara Akio was held online recently. Professor Takahara Akio is a Faculty of the Graduate Schools for Law and Politics, University of Tokyo. The programme was jointly organised by the South Asian Institute of Policy and Governance (SIPG) of North South University (NSU) and the Embassy of Japan in Bangladesh, reads a press release received on Friday.

In his lecture, Professor Takahara discussed the role Japan can play to avoid deepening divisions and conflicts in the world. He pointed out that Japan is playing a significant role in promoting human security and "Free and Ope...