Associate Professor Aki Tonami is quoted in the ArcticToday in their article titled "For Asian countries, Arctic co-operation reflects regional realities".
For Asian countries, Arctic co-operation reflects regional realities
As China, Japan and South Korea get more involved in Arctic, their annual meeting to discuss the region shows signs of their increasing confidence about their role.
By Kevin McGwin
June 14, 2018
"The trilateral meeting," says Aki Tonami, a Japanese academic, "is more related to 'talks about talks', confidence building, or in this case, assessing one another's activities."...
https://www.arctictoday.com/asian-countries-arctic-co-operation-reflects-regional-realities/