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Fy 2005

31^st March

Northeast Asia Economic Databook 200 published

ERINA Business News Vol.54 published

26^th March - 6^th May

Research secondment to our exchange partner, the Monterey Institute of International Studies (Researcher Shoichi Itoh)

24^th - 25^th March

Participation in and presentation at a meeting of the International Studies Association (San Diego, Researcher Shoichi Itoh)

24^th March

10^th Tokyo Seminar on the New Northeast Asia (Tokyo Symposium)

23^rd March

2^nd Japan-China Energy Conference (Shanghai, Chairman of the Board of Trustees Susumu Yoshida)

22^nd March

2006 Japan-Russia Energy Forum in Niigata (Toki Messe)

20^th March

FY2005 2^ndMeeting of the Board of Trustees and External Assessors of ERINA (Hotel Nikko Niigata)

17^th - 24^th March

FY2005 2^ndParticipation in the Moscow Tourism Fair (Moscow, External Relations Division Deputy Director Hisashi Sato)

15^th March

Meeting of the Northeast Asia Business Messe Executive Committee (ERINA Conference Room)

14^th - 17^th March

articipation in and report at Asia Pacific Rail 2006 (Shanghai, Senior Economist Hisako Tsuji)

9^th March

9^th Tokyo Seminar on the New Northeast Asia (Capitol Tokyu Hotel, Professor Kim Yon-chol, Asiatic Research Center, Korea University, and others)

Visit to ERINA by representatives of the Jilin Province People's International Friendship Association and Commercial Affairs Division

7^th March

Primorsky Krai Workshop (ERINA)

6^th March

Regional seminar on The Current Business Situation in Far Eastern Russia (Osaka Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Chairman of the Board of Trustees Susumu Yoshida and others)

3^rd March

First Executive Meeting of the Northeast Asia Academic Exchange Network (Tokyo, Chairman of the Board of Trustees Susumu Yoshida)

27^th February

Attendance at the general conference of the Japan-China Northeast Development Association (Tokyo, Chairman of the Board of Trustees Susumu Yoshida)

24^th February

Participation in the Japan-Russia Round-Table Meeting (Tokyo, Chairman of the Board of Trustees Susumu Yoshida)

21^st - 22^nd February

Participation in the 2^nd Hunchun Conference held by the Northeast Asia Transport Corridor Network NPO (Hunchun, Chairman of the Board of Trustees Susumu Yoshida and others)

15^th February

ERINA Report Vol.68 published

12^th February

Keynote address and panel discussion at the Symposium on Considering the Future of Niigata City as a Government Ordinance-Designated City (Hotel Niigata, Chairman of the Board of Trustees Susumu Yoshida)

11^th February

Speech at a workshop held by the North Kanto and Niigata Regional Cooperation Axis Promotion Council (Niigata City, Chairman of the Board of Trustees Susumu Yoshida)

6^th - 8^th February

Participation in the Regular Working-Level Talks Between Niigata Prefecture and Khabarovsk Krai (Khabarovsk City and others, General Affairs Department Director Hirofumi Arai)

4^th February

Speech for Northern Territories Day (Toyama City, Chairman of the Board of Trustees Susumu Yoshida)

2^nd February

Seminar on the Establishment of Shipping Routes Across the Japan Sea (Niigata Grand Hotel, Senior Fellow Ikuo Mitsuhashi and others)

31^st January

Primorsky Krai Workshop (ERINA)

28^th January

First General Meeting of the Northeast Asia Academic Exchange Network (Tokyo, Chairman of the Board of Trustees Susumu Yoshida)

27^th January

ERINA Business News Vol.53 published

26^th January

Participation in the symposium commemorating the establishment of the Ritsumeikan University Center for Northeast Asian Studies (Kyoto, Senior Economist Hisako Tsuji)

17^th January

6^th seminar for supporting members (NICO Conference Room, Koui Cho, Professor, Hosei University)

16^th January

10^th Plenary Meeting of the Northeast Asia Economic Conference Organizing Committee (Harbin)

21^st - 24^th December

10^th Plenary Meeting of the Northeast Asia Economic Conference Organizing Committee (Harbin)

20^th - 24^th December

Participation in the 2^nd Experts' Meeting of the East-West Institute Working Group on Energy Cooperation within G8 Plus (Brussels, Researcher Shoichi Ito)

21^st December

Visit to ERINA by representatives of the ROK Ministry of Unification (Heung-Yuel Bahk, Coordinator for North-South Dialogue, Ministry of Unification, and others)

20^th December

Visit to ERINA by representatives of Inter RAO UES

15^th December

ERINA Report Vol.67 published

13^th December

8^th Tokyo Seminar on the New Northeast Asia (Tokyo International Forum, Victor Larin, Director of the Institute of History, Ethnography and Archaeology, Far Eastern Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences)

9^th December

5^th seminar for supporting members (Bandaijima Building, Professor Kan Kimura, Graduate School of International Cooperation Studies, Kobe University)

7^th December

Participation in the conference A Vision for Regional Cooperation in Northeast Asia, organized by the Northeast Asia Economic Forum (Seoul, Research Division Director Vladimir Ivanov)

30^th November

Exchange of opinions with members of a Russian training mission visiting Japan for a technological support project organized by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (NICO Conference Room)

26^th November - 2^nd December

Survey of Rajin Port (Yanji - Rason, Visiting Researcher Shingo Narumi & Researcher Mitsuhiro Mimura)

25^th November

Participation in the 2005 Asia Energy Forum (Tokyo Keidanren Kaikan, Research Division Director Vladimir Ivanov)

Lecture by Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs Mitoji Yabunaka (Niigata Grand Hotel)

ERINA Business News Vol.52 published

23^th - 29^th November

Study Concerning China's Northeastern Development Policy (Shenyang, Associate Senior Researcher Masayuki Tsukuba)

22^th November

Exchange of opinions with professors from the Moscow State Institute of International Relations (ERINA Conference Room)

21^st - 25^th November

Dispatch of a lecturer to lead the JICE training course on commercializing new technologies (Komsomolsk-na-Amure)

17^th - 18^th November

Display booth at the Manufacturing Network Exchange Fair in Tsubame-Sanjo (Sanjo-Tsubame Messepia Exhibition Center, Researcher Momoko Horikawa)

15^th November

Participation in the Heilongjiang Province - Niigata Prefecture Regular Meeting on Economic Exchange (Niigata Prefectural Office, External Relations Division Deputy Director Toshihiko Nakamura)

Exchange of opinions regarding CO₂ Emissions Trading in Russia (Tokyo, JETRO; Andrei Gorkov, General Director of the Energy Carbon Fund, and others

Participation in the seminar Prospects for the Russian Federation: Russia and the New Security Dynamic in Northeast Asia (Royal Institute of International Affairs, London, Researcher Shoichi Ito)

14^th November

7^th Tokyo Seminar on the New Northeast Asia (Tokyo International Forum, Lin Jiabin, Deputy Director and Senior Research Associate, Development Research Center of the State Council of China, and others)

13^th - 20^th November

Aomori-Vladivostok International Ferry Survey (Vladivostok and other locations, Senior Fellow Ikuo Mitsuhashi)

10^th - 11^th November

Participation in the international seminar Transport Infrastructure for Oil and Gas in Russia & the CIS (Moscow, Senior Economist Hisako Tsuji)

Niigata Business Messe and Northeast Asia Business Messe (Niigata City Industrial Promotion Center)

8^th November

4^th seminar for supporting members (Hotel Nikko Niigata, Ichiro Otani, Former IMF Representative for China)

7^th November

Participation in the 2^nd Korean Energy Economics Institute workshop on A Scenario for Co-Existence Among the Energy-Consuming Countries of Northeast Asia (Seoul, Researcher Shoichi Ito)

4^th November

Northeast Asia International Tourism Promotion Forum (CrossPal Niigata)

31^st October - 5^th November

Participation in the China's Northeastern Development Strategy and New Possibilities for Sino-Japanese Regional Cooperation study (organized by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Ritsumeikan University) (Harbin, Changchun, Jilin, Beijing, Senior Economist Hisako Tsuji)

31^st October

Experts' Meeting on Energy Resources in Northeast Asia (Bandaijima Buidling, Susumu Abe, Acting President of the Asia Pipeline Research Society of Japan, and others)

28^th October

Niigata Prefecture International Students' Job Fair (Nagaoka Chamber of Commerce and Industry)

27^th - 28^th October

Participation in the 14^th Meeting of the International Coordinating Council of Transsiberian Transportation (Seoul, Senior Economist Hisako Tsuji)

25^th October

Meeting to establish the Executive Committee for the 3^rd IFNAT (International Forum of Northeast Asian Tourism) in Niigata (Niigata Central Community Center)

24^th October

JESNA Vol.5 No.2 published

Participation in the Niigata Prefecture Investigative Commission on the Attraction of Foreign Businesses to Niigata (Niigata Prefectural Office, Associate Senior Researcher Masayuki Tsukuba)

23^rd - 27^th October

Participation in the conference The Current Situation and Future of East Asian Economic Cooperation (held by KIEP) (Moscow, Researcher Mitsuhiro Mimura)

23^rd - 25^th October

Participation in the international conference Prospects for Cross-Border Cooperation in the East Sea Sub-Region (Seoul, Researcher Shoichi Ito)

17^th - 24^th October

Dispatch of a lecturer to lead a training program on practical trade, commissioned by the Japan International Cooperation Center (Khabarovsk)

17^th - 23^rd October

Participation in the Niigata City Economic Exchange Mission to Far Eastern Russia (Khabarovsk & Vladivostok, Researcher Momoko Horikawa)

16^th - 21^st October

Participation in the international conference New Paradigms for Trans-Pacific Collaboration (Seattle, Researcher Shoichi Ito)

15^th October

ERINA Report Vol.66 published

12^th - 14^th October

Participation in the conference The Russia Far East: Problems of Economic Integration with Asia-Pacific Countries (Vladivostok, General Affairs Division Director Hirofumi Arai)

12^th October

Visit to ERINA by trainees from Uzbekneftegaz (Uzbekistan's state-owned oil company)

7^th - 10^th October

Participation in the Niigata City delegation visiting Tianjin (Tianjin & Beijing, External Relations Division Deputy Director Toshihiko Nakamura)

4^th October

Visit to ERINA by Djambulat Tekiev, Vice-Chairman of the Primorsky Territory Legislative Assembly, Zhu Yehui, Director of the Tumen River Area Development Administration, People's Government of Jilin Province, and Cai Xuyang, Deputy Mayor of Hunchun

3^rd October

Meeting of the Investigative Commission on Cross-Japan Sea International Shipping Routes (Hotel Niigata)

30^th September

ERINA Business News Vol.51 published

29^th September

Participation in the International Workshop on Building an Integrated Infrastructure on the Korean Peninsula, organized by the Korea Research Institute for Human Settlement (Anyang, Senior Fellow Ikuo Mitsuhashi)

Participation in the Korea-Japan CDM Workshop held by the Korea Energy Management Corporation (KEMCO) & ERINA (Seoul, Researcher Shoichi Ito)

28^th September - 2^nd October

Participation in the ESCAP Conference on Promoting Container Transport in the Trans-Asian Railway Northern Corridor (Moscow, Senior Economist Hisako Tsuji)

28^th September

Participation in the 9^th International Conference on Northeast Asian Natural Gas and Pipelines (Seoul, Researcher Shoichi Ito)

27^th - 28^th September

Participation in the First Far Eastern International Economic Conference (Khabarovsk, General Affairs Division Director Hirofumi Arai)

26^th September

Participation in the East-West Institute Working Group on Energy Cooperation within G8 Plus (Brussels, Researcher Shoichi Ito)

21^st September

Presentation by the internship student from Niigata University

20^th - 24^th September

Participation in the 6^th International Conference of the Eastern Asia Society for Transportation Studies (EASTS) (Bangkok, Senior Fellow Ikuo Mitsuhashi)

20^th - 22^nd September

Participation in the 2005 Northeast Asia Hi-Tech Exposition and the 2005 Northeast Asia Economic Forum (Shenyang, Research Division Director Vladimir Ivanov)

15^th September

Meeting to exchange opinions with the Managerial Committee and Supporting Members (Toki Messe)

8^th - 10^th September

Participation in Portsmouth and its Legacies: An International Conference Commemorating the Centennial of the Russo-Japanese Peace Treaty of 1905 (Portsmouth, New Hampshire, Research Division Director Vladimir Ivanov)

8^th September

Participation in the International Symposium on the Establishment of a Northeast Asian Regional Cooperation Promotion Organization (Dalian, Senior Economist Hisako Tsuji)

7^th - 9^th September

Participation in the 2005 International Top Forum on the Development of Former Industrial Bases and the Expansion of the Tourism Industry in Liaoning (Shenyang, Senior Fellow Ikuo Mitsuhashi)

6^th - 8^th September

Participation in the energy conference organized by the Far Eastern Center for Strategic Research on Fuel and Energy Complex Development (Vladivostok, Researcher Shagdar Enkhbayar)

6^th September

Participation in the Niigata City Investment Environment Briefing (Shenyang, Associate Senior Researcher Masayuki Tsukuba)

3^rd September

Participation in the Niigata City Investment Environment Briefing (Changchun, Associate Senior Researcher Masayuki Tsukuba)

2^nd - 6^th September

Participation in the 1^st China - Northeast Asia Investment and Trade Fair (Changchun, Visiting Researcher Shingo Narumi and others)

2^nd - 4^th September

Participation in the UNDP Tumen River Area Investment Attraction Forum (Changchun, Visiting Researcher Shingo Narumi)

29^th - 30^th August

Participation in the Northeast Asia Port Authority Directors' Conference (Yantai, Visiting Researcher Shingo Narumi)

28^th August - 4^th September

Participation in the Japan Port and Harbour Association Fact-Finding Mission on the Current Status of Ports and Transport in Northeast Asia (Vladivostok & Harbin, Senior Fellow Ikuo Mitsuhashi and others)

22^nd August - 22^nd September

Hosting of an internship student from Niigata University

21^st August - 11^th September

Practical research into the fisheries industry by students from Far Eastern State Technical Fisheries University (Sado)

21^st - 24^th August

Participation in the 9^th East Asia International Symposium (Seoul, Senior Fellow Ikuo Mitsuhashi)

20^th - 24^th August

Participation in the International Convention of Asia Scholars (Shanghai, Research Division Director Vladimir Ivanov)

16^th August

Presentation by internship students from the Monterey Institute of International Studies

15^th August

ERINA Annual Report published

ERINA Report Vol.65 published

6^th August

Participation in the symposium on Japan - China - ROK Cooperation and Regional Order (Beijing, Chairman of the Board of Trustees Susumu Yoshida)

29^th July

ERINA Business News Vol.50 published

28^th July

Signing of a Cooperation Agreement between ERINA and the Far Eastern Center for Strategic Research on Fuel and Energy Complex Development (Vladivostok)

27^th July

Signing of a contract relating to the dispatch of trainees from Far Eastern State Technical Fisheries University (Vladivostok)

Signing of a Memorandum of Agreement on academic and scientific collaboration between ERINA and the Far Eastern State Technical Fisheries University (Vladivostok)

26^th July

Signing of a Memorandum of Understanding between ERINA and the Economic Research Institute, Far Eastern Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences (Khabarovsk)

25^th - 28^th July

Participation in the Niigata Prefecture Mission to Far Eastern Russia (Khabarovsk & Vladivostok, Chairman of the Board of Trustees Susumu Yoshida and others)

22^nd - 23^rd July

Participation in the UN/ESCAP National Workshop on an Integrated International Transport and Logistics System for Northeast Asia (Vladivostok, Senior Fellow Ikuo Mitsuhashi)

22^nd July

Participation in the 4^thWorkshop on Marine Security (Tokyo, Chairman of the Board of Trustees Susumu Yoshida)

21^st July

6^th Tokyo Seminar on the New Northeast Asia (Keidanren Kaikan, Mayor of Ulan-Ude Gennady Aidaev and others)

20^th July

3^rd seminar for supporting members (Bandaijima Building, Political Counselor at the Embassy of the People's Republic of China in Japan Ma Jisheng)

Participation in the Niigata City Investment Briefing (Harbin, Associate Senior Researcher Masayuki Tsukuba)

15^th July

Participation in informal talks with Professor Yoshiaki Nishimura, Vice-Principal of Hitotsubashi University, concerning the current status of and prospects for the Russian economy (Tokyo, Chairman of the Board of Trustees Susumu Yoshida)

14^th July

Participation in informal talks with the delegation led by Vladimir Simonenok, Director of the Primorsky Krai Oil and Gas Complex Construction Division (Tokyo, Chairman of the Board of Trustees Susumu Yoshida)

12^th July

Attendance at the Nippon Keidanren Japan-Russia Business Cooperation Committee (Tokyo, Chairman of the Board of Trustees Susumu Yoshida)

10^th - 17^th July

Hosting of an energy mission from Far Eastern Russia (Niigata, Fukushima, Ibaraki, Tokyo, Chiba, accompanied by External Relations Division Deputy Director Hisashi Sato)

8^th July

Preparatory meeting for the Multilateral Energy Links in Northeast Asia project (ERINA conference room)

5^th - 8^th July

Participation in a workshop held by the East Asia Technology & Economic Center (Dalian, Researcher Mitsuhiro Mimura)

1^st - 8^th July

Participation in the Japan-Russia Round-Table Meeting (Tokyo, Chairman of the Board of Trustees Susumu Yoshida)

30^th June - 4^th July

Participation in the Niigata Association of Corporate Executives Mission to Far Eastern Russia (Vladivostok & Khabarovsk, General Affairs Division Director Hirofumi Arai)

30^th June - 1^st July

Participation in a CDM workshop (Ulaanbaatar, Researcher Shagdar Enkhbayar)

27^th June

Visit by the Beijing Zhang Guang 101

Group Regional seminar on the Russian Economy and the Marine Produce Industry in the Far Eastern Region (Sado, Chairman of the Board of Trustees Susumu Yoshida and others)

20^th June

FY2005 1^st Meeting of the Board of Trustees and External Assessors (Hotel Nikko Niigata)

18^th - 24^th June

Participation in GTAP training course (Heraklion (Greece), Researcher Shagdar Enkhbayar)

15^th - 23^rd June

Participation in a symposium organized by the US Institute for Defense Analysis (Washington, Researcher Mitsuhiro Mimura)

15^th June

ERINA Report Vol.64 published

14^th - 18^th June

Participation in the Stanley Foundation's Conference on Future Multilateral Economic Cooperation with the DPRK (Berlin, Senior Economist Hisako Tsuji)

13^th - 17^th June

Participation in the Niigata Port Development Associationfs fact-finding survey concerning international ferries in Northeast Asia (Incheon & Dalian, Researcher Kazumi Kawamura)

9^th - 10^th June

Participation in the ESCAP Transport Experts' Conference (Busan, Senior Fellow Ikuo Mitsuhashi)

8^th - 14^th June

Participation in the 8^th Annual Conference on Global Economic Analysis (Lübeck, Associate Senior Researcher Tomoyoshi Nakajima)

6^th - 10^th June

Dispatch of a lecturer to lead a training program on the development of fast food chains, commissioned by the Japan International Cooperation Center (Khabarovsk)

6^th - 8^th June

2005 Northeast Asia Economic Conference in Niigata (Toki Messe)

6^th June

Northeast Asia Economic Conference Organizing Committee Environment Experts' Meeting (Hotel Nikko Niigata)

6^th June - mid-August

Internship students from the Monterey Institute of International Studies begin program at ERINA (R. Yokochi and R. Beisecker)

5^th - 6^th June

Northeast Asia Economic Conference Organizing Committee Environment Experts' Meeting (Hotel Nikko Niigata)

2^nd June

Appointment to the Niigata City Round-Table Committee on Nuclear-Free Peace and participation in the first meeting thereof (Senior Fellow Ikuo Mitsuhashi)

27^th May

2^nd seminar for supporting members (Bandaijima Building, First Deputy Governor of Kamchatka Oblast Natalia Ermolenko)

ERINA Business News Vol.49 published

24^th - 27^th May

Participation in the 2005 Japan-China Economic Cooperation Conference in Shenyang (Shenyang, Chairman of the Board of Trustees Susumu Yoshida)

23^rd - 27^th May

Visit by a delegation led by the Chairman of Parallel Vostok Company (Niigata City and other locations)

20^th May

Speech at the 3^rd Workshop on Marine Security (Tokyo, Chairman of the Board of Trustees Susumu Yoshida)

10^th May

Speech to the International Affairs Committee of the Niigata Association of Corporate Executives (Niigata, Chairman of the Board of Trustees Susumu Yoshida)

9^th May

Participation in a reception to commemorate the 60^th Anniversary of Victory Day in Russia's Great Patriotic War (Tokyo, Chairman of the Board of Trustees Susumu Yoshida)

28^th April

Japan-ROK Cooperation and Prospects for the East Asian Community (Tokyo, Chairman of the Board of Trustees Susumu Yoshida and others)

1^st seminar for supporting members (Toki Messe, Professor Nobuo Shimotomai, Faculty of Law, Hosei University)

27^th April

Participation in the Japan-Russia Round-Table Meeting (Tokyo, Chairman of the Board of Trustees Susumu Yoshida)

22^th April

Participation in the Heilongjiang, Liaoning & Dalian Investment Briefing and Business Talks Meeting (Tokyo, Chairman of the Board of Trustees Susumu Yoshida)

15^th April

ERINA Report Vol.63 published

14^th April

Speech to the Hometown Niigata Association (Niigata, Chairman of the Board of Trustees Susumu Yoshida)

13^th April

Speech to the Niigata Junior Chamber of Commerce (Niigata, Chairman of the Board of Trustees Susumu Yoshida)

12^th April

Participation in the 2^ndMarine Security Workshop (Tokyo, Chairman of the Board of Trustees Susumu Yoshida)

11^th - 12^th April

Participation in the ESCAP National Workshop on an Integrated International Transport and Logistics System for Northeast Asia (Ulaanbaatar, Senior Fellow Ikuo Mitsuhashi)

10^th April

Publication of The Modern ROK Economy: Evolving Paradigms

6^th April

Visit to ERINA by a delegation led by the Director of the Jilin Province Bureau of Commerce