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Attendance at the Japan–Russia Round-Table Meeting (Tokyo, Chairman of the Board of Trustees Susumu Yoshida, and others)
ERINA Business News Vol. 72 published
Participation in the Meeting of the Strategy Advisors for the City of Niigata (Niigata City Office, Chairman of the Board of Trustees Susumu Yoshida)
Attendance at the Japan-Russia Medical Exchange Foundation 33rd board of trustees meeting (Tokyo, Chairman of the Board of Trustees Susumu Yoshida)
Fiscal 2008 2nd Meeting of the Board of Trustees and External Assessors (Toki Messe)
Keynote address at the "Workshop in Sakaiminato on the Creation of an Asian International Transportation Network" (Sakaiminato, Senior Fellow Ikuo Mitsuhashi)
Visiting Associate Professor at the Hokkaido University Slavic Research Center (Sapporo, Associate Senior Researcher Shoichi Itoh)
Participation in the "Committee on Partnership for International Logistics Competitiveness Japan–China–ROK Working Group" (Tokyo, Research Division Deputy Director Hirofumi Arai)
ERINA Policy Proposal Seminar (Tokyo, Director-General Yoshiaki Nishimura, and others)
Address entitled "Russia’s Economy and Developments in International Distribution" at the Hokuriku Regional Development Bureau "Hokuriku Region Ports Seminar in Nagoya" (Nagoya, Researcher Hisako Tsuji)
JESNA Vol. 6 No. 2 published
The Cabinet Office Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI) 39th Economic Policy Forum (Tokyo, Researcher Hisako Tsuji)
Courtesy call of the purchasing mission visiting Japan from Yanbian Prefecture, China (ERINA, Executive Trustee Mamoru Sato and others)
Briefing session of the purchasing mission visiting Japan from Yanbian Prefecture, China (ERINA Meeting Room, Researcher Mu Yaoqian and others)
Visit to Harbin on the invitation of Heilongjiang Province (Harbin, Chairman of the Board of Trustees Susumu Yoshida, and others)
2nd decision-making informal discussion meeting of the Medium-Term-Plan Formulation Committee (Hotel Nikko Niigata)
Keynote address at the 2009 Academic Forum of Northeast Asia Plenary Exchange Meeting (Kyoto, Chairman of the Board of Trustees Susumu Yoshida)
Hosting of the purchasing mission visiting Japan from Yanbian Prefecture, China (Niigata and Tokyo, Researcher Mu Yaoqian)
Attendance at the round-table meeting with Eurasia Group Russia analysts (Tokyo, Chairman of the Board of Trustees Susumu Yoshida)
Attendance and reporting at the 39th Northeast Asia Economic Committee Meeting of the Japan–China Northeast Development Association (Tokyo, Chairman of the Board of Trustees Susumu Yoshida, and Associate Senior Researcher Mitsuhiro Mimura)
Attendance at the Japan–Russia Round-Table Meeting (Tokyo, Chairman of the Board of Trustees Susumu Yoshida)
Participation in the Japan-US Joint Research Committee of the Institute of Energy Economics, Japan (IEEJ) (Tokyo, Associate Senior Researcher Shoichi Itoh)
Attendance at the 25th members regular general meeting of the Japan–China Northeast Development Association (Tokyo, Chairman of the Board of Trustees Susumu Yoshida)
Mongolian Carbon-Credit Sale Consultation Session (Tokyo, Associate Senior Researcher Enkhbayar Shagdar)
Keynote address at the Tsuruga City "Tsuruga Port Seminar" (Tsuruga City, Senior Fellow Ikuo Mitsuhashi)
Keynote address at the Tsuruga City "Tsuruga Port Seminar" (Tsuruga City, Senior Fellow Ikuo Mitsuhashi)
Participation in the Japan Cultural Association 84th Study Group (Tokyo, Chairman of the Board of Trustees Susumu Yoshida)
2009 Northeast Asia International Conference for Economic Development (NICE) in Niigata (Toki Messe)
ERINA Report Vol. 86 published
Participation in the "Japan-US Joint Research Committee" of the Institute of Energy Economics, Japan (Tokyo, Associate Senior Researcher Shoichi Itoh)
Address at the Liaison Council of Companies Located in the Niigata East Port and Seiro Districts (Seiro Town, Researcher Hisako Tsuji)
Keynote address at the "Sakata Port Port Seminar 2009" (Tokyo, Senior Fellow Ikuo Mitsuhashi)
Speech at the 27th Okayama Prefecture Rally to Demand the Return of the Northern Territories (Okayama, Chairman of the Board of Trustees Susumu Yoshida)
Participation in the "Committee on Partnership for International Logistics Competitiveness Japan–China–ROK Working Group" (Tokyo, Research Division Deputy Director Hirofumi Arai)
Attendance at the Round Table on "Integration and Competition between Transport and Logistics Businesses" hosted by the OECD International Transport Forum (ITF) (Paris, Researcher Hisako Tsuji)
ERINA Business News Vol. 71 published
Attendance at the 5th Asahi Shimbun Asia Network Fellows’ Forum (Tokyo, Associate Senior Researcher Shoichi Itoh)
Speech at the Takaoka City Hirokoji Branch of the Hokuetsu Bank (Takaoka, Chairman of the Board of Trustees Susumu Yoshida)
Participation in the “Russian Far East Economic Issues Research Group” at the Institute for International Trade and Investment (Tokyo, Research Division Deputy Director Hirofumi Arai)
Attendance at the Japan–Russia Round-Table Meeting (Tokyo, Chairman of the Board of Trustees Susumu Yoshida, and others)
Speech at the National Institute for Land and Infrastructure Management "Port and Airport Research Symposium" (Yokosuka City, Senior Fellow Ikuo Mitsuhashi)
Lecture at the Niigata University International Exchange Support Center "Different Cultures and International Relations" (External Relations Division Director Hisashi Sato)
1st decision-making informal discussion meeting of the Medium-Term-Plan Formulation Committee (Toki Messe)
Attendance at the 3rd Greater Hokuriku Region Project Round-Table (Toyama, Chairman of the Board of Trustees Susumu Yoshida)
FY 2008 7th seminar for supporting members (NICO Meeting Room, Ruan Wei, Senior Researcher, Basic Research Division, Norinchukin Research Institute, Co., Ltd.)
Appearance on Asahi Newstar program "Nyusu no Shinso Evolution" entitled "Why Russia Turned Off the Gas" (Associate Senior Researcher Shoichi Itoh)
Participation in the Institute of Developing Economies "Political Economy of the Oil Industry in Developing Countries" research group (Tokyo, Associate Senior Researcher Shoichi Itoh)
Participation in the round-table meeting with the heads of the Japan Centers in Russia (Tokyo, Chairman of the Board of Trustees Susumu Yoshida, and others)
Attendance at the seminar on transportation infrastructure projects in Russia (Tokyo, Chairman of the Board of Trustees Susumu Yoshida)
Attendance at the meeting for the exchange of opinions on the Northern Territories problem (Tokyo, Chairman of the Board of Trustees Susumu Yoshida)
Attendance at the 9th NEASE-NET Policy Seminar (Tokyo, Chairman of the Board of Trustees Susumu Yoshida)
Participation as a committee member at the Japan Center for International Exchange (JCIE) "An Enhanced Agenda for US-Japan Partnership" (Shimoda City, Associate Senior Researcher Shoichi Itoh)
Attendance at the New Year Party of the Niigata Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Niigata, Chairman of the Board of Trustees Susumu Yoshida and others)
Yoshiaki Nishimura assumed position of Director-General
Contribution entitled "The Challenge of an East Asian Community" to the December 2008 edition No. 7 of "GPI Brief" (Global Policy Initiative) (Associate Senior Economist Tomoyoshi Nakajima)
Participation in the JOGMEC committee meeting “Russian and Central Asian Oil and Natural Gas Investment Environment Research" (Tokyo, Associate Senior Researcher Shoichi Itoh)
Attendance at the 2nd University of Niigata Prefecture Medium-Term Goals Committee (Tokyo, Chairman of the Board of Trustees Susumu Yoshida)
Participation in the "Russian Far East Economic Issues Research Group" at the Institute for International Trade and Investment (Tokyo, Research Division Deputy Director Hirofumi Arai)
Attendance at the Northeast Asian Studies and Exchange Network (NEASE-NET) 14th executive board meeting and 8th policy seminar (Tokyo, Chairman of the Board of Trustees Susumu Yoshida)
ERINA Report Vol. 85 published
Attendance at the 41st executive board meeting of the Japan–China Northeast Development Association (Tokyo, Chairman of the Board of Trustees Susumu Yoshida)
Participation in the Keio Institute of East Asian Studies "Reorganization Reforms on the Korean Peninsula" research seminar (Tokyo, Associate Senior Researcher Mitsuhiro Mimura)
Address at the special symposium "Whither the Resource Giant Russia?" co-hosted by the Institute of Eurasian Studies, Rissho University, and the Japan Association for Trade with Russia & the NIS (Tokyo, Chairman of the Board of Trustees Susumu Yoshida)
Attendance at the 23rd NEANET planning committee and expanded meeting (Tokyo, Chairman of the Board of Trustees Susumu Yoshida)
Participation in the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry “International Distribution Partnership Conference: Japan–China–ROK Working Group” (Tokyo, Research Division Deputy Director Hirofumi Arai)
Presentation at the Hokuriku Regional Development Bureau "Pan-Sea of Japan Economic Sub-Region Study Group in Niigata" (Niigata Port and Airport Office meeting room, Researcher Hisako Tsuji)
Appearance on Nikkei CNBC "The World Now—JETRO Global Eye: ‘Target the Russian Far East! A Rapidly Expanding Consumer Market’" (Senior Fellow Toshiji Maeda) (Broadcast at Tokyo MX, JETRO Internet Broadcasting Station and others)
FY 2008 6th seminar for supporting members (Bandaijima Building, Professor Nobuto Iwata, Faculty of Business, Aoyama Gakuin University)
Attendance at the 38th Northeast Asia Economic Committee meeting and its 36th research meeting (Tokyo, Chairman of the Board of Trustees Susumu Yoshida)
Presentation at the Nixon Center "US–Japan Dialogue on Russia" (Washington DC, Associate Senior Researcher Shoichi Itoh)
Appearance on "Niigata News 610" NHK Niigata (Chairman of the Board of Trustees Susumu Yoshida)
Participation in the 2nd Meeting of the Strategy Advisors for the City of Niigata (Niigata, Chairman of the Board of Trustees Susumu Yoshida)
Institute of Developing Economies "Political Economy of the Oil Industry in Developing Countries" research group (Chiba, Associate Senior Researcher Shoichi Itoh)
Report at the FY 2008 general assembly and forum of the Association for Korean-Chinese Studies in Japan (Tokyo, Researcher Zhu Yonghao)
Participation in the 3rd Japan–China Energy Conservation and Environment Forum (Tokyo, Chairman of the Board of Trustees Susumu Yoshida)
Address at the "9th Education and Research Forum: Job-Placement Assistance for International Students" hosted by the University of Toyama International Student Center (Toyama, External Relations Division Director Hisashi Sato)
ERINA Business News Vol. 70 published
Attendance at the shareholders general meeting of the Northeast Asia Ferry Japan Co., Ltd. (Niigata, Chairman of the Board of Trustees Susumu Yoshida, and others)
Attendance at the reception to announce the privatization of the Development Bank of Japan (Niigata, Chairman of the Board of Trustees Susumu Yoshida)
Keynote address at the Yamagata Prefecture "Sakata Port Sales Seminar" (Sendai, Senior Fellow Ikuo Mitsuhashi)
Attendance at the 1st University of Niigata Prefecture Medium-Term Goals Committee (Niigata, Chairman of the Board of Trustees Susumu Yoshida)
Presentation at the Hankyoreh-Busan International Symposium (Busan, Associate Senior Researcher Mitsuhiro Mimura)
JOGMEC "Investment Climate of the Energy and Natural Gas Sectors in Russia and Central Asia" research group (Tokyo, Associate Senior Researcher Shoichi Itoh)
Special ERINA lecture for schools (Niigata Municipal Bandai Senior High School, Research Division Director Toshihiko Nakamura)
Japan–Russia Energy and Environment Dialogue in Niigata (Toki Messe)
Presentation at the 9th Conference of the Association for Contemporary Korean Studies in Japan (Fukuoka, Associate Senior Researcher Mitsuhiro Mimura)
Attendance at the Japan-Russia Round-Table Meeting (Tokyo, Chairman of the Board of Trustees Susumu Yoshida, and others)
Participation in the meeting for the exchange of opinions at the "Exchange Student Job-Placement Assistance Forum" staged by the Niigata International Association (Toki Messe, External Relations Division Director Hisashi Sato)
Participation in the Japan Cultural Association 82nd Study Group (Tokyo, Chairman of the Board of Trustees Susumu Yoshida)
Courtesy call of the Yanbian Prefecture People’s Congress delegation (ERINA Meeting Room, Executive Trustee Mamoru Sato and others)
Presentation at the Korean Association of International Studies international conference (Seoul, Associate Senior Researcher Mitsuhiro Mimura)
Signing of a Cooperation Agreement between ERINA and the Korea–Japan Cooperation Foundation for Industry and Technology (KJCF) Japan Business Research Center (ERINA Meeting Room, Executive Trustee Mamoru Sato and others)
Northeast Asia Economic Databook 2008 published
Member of the mission on projects for the effective utilization of resources in the Northeast Asian Subregion (Primorsky Krai, Senior Fellow Toshiji Maeda)
Address at the Japan Society of Energy and Resources FY2008 1st Seminar (Tokyo, Associate Senior Researcher Shoichi Itoh)
Participation in the Science and Technology Division Meeting of the Nippon Keidanren Japan–Russia Business Cooperation Committee (Tokyo, Chairman of the Board of Trustees Susumu Yoshida)
Contribution entitled "The Market Potential of the Russian Far East" to the October issue of "NEIA News" (Niigata Electronic Industries Association) (Research Division Deputy Director Hirofumi Arai)
Attendance at the foundation-laying ceremony for the Japanese Industrial Park in Hunchun, Jilin Province (Hunchun, Chairman of the Board of Trustees Susumu Yoshida and others)
Participation in the trial voyage of the Northeast Asia Ferry (Primorsky Krai, Russia; Hunchun, China; Chairman of the Board of Trustees Susumu Yoshida and others)
Korean Council for Reconciliation and Cooperation (KCRC) international conference panelist, (Seoul, Associate Senior Researcher Mitsuhiro Mimura)
Lecture to the delegation visiting Japan at the Nichiro Economics Center (Tokyo, External Relations Division Director Hisashi Sato)
Publication of "The Expansion of the East Asian International Division of Labor and Japan" Hiromi Ohki ed. (JETRO) (External Relations Division Deputy Director Masayuki Tsukuba, and Associate Senior Researcher Shoichi Itoh)
Address at the Central Research Institute of Electric Power Industry (CRIEPI) "Energy Security Research Group" (Tokyo, Associate Senior Researcher Shoichi Itoh)
Participation in the "Russian Far East Economic Issues Research Group" at the Institute for International Trade and Investment (Tokyo, Research Division Deputy Director Hirofumi Arai)
The Fifth International Forum on Northeast Asian Tourism (IFNAT) in Ulaanbaatar (Ulaanbaatar, Chairman of the Board of Trustees Susumu Yoshida and others)
ERINA Report Vol. 84 published
Regional Seminar (Sakata, Senior Fellow Toshiji Maeda and Researcher Hisako Tsuji)
Keynote address at the "Foreign Business Community Meeting" (Busan, ROK, External Relations Division Director Hisashi Sato)
Keynote address at the Kinki Regional Development Bureau and Hokuriku Development Bureau symposium (Maizuru Bay Plaza, Senior Fellow Ikuo Mitsuhashi)
Address at the Jeonbuk Development Institute (Jeonju, Jeollabuk-do, ROK, External Relations Division Director Hisashi Sato)
Attendance and presentations at the 67th Annual Meeting of the Japan Society of International Economics (Kobe, Associate Senior Economist Tomoyoshi Nakajima and Researcher Zhu Yonghao)
FY 2008 5th seminar for supporting members (Bandaijima Building, Niigata University of Management, Institute for Regional Revitalization Research Director and Management Information Department Professor, Ivan Tselishchev)
Attendance at the 2nd Japan–Mongolia Public–Private Joint Conference of Trade and Investment (Ulaanbaatar, Chairman of the Board of Trustees Susumu Yoshida and others)
Presentation at the Northeast Asian Academic Network 7th Annual Symposium (Toyama, Visiting Researcher Wu Hao)
Address entitled "The Trends in the Regional Development Strategies of the Countries of Northeast Asia—from Niigata’s Perspective" at the Niigata Prefecture Department of Public Works 3rd Creative Seminar (Research Division Deputy Director Hirofumi Arai)
Visit of Yukio Asazuma, Director, Japan Center, Saint Petersburg (Senior Fellows Toshiji Maeda and Shinsaku Suzuki)
Report at the NORPAC Forum (Sapporo, Associate Senior Researcher Shoichi Itoh)
Attendance at the Northeast Asian Studies and Exchange Network (NEASE-NET) executive board meeting and policy seminar (Tokyo, Chairman of the Board of Trustees Susumu Yoshida)
ERINA, Korea Institute for National Unification and Liaoning Academy of Social Sciences Joint Research Workshop (Far Eastern National University, Associate Senior Researcher Mitsuhiro Mimura)
Contribution of piece entitled "‘Nihonkai Butsuryu,’ the Leader of the Rapidly-Increasing Trade between Japan and Russia" to Vol. 102, Russian Journal Monthly Research Report (JSN Co., Ltd) (Researcher Hisako Tsuji)
Participation at the 2nd Japan–Russia Regional Economic Conference (Khabarovsk, Chairman of the Board of Trustees Susumu Yoshida and others)
Participation at the Japan–Russia Friendship Far Eastern Round-Table Meeting (Khabarovsk, Chairman of the Board of Trustees Susumu Yoshida and others)
Participation at the 3rd Far Eastern International Economic Forum (Khabarovsk, Chairman of the Board of Trustees Susumu Yoshida and others)
ERINA, Korea Institute for National Unification and Liaoning Academy of Social Sciences Joint Research Workshop (Liaoning Academy of Social Sciences, Associate Senior Researcher Mitsuhiro Mimura)
Visiting Associate Professor at the Hokkaido University Slavic Research Center (Sapporo, Associate Senior Researcher Shoichi Itoh)
Keynote address at the plenary meeting of the 38th Japan–Korea Professional Engineer Conference (Toki Messe, Senior Fellow Ikuo Mitsuhashi)
Yokohama City University general lectures "East Asian Economic Integration" (Yokohama, Associate Senior Economist Tomoyoshi Nakajima)
Report at the Association for Northeast Asia Regional Studies (Yamagata, Researcher Zhu Yonghao)
Participation in the Northeast Asian Regional Cooperation and Development International Symposium (Changchun, Chairman of the Board of Trustees Susumu Yoshida)
ERINA Business News Vol. 69 published
Presentation at the Korea Development Institute (KDI) international conference "External Economic Relations of the DPRK" (Seoul, Associate Senior Researcher Mitsuhiro Mimura)
Attendance at the TransContainer "1st International Business Forum" (Seoul, Researcher Hisako Tsuji)
Niigata University sub-major "Northeast Asia Socio-Economic Seminar" (ERINA Meeting Room, Research Division Director Toshihiko Nakamura and others)
Address entitled "The Economic Situation in Russia’s Far East" at Nittsu Shoji (Inc.) (Senior Fellow Shinsaku Suzuki)
Attendance at the Northeast Asia Infrastructure Association & the European Union Chamber of Commerce in Korea "Multinational Cooperation Strategies for Infrastructure Development in Northeast Asia" (Seoul, Researcher Hisako Tsuji)
Attendance at the Japan–Russia Round-Table Meeting (Tokyo, Chairman of the Board of Trustees Susumu Yoshida, and others)
Opinion piece in the Asahi Shimbun "The Pitfalls in the Scramble for Resources" (Associate Senior Researcher Shoichi Itoh)
Participation in the "Russian Far East Economic Issues Research Group" at the Institute for International Trade and Investment (Tokyo, Research Division Deputy Director Hirofumi Arai)
Hosting of two people from the National Statistical Office of Mongolia (ERINA and others, Associate Senior Economist Tomoyoshi Nakajima and others)
Lecture at the 83rd Overseas Railway Technology Research Association Lecture Meeting (Tokyo, Researcher Hisako Tsuji)
Presentation at the Japan Scholarly Association for Asian Management 15th National Convention (Fukuoka City, Researcher Zhu Yonghao)
Fukuoka Association of Corporate Executives observation mission and visit to Niigata (ERINA Meeting Room, Executive Trustee Mamoru Sato and others)
Speech at the 50th Fukui Prefecture Port Association Ordinary General Meeting and the 50th anniversary "Port Lectures" (Fukui City, Chairman of the Board of Trustees Susumu Yoshida)
Publication of the Northeast Asia Information File "The Black Market Trade and Transit Traffic on the Suifenhe–Grodekovo Border" (EJ0802)
Participation in the Yakutsk Economic Forum (Yakutsk, Senior Fellow Toshiji Maeda)
FY 2008 4th seminar for supporting members (Bandaijima Building, Associate Senior Researcher Mitsuhiro Mimura)
Keynote address at the Fourth TUNZA-NEAYEN Conference (Ulaanbaatar, Associate Senior Researcher Enkhbayar Shagdar)
Participation in the Niigata Prefecture mission to Changchun, the 4th Northeast Asia Investment and Trade Expo, and the Northeast Asia Economic Cooperation Forum (Changchun, Senior Fellow Ikuo Mitsuhashi)
Participation in “Consensus Building in Asia: Developing Energy and Natural Resources, Building a Sustainable Society”, Graduate School of Public Policy, the University of Tokyo (Tokyo, Associate Senior Researcher Shoichi Itoh)
Presentation by internship student from the Tsukuba University Graduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences (Namkhainyam Tsolmon)
Presentation at the “Seminar on International Cooperation in the Greater Tumen Area” organized by the UNDP Greater Tumen Initiative Secretariat and the People’s Government of the Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture (Yanji, Jilin Province, Senior Fellow Ikuo Mitsuhashi)
Participation in the JETRO-staged "Japan–China–ROK–Russia Public Symposium: How Should Northeast Asia Work Together?" (Tokyo, Chairman of the Board of Trustees Susumu Yoshida)
Participation in the "Political Economy of the Oil Industry in Developing Countries" research group, Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade Organization (IDE-JETRO) (Tokyo, Associate Senior Researcher Shoichi Itoh)
Appearance on NHK Radio “My say! Early-Evening News (Attention here!) (Tokyo, Chairman of the Board of Trustees Susumu Yoshida)
15th meeting to exchange opinions with the Trustees, External Assessors, the Managerial Committee and Supporting Members (Hotel Nikko Niigata)
Participation in the Niigata Prefecture Mongolia Technology and Road Improvement Mission (Ulaanbaatar, Associate Senior Researcher Enkhbayar Shagdar)
Presentation at the Yamanashi Research institute Foundation "Asia Forum 21" seminar (Yamanashi Prefecture, Associate Senior Researcher Masayuki Tsukuba)
ERINA Report Vol. 83 published
Annual Report published
Internship student from the Tsukuba University Graduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences begins program at ERINA (Namkhainyam Tsolmon)
Senshu University Institute for Social Science Summer School Workshop "The ROK Economy and Japan–ROK Economic Relations" (ERINA, Associate Senior Economist Tomoyoshi Nakajima)
Attendance at the Japan–Russia Round-Table Meeting (Tokyo, Chairman of the Board of Trustees Susumu Yoshida, and others)
Participation in the Primorsky Krai Workshop (ERINA, Chairman of the Board of Trustees Susumu Yoshida and others)
Presentation by internship student from the Monterey Institute of International Studies (Damon Shulenberger)
Address entitled "Local Collaboration in Northeast Asia" at the International Agriculture Seminar, Niigata University Faculty of Agriculture (Research Division Director Toshihiko Nakamura)
Attendance at the reception for the 81st anniversary of the founding of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (Tokyo, Chairman of the Board of Trustees Susumu Yoshida)
Attendance at the 40th executive board meeting of the Japan–China Northeast Development Association (Tokyo, Chairman of the Board of Trustees Susumu Yoshida)
Participation in the 2008 (Tokyo) Investment Seminar for a Japanese Industrial Park in Hunchun City, Jilin Province, China (ERINA supported) (Tokyo, Chairman of the Board of Trustees Susumu Yoshida)
Contribution to the Mainichi Shimbun "Economist Weekly" 5th August edition, "The Moves by Different Countries concerning the Exploitation of the DPRK’s Mineral Resources" (Associate Senior Researcher Mitsuhiro Mimura)
Presentation at the Second Pacific Economic Congress (Vladivostok, Research Division Deputy Director Hirofumi Arai)/p>
ERINA Business News Vol. 68 published
The Sasakawa Peace Foundation "Meeting for the Exchange of Opinions on the Formulation of Exchange Programs with the United States"
Participation in the Meeting of the Strategy Advisors for the City of Niigata (Tokyo, Chairman of the Board of Trustees Susumu Yoshida)
Participation in the Japan–Mongolia Public–Private Joint Conference of Trade and Investment (Tokyo, Chairman of the Board of Trustees Susumu Yoshida)
ERINA, Korea Institute for National Unification and Liaoning Academy of Social Sciences Workshop (ERINA, Associate Senior Researcher Mitsuhiro Mimura)
Attendance at the Council on East Asian Community 8th Managing Plenary Meeting and 27th Policy Plenary Meeting (Tokyo, Chairman of the Board of Trustees Susumu Yoshida)
Visit to ERINA by the Korea–Japan Cooperation Foundation for Industry and Technology (KJCF) Japan Business Research Center (External Relations Division Director Hisashi Sato and others)
Attendance at the business seminar for Niigata City Trade Juku SMEs ("Honpoto" (Niigata City Chuo Library), Chairman of the Board of Trustees Susumu Yoshida and others)
Participation in the "Niigata Prefecture Delegation to Heilongjiang Province", a project commemorating the 25th anniversary of ties of friendship between Niigata Prefecture and Heilongjiang Province (Harbin, Jiamusi, etc., Executive Trustee Mamoru Sato)
Participation in the Niigata City party visiting China (Jinan and Yanji, Senior Fellow Shinsaku Suzuki)
Participation at the NEASE-NET Policy Forum (Tokyo, Chairman of the Board of Trustees Susumu Yoshida)
FY 2008 3rd seminar for supporting members (Bandaijima Building, Daiwa Institute of Research Industry Consulting Department, Russia and Emerging Markets Senior Researcher Saori Imoto)
Signing ceremony with the Khabarovsk subsidiary of the state organization N.N. Blokhin Cancer Research Center of the Russian Academy of Medical Sciences (Bandaijima Building, Chairman of the Board of Trustees Susumu Yoshida and others)
Appearance on the "Niigata News 610", NHK Niigata (Research Division Deputy Director Hirofumi Arai)
Keynote speech at the "Japan Sea Rim Economic Exchange Lectures" staged by the Nakaumi Conference of Mayors (Matsue City, Chairman of the Board of Trustees Susumu Yoshida)
Discussant at the Association for Communication of Transcultural Study "22nd International Seminar Niigata" (Toki Messe, Associate Senior Researcher Masayuki Tsukuba)
Appearance on the "Niigata Ichiban" program, TeNY (Television Niigata Network Co., Ltd.) (Researcher Hisako Tsuji)
Participation in the FY 2008 overseas mission of the Niigata Association of Corporate Executives (Vladivostok, etc., Research Division Deputy Director Hirofumi Arai, to 3rd July)
Regional Seminar "Attracting Russian Tourists" (Kagetsu Hotel, Sado City, Japan National Tourist Organization (JNTO) Overseas Market Development Department, Europe, Americas & Oceania Group Assistant Manager Valentin Shestak)
Regional Seminar "Attracting Russian Tourists" (Kagetsu Hotel, Sado City, Japan National Tourist Organization (JNTO) Overseas Market Development Department, Europe, Americas & Oceania Group Assistant Manager Valentin Shestak)
Speech at the Japan Cultural Association "78th Study Group" (Tokyo, Chairman of the Board of Trustees Susumu Yoshida)
Meiji University Institute for Disarmament and Peace Studies "East Asian Regional Cooperation Project" research group (Tokyo, Researcher Zhu Yonghao)
Attendance at the 5th Asahi Shimbun Asia Network Fellows’ Forum (Tokyo, Associate Senior Researcher Shoichi Itoh)
ERINA Report Vol. 82 published
Participation in the 1st Forum on Northeast Asia Regional Cooperation and Development (Harbin, Chairman of the Board of Trustees Susumu Yoshida and others)
Publication of the Northeast Asia Information File "One Month after the Sichuan (Wenchuan) Earthquake: A Focus on the Economic Impacts and Rescue and Relief Systems" (EJ-0801)
Speaker at the Overseas Medical Equipment Technical Assistants (OMETA) lecture meeting (Tokyo, External Relations Division Director Hisashi Sato)(EJ-0801)
Attendance at the Japan–Russia Medical Exchange Foundation 32nd board of trustees meeting (Tokyo, Chairman of the Board of Trustees Susumu Yoshida)
Participation in the 3rd NEASE-NET Forum (Kyoto, Chairman of the Board of Trustees Susumu Yoshida)
Attendance at the 2nd Greater Hokuriku Region Project Round-Table (Kanazawa, Chairman of the Board of Trustees Susumu Yoshida)
Internship student from the Monterey Institute of International Studies begins program at ERINA (Damon Shulenberger, to 8th August)
Attendance at the 2nd Greater Hokuriku Region Project Round-Table (Kanazawa, Chairman of the Board of Trustees Susumu Yoshida)
Participation in the "2008 Japan–China Economic Cooperation Conference, in Niigata" (Toki Messe, Chairman of the Board of Trustees Susumu Yoshida and others)
ERINA Business News Vol. 67 published
Address at the Japan Sea National Axis Concept Promotion Association (Tokyo, Todofuken Kaikan, Researcher Hisako Tsuji)
Fiscal 2008 1st Meeting of the Board of Trustees and External Assessors
Institute of Developing Economies "Political Economy of the Oil Industry in Developing Countries" research group (Tokyo, Associate Senior Researcher Shoichi Itoh)
FY 2008 2nd seminar for supporting members (Bandaijima Building, Prof. Yukiko Fukugawa, School of Political Science and Economics, Waseda University)
Participation in the NEANET executive board meeting and general meeting (Tokyo, Chairman of the Board of Trustees Susumu Yoshida)
Attendance at the symposium "Japan and Russia: The Prospects for a New Era" (Tokyo, Chairman of the Board of Trustees Susumu Yoshida)
Staging of the "Niigata Prefecture International Students' Job Fair 2008" (Niigata Shimin Plaza, External Relations Division Director Hisashi Sato and others)
Address at the Policy Research Group of the Council of Government Ordinance Cities (Hotel Niigata, Senior Fellow Ikuo Mitsuhashi)
Attendance at the welcoming reception for President Hu Jintao (Tokyo, Chairman of the Board of Trustees Susumu Yoshida)
Keynote address at the WORLDNET Seminar (Beijing, Researcher Hisako Tsuji)
Contribution to "Energy Forum" May edition ‘State Policy and International Contribution: An Opportunity for Simultaneous Pursuit Thereof’ (Associate Senior Researcher Shoichi Itoh)
Special memorial lecture at the Korean Saitama Prefecture Society of Commerce and Industry (Saitama City, Associate Senior Researcher Mitsuhiro Mimura)
Participation in the 7th Governing Board Meeting and the 25th Policy Plenary Meeting of the Council on East Asian Community (Tokyo, Chairman of the Board of Trustees Susumu Yoshida)
Presentation at Seeking a New Direction in ROK-Japan Economic Cooperation, Korean Trade Research Association and Dong-A University symposium (Busan, Associate Senior Economist Tomoyoshi Nakajima)
Institute of Developing Economies "Political Economy of the Oil Industry in Developing Countries" research group (Tokyo, Associate Senior Researcher Shoichi Itoh)
Address entitled The Current Situation Surrounding the Northeast Asian Economic Subregion and Prospects for the Future at the 1st regular meeting of the Joetsu Technology Research Council (Joetsu City, Research Division Director Toshihiko Nakamura)
Regional seminar and FY 2008 1st seminar for supporting members ("Toki no ma" Function Room, 4th Floor, Hotel Nikko Niigata, Japan Center for Economic Research (JCER) Chairman Akira Kojima)
Address at the meeting of the section chiefs in charge for the Japan–Russia Association of the Mayors of Cities on the Western Coast of Japan (Sado City, Senior Fellow Toshiji Maeda)
Attendance at the Northeast Asian Studies and Exchange Network (NEASE-NET) General Meeting (Tokyo, Chairman of the Board of Trustees Susumu Yoshida)
Attendance at the Japan-Russia Round-Table Meeting (Tokyo, Chairman of the Board of Trustees Susumu Yoshida, and others)
Interview in "The Denki Shimbun" [Electric Daily News] ‘Resources Powers (6): The Diplomatic Power being Tested Out Today’ (Associate Senior Researcher Shoichi Itoh)
Special Public Lecture to Mark 500 Lectures at the Fureai Juku Abiko (Abiko City, Chairman of the Board of Trustees Susumu Yoshida)
ERINA Report Vol. 81 published
Attendance at the "Meeting for the exchange of information and opinions with Consul-General Masayoshi Kamohara at the Consulate-General of Japan in Vladivostok" (Niigata City Office, External Relations Division Director Hisashi Sato)
