Address at the "Russia Trade Distribution Seminar in Chiba" organized by the Japan Association for Trade with Russia & NIS (Chiba City, Researcher Hisako Tsuji)

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)

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Visit of the Hokuriku Economic Research Institute (Associate Senior Economist Tomoyoshi Nakajima)

Attendance at the Japan–Russia Round-Table Meeting (Tokyo, Chairman of the Board of Trustees Susumu Yoshida, and others)

Third Internal Research Presentation "The Economic Relations of the ROK and China: With a focus on trade and investment relations" (ERINA Meeting Room, Researcher Zhu Yonghao)

Attendance at the Northeast Asian Studies and Exchange Network (NEASE-NET) 13th policy seminar (Tokyo, Chairman of the Board of Trustees Susumu Yoshida

Participation in the 48th executive board meeting of the Japan–China Northeast Development Association (Tokyo, Chairman of the Board of Trustees Susumu Yoshida)

Panelist at the University of Niigata Prefecture Town Meeting (Research Division Director Toshihiko Nakamura)

Keynote address at "The Possibility versus the Inevitability of an 'East Asian community'" organized by CAPP (Centre for Asia Pacific Partnership) (Tokyo, Associate Senior Economist Tomoyoshi Nakajima)

Attendance at the 2010 National Convention to Demand the Return of the Northern Territories (Tokyo, Chairman of the Board of Trustees Susumu Yoshida)

Broadcast of the "2010 Northeast Asia International Conference for Economic Development (NICE)" on the Industry and Economy Channel, Niigata Internet Television

Attendance at the Japan Association for Trade with Russia & NIS 2010 New Year’s Get-Together (Tokyo, Chairman of the Board of Trustees Susumu Yoshida)

Attendance at the round-table meeting on competitiveness in the Russian international energy market (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)

Address at the National Youth Leadership Forum (Washington DC, Associate Senior Researcher Shoichi Itoh)

Address entitled "Moscow's Energy Strategy Toward Northeast Asia: Can Russia Realize Its Potential?" at the Kennan Institute (Woodrow Wilson Center) (Washington DC, Associate Senior Researcher Shoichi Itoh)

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Panel member at the Waseda University Organization for Asian Studies symposium "The Everyday Life of the North Korean People: Via the voices of the people" (Tokyo, Associate Senior Researcher Mitsuhiro Mimura)

Appearance on the NHK radio program "Top of the Morning: Overseas State of Vitality News" (Research Division Director Toshihiko Nakamura)

Appearance on the BSN Niigata television program "The News Niigata" (Research Division Deputy Director Hirofumi Arai)

Event connected to the 2010 NICE in Niigata: Holding of the "Russian Far East Business ‘Marine Products’ Presentation Seminar" (Hotel Nikko Niigata)

Visit to the promotion office for the 1300th Anniversary of Nara Heijo-kyo Capital (Research Division Director Toshihiko Nakamura and others)

Events connected to the 2010 NICE in Niigata: Holding of the "Russian Far East Logistics Workshop" and the "3rd Japan–Russia Conference to Promote Interregional Economic Exchange" (Toki Messe)

Holding of the 2010 Northeast Asia International Conference for Economic Development (NICE) in Niigata (Toki Messe)

Speaker at the Korean Nagano Prefecture Society of Commerce and Industry "New Year Lectures" (Matsumoto, Associate Senior Researcher Mitsuhiro Mimura)

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 Port of Akita sea-and-rail concept review meeting (Akita City, Chairman of the Board of Trustees Susumu Yoshida)

Presentation at the Korean Hokkaido Society of Commerce and Industry "New Year Ulmadang [Our Space] 2010" (Noboribetsu, Associate Senior Researcher Mitsuhiro Mimura)

Attendance at the general meeting to set up an association to support selection as a Japan Sea hub port (Niigata Grand Hotel, Chairman of the Board of Trustees Susumu Yoshida, and others)

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 Northeast Asian Studies and Exchange Network (NEASE-NET) executive board meeting (Tokyo, Chairman of the Board of Trustees Susumu Yoshida)

Contribution of piece entitled "Recommendations in the Regions on the Facing Shore" to the Nagaoka Chamber of Commerce and Industry Bulletin, January 2010 (Research Division Deputy Director Hirofumi Arai)

Second Internal Research Presentation "Systemic Transformation and the Russian Macroeconomy" (ERINA Meeting Room, Director-General Yoshiaki Nishimura)

Speech at the Study Group for Demanding the Return of the Northern Territories (Amami Oshima, Chairman of the Board of Trustees Susumu Yoshida)

Attendance at the New Year Greeting Party of the Japan–China Economic Association and the Association for the Promotion of International Trade, Japan (Tokyo, Chairman of the Board of Trustees Susumu Yoshida)

Attendance at the New Year Party of the Niigata Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Hotel Okura Niigata, Chairman of the Board of Trustees Susumu Yoshida and others)

Visiting Researcher at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), United States (to 31 March, Washington DC, Associate Senior Researcher Shoichi Itoh)

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Attendance at the Japan–Russia Round-Table Meeting (Tokyo, Chairman of the Board of Trustees Susumu Yoshida, and others)

Participation in the "Borderland Forum In Nemuro" (Nemuro, Associate Senior Researcher Mitsuhiro Mimura)

Appearance on the “Special Report NEXT” program, Tokyo Broadcasting System (TBS) (Associate Senior Researcher Mitsuhiro Mimura)

Participation in the Global Centers of Excellence Program–Slavic Research Center (GCOE–SRC) Winter International Symposium (Sapporo, Associate Senior Researcher Mitsuhiro Mimura)

Lecturer at the Chiba University of Commerce "Niigataology" special lectures (Ichikawa City, Research Division Deputy Director Hirofumi Arai)

UNDP Greater Tumen initiative Transport Workshop (Hunchun, Senior Fellow Ikuo Mitsuhashi)

The Third Japan–Mongolia Public–Private Joint Conference of Trade and Investment (Tokyo, Chairman of the Board of Trustees Susumu Yoshida, and others)The Third Japan–Mongolia Public–Private Joint Conference of Trade and Investment (Tokyo, Chairman of the Board of Trustees Susumu Yoshida, and others)

Attendance at the welcoming reception for Xi Jinping, the Vice President of the People's Republic of China (Tokyo, Chairman of the Board of Trustees Susumu Yoshida)

Participation as observer at the UNFCCC COP 15 (Copenhagen, Associate Senior Researcher Enkhbayar Shagdar)

"Japan’s Administrative and Financial Systems" field trip, International University of Japan Graduate School visit to ERINA (ERINA Meeting Room, Research Division Deputy Director Hirofumi Arai and others)

Presentation at Korea Railroad Research Institute (KRRI) seminar (Seoul, Researcher Hisako Tsuji)

Presentation at Korea Transport Institute (KOTI) seminar (Seoul, Researcher Hisako Tsuji)

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Attendance at the lecture meeting of former president Enkhbayar (Tokyo, Chairman of the Board of Trustees Susumu Yoshida)

Attendance at the reception to mark the 30th anniversary of the establishment of the Consulate-General of the Republic of Korea in Niigata (Hotel Nikko Niigata, 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)

Participation in sessions of the Niigata general meeting of the Association for Northeast Asia Regional Studies (Daishi Hall, Research Division Director Toshihiko Nakamura and others)

The Association for Northeast Asia Regional Studies 15th Academic Research Forum "Public Symposium" (Daishi Hall)

Address at the Korean Federation of Commerce and Industry in Japan "Economic Forum in Tokyo" (Tokyo, Associate Senior Researcher Mitsuhiro Mimura)

Speaker at the "International Symposium on East Asian Economic Cooperation after the Global Financial Crisis" staged by the Chosun University Institute for East Asian Economy and Graduate School Department of Economics (Gwangju, ROK, Associate Senior Economist Tomoyoshi Nakajima)

Hosting of Mongolian Technical Cooperation Project intern (Associate Senior Researcher Enkhbayar Shagdar)

Japan–Russia Energy and Environment Dialogue in Niigata (Toki Messe)

Russian Far East energy transportation workshop (Hotel Nikko Niigata)

Address at the international symposium "Environmental Conservation of the Sea of Okhotsk: Cooperation between Japan, China and Russia" (Sapporo, Chairman of the Board of Trustees Susumu Yoshida)

Participation in the 4th NEASE-NET Forum (Sendai, Chairman of the Board of Trustees Susumu Yoshida)

Ai Shuqin, Secretary of the Communist Party Committee and senior political work specialists from Heilongjiang Provincial Academy of Social Sciences group visit (ERINA, Research Division Director Toshihiko Nakamura and others)

Address at the Seijoh University Symposium "East Asian Business–Academia Collaboration and Human Resources Development" (Tokai, Chairman of the Board of Trustees Susumu Yoshida)

Niigata International Business Messe 2009 [Supported by ERINA] (Niigata City Industrial Promotion Center)

Address at the "Northeast Asia Exchange Project Matsue Symposium" (Matsue, Chairman of the Board of Trustees Susumu Yoshida)

Visit of Vice-Mayor of Svobodny, Russia (ERINA, Chairman of the Board of Trustees Susumu Yoshida)

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Attendance at the Japan–Russia Round-Table Meeting (Tokyo, Chairman of the Board of Trustees Susumu Yoshida, and others)

Participation at seminar related to Trans-Siberian Railway transportation (Tokyo, Chairman of the Board of Trustees Susumu Yoshida, and others)

Presentation and participation at the 11th International Conference on Northeast Asian Natural Gas and Pipelines (28 October) (Tokyo, Research Division Deputy Director Hirofumi Arai)

Address at Strategy Advisors for the City of Niigata lecture meeting (Niigata City Office, Chairman of the Board of Trustees Susumu Yoshida)

"Exchange Student Job-Placement Assistance Forum" [Supported by ERINA] (Toki Messe)

Attendance at round-table meeting with officials of the Russian Academy of Sciences (Tokyo, Chairman of the Board of Trustees Susumu Yoshida)

Visit of Gunma Prefecture International Affairs Division (ERINA, External Relations Division Director Hisashi Sato, and others)

Presentation at the 68th Annual Meeting of the Japan Society of International Economics (Tokyo, Researcher Mu Yaoqian)

Address entitled "The Borderlines Encircling the DPRK: The China–DPRK and Russia–DPRK Borders and the Military Demarcation Line" at the Border Research Hub Formation Seminar, The Slavic Research Center, Hokkaido University (Sapporo, Associate Senior Researcher Mitsuhiro Mimura)

Speaker at the Korea International Trade Association seminar "Changes in the International Trade Environment and the Challenges for ROK Industry" (Ulsan, ROK, Associate Senior Economist Tomoyoshi Nakajima)

Northeast Asia Economic Databook 2009 published

ERINA Report Vol. 90 published

Miyagi Prefecture International Affairs Division visit to the Mitsuke City Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Niigata Prefecture, and Niigata City (Researcher Mu Yaoqian)

Lecture meeting jointly-staged by ERINA and NICO: “The Attractiveness and Possibility of Participation in the Planning of the Russian Far East Energy Development Project” (Hotel Heimat Naoetsu, Joetsu City, Research Division Director Toshihiko Nakamura and others)

Participation in and presentation at the International Symposium of European and Asian Railroad Universities (Khabarovsk, Research Division Deputy Director Hirofumi Arai)

Lecture meeting jointly-staged by ERINA and NICO: “The Attractiveness and Possibility of Participation in the Planning of the Russian Far East Energy Development Project” (Hotel Nikko Niigata, Research Division Director Toshihiko Nakamura and others)

Attendance at the executive board meeting of the Japan–China Northeast Development Association (Tokyo, Chairman of the Board of Trustees Susumu Yoshida)

Speaker at the Niigata Prefecture Japan–Russia Friendship Association 25th General Meeting and Social Gathering (Garesso Hall, Chairman of the Board of Trustees Susumu Yoshida)

Lecture at the Yokohama City University general lectures (Yokohama, Associate Senior Economist Tomoyoshi Nakajima)

First Internal Research Presentation "On the Transformation of the Industrial Structure in Eastern, Central and Western China" (ERINA Meeting Room, Researcher Mu Yaoqian)

Publication of "The Current Status of and Challenges for Northeast Asian Regional Cooperation as seen from China" [in Japanese] in Northeast Asian Studies & Exchange Network Annual Report No. 3, 2009 (Researcher Zhu Yonghao)

FY 2009 6th seminar for supporting members "Northeast Asia Economic Seminar Series" (Bandaijima Building, Liaoning Academy of Social Sciences Center for Korean Peninsula Issues Studies Secretary-General Jin Zhe)

Address entitled "The Role of Finland in Japan–Russia Trade" at "Finland as a Modern and Safe Gateway between Asia and Russia", the Finland Northeast Asia Trade Association (Helsinki, Researcher Hisako Tsuji)

"The Global Financial Crisis and Northeast Asia" Study Group, No. 5: The DPRK (ERINA Meeting Room, Liaoning Academy of Social Sciences Center for Korean Peninsula Issues Studies Secretary-General Jin Zhe)

Presentation on "he Migration of Labor to Russia from Kyrgyzstan, etc." by internship student from the International University of Japan (ERINA Meeting Room, Asanbaeva Bermet)

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Attendance at the reception celebrating the 60th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China (Tokyo, Chairman of the Board of Trustees Susumu Yoshida)

Attendance at the Northeast Asian Studies and Exchange Network (NEASE-NET) 12th policy seminar (Tokyo, Chairman of the Board of Trustees Susumu Yoshida)

ERINA Business News Vol. 75 published

Attendance at the Japan–Russia Round-Table Meeting (Tokyo, Chairman of the Board of Trustees Susumu Yoshida, and others)

Address entitled "The Current State of Industry in Dandong and Shenyang" at the JMA Management Institute organized by the Japan Management Association (JMA) (Tokyo, Researcher Zhu Yonghao)

Participation in the "Korea-Japan Industrial Technology Fair 2009" (Seoul, External Relations Division Director Hisashi Sato and others)

Attendance at the 24th NEANET planning committee and expanded meeting (Tokyo, Chairman of the Board of Trustees Susumu Yoshida)

Contribution of piece entitled "After the Election: Will Japan be Different?" to Brookings Northeast Asia Commentary, Number 31 (Senior Researcher Shoichi Itoh)

FY 2009 3rd Bandaijima Building Cooperation Association and Lectures (Bandaijima Building, External Relations Division Director Hisashi Sato)

Participation at the 3rd Japan–Russia Regional Economic Conference (Khabarovsk, Chairman of the Board of Trustees Susumu Yoshida and others)

Niigata University sub-major &Northeast Asia Socio-Economic Seminar" (ERINA, Research Division Director Toshihiko Nakamura and others)

FY 2009 5th seminar for supporting members "Northeast Asia Economic Seminar Series" (NICO Plaza Meeting Room, Japan Finance Corporation Research Institute Deputy Director Kiyohiko Shibayama)

Participation at the 4th Far Eastern International Economic Forum (Khabarovsk, Russia, Chairman of the Board of Trustees Susumu Yoshida and others)

Address at the 87th seminar held by the International Development Engineering Society (Tokyo, Researcher Mu Yaoqian)

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Attendance at the Japan–Russia Round-Table Meeting (Tokyo, Chairman of the Board of Trustees Susumu Yoshida, and others)

Appearance on the NHK radio program "Top of the Morning: Overseas State of Vitality News" (Research Division Deputy Director Hirofumi Arai)

Participation in the Northeast Asian ferry route delegation visiting Russia (General Affairs Department Manager Takako Ogura and others)

Address at the Regional Autonomy and Growth Policy Committee of the National Land Development Council (Tokyo, Chairman of the Board of Trustees Susumu Yoshida)

The Japan–Russia Association of the Mayors of Cities on the Western Coast of Japan "Japan–Russia Coastal Region Business Forum" (Hakodate, Chairman of the Board of Trustees Susumu Yoshida and others)

ERINA and JRI (Inha University Jungseok Research Institute of International Logistics and Trade) Workshop (ERINA Meeting Room)

Visiting Researcher at the Center for Northeast Asian Policy Studies, the Brookings Institution (to 18 December, Washington DC, Associate Senior Researcher Shoichi Itoh)

Visiting Researcher at the Center for Northeast Asian Policy Studies, the Brookings Institution (to 18 December, Washington DC, Associate Senior Researcher Shoichi Itoh)

ERINA Report Vol. 89 published

Participation in the "2009 Japan–China Economic Cooperation Conference, in Inner Mongolia" (Hohhot, China, Chairman of the Board of Trustees Susumu Yoshida and others)

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ERINA Business News Vol. 74 published

"The Global Financial Crisis and Northeast Asia" Study Group, No. 4: China (ERINA Meeting Room, Fujitsu Research Institute Economic Research Center Senior Fellow Ke Long)

FY 2009 4th seminar for supporting members "Northeast Asia Economic Seminar Series" (NICO Plaza Meeting Room, Fujitsu Research Institute Economic Research Center Senior Fellow Ke Long)

Participation and presentation (Northeast Asian Transportation Corridors) at the "Third Pacific Economic Congress" organized by the Primorsky Krai government (Vladivostok, Research Division Deputy Director Hirofumi Arai)

ERINA, Korea Institute for National Unification and Liaoning Academy of Social Sciences Joint Seminar (Seoul, Associate Senior Researcher Mitsuhiro Mimura)

Courtesy call of the delegation from Yanji City (ERINA, Executive Trustee Mamoru Sato and others)

Address at the Niigata Prefecture residents meeting of the Campaign Demanding the Return of the Northern Territories (Niigata City, Chairman of the Board of Trustees Susumu Yoshida)

Lecturer at the seminar organized by the Osaka Chamber of Commerce and Industry and the Japan–China Economic Association (Osaka, Associate Senior Researcher Mitsuhiro Mimura)

Niigata University careers talk (Niigata University, Senior Fellow Shinsaku Suzuki)

Northeast Asia Ferry Briefing Session (Nagaoka, Chairman of the Board of Trustees Susumu Yoshida)

Kyodo News "Learned Round-Table on the Situation in the DPRK" (Tokyo, Associate Senior Researcher Mitsuhiro Mimura)

"The Global Financial Crisis and Northeast Asia" Study Group, No. 3: The ROK (ERINA Meeting Room, University of Tsukuba Graduate School of Systems and Information Engineering Associate Professor Yuichi Takayasu)

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Group visiting China on the regular service maiden voyage of the Northeast Asia Ferry (Russia and China, Executive Trustee Mamoru Sato)

Participation in the Primorsky Krai Workshop inspection tour group to Russia (Vladivostok, Senior Fellow Shinsaku Suzuki and others)

Attendance at the Northeast Asian Studies and Exchange Network (NEASE-NET) 11th policy seminar (Tokyo, Chairman of the Board of Trustees Susumu Yoshida)

Northeast Asia Ferry Briefing Session (Tokyo, Chairman of the Board of Trustees Susumu Yoshida)

Niigata University careers talk (Niigata University, Senior Fellow Shinsaku Suzuki)

FY 2009 3rd seminar for supporting members "Northeast Asia Economic Seminar Series" (NICO Plaza Meeting Room, Daiwa Institute of Research Industry Consulting Department Senior Researcher Saori Imoto)

Northeast Asia Ferry Briefing Session (Toki Messe, Chairman of the Board of Trustees Susumu Yoshida)

Visiting Associate Professor at the Hokkaido University Slavic Research Center (Sapporo, Associate Senior Researcher Shoichi Itoh)

Publication: Associate Senior Researcher Shoichi Itoh "Northeast Asian International Energy Relations", Eurasia Booklet, No. 139 (Toyo Shoten)

Attendance at the Japan–Russia Medical Exchange Foundation 34th board of trustees meeting (Tokyo, Chairman of the Board of Trustees Susumu Yoshida)

Address at the Japan Sea Rim Round-Table (ANA Crowne Plaza Hotel Niigata, Senior Fellow Shinsaku Suzuki)

ERINA Report Vol. 88 published

Address at the 2nd International Forum on Northeast Asia Regional Cooperation and Development (Harbin, Chairman of the Board of Trustees Susumu Yoshida, Associate Senior Researcher Mitsuhiro Mimura, and Researcher Zhu Yonghao)

Address at the general meeting of the Niigata City Central Politico-Economic Association (ANA Crowne Plaza Hotel Niigata, Senior Fellow Shinsaku Suzuki)

"The Global Financial Crisis and Northeast Asia" Study Group, No. 2: Mongolia (ERINA Meeting Room, Zoos Bank Chief Operations Officer Ms. Tsolmon Bat-Ochir)

Presentation at the Korean Association of Shipping and Logistics "International Marketing Fair Celebrating the Opening of Pohang International Container Terminal and the 2nd International Conference of the Asian Journal of Shipping and Logistics" (Seoul, Researcher Hisako Tsuji)

Attendance at the (4th) Greater Hokuriku Region Project Round-Table (Toyama, Chairman of the Board of Trustees Susumu Yoshida)

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Participation in the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) "Russian Far East Economic Mission" (Vladivostok and Khabarovsk, Chairman of the Board of Trustees YOSHIDA Susumu)

ERINA Business News Vol. 73 published

Signing of a cooperation agreement with the Interregional Association of Economic Interaction "Far East and Transbaikalia" (Khabarovsk, Chairman of the Board of Trustees YOSHIDA Susumu and others)

Participation in the Sixth International Forum on Northeast Asian Tourism (IFNAT) (Khabarovsk, Chairman of the Board of Trustees YOSHIDA Susumu and others)

FY 2009 2nd seminar for supporting members "Northeast Asia Economic Seminar Series 1" (NICO Plaza Meeting Room, University of Tsukuba Graduate School of Systems and Information Engineering Associate Professor TAKAYASU Yuichi)

Fiscal 2009 1st Meeting of the Board of Trustees and External Assessors (Toki Messe)

Participation in the "Economic and Trade Cooperation Association between Tokyo, Japan and Jilin Province, China" (Tokyo, Researcher MU Yaoqian)

Signing of a Memorandum of Understanding on cooperation with the Hunchun Border Economic Cooperation Zone Administration Committee (Tokyo, Researcher MU Yaoqian (as proxy))

Niigata Prefecture International Students’ Job Fair 2010 (Niigata Shimin Plaza)

"The Global Financial Crisis and Northeast Asia" Study Group, No. 1: Russia (ERINA Meeting Room, Hokkaido University Slavic Research Center Professor TABATA Shinichiro)

Participation in the China 2009 Mudanjiang Economy and Tourism Seminar (Tokyo, External Relations Division Director SATO Hisashi, and others)

Participation in the 6th NEANET executive board meeting and general meeting (Tokyo, Chairman of the Board of Trustees YOSHIDA Susumu)

3rd medium-term planning informal discussion meeting

Courtesy call of the People’s Government of the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region "2009 Japan–China Economic Cooperation Conference in Inner Mongolia" advance delegation (ERINA Meeting Room, Executive Trustee SATO Mamoru and others)

Attendance at the Nippon Keidanren (Japan Business Federation) "Japan–Russia Forum" (Tokyo, Chairman of the Board of Trustees YOSHIDA Susumu)

Attendance at the dinner for Du Jiahao, the Executive Vice Governor of Heilongjiang Province, visiting Niigata Prefecture (Shibata, Chairman of the Board of Trustees YOSHIDA Susumu)

Presentation of "Sino-Russian Relations: Old Patterns, New Realties" (Washington DC, Associate Senior Researcher ITOH Shoichi)

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Contribution of piece entitled "The Current Status and Future of TSR Transportation" to "Daily CARGO" (Researcher TSUJI Hisako)

Attendance at the Japan–Russia Round-Table Meeting (Tokyo, Chairman of the Board of Trustees YOSHIDA Susumu, and others)

FY 2009 1st seminar for supporting members and regional seminar (Daishi Hall, the Society of Chinese Professors in Japan representative, Toyo Gakuen University Faculty of Humanities Professor ZHU Jianrong)

Visit of the Presidential Committee on Balanced National Development, ROK (ERINA Meeting Room, Chairman of the Board of Trustees YOSHIDA Susumu and others)

ERINA Report Vol. 87 published

Participation in the "Mongolia: Mining and Infrastructure Conference" (Ulaanbaatar, Associate Senior Researcher Sh. Enkhbayar)

Participation in the "Great Development and Investment Forum (GDIF)" (Ulaanbaatar, Associate Senior Researcher Sh. Enkhbayar)

Attendance at the Northeast Asian Studies and Exchange Network (NEASE-NET) 16th executive board meeting and 10th policy seminar (Tokyo, Chairman of the Board of Trustees YOSHIDA Susumu)

Participation in the trial service of the Northeast Asian Ferry (Niigata to Sokcho, Researcher MU Yaoqian)