Contribution of piece entitled "Upward Slope or Downward Slope" to the Research Center of Niigata "Niigata Now and Tomorrow", December 2011 edition, No. 458, lead piece (Representative Director Yoshiaki Nishimura)

The Fourth Japan–Russia Conference to Promote Interregional Economic Cooperation (Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, ERINA Deputy Director-General Tadashi Sugimoto)

Participation in the "Japan Sea Economic Subregion Meeting for Exchange of Opinions" organized by the Consulate General of the People’s Republic of China (Business Support Division Director Hisashi Sato)

The 7th Asian DME Conference [ERINA supported] (Toki Messe)

The Fourth Japan–Russia Energy and Environment Dialogue (Toki Messe)

Northeast Asian Energy Security Study Group (ERINA Meeting Room, ERINA Deputy Director-General Tadashi Sugimoto)

Hosting of trainees for the JICA Niigata Prefectural Technical Assistance Project for Implementation of Street Drainage in Ulaanbaatar (Senior Research Fellow Enkhbayar Shagdar)

Report at the Niigata University "Fostering of Young Human Resources Symposium 2011" (Research Division Director Mitsuhiro Mimura)

Staging of the "New Era for Northeast Asian Logistics" seminar subsidized by the Foundation for International Trade and Industrial Co-operation (ITIC) (Tokyo, Business Support Division Director Hisashi Sato, et al)

Visit of the Democratic Party of Japan Chiba City Assembly Members Group (Managing Director Koichi Ito, et al)

Visit of Heilongjiang Provincial Academy of Social Sciences (Managing Director Koichi Ito, et al)

Visit of Ministerial Counselor from the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (Managing Director Koichi Ito, et al)

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"Niigata International Business Messe 2011" organized by the Niigata International Business Messe Executive Committee [ERINA collaboration] (Niigata City Industrial Promotion Center, Planning & PR Division Director Toshihiko Nakamura, et al)

Speaker at the "International Understanding Lecture Series" organized by Niigata International Association (Sanjo, Research Fellow Mu Yaoqian)

Dispatch of technicians for the effecting of the JICA Ulaanbaatar street drainage facilities (Ulaanbaatar, Senior Research Fellow Enkhbayar Shagdar)

Participation and presentation at the 70th Annual Meeting of the Japan Society of International Economics (Tokyo, Senior Research Fellow Tomoyoshi Nakajima)

Commentator at the "USI Tokyo International Conference" organized by the EU Studies Institute in Tokyo (EUSI) (Tsuda College, Senior Research Fellow Tomoyoshi Nakajima)

ERINA Report No. 102 published

Participation and report at the 12th China ROK Studies International Academic Congress (Jilin University, Changchun, Research Division Director Mitsuhiro Mimura and Research Fellow Zhu Yonghao)

Fourth Summit of the Chairpersons of the Associations of Corporate Executives of the Sea of Japan Coastal Region, held in Niigata (ERINA supported) (Hotel Okura Niigata)

Participation in the meeting for exchange of opinions with the "SME Managers (Far East)" Japan Center training program visiting Japan organized by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan (Niigata Prefectural Office, Business Support Division Director Hisashi Sato)

Visiting Researcher at the Northeast Asian Studies Academy of Jilin University (Changchun, Research Fellow Zhu Yonghao

Facilitator at the "Exchange Student Job-Placement Assistance Seminar" staged by the Niigata International Association, the Niigata Regional Exchange Student Interchange Promotion Council and the Niigata Internship Promotion Council [ERINA collaboration] (Conference Room 201, Toki Messe, Research Fellow Mu Yaoqian)

Russia–Japan Conference on Interregional Cooperation [ERINA collaboration] (Khabarovsk, ERINA Deputy Director-General Tadashi Sugimoto, et al)

"Northeast Asia and Local Initiatives" induction lecture for Hokuriku Regional Development Bureau employees (Planning & PR Division Director Toshihiko Nakamura)

Internal Seminar "Recent Developments in China–DPRK and DPRK–Russia Economic Cooperation" (ERINA Meeting Room, Collaborative Researcher Lee Chan Woo)

Japan–Russia Business Round-Table Meeting (Japan Center in Khabarovsk, ERINA Deputy Director-General Tadashi Sugimoto, et al)

Participation at the Far Eastern International Economic Forum (Khabarovsk, ERINA Deputy Director-General Tadashi Sugimoto, et al)

Address at the "Sino-Russian Border Trade Research Group (Citizen’s College of Hokkaido Collaborative Course)" organized by the NPO The Association for the Inter-Regional Study Between Japan–Russia and Hokkaido–Russian Far East (Sapporo, Research Fellow Zhu Yonghao)

Report at the "FY 2011 Northeast Asia Academic Research Forum" (Sapporo, Research Fellow Zhu Yonghao)

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The "2011 Korea–Japan components and materials procurement fair" organized by the ROK Ministry of Knowledge Economy and overseen by the Korea–Japan Cooperation Foundation for Industry and Technology [ERINA collaboration] (Seoul, Research Fellow Mu Yaoqian)

Address at the UNDP/GTI Forum (Pyeongchang, ROK, ERINA Deputy Director-General Tadashi Sugimoto, et al)

Accompaniment of the group visiting Russia for the lumber processing project of the Japan Association for Trade with Russia & NIS (Khabarovsk, Visiting Fellow Toshiji Maeda)

ERINA Business News No. 87 published

Speaker and workshop guidance and advice at the "Security Seminar" organized within the University of Toyama "Interdisciplinary financial research for the creation of East Asian ‘Symbiotic’ Studies" project (Toyama, Research Division Director Mitsuhiro Mimura)

Study Meeting of the Diet Members’ Caucus Promoting Utilization of the Port of Shichiri-Nagahama, Aomori Prefecture (ERINA Meeting Room, Visiting Fellow Ikuo Mitsuhashi)

"2011 Japan–China Economic Cooperation Conference in Changchun" (Changchun, Visiting Fellow Shinsaku Suzuki)

Research report at the International Symposium on Cross-border Cooperation and Regional Peace in East Asia organized by the School of Asia-Pacific Studies, Sun Yat-sen University, China (Guangzhou, Research Fellow Zhu Yonghao)

The Second Northeast Asia Think Tank Forum (Changchun, China, Managing Director Koichi Ito)

Conclusion of cooperation agreement on academic exchange with Jilin Academy of Social Sciences, China

ERINA Business Seminar "he Business Environment of European Russia and the Expansion of Sales" (Tsubame Chamber of Commerce and Industry meeting room, Japan–Russia Trade Adviser Yukio Asazuma)

Japan Association for Trade with Russia & NIS "Far East and Eastern Siberia Business Realization Promotion Project" Evaluation Committee (Tokyo, Visiting Fellow Toshiji Maeda)

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Signing of agreement on research cooperation with Jungseok Research Institute of International Logistics and Trade (JRI), Inha University, ROK

ERINA, Inha University Jungseok Research Institute of International Logistics and Trade (JRI), and University of Toyama Center for Far Eastern Studies (CFES) workshop (ERINA, Representative Director Yoshiaki Nishimura, et al)

The Conference of the Mayors of the Cities of Siberia, the Russian Far East and the Western Coast of Japan (Yakutsk, ERINA Deputy Director-General Tadashi Sugimoto

The Fourth Tumen River Conference (Yanji, Research Division Director Mitsuhiro Mimura)

Attendance at the speeches marking the establishment of the Cross-Japan-Sea Shipping Route (Hotel Okura Niigata, Planning & PR Division Director Toshihiko Nakamura)

Niigata University sub-major "Northeast Asia Socio-Economic Seminar" (ERINA Meeting Room, Planning & PR Division Director Toshihiko Nakamura, et al)

ERINA Report No. 101 published

ERINA Annual Report published

ERINA Research Division Special Seminar "Japan’s Asia-Pacific Economic Strategy: Response to the TPP" (Bandaijima Building, Waseda University Graduate School of Asia-Pacific Studies Professor Shujiro Urata)

First Gunma Prefecture Round-Table Meeting of Experts on International Strategy (Maebashi, Business Support Division Director Hisashi Sato)

Visit of members of the session "Globalization and World Systems", Japan–America Student Conference (ERINA, Planning & PR Division Director Toshihiko Nakamura)

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Address at the "FY 2011 2nd Global Developments Study Group", Life and Culture Department, Gunma Prefecture (Maebashi, Business Support Division Director Hisashi Sato)

FY 2011 4th seminar for supporting members: "The Expanding Northeastern Market of China and the Development of Sales by Japanese Firms" (Toki Messe Conference Room, Across Japan Co., Ltd., President Hideaki Oikawa)

ERINA Business News No. 86 published

Niigata University Institute for Research Collaboration and Promotion internship (to 1 June 2012, Liu Jiao, Niigata University Graduate School)

Conclusion of Memorandum of Understanding on cooperation with the Commerce Bureau of Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture, Jilin Province, China

Conclusion of Memorandum of Understanding on cooperation with the Division of International Trade and Economic Affairs, Department of Commerce of Heilongjiang Province, China

Visit by Jiang Peng, Director of the Division of International Trade and Economic Affairs, Department of Commerce of Heilongjiang Province (Managing Director Koichi Ito, et al)

Northeast Asian Studies & Exchange Network (NEASE-NET) and Kyoto University Graduate School of Economics Center for East Asian Economic Studies (CEAES) "6th Forum" (Kyoto, Research Division Director Mitsuhiro Mimura)

Niigata Prefecture "Survey into the Potential for Technical Cooperation with Mongolian Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises" visiting group (Ulaanbaatar, Senior Research Fellow Enkhbayar Shagdar)

Conclusion of Memorandum of Understanding on cooperation with International Trade Area Department, Jilin City Commerce Bureau, Jilin Province, China

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Conclusion of Memorandum of Understanding on cooperation with Harbin Municipal Bureau of Commerce, Heilongjiang Province, China

Conclusion of cooperation agreement on academic exchange with Heilongjiang Provincial Academy of Social Sciences, China

FY 2011 3rd seminar for supporting members Northeast Asia and Regional Economies Series: "The Improvement of Access to Niigata Airport and the Future Vision for Urban Transport" (Toki Messe Conference Room, Nagaoka University of Technology environment and construction-related Professors Bumpei Nakade and Kazushi Sano)

Internal Seminar "The (Korean Peninsula) North–South Relations of Recent Years and the Future Prospects thereof" (ERINA Meeting Room, Collaborative Researcher Lee Chan Woo)

Participation in the CLAIR Niigata Prefecture "Cooperation Project for the Promotion of Greening in the East Gobi of Mongolia (Dornogovi Aimag)" visiting delegation (Dornogovi Aimag, Senior Research Fellow Enkhbayar Shagdar)

Visit of the Institute of Northeast Asian Studies, Tianjin Academy of Social Sciences (Research Fellow Mu Yaoqian, et al)

Niigata Prefecture International Students’ Job Fair 2012 (Niigata Citizens Plaza)

"7th Social Logistics Research Group Colloquium" organized by the Institute of Social Logistics, Waseda University (Tokyo, Senior Research Fellow Hirofumi Arai)

ERINA Report No. 100 published

"South Korean Society and Culture" special lecture (University of Niigata Prefecture, Research Division Director Mitsuhiro Mimura)

Visit of medical delegation from Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture (Business Support Division Director Hisashi Sato, et al)

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Speaker at the international conference on the theme of "Reflections on Institutional Landscapes in East Siberia and the Russian Far East: For Better Risk Management and Sustainable Resources Development" organized by the Institute of Russia–CIS Studies, Korea University, ROK (Seoul, ERINA Deputy Director-General Tadashi Sugimoto)

ERINA Business News No. 85 published

Japan Association for Trade with Russia & NIS "Far East and Eastern Siberia Business Realization Promotion Project" Evaluation Committee (Tokyo, Visiting Fellow Toshiji Maeda)

Visit of the Academic Promotion Section, Academic and International Division, Department of Planning and Promotion, Akita Prefecture (Planning & PR Division Director Toshihiko Nakamura)

Speaker at the lecture meeting organized by Niigata Electronic Industries Association (Nagaoka, Senior Research Fellow Hirofumi Arai)

FY 2011 2nd seminar for supporting members Northeast Asia and Regional Economies Series: "The Business Environment in Eastern Russia" (Toki Messe Conference Room, Russia Development Consulting Representative Kohei Uchiyama and ERINA Deputy Director-General Tadashi Sugimoto)

Opening ceremony for the Niigata office of China Jiangsu International Economic Technical Cooperation Corp. (Hotel Okura Niigata, Business Support Division Director Hisashi Sato, et al)

Hosting of research students for the JICA "Niigata Prefectural Technical Assistance Project for Implementation of Street Drainage in Ulaanbaatar" (Senior Research Fellow Enkhbayar Shagdar)

Northeast Asia natural gas development and utilization research group FY 2011 general meeting and members’ seminar (Tokyo, Senior Research Fellow Hirofumi Arai, et al)

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Contribution of pieces entitled "The Russian Far Eastern Region’s Regional Development Strategy and Regional Cooperation with Neighboring Countries" (Senior Research Fellow Hirofumi Arai) and "The Tumen River Area Development Programme" (Research Fellow Zhu Yonghao) to the City Planning Institute of Japan (CPIJ) "City Planning", Vol. 60, No. 2

FY 2011 First Niigata Prefectural Mongolian Technical Cooperation Project Promotion Committee (Niigata Prefectural Office, Planning & PR Division Director Toshihiko Nakamura, et al)

FY 2011 1st seminar for supporting members Northeast Asia and Regional Economies Series 1: "The development of the China Business of Firms within Niigata Prefecture" (Toki Messe Conference Room, Daishi Bank Securities and International Division Junichiro Aizawa and ERINA Planning & PR Division Director Toshihiko Nakamura)

Visit of person in charge of international strategy, General Policy Office, Planning Department, Gunma Prefecture (Business Support Division Director Hisashi Sato)

ERINA Report Vol. 99 published

2011 ERINA Policy Proposal Seminar: Policy Proposals toward "Northeast Asia’s New Era" (Tokyo, Representative Director Yoshiaki Nishimura and others)

35th Junior Chamber International Niigata Forum: "Business Opportunities Coming! Now is the Time for Us to Look to the Japan Sea Economic Subregion" (ERINA supported) (Niigata Prefectural Citizens Hall)