Participation in a public lecture on the global project undertaken by Niigata University’s Center for Transdisciplinary Research, entitled Mongolia, Japan and Niigata (Niigata Grand Hotel, Associate Senior Researcher Shagdar Enkhbayar)
Regional Economic Seminar: North Korean Economic Developments and China-North Korea Relations. (Conference Room 6F, Kyushu Economic Research Center, Fukuoka, External Relations Division Director Hisashi Sato)
6th seminar for Supporting Members (Bandaijima Building Conference Room, Kazuhiro Kumo, Associate Professor, US, European and Russian Economy Research Section, Institute of Economic Research, Hitotsubashi University)
Regional Economic Seminar The Situation in Mongolia (Sanjo, Sanjo Tsubame Regional Research Core; Rentsendoo Jigjid, Ambassador of Mongolia to Japan, Takashi Shimizu, President, Sankou Seiki, Tatsuya Hoshino, Internationalization Support Adviser, Organization for Small & Medium Enterprises and Regional Innovation, Japan)
Lecture for the Commemorative Address at the Executive Meeting of Hokuriku-Shin’etsu Alumni of the Ritsumeikan University Faculty of Engineering (External Relations Division Director Hisashi Sato)
Participation in the executive board meeting of the Japan-China Northeast Development Association (Tokyo, Chairman of the Board of Trustees Susumu Yoshida)
[27th – 28th November] Participation in and report on the IUS International Workshop: Energy, Regional Security, and the Korean Peninsula. (Seoul, Researcher Shoichi Itoh)
Lecture entitled The Current Status of Northeast Asia and Transport Issues, organized by the Tsuruga Port Trade Promotion Association and the Tsuruga Branch of NEANET (Tsuruga, PR Coordinator Kazumi Kawamura)
Participation in the opening ceremony of the Niigata International Business Messe (Niigata City Industrial Promotion Center, Chairman of the Board of Trustees Susumu Yoshida)
Participation in the 5th executive board meeting of the Northeast Asian Studies and Exchange Network (NEASE-NET) (Tokyo, Chairman of the Board of Trustees Susumu Yoshida)
[6th – 8th November] Participation as a committee member in the 5th Japan Sea Rim Area Environmental Strategy Research Institute Conference, as part of the Kanazawa University 21st Century COE Program (Researcher Shoichi Itoh)
Lecture at the Seminar on Establishing Cross-Japan-Sea Shipping Routes, organized by the Niigata Hokuto Industry Creation Conference and the Liaison Council of Companies Located in the Niigata East Port and Seiro Districts (Senior Fellow Ikuo Mitsuhashi)
Participation in the Japan-Russia Round-Table Meeting (Tokyo, Chairman of the Board of Trustees Susumu Yoshida, External Relations Division Director Hisashi Sato)