Address at the Niigata Chamber of Commerce and Industry 2nd International Trade Committee (Niigata Chamber of Commerce and Industry Meeting Room, ERINA Deputy Director-General Tadashi Sugimoto)
[14-15 December] Attendance at the “Interdisciplinary financial research for the creation of East Asian ‘Symbiotic’ Studies” project international seminar (Toyama, Senior Research Fellow Tomoyoshi Nakajima)
[9-15 December] Reception and hosting of the Mongolian Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises delegation visiting Japan (Niigata Prefecture, Associate Senior Research Fellow Enkhbayar Shagdar)
Presenter of “The Current Situation and Future of the Transnational Network in the Japan–ROK Straits Region” at Session I “International Relations Field”, organized by the Research Center for Korean Studies, Kyushu University (Fukuoka, Research Division Director Mitsuhiro Mimura)
Lecturer on “The East Asian Economic Area and Japan, China, and the ROK” for the Niigata Citizens’ University “Contemporary Societal Issues Course” (Niigata City Chuo Citizens’ Public Hall, Senior Research Fellow Tomoyoshi Nakajima)
Staging of the COP 18 Side Event “Grasslands Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation Potential” [Jointly staged by: ERINA, the Government of Mongolia, the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD), and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)] (Doha, Qatar, Associate Senior Research Fellow Enkhbayar Shagdar)
[3–7 December] Participation as observer at the 18th Conference of the Parties (COP 18) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (Doha, Qatar, Associate Senior Research Fellow Enkhbayar Shagdar)
Lecturer on “DPRK Problems and the Chinese Border Problem: Seeking for the stabilization of East Asia” for the Niigata Citizens’ University “Contemporary Societal Issues Course” (Niigata City Chuo Citizens’ Public Hall, Research Division Director Mitsuhiro Mimura)
Discussant at the Seinan Gakuin University organized FY 2012 collaborative research cultivation program and symposium “The Construction of Peace in East Asia: The Reform and Opening-Up of Northeastern China and the Changes in Economy, Society, and Thinking” (Fukuoka, Associate Senior Research Fellow Zhu Yonghao)
[12-13 November] Attendance and presentation at the “North-East Asia Subregional Consultation Meeting” organized by UNESCAP and the ROK Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (Incheon, Senior Research Fellow Hirofumi Arai)
[10-11 November] Attendance at the Association for Contemporary Korean Studies in Japan Board Meeting and Academic Forum (Tokyo, Research Division Director Mitsuhiro Mimura)
Lecturer on “The Economic Situation of the Russian Far Eastern Region and Mongolia” for the Niigata Citizens’ University “Contemporary Societal Issues Course” (Niigata City Chuo Citizens’ Public Hall, Senior Research Fellow Hirofumi Arai)
[7-8 November] Participation and presentation at the 13th China ROK Studies International Academic Congress (Guangzhou, Research Division Director Mitsuhiro Mimura and Associate Senior Research Fellow Zhu Yonghao)
Contribution of piece entitled “The Key Lies in the Actual Systematization: The challenges for the DPRK’s economic reform” to the Japan Forum for Research in Public Policy “Reformer” November 2012 edition (Research Division Director Mitsuhiro Mimura)
Dispatch of Russian Far East investigative delegation (to 7 November, Vladivostok, Khabarovsk, Russia, ERINA Deputy Director-General Tadashi Sugimoto, et al)
“Round-Table on the Hokuriku Region Tomorrow” organized by the Hokuriku Regional Development Bureau (Toyama, Planning & PR Division Director Toshihiko Nakamura)
Address entitled “The Current Status of Distribution for the Russian Far East and the Chinese Northeastern Region” at the Meeting of the Managers in Charge of the Conference of the Mayors of the Cities of Siberia, the Russian Far East and the Western Coast of Japan (Tsuruga, Business Support Division Director Hisashi Sato)
Address entitled “The DPRK Economy and Japan–DPRK Relations” for the Foreign Press Center/Japan Press Briefing Series Project “Japan–DPRK Relations” (2) (Tokyo, Research Division Director Mitsuhiro Mimura, available for viewing on YouTube and the Foreign Press Center/Japan website)
FY 2012 4th seminar for supporting members “The Situation for Rice in China’s Northeast: What is its real capability?” (Toki Messe Conference Room, Hokkaido University Research Faculty of Agriculture Associate Professor Park Hong)