Contribution of piece entitled “Journey to Almaty” to “Asia Essays” in the Hokuriku Chunichi Shimbun newspaper (Associate Senior Research Fellow Zhu Yonghao)
“The Current Status of and Future Prospects for the DPRK’s Economic and Trade Relations with Northeastern China” internal seminar (Eastern Liaoning University Institute of the Korean Peninsula Director Man Haifeng)
Address entitled “The Changes over the Last Ten Years for the Northeast Asian Trade Corridors and the Impact on Our Country” at the “Tsuruga Port Utilization Promotion Council Inaugural Meeting” (Fukui City, Visiting Fellow Ikuo Mitsuhashi)
Courtesy call of the Heilongjiang Province China International Advanced Materials Industry Exposition delegation (Planning & PR Division Director Toshihiko Nakamura, et al)
Panelist at the University of Toyama “Interdisciplinary financial research for the creation of East Asian ‘Symbiotic’ Studies” project: “What Does ‘Symbiotic’ Mean for the Divided Nations of East Asia?” (Toyama, Research Division Director Mitsuhiro Mimura)
Contribution of piece entitled “Memorandum of the 70th Annual Meeting of the Japan Society of International Economics” to “World Economic Review” March-April 2012 edition, Vol. 56, No. 2 (Senior Research Fellow Tomoyoshi Nakajima)
Visit of Central Asia & Russia Director Cao Wei and party, International Department, China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC) (Senior Research Fellow Hirofumi Arai, et al)
Presentation at the Seigakuin University International Academic Symposium “Peace and Democracy in East Asia” (Saitama Prefecture, Research Division Director Mitsuhiro Mimura)
Appearance in “What Will Happen? The Niigata Economy and the Global Economy” in the (UX) Niigata Television Network 21 program “Tsuki Ichi Niigata” (Planning & PR Division Director Toshihiko Nakamura)
Address entitled “Japan and the International Relations of the Neighboring Regions of Asia” to the International University of Japan graduate school field trip (Research Division Director Mitsuhiro Mimura, et al)
FY 2011 7th seminar for supporting members: “The Overseas Business Operations by Japanese Manufacturing Companies” (Toki Messe Conference Room, Japan Finance Corporation (JFC) Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC) Policy and Strategy Office for Financial Operations, Research Division Division Chief Shinji Ayuha)
Report entitled “The Development of Distribution Infrastructure in the Three Northeastern Provinces of China and the Evolution of International Multimodal Transport” at “The Reform and Opening-Up of Northeastern China and the Changes in Economy, Society, and Thinking” collaborative research symposium organized by Seinan Gakuin University (Fukuoka, Research Fellow Zhu Yonghao)
Panelist at the “What Should Japan’s Future International Cooperation Be?” symposium organized by the Pacific Resource Exchange Center (PREX) (Osaka, Senior Research Fellow Enkhbayar Shagdar)
Speaker at the DPRK seminar organized by the East Asia Trade Research Board: “What Will Become of the Post-Kim Jong Il Korean Peninsula?” (Tokyo, Research Division Director Mitsuhiro Mimura)