FY 2014 4th seminar for supporting members “Japan–Russia Exchange Linking Eurasia: The economic relations between Japan and Saint Petersburg” (Toki Messe, Saint Petersburg Japan Center Director Hitoshi Matsubara)
Participation on the Examination Committee for the FY 2014 Overseas Agriculture and Trade Situation Survey and Analysis Project “Survey and Analysis of the NIS Countries (Newly Independent States of the Former Soviet Union)” (Tokyo, Business Support Division Director Takeshi Sakemi)
Contribution of short essay entitled “The Forgotten ‘Promise’ ” to Tohoku Economic Federation “Tokeiren”, December issue, No. 574 (Representative Director Yoshiaki Nishimura)
Panelist at the Symposium to Commemorate the Establishment of the University of Niigata Prefecture Graduate School “Crustally-Shifting East Asia and the Role of Japan” (Niigata Tokyu Inn, Research Division Director Mitsuhiro Mimura)
“Hokkaido–Russian Far East Regional Exchange and Demand Cultivation Promotion Project” Expert Investigative Group (Tokyo, Visiting Fellow Shinsaku Suzuki)
Japan Project-Industry Council (JAPIC) Natural Gas Infrastructure Development and Utilization Committee Core Member Meeting (Tokyo, Senior Research Fellow Hirofumi Arai)
The Japan Institute of International Affairs “Korean Peninsula Scenario Planning” Research Group Meeting (Tokyo, Research Division Director Mitsuhiro Mimura)
ERINA and the Institute of Eurasian Studies co-hosted panel discussion “EU and Russia Natural Gas Cooperation: The impact of the Ukraine crisis and the future course” (Tokyo, Rissho University)
Panelist at the “Japan–ROK Exchange Forum” co-staged by the Consulate-General of the Republic of Korea in Niigata and The Niigata Nippo (Nippo Hall, Research Division Director Mitsuhiro Mimura)
FY 2014 3rd seminar for supporting members “The City of Toyama ‘FutureCity’ Initiative” (ANA Crowne Plaza Hotel Niigata, City of Toyama Environment Division Director Hidetoshi Wada)
Briefing Meeting for the Transportation Trial Utilizing the “Heilongjiang Province, China–Primorsky Krai, Russia–Japan” Multimodal Transport Route (Tokyo, Japan–China Friendship Center)
Briefing Meeting for the Transportation Trial Utilizing the “Heilongjiang Province, China–Primorsky Krai, Russia–Japan” Multimodal Transport Route (Osaka, Osaka Chamber of Commerce and Industry
Report at the FY 2014 Convention of the Japanese Association for Chinese Economy and Management Studies (Tokyo, Associate Senior Research Fellow Mu Yaoqian)
[8-9 November] Association for Contemporary Korean Studies in Japan 15th Academic Meeting (Niigata Central Campus, Niigata University of International and Information Studies)
Courtesy call of the delegation visiting Japan from the Commerce Bureau of Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture, China (Managing Director Takenori Sakai, et al)
Accompaniment of the delegation visiting Japan from the Commerce Bureau of Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture, China (Associate Senior Research Fellow Mu Yaoqian)
Session leader at the “Japan–Russia Business Dialogue” organized by the IABC/Japan (International Association of Business Communicators) (Tokyo, Deputy Director-General Tadashi Sugimoto)
Contribution of piece entitled “No Change to the Hold on Power of the Walking-Stick-Using Kim Jong Un” to the Mainichi Shimbun “Economist Weekly”, 28 October 2014 edition (Research Division Director Mitsuhiro Mimura)