Workshop on Promoting the Formation of the Northeast Asian Economic and Cultural Exchange Zone (Tokyo, Chairman of the Board of Trustees Susumu Yoshida)
[21st -28th February] Japan Association for Trade with Russia and Central-Eastern Europe (ROTOBO) training program on tourism development (Niigata City and other locations, External Relations Division Deputy Director Hisashi Sato)
[14th – 15th February] Participation in the Korea Maritime Institute International Seminar on the Promotion of Pyeongtaek Port (Pyeongtaek, Senior Fellow Ikuo Mitsuhashi)
[9th – 10th February] Display booth at the Manufacturing Network Exchange Fair in Tsubame-Sanjo (Messepia Exhibition Center, Researcher Katsufumi Ogure)
Participation in the Niigata Association of Corporate Executives Tohoku Block Conference (Niigata City, Chairman of the Board of Trustees Susumu Yoshida and others)
Participation in a meeting of the Exploratory Committee on Attracting Chinese Businesses and Capital Imports (Niigata City, Associate Senior Researcher Masayuki Tsukuba)
[24th – 30th January] Appointments including participation in the honorary degree conferment ceremony held by the Economic Research Institute of the Far Eastern Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences (Khabarovsk and other locations, Chairman of the Board of Trustees Susumu Yoshida)