Participation in the 31st Meeting of the Japan-China Northeast Development Association’s Northeast Asia Economic Committee (Tokyo, Chairman of the Board of Trustees Susumu Yoshida)
[26th – 29th October] Participation in the Aomori Prefecture Shichiri-nagahama Port special business survey mission to China (Dalian, Visiting Researcher Shingo Narumi)
[19th – 20th October] Participation in the Annual Meeting of the International Coordinating Council on Transsiberian Transportation (Vienna, Senior Economist Hisako Tsuji)
Speech at a meeting of the Niigata Branch of the Nippon Steel Construction Materials Association (Iwamuro, Chairman of the Board of Trustees Susumu Yoshida)
[8th – 10th October] 2004 Conference of the Japanese Association for Russian and East European Studies (Sapporo, Chairman of the Board of Trustees Susumu Yoshida)
Speech at a meeting of the Committee on International Affairs of the Japan Association of Corporate Executives (Tokyo, Chairman of the Board of Trustees Susumu Yoshida)
[2nd – 3rd October] Association for Japan Sea Rim Studies 10th Anniversary Academic Conference (Tokyo, Chairman of the Board of Trustees Susumu Yoshida)
Speech at the University of Hyogo “The Japan Sea⁄East Sea Rim Economic Subregion and Business Initiatives” (Himeji, Chairman of the Board of Trustees Susumu Yoshida)
5th seminar for supporting members (Bandaijima Building, Professor Koji Nakatsu, College of Comprehensive Business Administration, Osaka University of Commerce)
[20th – 27th September] Participation in a business mission organized by the Niigata Hand Tool Cooperative Association (Khabarovsk, Researcher Dmitry Sergachev)
[20th – 22th September] Participation in the Liaoning Institute of Social Sciences 2004 Conference on The International Regional Economy, Social Cooperation and Development in Northeast Asia (Shenyang, Researcher Mitsuhiro Mimura)
[19th – 25th September] Participation in the Tohoku Economic Federation Economic Mission to Northeastern China (External Relations Division Deputy Director Toshihiko Nakamura)