[19th – 21st September] Participation in the Kangwon Development Institute’s International ROK – Japan – China Symposium (Yongpyong, Senior Economist Hisako Tsuji)
[8th – 10th September] Participation in the Conference for Russian and Japanese Journalists and Academics (Moscow, External Relations Division Deputy Director Hisashi Sato)
Participation in the Symposium on Exchange of Regional Government among Japan, China and the ROK (Toki-Messe, PR & Planning Office Manager Toshihiko Nakamura)
[25th August – 5th September] China survey relating to research into attracting investment by foreign-affiliated companies (Northeast China, Associate Senior Researcher Masayuki Tsukuba)
[23rd – 31st August] Participation in the Liaoning Institute of Social Sciences training program relating to the DPRK Accounting Law (Shenyang, Researcher Mitsuhiro Mimura and others)
[19th – 20th August] Participation in Jilin University’s Conference on Peace and Development in Northeast Asia (Changchun, Chairman of the Board of Trustees Susumu Yoshida and others)
[10th – 11th August] Participation in the 11th Japan-Russia International Symposium on Cooperation in Medicine and Healthcare (Niigata City, Chairman of the Board of Trustees Susumu Yoshida)