Lecture at the Niigata Prefecture Bureau of Public Enterprise Round-Table Meeting on Niigata Industry (Toyama City, PR & Planning Office Manager Toshihiko Nakamura)
[14th – 16th July] Participation in the Slavic Research Center’s Summer 2004 International COE Symposium (Sapporo, Chairman of the Board of Trustees Susumu Yoshida)
Participation in the 33rd Meeting for Trustees of the Japan-China Northeast Development Association (Tokyo, Chairman of the Board of Trustees Susumu Yoshida)
[6th – 7th July] Participation in a symposium organized by the Export-Import Bank of Korea and the Korea Institute for National Unification (Seoul, Researcher Mitsuhiro Mimura)
Participation in the Niigata Prefecture Council on Promoting International Resource Recycling (Niigata City, External Relations Division Deputy Director Toshihiko Nakamura)
[17th – 18th June] Participation in the Conference for Experts on Economic Cooperation and Institutional Issues in Northeast Asia (Honolulu, Senior Economist Hisako Tsuji)
[16th – 23th June] Mission to Inspect Projects Relating to the Creation of a Niigata – China Business Model (Northeastern China, Deputy Secretary-General Masayuki Nakagawa and others)
Lecture at the general meeting of the Niigata East Port Area Development Promotion Council (Niigata City, Chairman of the Board of Trustees Susumu Yoshida)
Participation in the Subcommittee Considering the Development of a Hub for a Northeast Asian Information Network (Sendai, External Relations Division Deputy Director Toshihiko Nakamura)