[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)
Participation in the Niigata City Conference on a General Strategy for Creating Employment and Revitalizing Industry (1st session, Deputy Secretary-General Masayuki Nakagawa)
Participation in the Ceremony Commemorating the 25th Anniversary of the Friendship and Cooperation Agreement Between the Cities of Harbin and Niigata (Niigata City, Chairman of the Board of Trustees Susumu Yoshida and others)
[9th – 15th May] Participation in the Niigata Prefecture Joint Public-Private Sector Study Mission to Russia (Russian Far East and Moscow, Chairman of the Board of Trustees Susumu Yoshida and others)
Visit to ERINA by a group visiting Japan on the Japan-China Journalists Exchange Program, sponsored by the Japan Newspaper Publishers and Editors Association