Niigata University East Asian Rim Initiative Community Advisory Board Meeting (Niigata University Ekinan Campus, Research Division Director ARAI Hirofumi)
Lecture titled “Changes in Order on a Turbulent Korean Peninsula and Niigata’s Future” at the 4th Sekiya Morning Salon (Niigata City Sekiya Community Center, Senior Research Fellow MIMURA Mitsuhiro)
Attendance at the Niigata Prefecture Overseas Business Support Desk Cooperation Meeting (NICO Plaza Hall, Business Support Division Director ADACHI Yuji)
Participation in the public seminar co-hosted by Kagoshima University and the Inter-University Research Institute Corporation National Institutes for the Humanities (NIHU) (Kagoshima, Senior Research Fellow MIMURA Mitsuhiro)
Attendance and presentation at the 3rd Economic Cooperation Review Committee, staged by the East Asian Trade Research Board (Tokyo, Senior Research Fellow MIMURA Mitsuhiro)
Participation in “Liaison Meeting for the Establishment of New Japan Sea Routes,” hosted by the Tohoku Regional Development Bureau (ERINA meeting room, Research Division Director ARAI Hirofumi et al)
Conducted the Niigata Prefecture (Joetsu Region) Enterprise Inspection bus tour for international students (Business Support Promotion Officer CAI Shengxi)
Commentator at “North Korea Denuclearization Negotiations and the Future of Japan, the United States and Korea,” co-sponsored by the Waseda University Organization for Regional and Inter-regional Studies and the Ritsumeikan University Kinugasa Research Organization (Tokyo, Senior Research Fellow MIMURA Mitsuhiro)
Attendance at the research group, “Japan’s Diplomacy and Security in the Korean Peninsula’s Era of Uncertainty,” hosted by the Japan Institute of International Affairs (Tokyo, Senior Research Fellow MIMURA Mitsuhiro)
Conducted the Niigata Prefecture (Chuetsu Region) Enterprise Inspection bus tour for international students (Business Support Promotion Officer CAI Shengxi)
Conducted the Niigata Prefecture (Kaetsu Region) Enterprise Inspection bus tour for international students (Business Support Promotion Officer CAI Shengxi)
Staging of the ERINA Seminar for Supporting Members titled, “The Situation of One Belt, One Road and China’s Overseas Expansion from a Japanese Perspective” (Toki Messe; One Belt, One Road-AIIB Research Group Executive Director MITSUHASHI Ikuo)
Staging of in-house seminar, “Climate Policy and the Paris Agreement: What to Expect from UNFCCC COP25.” (Center for Environment and Natural Resources Economics, National Institute of Advanced Economics Director Georgy SAFOROV)
4-5 December Attendance at the ESCAP event, “Expert Consultations on New Comprehensive Multilateral Cooperation in Northeast Asia” (Incheon, Research Division Director ARAI Hirofumi et al)
Attendance at the 2nd Joint Meeting for International Students hosted by the Kanto Bureau of Economy, Trade and Industry Niigata Branch (ANA Crowne Plaza Hotel Niigata, Business Support Promotion Officer CAI Shengxi)
26-27 November Attendance and presentation at the DMZ Global Forum, organized by the ROK Ministry of Unification (Seoul, Senior Research Fellow MIMURA Mitsuhiro)
Attendance at the 5th Russian SME Platform Meeting for Concerned Parties, hosted by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (Tokyo, Business Support Division Director ADACHI Yuji)