Participation in informal talks with the delegation led by Vladimir Simonenok, Director of the Primorsky Krai Oil and Gas Complex Construction Division (Tokyo, Chairman of the Board of Trustees Susumu Yoshida)
[10th – 17th July] Hosting of an energy mission from Far Eastern Russia (Niigata, Fukushima, Ibaraki, Tokyo, Chiba, accompanied by External Relations Division Deputy Director Hisashi Sato)
[30th June – 4th July] Participation in the Niigata Association of Corporate Executives Mission to Far Eastern Russia (Vladivostok & Khabarovsk, General Affairs Division Director Hirofumi Arai)
Group Regional seminar on the Russian Economy and the Marine Produce Industry in the Far Eastern Region (Sado, Chairman of the Board of Trustees Susumu Yoshida and others)
[14th – 18th June] Participation in the Stanley Foundation’s Conference on Future Multilateral Economic Cooperation with the DPRK (Berlin, Senior Economist Hisako Tsuji)
[13th – 17th June] Participation in the Niigata Port Development Associationfs fact-finding survey concerning international ferries in Northeast Asia (Incheon & Dalian, Researcher Kazumi Kawamura)
[6th – 10th June] Dispatch of a lecturer to lead a training program on the development of fast food chains, commissioned by the Japan International Cooperation Center (Khabarovsk)
[6th June – mid – August] Internship students from the Monterey Institute of International Studies begin program at ERINA (R. Yokochi and R. Beisecker)
Appointment to the Niigata City Round-Table Committee on Nuclear-Free Peace and participation in the first meeting thereof (Senior Fellow Ikuo Mitsuhashi)
[24th – 27th May] Participation in the 2005 Japan-China Economic Cooperation Conference in Shenyang (Shenyang, Chairman of the Board of Trustees Susumu Yoshida)
Speech to the International Affairs Committee of the Niigata Association of Corporate Executives (Niigata, Chairman of the Board of Trustees Susumu Yoshida)