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International Conference
"Japanfs Position as a Maritime Nation"

16 ? 17 October 2007
ANA Hotel, Tokyo

Conference Papers available on-line as PDF


(1) Session 1: November 19, Monday
"Globalization and Maritime Security"
Chaired by IIPS Research Counselor, Koji Kakizawa
(former Minister of Foreign Affairs)

Introductory presentations

Dr. Masashi Nishihara (President, Research Institute for Peace and Security)

Capt. Hiroshi Sekine (Corporate Officer and General Manager, NYK Line)

Prof. Wang Shaopu (Shanghai Jiao Tong University)




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(2) Session 2: November 19, Monday
"Exploitation of Maritime Resources and Related Environmental Issue "
Chaired by IIPS Research Director Taizo Yakushiji

Introductory presentations


Professor Takafumi Matsui (University of Tokyo)

Mr. Tan Kim Hooi (Centre for Coastal and Marine Environment, Maritime Institute of Malaysia)

Mr. Masahiro Akiyama (Chairman, Ocean Policy Research Foundation)





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(3) Session 3: November 20, Tuesday
"Strategy as a Maritime Nation"

Chaired by IIPS Distinguished Research Fellow Shinzo Kobori


Introductory presentations

Prof. Heita Kawakatsu (President, Shizuoka University of Art and Culture)

Mr. Hiroshi Tsukamoto (President, Japan External Trade Organization)

Dr. Philip Towle (University of Cambridge)





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(4) Symposium: November 20, Tuesday
@ "Japanfs Position as a Maritime Nation"
@ Chaired by IIPS President Yoshio Okawara

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