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China-Korea-Japan Seminar on Africa "East Asia and Africa in the 21st Century"

Registration has closed as the maximum capacity (100) was reached.


The African continent has been attracting increasing interest in recent years from businesses and governments around the world, including those from East Asia. IDE-JETRO was among the first to recognize this trend, holding an open seminar in 2007 entitled "Perspective on Growing Africa: From China and Japan," which was well received by its audience composed mainly of Japanese businesspeople. IDE-JETRO will now follow up with a seminar featuring leading scholars in African studies from Japan, China and South Korea. We hope that this seminar, and the exchange of information and views it engenders, will contribute to establishing an academic network in East Asia in this field and building a sound relationship between Africa and East Asia as a whole.

Date&time:
February 24 , 2010, (Wednesday) 12:50-17:45p.m. （Registration opens at 12:20 p.m.）

Venue:
ABC conference room, 5th floor, JETRO Headquarters Tokyo　
Ark Mori Building, 12-32, Akasaka 1-chome, Minato-ku, Tokyo

Program:
12:50 Opening
13:00 Presentations by Chinese representatives
  • "History and Current Status of African Studies in China"
    Professor Li Anshan, School of International Studies, Peking University
  • "Trends and Current State of China-Africa Relations and Chinese Trade, Investment and Other Policies toward Africa"
    Professor Yang Lihua, Institute of West Asian and African Studies, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences
  • Comment by Professor Akio Takahara, University of Tokyo Graduate Schools for Law and Politics
14:00 Presentations by South Korean representatives
  • "History and Current Status of African Studies in South Korea"
    Dr. Young Ho Park, Head of Middle East and Africa Team, Korea Institute for International Economic Policy
  • "Trends and Current State of Korea-Africa Relations and Korean Trade, Investment and Other Policies toward Africa"
    Dr. Baran Han, Middle East and Africa Team, Korea Institute for International Economic Policy
  • Comment by Mr. Satoru Okuda, Director in Charge, Area Studies Center, IDE-JETRO
15:00 Presentations by Japanese representatives
  • " History and Current Status of African Studies in Japan"
    Associate Professor Yoichi Mine, Global Collaboration Center, Osaka University
  • "Trends and Current State of Japan-Africa Relations and Japanese Trade, Investment and Other Policies toward Africa"
    Mr. Katsumi Hirano, Director General, Area Studies Center, IDE-JETRO
  • Comment by Professor Motoki Takahashi, Graduate School of International Cooperation Studies, Kobe University
16:00 Coffee Break
16:15 Panel discussion: "East Asia-Africa Relations in the 21st Century"
17:15 Q & A
17:45 Seminar ends


Languages:
Simultaneous interpretation in Japanese and English will be available.

Organizer:
IDE-JETRO

Participation fee:
Free

Maximum attendance:
100
(Registration has closed as the maximum capacity was reached.)

Contact:
External Relations Division, Research Promotion Department, IDE-JETRO
3-2-2 Wakaba, Mihama-ku, Chiba-shi, Chiba 261-8545
TEL: 043-299-9536 FAX: 043-299-9726
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