|  | Activities | 
| Sept. 3
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IntroductionSession
 Visit the Japan Foundation Asia Center
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| Sept. 4
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Workshop I: Presentation by the Fellows (1)
 David Celdran "Surviving
 the Marketplace of Ideas in the Age of Electronic Media"/ Ann Lee "Modern
 Mythologies in Popular Culture about ‘Asian Values’"
 Workshop II: Presentations by the Fellows (2)
 Huang, Ping "Intellectual
 Debates on Public Issues in 1990s China"/ Ryu, Jeong Soon "Social Welfare
 Policy"/ Shimada, Kazuyuki "Making a New secrity System in Asia-for
 Stable Peace and Prosperity"
 
   Welcome Reception | 
| Sept. 5
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Workshop III: Presentation by the Fellows (3)
 Mahendra Lama "Economic
 Reforms in South Asia: Prospects, Challenges and Concerns"/ Anek Nakabutara
 "Social Capital and Civil society Building and Networking: Case Study of
 Thailand"
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| Sept.5-8
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Field Trip to Yamagata / Miyagi
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| Sept. 11
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Workshop IV: Discussion on Future Direction (1)
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| Sept. 12
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Workshop V: Discussion on Future Direction (2)
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| Sept. 14
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   Visit Asia-Japan Women’s Resource Center | 
| Sept. 18
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Workshop VI: "Introduction to Consumer Science"
 
 Workshop VII:  "Strategic Communications"
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| Sept. 20
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Workshop VIII: Discussion with Mr. Mikio Kato( Executive Director, International
 House of Japan)
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| Sept. 21
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   Weekend Retreat in Tateshina | 
| Sept. 25
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Resource Person Seminar: "Transnational Civil Society in Asia" by
 Prof. Yoshikazu Sakamoto
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| Sept. 26
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Visit Kalabaw-no-kai.
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| Sept. 27
 |  Resource Person Seminar: "History and Nationalism in Post-war by Prof.
 Kiichi FujiwaraJapan"
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| Sept. 28
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Resource Person Seminar: "Peace Studies in Japan Today" by Prof.
 Mitsuo Okamoto
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| Oct. 2
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  Resource Person Seminar: "Environmental Impact Assessment in Japan"by Prof. Sachihiko Harashina
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| Oct. 3
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Workshop IX: Discussion on the Public Symposium(1)
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| Oct. 5
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Resource Person Seminar: "Japanese Popular Culture" by Prof. Tom
 Gill
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| Oct. 6-9
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   Field Trip to Isahaya/Fukuoka | 
| Oct. 10
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Workshop X: Discussion on the Public Symposium(2)
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Visit Dentsu
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| Oct. 16
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Visit Fuji Television
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| Oct. 18
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Workshop XI: Discussion with Ambassador Hiroaki Fujii
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| Oct. 22
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Resource Person Seminar: "The Public Intellectual and Public Policy"
 by Prof. Gerald Curtis Workshop XII: Discussion on the Public Symposium(3)
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| Oct. 26
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Public Symposium: "Rethinking Existing Paradigm: Public Intellectuals
 in Action"
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| Oct. 29
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Visit the Diet
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| Oct. 31
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Evaluation Session
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