| Date | Activities |
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| Sep. 13 (Mon.) | Orientation Welcoming Reception |
| Sep. 14 (Tue.) | Workshop I: Country Reports by Fellows (1) Kong Rithdee “Thailand Report” Seki Kaoruko “Japan” |
| Sep. 15 (Wed.) | Workshop II: Country Reports by Fellows (2) Fouzia Saeed “Pakistan” Guo Zhiyuan “The People’s Republic of China: From Tradition to Modern Times” Sasanka Perera “Sri Lanka” |
| Sep. 16 (Thu.) | Workshop III: Country Reports by Fellow (3) Ahn Byungok “Identity Controversies in the Modern Society of South Korea” |
| Sep. 17 (Fri.) | Weekend Retreat in Miura Kaigan, Kanagawa (Day 1) |
| Sep. 18 (Sat.) | Weekend Retreat in Miura Kaigan, Kanagawa (Day 2) |
| Sep. 19 (Sun.) | Weekend Retreat in Miura Kaigan, Kanagawa (Day 3) |
| Sep. 21 (Tue.) | Workshop IV Discussion on the Public Symposium (1) |
| Sep. 22 (Wed.) | Workshop V “Rights and Reinventing Culture” by Sasanka Perera |
| Set. 24 (Fri.) | Workshop VI Luncheon meeting with Akashi Yasushi (Chairman, International House of Japan) |
| Sep. 25 (Sat.) | Resource Seminar I Discussion with Nitobe Kokusai Juku participants |
| Sep. 27 (Mon.) | Resource Seminar II “Noh Theater and Peace” by Shimizu Kanji (Noh Performer) |
| Sep. 28 (Tue.) | Resource Seminar III “Documentaries and Visual Media Literacy” by Mori Tatsuya (Film Director) |
| Sep. 30 (Thu.) | Resource Seminar IV “Refugee Issues and the Japanese Government” by Kumaoka Michiya (Board Member, Japan International Volunteer Center) and visit to JVC’s headquarters in Tokyo |
| Oct. 1 (Fri.) | Resource Seminar V “A Down-to-Earth Look at Tokyo: Another Side of the Global City” by Machimura Takashi (Professor, Hitotsubashi University) |
| Oct. 4 (Mon.) | Resource Seminar VI “Gender and Ethnicity in the Neo-Liberalist Reforms in Japan in 1990-2010” by Ueno Chizuko (Professor, University of Tokyo) |
| Oct. 5 (Tue.) | Workshop VII “The Rising Religious Militancy in Asia” by Fouzia Saeed |
| Workshop VIII Screening of Kong Rithdee’s documentary film, The Convert |
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| Oct. 6 (Wed.) | Resource Seminar VII “Nationalism and International Politics: Sino-Japanese Relations in Context” by Fujiwara Kiichi (Professor, University of Tokyo) |
| Oct. 8 (Fri.) | Resource Seminar VIII “Heterotopias in Japanese Cinema” by Yomota Inuhiko (Professor, Meiji Gakuin University ) |
| Oct. 10 (Sun.) | Field Trip (Day 1: Nagasaki) Peace and Nuclear Issues – Visits to the Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Museum, Hypocenter of Atomic Bombing, and Urakami Cathedral – Meeting with Mr. Motoshima Hitoshi (former mayor of Nagasaki City) on the abolition of nuclear arms and Nagasaki – Briefing by Mr. Tasaki Noboru (Secretary-General, Organizing Committee, Nagasaki Global Citizens’ Assembly for the Elimination of Nuclear Weapons) on the peace movement in Nagasaki |
| Oct. 11 (Mon.) | Field Trip (Day 2: Nagasaki) History of Nagasaki – Visit to the Nagasaki Museum of History and Culture – Tour of Gunkan Island |
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Oct. 12 (Tue.) |
Field Trip (Day 3: Tagawa City, Fukuoka) – Briefing by Mr. Bori Kiyonari (artist) and Mr. Yamamoto Tsuyoshi (iArtRevo Chikuho) on the importance of art in revising the history of Tagawa – Tour of the city, including a coal-mining site and an art gallery |
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Oct. 13 (Wed.) |
Field Trip (Day 4: Munakata City, Fukuoka) – Briefing by Ms. Morisaki Kazue (poet/author) on women and minorities in Japan and Asia – Visit to Munakata Taisha (Grand Shrine) and tour around the city |
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Oct. 14 (Thu.) |
Field Trip (Day 5: Fukuoka) Arts in Asia – Tour of the Fukuoka Asian Art Museum – Briefing by Mr. Kuroda Raiji (Curator, Fukuoka Asian Art Museum) on contemporary arts in Asia |
| Oct. 15-28 (Fri.-Thu.) |
Individual Activities Period |
| Oct. 29 (Fri.) | Workshop IX Discussion on the Public Symposium (2) |
| Workshop X Reports on Individual Activities Period |
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| Nov. 5 (Fri.) | Workshop XI “Responsibility for War Injuries: Limits and Possibilities of Reparations under International Law -The Case of Japan (1945-2000)-” by Seki Kaoruko |
| Nov. 8 (Mon.) | Public Symposium “Rethinking Global Challenges: Asian Intellectuals in Dialogue” For further details please click here. |
| Nov. 11 (Thu.) | Visit to Ogawa Town, Saitama |
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Nov. 12 (Fri.) |
Evaluation Session Farewell Dinner |