Organization for Asian Studies, Waseda University

OAS will hold Asia Seminars in order to spread the knowledge and awareness concerning Asia to society. Researchers and businesspersons will be invited from Japan and overseas as lecturers, and depending on the theme the target audience will include a wide range of people, such as students, researchers and the general public. These seminars will offer opportunities to discuss various Asian issues.

-The 6th-
'How evaluate the China's economy and science technology power'

Lecturer : HU Angang
Professor , Institute of Asian Studies

-The 5th-
'Singapore's East Asian Strategy'

Lecturer : KOJIMA Takaaki
Japaniese ambassador to Singapore

-The 4th-
'Multilateralism from Bilateralism? Bilateral free trade agreements and regionalism in East Asia'
Tuesday, 10th April 2007

Lecturer : Christopher Hughes
Reader (Associate Professor) in International Politics, Politics and International Studies, University of Warwick.

-The 3rd-
"Asia's Science and Technology Strategies and Crisis Management"
Saturday, 13 Jan.2007

New Infection Diseases and International Cooperation
Lecturers Koichiro Kudo, Director, International Medical Center of Japan, Disease Control and Prevention Center (DCC)
Dioxin Pollution - Vietnam and Japan
Lecturers Yuko Sato (Chief, Division of Molecular Cytogenetics, Department of Clinical Pathology, Institute of International Medical Center of Japan)

-The 2nd-
"Debating the Abe Government's Asian Diplomacy"
Wednesday, 10 Jan. 2007

Lecturers Satoshi Amako Professor, Graduate School of Asia Pacific Studies, Waseda University: Contemporary China Studies / Asian International-Relations
Lecturers Toshimitsu Shigemura Professor, Faculty of International Liberal Studies: International Politics / East Asian Studies
MC Takashi Terada (Associate Professor, IAS, Waseda University: International Relations)

-The 1st-
"The Economic Growth in China and Global Environmental" Issues
Tuesday, 12 Dec. 2006

Lecturer Mr. Hu An Gang (Director, Center for China Studies, Chinese Academy of Science, Tsinghua University; Professor, School of Public Policy & Management, Tsinghua University)