HSP Seminar no.130 Human Trafficking in the Great Mekong Sub-region: Modern Day Slavery Revealed

Each day, countless men, women and children around the world suffer in horrific slave-like conditions. Whether it be a teenage boy forced to work 19 hour shifts on a fishing boat in foreign seas, a woman forced to have sex with up to ten strangers every night, or a child sold into a sweat shop to make electronic components for an unscrupulous sub-contractor, each day these real-life dramas play out in all our countries. Globally, it is estimated that there are over 27 million enslaved persons, with about half in Asia alone.

Matthew Friedman, a United Nations international expert in human trafficking, will provide a comprehensive overview of the human trafficking problem throughout Asia. What it is, how it works and what is being done to address it. His presentation will focus on what governments and civil society are doing and how effective this work has been up until now and challenges forwards.

Mr. Friedman is an international human trafficking expert with over 20 years of experience as an activist, program designer, evaluator and manager. He is currently the Regional Project Manager of the United Nations Inter-Agency Project on Human Trafficking (UNIAP) in Bangkok, Thailand. UNIAP is managed by a headquarters in Bangkok, with country project offices in the capitals of Cambodia, China, Lao PDR, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam. It represents one of the world’s largest inter-agency coordinating body on human trafficking linking the United Nations system with governments, civil society and private groups in the region and beyond.

• Date : December 13 (Tue.), 2011, 10:40-12:10
• Venue : Room 531, 3F of Bldg.5, Komaba Campus, University of Tokyo (map)
• Lecturer : Matthew Friedman (Regional Project Manager of the United Nations Inter-Agency Project on Human Trafficking (UNIAP) in Bangkok, Thailand)
• Mediator : Miwa Yamada (Institute of Developing Economies (IDE))
• Commentator : Marip Seng Bu (Secretary-General of Refugee Coordination Committee of Japan (RCCJ))
• Language : English
• Materials : UNIAP website
• Organizers :
  Graduate Program on Human Security, University of Tokyo (HSP)
  Center for Documentation of Refugees and Migrants (CDR), University of Tokyo

HSP Seminar no.129 Experience of Voluntary Activities for the Suffering in East Japan Earthquakes

• Date : December 20 (Tue.), 2011, 18:00-20:00
• Venue : Collaboration Room 3, 4F of Bldg.18, Komaba Campus, University of Tokyo (map)
• Moderator : Daisaku Higashi (Associate Professor, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, University of Tokyo)
• Commentator :
  Yasushi Yamamoto (Professor, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, University of Tokyo)
  Makoto Maruyama (Professor, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, University of Tokyo)
  Shinji Yamashita (Professor, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, University of Tokyo)
  Yasunobu Sato (Professor, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, University of Tokyo)
• Language : Japanese
• Organizers :
  Graduate Program on Human Security, University of Tokyo (HSP)
  Research Center for Sustainable Peace, Institute of Advanced Global Studies (IAGS), University of Tokyo
  Research Center for Sustainable Development, Institute of Advanced Global Studies (IAGS), University of Tokyo

HSF Internship Festival 2011

HSP Seminar no.131 Facing Up To Corruption In High-Risk And Conflict-Affected Regions: Policy Considerations And Practical Strategies For International Companies

• Date : December 1 (Thu.), 2011, 16:00-17:30
• Venue : Collaboration Room 1, 4F of Bldg.18, Komaba Campus, University of Tokyo (map)
• Lecturer : John Bray (Director of Analysis, Control Risks Group, Japan)
• Moderator : Dylan Scudder (Human Security Program, University of Tokyo)
• Language : English
• Materials : related material
• Organizers :
  Graduate Program on Human Security, University of Tokyo (HSP)

HSP Seminar no.128 Initial Reaction to East Japan Earthquake: Three Days in Regional Development Bureau of Tohoku

• Date : November 11 (Fri.), 2011, 18:10-19:30
• Venue : The Gakusai Koryu Hall, Komaba Campus, University of Tokyo (map)
• Lecturer : Izuo Tokuyama (Director, Regional Development Bureau of Tohoku, Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport)
• Materials : Program
• Organizers : Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, University of Tokyo
  Study Group of Interdisciplinary Social Sciences, Department of Advanced Social and International Studies
  Ryuichiro Matsubara Seminar   Graduate Program on Human Security (HSP)
  Research Center for Sustainable Peace, Institute of Advanced Global Studies (IAGS)
  Research Center for Sustainable Development, Institute of Advanced Global Studies (IAGS)

HSP Seminar no.127 Helping Small Farmers in Nigeria through Agricultural Cooperatives: Lessons from Japan Agricultural Cooperative Model

Agricultural cooperative known as JA in Japan is the citadel of small farmers’ livelihoods. For almost 60 years, JA was the driving force behind small farmer-supportive policy in Japan. The reverse is the case in Nigeria where agricultural cooperatives are not tailored towards organized support; thereby farmers are faced with production challenges not known to JA members. While there are emerging challenges for JA, its relevance remains undaunted in marketing, farm guidance, credit, insurance, and subsidy among others. The paper examines the need for adapting the JA agricultural cooperative model in Nigeria and the needed institutional contexts.

• Date : November 10 (Thu.), 2011, 15:00-17:00
• Venue : Room. 402, 4F, 21 KOMCEE, Komaba Campus, University of Tokyo (map)
• Lecturer : Eniola Fabusoro (Visiting Researcher, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, University of Tokyo)
• Moderator : Makoto Maruyama (Professor, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, University of Tokyo)
• Language : English
• Organizers :
  Graduate Program on Human Security, University of Tokyo (HSP)
  Center for African Studies, Institute of Advanced Global Studies (IAGS), University of Tokyo
  Research Center for Sustainable Development, Institute of Advanced Global Studies (IAGS), University of Tokyo

HSP Autumn Symposium 2011 III Post Dependency on Nuclear Power and Human Security

• Date : October 29 (Sat.), 2011, 13:30-17:30
• Venue : The Conference Hall in Bldg.18 (Map), Komaba Campus, University of Tokyo
• Participants：
  Takeshi Ishihara (Professor, University of Tokyo)
  Kunihiro Yamada (Professor, Kyoto Seika University)
  Masuro Sugai (Professor, Kokugakuin University)
• Facilitator：Koyu Furusawa (Professor, Kokugakuin University)
• Fee：500yen (Free for students)
• Organizer：
  The Society for Studies on Entropy
• Co-organizers：
  Graduate Program on Human Security, University of Tokyo (HSP)
  Research Center for Sustainable Peace, Institute of Advanced Global Studies (IAGS), University of Tokyo
  Research Center for Sustainable Development, Institute of Advanced Global Studies (IAGS), University of Tokyo

HSP Seminar no.126 Japan-Guinea Relations: Past, Present and Future

• Date : October 20 (Thu.), 2011, 14:30-16:00
• Venue : Collaboration Room 2, 4F of Bldg.18, Komaba Campus, University of Tokyo (map)
• Lecturer : Aly Diane (Secrétaire Général, Ministère des Affaires Etrangères et des Guineens de l’Etranger)
• Moderator : Mitsugi Endo (Professor, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, University of Tokyo)
• Language : French (with Japanese consecutive interpretation)
• Organizers :
  Graduate Program on Human Security, University of Tokyo (HSP)
  Center for African Studies, Institute of Advanced Global Studies (IAGS), University of Tokyo

HSPシンポジウム2011秋2/パリ和平協定20周年シンポジウム 開発下のカンボジアはいま ～持続的な発展と平和に向けて～

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HSP Autumn Symposium 2011 Human Seurity: Protecting Individual Lives, Property and Dignity (Part I: Symposium and Concert “Human Security and East Japan Earthquake”)

• Date : October 8 (Sat.), 2011, 14:30-16:20
• Venue : Auditorium (Map), Komaba Campus, University of Tokyo
• Participants：
  Kenji Utsunomiya (Lawyer, President of Japan Federation of Bar Associations)
  Kiyomi Tsujimoto (MP, Former Special Advisor on Volunteering to the Prime Minister)
  Yukio Takasu (Chair of HSF; Project Professor, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, University of Tokyo, Special Adviser on Human Security to the UN Secretary-General; Former Japanese Ambassador to the UN)
• Organizers：
  Graduate Program on Human Security, University of Tokyo (HSP)
  Human Security Forum (HSF)

※Please refer to the leaflet (in Japanese).

HSF Charity Concert Piano Concert by Mr. Masayuki Hirahara (Part II: Symposium and Concert “Human Security and East Japan Earthquake”)

• Date : October 8 (Sat.), 2011, 16:30-18:00
• Venue : Auditorium (Map), Komaba Campus, University of Tokyo
• Organizers：Human Security Forum (HSF)
• Supporters :
  Graduate Program on Human Security, University of Tokyo (HSP)
  Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research on Innovative Areas
  “United Nations PKO and Business: Conflict, Human Movement and Governance”
  Human Mobility Studies (Corporate Sponsored Program: Hogakukan Co.,Ltd.), University of Tokyo
  and Others

※Please visit HSP website (in Japanese).

Seminar Series on Cambodia 2011 Society and Law in Cambodia: The Issues on Peacebuilding in Post-Conflict State and Its Whereabouts

For 18 years since its promulgation of the constitution, Cambodia has been challenging many reforms, such as administrative reform, law reform and infrastructure building for economic development. How have these reforms changed Cambodian society and is its future? Is Cambodia society now really peaceful after experiencing violent conflict? Has the assistance from the international community contributed to Cambodia for consolidating its peace? In this seminar, Professor. Kuong Teilee, who is specialized in Cambodian law and law reform assistance, will talk about the issues on Cambodian law and international law reform assistance from the perspectives of peacebuilding.

• Date : September 23 (Fri.), 2011, 14:30-16:30
• Venue : The Conference Hall in Bldg.18 (Map), Komaba Campus, University of Tokyo
• Speaker : Kuong Teilee (Associate Professor, Center for Asian Legal Exchange, Nagoya University)
• Access : 5minute walk from the Komaba-Todaimae Station on the Keio Inokashira Line
• Capacity : 150 people
• Languages : Japanese
• To Register : Visit PEFOC,J website
• Organizer : People’s Forum on Cambodia, Japan (PEFOC, J)
• Co-Organizer : Graduate Program on Human Security, University of Tokyo (HSP)
• Contact : People’s Forum on Cambodia, Japan (PEFOC, J)
  E-mail: pefocj@hotmail.co.jp
  TEL: 03-3834-2407
  FAX: 03-3835-0519

HSP Seminar no.125 National Recinciliation in Guinea-Bissau

• Date : September 14 (Wed.), 2011, 15:00-17:00
• Venue : Collaboration Room 2, 4F of Bldg.18, Komaba Campus, University of Tokyo (map)
• Lecturer : Florentino Pereira Mendes (MP, National People’s Assembly of Guinea-Bissau)
• Moderator : Mitsugi Endo (Professor, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, University of Tokyo)
• Language : French (with Japanese consecutive interpretation)
• Organizers :
  Graduate Program on Human Security, University of Tokyo (HSP)
  Center for African Studies, Institute of Advanced Global Studies (IAGS), University of Tokyo   Research Center for Sustainable Peace, Institute of Advanced Global Studies (IAGS), University of Tokyo

HSP Seminar no.124 The What, How and When Questions In Africa’s Development

• Date : July 14 (Thu.), 2011, 17:30-19:30
• Venue : Media Laboratory 2, 1F of Bldg.18, Komaba Campus, University of Tokyo (map)
• Lecturer : Eniola Fabusoro (Visiting Researcher, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, University of Tokyo)
• Commentator :
  Makoto Katsumata (Professor, Faculty of International Studies, Meiji Gakuin University)
  Mitsugi Endo (Professor, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, University of Tokyo)
• Moderator : Makoto Maruyama (Professor, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, University of Tokyo)
• Language : English
• Organizers :
  Graduate Program on Human Security, University of Tokyo (HSP)
  Center for African Studies, Institute of Advanced Global Studies (IAGS), University of Tokyo   Research Center for Sustainable Development, Institute of Advanced Global Studies (IAGS), University of Tokyo

HSP Seminar no.123 The Earthquake/Nuclear Accident and Philosophy

• Date : July 11 (Mon.), 2011, 18:00-20:00
• Venue : Collaboration Room 3, 4F of Bldg.18, Komaba Campus, University of Tokyo (map)
• Lecturer : Tetsuya Takahashi (Professor, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, University of Tokyo)
• Commentator :
  Yasunobu Sato (Professor, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, University of Tokyo)
  Daisaku Higashi (Associate Professor, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, University of Tokyo)
• Moderator and Commentator : Makoto Maruyama (Professor, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, University of Tokyo)
• Language : Japanese
• Materials : The Lecturer’s interview (in Japanese)
• Organizers :
  Graduate Program on Human Security, University of Tokyo (HSP)
  Research Center for Sustainable Peace, Institute of Advanced Global Studies (IAGS), University of Tokyo
  Research Center for Sustainable Development, Institute of Advanced Global Studies (IAGS), University of Tokyo

HSP Seminar no.122 Expanding Wind Power Energy and Reconstruction of Areas Devastated by East Japan Earthquake

• Date : July 6 (Wed.), 2011, 18:00-20:00
• Venue : Collaboration Room 1, 4F of Bldg.18, Komaba Campus, University of Tokyo (map)
• Lecturer : Ishihara Takeshi (Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, School of Engineering, University of Tokyo)
• Commentator : Makoto Maruyama (Professor, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, University of Tokyo)
• Moderator : Daisaku Higashi (Associate Professor, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, University of Tokyo)
• Language : Japanese
• Materials : related material (in Japanese), The Lecturer’s website
• Organizers :
  Graduate Program on Human Security, University of Tokyo (HSP)
  Research Center for Sustainable Peace, Institute of Advanced Global Studies (IAGS), University of Tokyo
  Research Center for Sustainable Development, Institute of Advanced Global Studies (IAGS), University of Tokyo

HSP Seminar no.121 Governance and Rule of Law Post-Disasters

The catastrophic Tohoku earthquake, tsunami and nuclear power crisis reminded us that such seismic events might not be metaphorical but, as in the original meaning, geological. However, it is increasingly recognized that the response requires not merely a massive reconstruction effort but a fundamental review of its governance structures to look at how they operate under stress as well as under ‘normal’ conditions. Hurricane Katrina and the recent Australian bushfires and floods demonstrate that these are issues in developed as well as developing countries.

These issues suggest the need for a deep re-assessment of the very basic value systems of the people of Japan and of all global citizens. It will require active international dialogue on the question of global values, international rule of law, global governance and the institutional requirements that need to go hand in hand with globalisation.

This seminar explores the challenges of governance and rule of law post-disasters and looks specifically at the issue of responsible aid relief responses; sustainable and safe energy choices; and the collaborative effort needed between government, business and NGOs.

In the face of the serious challenges facing Japan, this Seminar is a timely examination of the crucial issues of ethics, rule of law, accountability, transparency and sustainability of aid resourcing and delivery that is associated particularly with disaster management and reconstruction and in which business plays an increasingly significant role.

This Seminar welcomes representative from private sector enterprises, government organisations, the academic community and aid agencies as well as members of civil society.

• Date : July 5 (Tue.), 2011, 17:00-19:00
• Venue : Collaboration Room 1, 4F of Bldg.18, Komaba Campus, University of Tokyo (map)
• Lecturer : Charles Sampford (President, International Institute for Public Ethics; Director, Institute for Ethics, Governance and Law, Australia)
• Commentator :
  Yukio Takasu (Project Professor, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, University of Tokyo; Special Adviser on Human Security to the UN Secretary-General; Former Japanese Ambassador to the UN)
  Tadashi Inuzuka (Former Senator of the National Diet, Japan)
• Moderator : Yasunobu Sato (Professor, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, University of Tokyo)
• Language : English
• Materials : Program
• Organizers :
  Graduate Program on Human Security, University of Tokyo (HSP)
  Research Center for Sustainable Peace, Institute of Advanced Global Studies (IAGS), University of Tokyo

Seminar Series on Cambodia 2011 Political and Social Situation in Cambodia under the Development: Rethinking the Role of NGO through NGO Law and Land Conflict

• Date : July 2 (Sat.), 2011, 14:30-17:00
• Venue : The Conference Hall in Bldg.18 (Map), Komaba Campus, University of Tokyo
• Presenter : Miku Kamimura (Coordinator of PEFOC Japan; Master Student at Sophia University)
• Access : 5minute walk from the Komaba-Todaimae Station on the Keio Inokashira Line
• Capacity : 150 people
• Languages : Japanese
• Organizer : People’s Forum on Cambodia, Japan (PEFOC, J)
• Co-Organizer : Graduate Program on Human Security, University of Tokyo (HSP)

※Visit here (in Japanese) for more detail.

HSP Seminar no.120 Talk with Heran Song, Head of Central Highlands Office (Bamyan) in UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA)

• Date : June 21 (Tue.), 2011, 18:00-20:00
• Venue : Collaboration Room 3, 4F of Bldg.18, Komaba Campus, University of Tokyo (map)
• Lecturer : Heran Song (Head of Central Highlands Office (Bamyan) in UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA))
• Moderator : Daisaku Higashi (Associate Professor, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, University of Tokyo)
• Language : English
• Materials : CV
• Organizers :
  Graduate Program on Human Security, University of Tokyo (HSP)
  Research Center for Sustainable Peace, Institute of Advanced Global Studies (IAGS), University of Tokyo
  Research Center for Sustainable Development, Institute of Advanced Global Studies (IAGS), University of Tokyo

HSP Seminar no.119 The Earthquake/Nuclear Accident and Human Security 2: Sharing Experieces and Starting the Project

• Date : May 24 (Tue.), 2011, 18:00-20:00
• Venue : Collaboration Room 3, 4F of Bldg.18, Komaba Campus, University of Tokyo (map)
• Facilitators :
  Makoto Maruyama (Professor, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, University of Tokyo)
  Daisaku Higashi (Associate Professor, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, University of Tokyo)
• Language : Japanese
• Organizers :
  Graduate Program on Human Security, University of Tokyo (HSP)
  Research Center for Sustainable Peace, Institute of Advanced Global Studies (IAGS), University of Tokyo
  Research Center for Sustainable Development, Institute of Advanced Global Studies (IAGS), University of Tokyo

HSF Seminar no.1-2 The Public Anthropology of Disaster: How Can We Face East Japan Earthquake?

Seminar no.1
• Date : April 20 (Wed.), 2011, 18:00-20:00
• Venue : Collaboration Room 3, 4F of Bldg.18, Komaba Campus, University of Tokyo (map)
• Presenter : Jumpei Ichinosawa (Associate Professor, Miyagi Gakuin Women’s University)
• Language : Japanese

Seminar no.2
• Date : April 27 (Wed.), 2011, 18:00-20:00
• Venue : Collaboration Room 3, 4F of Bldg.18, Komaba Campus, University of Tokyo (map)
• Presenter : Shuhei Kimura (Associate Professor, Fujitokoha University)
• Language : Japanese

• Organizer : Japan Forum of Human Security (HSF)
• Co-Organizers：
  Graduate Program on Human Security, University of Tokyo (HSP)
  Human Mobility Studies (Corporate Sponsored Program: Hogakukan Co.,Ltd.), University of Tokyo

HSP Seminar no.118 Human Security and the Earthquake/Nuclear Accident: How Can We Face and Engage in the Issue?

• Date : April 14 (Thu.), 2011, 17:30-19:30
• Venue : Collaboration Room 3, 4F of Bldg.18, Komaba Campus, University of Tokyo (map)
• Facilitators :
  Makoto Maruyama (Professor, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, University of Tokyo)
  Daisaku Higashi (Associate Professor, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, University of Tokyo; Former U.N. Political Officer)
• Language : Japanese
• Organizers :
  Graduate Program on Human Security, University of Tokyo (HSP)

「人間の安全保障」フォーラム設立記念コンサート 「大江博さんと共に「人間の安全保障」と東北関東大震災を考える」

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HSP Seminar no.117 Environmental Dimensions of Human Security

In this seminar, Dr Moustapha Kamal Gueye will consider the results of the 16th session of the Conference of the Parties (COP 16) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) from the perspective of human security.

• Date : March 4 (Fri.), 2011, 17:30-19:30
• Venue : Collaboration Room 1, 4F of Bldg.18, Komaba Campus, University of Tokyo (map)
• Lecturer : Moustapha Kamal Gueye (Senior Associate, ICTSD)
• Commentator :
  Makoto Maruyama (Professor, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, University of Tokyo)
  Hitomi Kimura (Assistant Professor, Otsuma Women’s University)
• Moderator : Daisaku Higashi (Associate Professor, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, University of Tokyo)
• Language : English and Japanese (Participants are encouraged to use English.)
• Organizers :
  Graduate Program on Human Security, University of Tokyo (HSP)

HSP Seminar no.115 Former UN Photographer, John Isaac’s 40 years of Photojournalism

A former UN photographer, John Isaac, gives a photographic presentation on his experience of travelling in 100 countries. Isaac invites you to reconsider the question “what can we do to achieve peace?”.

• Date : February 22 (Tue.), 2011, 18:00-20:00
• Venue : Collaboration Room 1, 4F of Bldg.18, Komaba Campus, University of Tokyo (map)
• Lecturer : John Isaac (Former United Nations Photographer)
• Commentator : Mari Yamashita (Director of United Nations Information Center, Tokyo)
• Language : English (with Japanese consecutive interpretation)
• Organizers :
  Graduate Program on Human Security, University of Tokyo (HSP)
  Research Center for Sustainable Peace, Institute of Advanced Global Studies (IAGS), University of Tokyo
  Working Group for founding Human Security Forum

HSP Seminar no.114 Human Security and Business in Africa

• Date : January 31 (Mon.), 2010, 17:00-19:00
• Venue : Collaboration Room 1, 4F of Bldg.18, Komaba Campus, University of Tokyo (map)
• Lecturer : Hiromi Amemiya (Associate Professor, Faculty of Economics, Toyama University; Visiting Associate Professor, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, University of Tokyo)
• Commentator :
  Yoichi Mine (Professor, Graduate School of Global Studies, Doshisha University)
  Makoto Maruyama (Professor, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, University of Tokyo)
• Discussant : Masaru Yarime (Associate Professor, Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, University of Tokyo)
• Language : Japanese
• Organizers :
  Graduate Program on Human Security, University of Tokyo (HSP)
  Research Center for Sustainable Peace, Institute of Advanced Global Studies (IAGS), University of Tokyo
  Research Center for Sustainable Development, Institute of Advanced Global Studies (IAGS), University of Tokyo
  Center for African Studies, Institute of Advanced Global Studies (IAGS), University of Tokyo

HSP Seminar no.116 Strategies for Protecting People who Cope with their Vulnerability against Risk: Report from Bangladesh

For the people such as day labor self- employee who are vulnerable against risk, it is difficult to access the social security system. In this seminar we focus on the saving/fund managed by community organization, emergency fund of producer association and traditional mutual-help system among the ethnic people as their strategies for coping with the situation.

• Date : February 24 (Thu.), 2011, 14:00-16:00
• Venue : Collaboration Room 2, 4F of Bldg.18, Komaba Campus, University of Tokyo (map)
• Lecturer : Takami Ishizaka (Ph.D candidate, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, University of Tokyo)
• Commentator : Makoto Maruyama (Professor, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, University of Tokyo)
• Language : Japanese
• Organizers :
  Graduate Program on Human Security, University of Tokyo (HSP)
  Research Center for Sustainable Development, Institute of Advanced Global Studies (IAGS), University of Tokyo

HSP Spring Symposium 2010 V The “Nuclear Pacific” Now: Effects, Action, and Passing on to Future Generations

50 years have passed since France began nuclear testing in the Pacific. The nuclear victims of Tahiti, including former test site workers, are now conducting health and environmental research of their land and asking for compensation from the French government.
We are welcoming a group from Tahiti including members of “Moruroa e Tatou”, a Tahitian NGO which fights for the victims of Tahitian nuclear victims, and a related youth organization, as well as Tahitian students, who will travel to Japan onboard Peace Boat. During their stay from January 18-23, they will visit Tokyo, Hiroshima, and Nagasaki to learn about the activities of Japanese Hibakusha and about peace education. On January 23, they will depart onboard Peace Boat’s 72nd Voyage to participate in the fourth “Global Voyage for a Nuclear-Free World: Peace Boat Hibakusha Project,” where they will join Japanese Hibakusha and high　school student Peace Ambassadors.
During their stay in Tokyo, an open symposium will be held as follows.
The symposium will also welcome a former fisherman of the Daigo Fukuryu Maru (Lucky Dragon Number Five) fishing boat and an Australian aboriginal anti-uranium mining activist as guest speakers (TBC). The nuclear age, since the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, has created countless Hibakusha in many levels of the nuclear chain. This symposium will take a close look at the contemporary reality. It will especially focus on how the younger generation can carry over these tasks, and so will feature reports on the youth movement and education, followed by discussion.

• Date : January 19 (Wed.), 2011, 18:00-20:30
• Venue : The Conference Hall in Bldg.18 (Map), Komaba Campus, University of Tokyo
• Participants：

• Organizers：
  Graduate Program on Human Security, University of Tokyo (HSP)
  Institute of Advanced Global Studies (IAGS), University of Tokyo
  Peace Boat
  Global Partnership for the Prevention of Armed Conflict (GPPAC) Northeast Asia
• Sponsors：
  Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research on Innovative Areas
  “United Nations PKO and Business: Conflict, Human Movement and Governance”
  Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (A) “New Security”
  Human Mobility Studies (Corporate Sponsored Program: Hogakukan Co.,Ltd.), University of Tokyo
  Ohdake Foundation
• Participation Fee : Free
• Languages : Japanese/French (interpretation available)
• Registration : Please contact Peace Boat office (Ishii, Ue)
  E-mail: pb.hibakusha.pacific@gmail.com
  TEL：03-3363-8047
  FAX：03-3363-7562