On March 22, 2000, the 10th GISPRI Symposium "Beyond the Crisis - Rethinking Japan's
Role in Asia -" co-sonsored by Ministry of International Trade and Industry(MITI) and Japan
Federation of Economic Organization(KEIDANREN) was held at Keidanren Hall with four
overseas lecturers and nine Japanese participants from academic field, industrial sector and
Japanese government.

In the keynote speech titled "Thinking Japan in Asia", Professor Takashi Shiraishi of Kyoto
University addressed that Japan should contribute to Asia through econmic cooperation,
industrial cooperation and cultural and intellectual cooperation.

In each session, Japan's role was discussed from viewpoint of industrial cooperations, Asian
regioanal monetary system and systemic natures of interdependence between Japan and Asia
in 21st century.
 
 

Program
Keynote Speech    "Thinking Japan in Asia"
                        Takashi SHIRAISHI, Professor, Center for South East Asian Studies,
                        Kyoto University

Session 1 "Strategies of enterprises in Asia and industrial cooperation"
                         Moderator : Hirotsugu KOIKE,
                                            Foreign News Editor, Nihon Keizai Shimbun, Inc.
                         Presenter   : Nobuharu TABATA, General Manager, Asia Department #1,
                                             Asia division, Toyota Motor Corporation
                                             LEE Poh Ping, Professor, University of Kebangansan Malaysia
                         Discussant : Naoki FUKUSHIMA, Staff Manager,
                                             International Orientation &Training Department, Canon Inc.
                                             Yoshihiro OHTSUJI, Director, Department of Southeast Asia and
                                             Oceania, Bureau of Trade Policy, MITI
Session 2  "Financial Architecture"
                          Moderator : Kaoru SUGIHARA,
                                              Professor, Fuculty of Economics, Osaka University
                          Presenter   : Chalongphob SUSSANGKARN, President,
                                              Thailand Development Research Institute Foundation(TDRI)
                                              Hans-Eckart SCHARRER, Professor and Vice-President,
                                               Humburg Economics Research Institute(HWWA)
                          Discussant :  Hajime SHINOHARA, Deputy Governer,
                                               Deposit Insurance Corporation of Japan
Session 3  "Prospects of Asia in 21st century"
                          Moderator  :  Takashi SHIRAISHI, Professor, Center for South East Asian
                                                Studies, Kyoto University
                          Presentor    :  Ann Marie MURPHY, East Asian Studies, Columbia University
                                                Kozo KATO, Associate Professor,
                                                Faculty of Law, Sophia University
                          Dicussant   :  Kaoru SUGIHARA, Professor, Fuculty of Economics,
                                                Osaka University
                                               Akinobu YASUMOTO, Executive Director, GISPRI
 

You can order the symposium proceedings(3,000 JPY/copy plus carriage charge).
Please send e-mail to sympo@gispri.or.jp