What's New - 1999 E

Rei Shiratori's Activity in 1999

Professor Shiratori accepted
guest professorship in University of Bergen

     Professor Rei Shiratori accepted Guest Professorship at the Department of Comparative Politics, University of Bergen in Norway, and stayed in Bergen for seven months since August 1, 1999.
     University of Bergen is famous for its connection with late Professor Stein Rokkan, who contributed to the development of modern political science in Europe in many ways. The Department of Comparative Politics has high academic standard and several good professors, such as Professor Stein Kuhnle on 'Welfare State' and Professor Lars Svaasand on 'Political Parties'.
     In Bergen, Professor Shiratori conducted seminars on 'Welfare State', 'Political Parties' and 'Development and Human Rights'.

Picture with Professor and Mrs. Lars Svaasand

     City of Bergen is a base-camp city for Fjord Sightseeing, and considered to be the most beautiful city in Scandinavia. Apparently Professor Shiratori enjoyed his stay in Bergen for seven months.

Professor Shiratori on Pleikestolen Rock
The Rock stands 600 meters high above the fjord

Professor Shiratori engaged in election observation
in Indonesian election in June 1999

Professor Rei Shiratori was engaged, as a guest of Asian Association of Election Authorities, in international election observation in Indonesian general election in June 1999. Professor Shiratori has been a member of International Advisory Council of IFES, and served as consultant to the AAEA since 1998.
After coming back to Japan, he contributed articles on Indonesian election in Yomiuri Shinbun, a Japanese daily newspaper, and in Japan Times, a Japanese daily newspaper published in English.

Election Campaign by PDI-P (Megawati's party)

Rei Shiratori at ballot box

Vote counting in transparent environment

Professor Shiratori's activities in 1999

March 1

Lecture at town-mayor's office in Nishikawa-cho, Niigata-ken, Japan
Title: "Administrative Reform and Local Government"

March 10 - March 11

Attend at the International Advisory Council of IFES, Washington DC, in USA

May 19

Lecture at Foreign Press Club in Tokyo for a group of journalist invited from Middle East countries
Title: "Japanese Politics and Economy since the End of World War II"

May 26

Lecture at the Headquarter of the Liberal Party
Title: "The Result of Simulation of the Next General Election of House of Representatives"

June 2 - June 10

Engaged in the international election observation of Indonesian election as a guest of Asian Association of Election Authorities

August 1 - February 28 (2000)

Guest Professor at the Department of Comparative Politics, University of Bergen, in Norway

Picture with Professor and Mrs. Stein Kuhnle

September 12 - September 14

Lecture at the International Symposium of the Club of Rome on 'Globalism and South East Europe'
Title: "Fall of Economic Superpower Japan: Recent Changes in Japanese Politics and Economy and Their Problems"

September 16

Lecture at the Department of Political Science, University of Oslo, in Norway
Title: "After the One-party Dominance: Japanese Party Politics since 1993"

September 23 - September 24

Lecture at the International Symposium on 'Future of Democratic Socialism' organized by Tokai University European Center in Bedvaek, near Copenhagen, in Denmark
Title: "The End of Socialism in Any Form? -Experiences of the Democratic Socialist Party in Japan-"

October 4

Lectures at the Department of Political Science, University of Geneva, in Switzerland
Title: "After the One-Party Dominance: Japanese Party Politics since 1993"
and
Title: "Fall of Economic Superpower Japan: Recent Changes in Japanese Politics and Economy and Their Problems"

October 6

Lecture at the Department of Comparative Politics, University of Bergen, in Norway
Title: "After the One-Party Dominance: Japanese Party Politics since 1993"

Sogne Fjord near Bergen

October 11

Lecture at 'Jiji Top Seminar' in London organized by Jiji Press
Title: "Future of Obuchi Coalition Government: On the Result of Simulation of the Next General Election of House of Representatives in Japan" (in Japanese)

October 13

Lecture at the Department of Government, University of Aberdeen, in Scotland
Title: "After the One-Party Dominance: Japanese Party Politics since 1993"

October 18

Lecture at the Department of Comparative Politics, University of Bergen, in Norway
Title: "Some Thoughts on Economic Development in Asia: Japanese Model of Economic Development, Human Rights and Economic Growth"

October 19 (October 20)

Return to Tokyo from University of Bergen, Norway

October 23

Preside, as President, and make presentation at the Annual Conference of Japan Association of Simulation and Gaming (JASAG) in Ryutu Keizai University inIbaraki, Japan
Title: "A New Approach to Election Analysis: From Simulation to Game, From Analysis to Operation"

November 3 - November 4

Attend at the International Advisory Council of IFES in Washington DC, USA

December 3

Lecture at the Symposium on 'Democratization and Election Assistance in Post Cold War Era' organized by Interband, IPSJ and Asia Foundation in Tokyo
Title: "Change of Democratic Theory and the Role of Election in Democratization"
Please click here to see the program of symposium

New Books by Rei Shiratori in 2000
(in Japanese)

Rei Shiratori ed.
"Reconsideration of Welfare State
-Scandinavian Model and Asia-"
Shin Hyoron Sha Publishing Co.
March 2000, Yen 3,500.-