| March 1 |
Lecture at the Institute for Social Studies, University of Bergen, Norway
Title: "Japanese Welfare System and Its Current Challenges"
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| March 3 |
Visit International IDEA in Stockholm, Sweden, and discuss with Mr. Bengt Säve-Sönderberg, Secretary General, for further
collaboration
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| March 6 |
Lecture at National Institute of Social Studies in Copenhagen Denmark
Title: "Japanese Welfare System and Its Current Challenges"
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| March 9 - March 15 |
Lecture tour organized by London Office, Japan Foundation
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| March 10 |
Lecture at Nissan Institute for Japanese Studies, St. Anthony's College, Oxford
Title: "After the One-Party Dominance: Japanese Party Politics since 1993"
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| March 13 |
Lecture at Center for Japanese Studies, University of Sheffield, UK
Title: "After the One-Party Dominance: Japanese Party Politics since 1993"
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| March 14 |
Lecture at Center for Japanese Studies, University of Stirling, in Scotland, UK
Title: "After the One-Party Dominance: Japanese Party Politics since 1993"
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Durbar Square in Patan
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| March 26 - April 4 |
Visit Nepal under invitation by Professor Kedhar Bhukta Mathema, Ambassador of Nepal to Japan
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| March 30 |
Lecture at Pokhara (Prithivi Narayan) Campus of National Tribhuvan University, Nepal
Title: "Some Thoughts on Economic Development in Asia: Japanese Model of Economic Development, Human Rights and Economic Growth"
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| March 31 |
Lecture at Kathomandu (Central) Campus of Tribhuvan University, Nepal
Title: "After the One-Party Dominance: Japanese Party Politics since 1993"
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| April 2 |
Meeting with Honorable Girija Prasad Koirala, Prime Minister of Neapal
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| April 3 |
Meeting with Mr. Gothom Arya, Election Commissioner of Thailand in Bangkok
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| April 12 |
Lecture at Yuko Club in Osaka
Title: "Japanese Politics in the 21st Century" (in Japanese)
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IDEA-SADAC Conference in Botswana in May 2000
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| May 8 - May 10 |
Lecture in the International IDEA-SADAC Conference in Gaborone, Botswana, on 'Towards Sustainable Democratic Institutions in Southern
Africa' organized by the International IDEA
Title: "Funding of Political Parties in Asia"
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| May 24 |
Lecture at Foreign Press Center in Tokyo toward a group of journalists invited from South-Western Countries in Asia
Title: "Japanese Politics and Economy since the End of World War II"
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| July 3 |
Introductory Speech on the Third International Seminar on 'Democracy and Human Rights in Multi-Ethnic Societies' organized by the
Institute for Strengthening Democracy in Bosnia, in Konjic, Bosnia-Herzegovina
Title: "Democratic Government and the Divided Country"
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| July 6 |
Attend, as President of Japan Association of Simulation and Gaming (JASAG), at the Steering Committee of International Simulation
and Gaming Association (ISAGA) held in Tartu, Estonia
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| August 1 - August 5 |
Attend at World Congress of International Political Science Association held in Quebec, Canada, and make presentation at in Research
Committee on Political Finance and Political Corruption (RC-20.3)
Title: "Methodology, Concepts, Training and Communication of Political Finance Research"
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Panel on 'Political Finance' in IPSA
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| September 12 - September 13 |
Attend at the International Advisory Council of IFES in Washington DC, USA
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| October 21 |
Presentation at Japan Association of Simulation and Gaming (JASAG)
"Theory of Coalition in Politics and Its Application to Gaming"
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| October 23 - November 1 |
International Observation of Kosovo Municipal Election on October 28, as a member of the European Council Team
Professor Shiratori checks ballot box in Cebra village, Kosovo
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