EVENTS / Lecture Meeting Regarding Global Issues
The Association for the Promotion of International Cooperation (APIC) hosts a monthly lecture meeting on various topics related to Japan and the international community. APIC invites current and previous Japanese ambassadors to other countries, as well as officials from different departments of the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs to speak at the early morning lecture. The talk is preceded by breakfast and a brief introduction to the scheduled topic.
The lecture meeting is also open to non-members; please contact APIC via telephone or e-mail for further inquiries.
《APIC Lecture Meeting Regarding Global Issues: Upcoming Events》
In order to prevent the spread of the new Coronavirus disease (COVID-19), APIC has decided to cancel the 368th Lecture Meeting Regarding Global Issues scheduled to take place on April 16th, 2020.
Events scheduled to take place from April will be held according to the current situation, and may be cancelled if necessary. APIC will give due notice in the event of any cancellations.
《368th Lecture Meeting Regarding Global Issues》
**CANCELLED** Thursday, April 16th, 2020
Guest Speaker: Mr. Makio Miyagawa, Former Japanese Ambassador to Malaysia
Topic: Regarding Malaysia's Current Situation
《369th Lecture Meeting Regarding Global Issues》
Thursday, May 21st, 2020
Guest Speaker: Mr. Tamaki Tsukada, Director-General/Assistant Minister (Ambassador) of Global Issues
Topic: Outlook & Current Situation of Global Environmental Negotiations
《370th Lecture Meeting Regarding Global Issues》
Thursday, June 18th, 2020
Guest Speaker: Mr. Hideo Suzuki, Director-General/Assistant Minister of International Cooperation Bureau
Topic: Outlook & Challenges Regarding Japan's Assistance
EVENTS
2020.2.20
366th Lecture Meeting Regarding Global Issues
Date: February 20th, 2020
Lecturer: Mr. Koji Tsuruoka, Former Japanese Ambassador to the UK
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2020.1.16
365th Lecture Meeting Regarding Global Issues
Date: January 16th, 2020
Lecturer: Mr. Kenji Kanasugi, Senior Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs
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2019.12.19
364th Lecture Meeting Regarding Global Issues
Date: December 19th, 2019
Lecturer: Mr. Shingo Yamagami, Director-General / Assistant Minister of the Economic Affairs Bureau, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
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2019.11.21
363rd Lecture Meeting Regarding Global Issues
Date: November 21st, 2019
Lecturer: Mr. Katsuhiko Takahashi, Middle Eastern & African Affairs Bureau Director-General / Assistant Minister
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2019.10.17
362nd Lecture Meeting Regarding Global Issues
Date: October 17th, 2019
Lecturer: Mr. Yasushi Masaki, European Affairs Bureau Director-General / Assistant Minister
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2019.9.19
361st Lecture Meeting Regarding Global Issues
Date: September 19th, 2019
Lecturer: Mr. Kazuyuki Yamazaki, Senior Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs
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2019.7.18
360th Lecture Meeting Regarding Global Issues
Date: July 18th, 2019
Lecturer: Mr. Sumio Kusaka, former Ambassador to Australia
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2019.6.20
359th Lecture Meeting Regarding Global Issues
Date: June 20th, 2019
Lecturer: Mr. Kazuyuki Katayama, Director-General & Assistant Minister to MoFA Foreign Service Training Institute
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2019.5.16
358th Lecture Meeting Regarding Global Issues
Date: May 16th, 2019
Lecturer: Mr. Keiya Iida, Deputy Director-General & Deputy Assistant Minister of the Economic Affairs Bureau
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2019.4.18
357th Lecture Meeting Regarding Global Issues
Date: April 18th, 2019
Lecturer: Mr. Yoshifumi Okamura, Ambassador for Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD), Ambassador, Special Envoy for UN Security Council Reform Affairs, Human Rights and International Peace and Stability
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2019.3.20
356th Lecture Meeting Regarding Global Issues
Date: March 20th, 2019
Lecturer: Mr. Shigeki Takizaki, Director-General / Assistant Minister of Southeast and Southwest Asian Affairs Department
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2019.2.21
355th Lecture Meeting Regarding Global Issues
Date: February 21st, 2019
Lecturer: Mr. Koji Tomita, Ambassador for Representative of the Government of Japan for the G20 Summit
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2019.1.17
354th Lecture Meeting Regarding Global Issues
Date: January 17th, 2019
Lecturer: Mr. Takeo Akiba, Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs
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2018.12.20
The 353rd Lecture Meeting Regarding Global Issues
Date: December 20th, 2018
Lecturer: Mr. Kazuhiro Suzuki, Director-General/Assistant Minister of North American Affairs Bureau
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2018.11.15
The 352nd Lecture Meeting Regarding Global Issues
Date: November 15th, 2018
Lecturer: Mr. Kazuyoshi Umemoto, Chief TPP Negotiator for Japan
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2018.10.18
The 351st Lecture Meeting Regarding Global Issues
Date: October 18th, 2018
Lecturer: Mr. Hiroshi Oka, Director-General / Assistant Minister (Ambassador) to the Middle Eastern and African Affairs Bureau
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2018.9.21
The 350th Lecture Meeting Regarding Global Issues
Date: September 20th, 2018
Lecturer: Mr. Ken’ichiro Sasae, former Ambassador to the United States
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2018.7.19
The 349th Lecture Meeting Regarding Global Issues
Date: July 19th, 2018
Lecturer: Mr. Kenji Kanasugi, Director-General/Assistant Minister of Asian and Oceania Affairs Bureau
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2018.6.21
The 348th Lecture Meeting Regarding Global Issues
Date: June 21st, 2018
Lecturer:Mr. Kazuyuki Yamazaki, Senior Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs (Economics)
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2018.5.17
The 347th Lecture Meeting Regarding Global Issues
Date: May 17th, 2018
Lecturer: Mr. Hideo Suzuki, Director-General & Deputy Assistant Minister of Global Issues
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2018.4.19
The 346th Lecture Meeting Regarding Global Issues
Date: April 19th, 2018
Lecturer: Mr. Norihiro Okuda, Former Ambassador to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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2018.3.15
The 345th Lecture Meeting Regarding Global Issues
Date: March 15th, 2018
Lecturer: Mr. Kazuhide Ishikawa, Former Ambassador to the Republic of the Philippines
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2018.2.14
The 344th Lecture Meeting Regarding Global Issues
Date: February 15th, 2018
Lecturer: Mr. Toshiro Iijima, Deputy-Director General of Economic Affairs
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2018.1.18
The 343rd Lecture Meeting Regarding Global Issues
Date: January 18th, 2018
Lecturer: Mr. Shinsuke Sugiyama, Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs
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2017.12.21
The 342nd Lecture Meeting Regarding Global Issues
Date: December 21st, 2017
Lecturer: Mr. Takeo Mori, Director-General of the North American Affairs Bureau
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2017.11.16
The 341st Lecture Meeting Regarding Global Issues
Date: November 16th, 2017
Lecturer: Mr. Yasushi Masaki, Director-General of the European Affairs Bureau
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2017.10.19
The 340th Lecture Meeting Regarding Global Issues
Date: October 19th, 2017
Lecturer: Mr. Hiroshi Ishikawa, Deputy Director-General of the Asian and Oceanic Affairs Bureau
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2017.9.21
The 339th Lecture Meeting Regarding Global Issues
Date: September 21st, 2017
Lecturer: Mr. Yasuaki Tanizaki, Former Ambassador to the Republic of Indonesia
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2017.7.20
The 338th Lecture Meeting Regarding Global Issues
Date: July 20th, 2017
Lecturer: Mr. Kei’ichi Katakami, Former Deputy Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs
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2017.6.15
The 337th Lecture Meeting Regarding Global Issues
Date: June 15th, 2017
Lecturer: Mr. Kazuya Nashida, Director-General, Southeast and Southwest Asian Affairs Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
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2017.5.18
The 336th Lecture Meeting Regarding Global Issues
Date: March 18th, 2017
Lecturer: Mr.Takio Yamada, Director-General, International Cooperation Bureau, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
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2017.4.20
The 335th Lecture Meeting Regarding Global Issues
Date: April 20th, 2017
Lecturer: Mr.Hiroshi Fukada, Former Japanese Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Socialist Republic of Vietnam
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2017.3.16
The 334th Lecture Meeting Regarding Global Issues
Date: March 16th, 2017
Lecturer: Mr.Tsukasa Uemura, Director-General, Middle Eastern and African Affairs Bureau, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
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2017.2.16
The 333th Lecture Meeting Regarding Global Issues
Date: 16 February 2017
Lecturer: Mr. Kazuhiko Koshikawa, Executive Senior Vice Presiden, Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA)
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2017.1.19
The 332th Lecture Meeting Regarding Global Issues
Date: 19 January 2017
Lecturer: Mr. Shinsuke Sugiyama, Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
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2016.12.15
The 331th Lecture Meeting Regarding Global Issues
Date: December 15th, 2016
Lecturer: Mr. Yasushi Takase, Director of the Latin American and Caribbean Affairs Bureau, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
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2016.11.17
The 330th Lecture Meeting Regarding Global Issues
Date: November 17th, 2016
Lecturer: Mr. Keiichi Ono,Deputy Director-General,Ministry of Foreign Affairs Bureau of North America
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2016.10.21
The 329th Lecture Meeting Regarding Global Issues
Date: 21 October 2016
Lecturer: Mr. Motohide Yoshikawa, Former Japanese Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Permanent Representative of Japan to the United Nations
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2016.9.15
The 328th Lecture Meeting Regarding Global Issues
Date: 15 September 2016
Lecturer: Mr. Yoichi Suzuki, Former Japanese Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to France
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2016.7.28
The 327th Lecture Meeting Regarding Global Issues
Date: 28 July 2016
Lecturer: Mr. Keiichi Hayashi, Former Japanese Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the United Kingdom
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2016.6.16
The 326th Lecture Meeting Regarding Global Issues
Date: 16 June 2016
Lecturer: Mr. Yasumasa Nagamine, Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs
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2016.5.24
The 325th Lecture Meeting Regarding Global Issues
Date: 19 May 2016
Lecturer: Mr. Haruhisa Takeuchi, Former Japanese Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Republic of Singapore
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2016.4.21
The 324th Lecture Meeting Regarding Global Issues
Date: 21 April 2016
Lecturer: Mr. Koji Haneda, Former Japanese Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Islamic Republic of Iran
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2016.3.17
The 323rd Lecture Meeting Regarding Global Issues
Date: 17 March 2016
Lecturer: Mr. Takeshi Nakane, Former Japanese Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Federal Republic of Germany
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2016.2.18
The 322nd Lecture Meeting Regarding Global Issues
Date: 18 February 2016
Lecturer: Mr. Chikahito Harada, Representative of Japanese Government in charge of Japan-Russia Relations, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan, and Japanese Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Russian Federation
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2016.1.21
The 321st Lecture Meeting Regarding Global Issues
Date: 20 January 2016
Lecturer: Mr. Akitaka Saiki, Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan
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2015.12.17
The 320th Lecture Meeting Regarding Global Issues
Date: 17 December 2015
Lecturer: Mr. Koji Tsuruoka, Chief Negotiator, TPP Government Headquarters, Cabinet Secretariat
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2015.11.24
The 319th Lecture Meeting Regarding Global Issues
Date: 19 November 2015
Lecturer: Mr. Hideo Tarumi, Deputy Director-General, Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
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2015.10.27
The 318th Lecture Meeting Regarding Global Issues
Date: 23 October 2015
Lecturer: Mr. Atsuyuki Oike, Director-General for Global Issues Ambassador, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
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2015.9.17
The 317th Lecture Meeting Regarding Global Issues
Date: 17 September 2015
Lecturer: Mr. Minoru Kiuchi, Senior Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
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2015.7.21
The 316th Lecture Meeting Regarding Global Issues
Date: 16 July 2015
Lecturer: Mr. Yasumasa Nagamine, Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
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2015.6.22
The 315th Lecture Meeting Regarding Global Issues
Date: 18 June 2015
Lecturer: Mr. Koji Tomita, Director-General, North American Affairs Bureau, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
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2015.5.19
The 314th Lecture Meeting Regarding Global Issues
Date: 19 May 2015
Lecturer: Mr. Shigekazu Sato, Former Japanese Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Kingdom of Thailand
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2015.4.22
The 313th Lecture Meeting Regarding Global Issues
Date: 22 April 2015
Lecturer: Mr. Fumio Iwai, Deputy Director-General, Middle Eastern and African Affairs Bureau, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
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2015.3.30
The 312th Lecture Meeting Regarding Global Issues
Date: 25 March 2015
Lecturer: Mr. Takio Yamada, Director-General, Southeast and Southwest Asian Affairs Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
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2015.2.19
The 311th Lecture Meeting Regarding Global Issues
Date: 19 February 2015
Lecturer: Mr. Yutaka Yoshizawa, Former Japanese Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Republic of South Africa
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2015.1.28
The 310th Lecture Meeting Regarding Global Issues
Date: 28 January 2015
Lecturer: Mr. Shunsuke Sugiyama, Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
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2014.12.15
The 309th Lecture Meeting Regarding Global Issues
Date: 18 December 2014
Lecturer: Mr. Yoshinori Katori, Former Japanese Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Republic of Indonesia
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2014.12.15
The 308th Lecture Meeting Regarding Global Issues
Date: 20 November 2014
Lecturer: Mr. Sumio Tarui, Former Chief at Taiwan Office, Interchange Association, Japan
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2014.12.15
The 307th Lecture Meeting Regarding Global Issues
Date: 21 October 2014
Lecturer: Mr. Toshinao Urabe, Former Japanese Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Republic of the Philippines
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