2016 Annual Convention of the Japan Association for Asian Studies (JAAS)

Panel “Thinking the Seas and the Islands in Northeast Asia: Wakkanai-Sakhalin, Tsushima-Korea, and Yonaguni -Taiwan” (in Japanese)

Date and time: November 19, 2016 (Sat.) 15:15 – 17:15

Venue: Kitakyushu International Conference Center (Kitakyushu, Fukuoka Prefecture)

Moderator: Akihiro Iwashita (Hokkaido University, Kyushu University)

Speaker 1: Yasunori Hanamatsu (Kyushu University)

Speaker 2: Norio Komine (Yonaguni Municipal Government)

Speaker 3: Naoki Amano (Yamagata University)

The main purpose of the meeting is to analyze new trends of the Northeast Asian region from a border studies perspective. Northeast Asia can be considered as a crossroads between inland Asia and marine Asia; on the one hand, there is an inland theater stretching from Russia to Mongolia and Southeast Asia and, on the other hand, there is a marine theater stretching from Russia toward the Korean Peninsula, Taiwan, and Japan. Neither shall we not forget the influence of the USA as the superpower in the region. At this meeting, we will look at the marine part from the Sea of Okhotsk to the Sea of Japan and the East China Sea, analyzing relations between Japan and neighboring countries. This meeting is a part of the NIHU Area Studies Project for Northeast Asia, positioned as a process for obtaining fruitful research results through collaboration with academic stakeholders.

Please see the program here: http://www.jaas.or.jp/pages/convention/taikai-autumu2016.htm

Contact: Mihoko Kato  

E-mail: m-kato*slav.hokudai.ac.jp

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