【Update on Feb. 25】We're afraid to inform you that this event will be postponed due to the Coronavirus situation in current Japan. The new date hasn't been fixed yet, but we will announce it on this website as soon as it's fixed.

International Center for Japan Studies will conduct a workshop on the possibility of Japan studies toward next generation on March 5 and 6, 2020. It is jointly organized with African Studies Center - TUFS. In the event, they will invite Prof. Scarlett Cornelissen from Stellenbosch University, South Africa. She also has a close relationship with our center, and we invited her as a speaker of ASC Seminar in October 2018. The event is open to public, and no pre-registration is required.

【Seminar】

◆Title: Japanese firms and their investments and internationalization in Africa

◆Speaker: Prof. Scarlett Cornelissen (Stellenbosch University, South Africa)

◆Date & Time: Thursday, March 5th, 2020 3:00 pm -

◆Venue: Project Space (3rd Floor, AGORA Global), Tokyo Unviersity of Foreign Studies

【International Workshop】

◆Date & Time: Friday, March 6th, 2020 3:00 pm -

◆Venue: Project Space (3rd Floor, AGORA Global), Tokyo Unviersity of Foreign Studies

◆Programme:
Speaker 1: Prof. Scarlett Cornelissen (Stellenbosch University, South Africa)
"Asia Area Studies in the African context"

Speaker 2: Mr. Kei Yoshizawa (Japan International Cooperation Agency - JICA)
"日本とアフリカの開発協力、その歴史と今後の展望 (Development cooperation between Japan and Africa: Its history and future perspective)"

The following information is both for the seminar and the workshop.

◆Language: Japanese and English
　*Prof. Cornelissen's presentation will be in English, and Mr. Yoshizawa's will be in Japanese. There will be no simultaneous interpretation, but Prof. Connelissen's presentation will be translated in Japanese and distributed to the audience.

◆Admission: Free

◆No pre-registration is required.

◆Jointly Organized by International Center for Japan Studies, TUFS and African Studies Center - TUFS

◆Contact: International Center for Japan Studies tel: 042-330-5794　email: info-icjstufs.ac.jp

The reception will be held from 6:00 pm after the workshop on March 6th. For those who'd like to participate in the reception, please contact International Center for Japan Studies in advance (those who'd like to participate in only the seminar or/and the workshop do not need to pre-register).
→【Update on Feb. 20】The reception will be cancelled due to Coronavirus situation in Japan. However, the seminar and the workshop will be held as planned.