Contemporary Dictionary for Foreigners
(Glossary of Japanese Transport Policy)
The Glossary of Japanese Transport Policy is a dictionary with explanations to support a sound understanding of Japan's transportation policy for the transportation policymakers and researchers in other countries.
In the area of international exchange, which is expected to be increasingly dynamic in future years, this dictionary contributes to an accurate understanding of Japanese transportation policy through definitions, explanations and backgrounds of the terminology used in Japan's policy debates.
ACTIVITIES WITHIN THE CREATING COUNTRIES, MOVING BEYOND COUNTRIES THEME
Hanna Suchocka, Poland's Minister of Justice, Invited October 1999
Located between Germany and Russia, Poland has a long and tragic history of invasion and annexation. Minister Suchocka, who played a pivotal role in creating the "new Poland" since the 1980s, recently visited Japan to exchange views on the future of the country.
Term of engagement: October 24-31, 1999
Place: Tokyo, Kyoto
Appearances: 5th Policy Seminar held at the National Graduate Insitute for Policy
Studies, "Role of Poland in EU Unification"
Consultations: External Relations Research Committee of the Liberal Democratic Party
Keisuke Kitajima, Prosecutor General, Public Prosecutor's Office
Hideo Usui, Minister of Justice, Ministry of Justice
Kimindo Kusaka, Chairman, The Tokyo Foundation
Yohei Sasakawa, President, The Nippon Foundation
Adam Michnik Invited December 1999
Fighting the autocracy of the Communist Party, Adam Michnik was invited to exchange views on national values and the national identity of citizens.
Adam Michnik is editor-in-chief of the Gazeta Wyborcza, Poland's largest daily newspaper.
Term of engagement: December 2-15, 1999
Place: Tokyo, Hiroshima, Nara, Kyoto, etc.
Appearances: Keio University, "Poland and the Polish Following the Revolution" Chuo University, "Circumstances of Revolution and Issues Facing Poland Over the Last 10 Years"
Consultations: Yoichi Funabashi, Chief Diplomatic Correspondent and Columnist, Asahi Shimbun
Yohei Sasakawa, President, The Nippon Foundation
Yotaro Konaka, Professor, Chuo University
Kimindo Kusaka, Chairman, The Tokyo Foundation
Open discussion at the National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies