Vol.20 No.1 November 2017

The Realities on the Korean Peninsula: The Current
Hyun Jin Son
Status of North Koreaʼs Missile Program
North Korea’s nuclear tests and missile launches remain a serious
threat to the international community. Despite internationalsociety’s efforts to urge the country to abandon its nuclear program,the DPRK carried out its fifth nuclear test on September 9, 2016.
The five nuclear tests conducted during the past ten years haveundoubtedly improved the sophistication of its nuclear capability,
seemingly bringing the country to the last phase of nuclear arms
development.
In general, the development of nuclear weapons involves
the three phases of detonation test, nuclear warhead production
development, and delivery systems (ballistic missiles) testing.
North Korea currently seems to have been entering the final phaseof its nuclear arms development. The 2016 Defense White Paper
released by the Republic of Korea concludes that North Korea
has made significant progress in highly enriched uranium (HEU)
processing and nuclear weapon miniaturization.
The North Korean authorities issued a statement that under
the plan of the Workers’ Party of Korea (WPK) to develop strategic
nuclear forces, scientists of the Nuclear Weapons Institute of the
DPRK carried out a nuclear explosion test to judge the power of a
newly produced nuclear warhead at the northern nuclear test site.
(Statement issued by the Nuclear Weapons Institute of the DPRK
on Sept. 9, 2016)
North Korea has recently reached the final stage of nuclear
development: the successful production of smaller, lighter anddiversified nuclear warheads, spurring missile tests as a meansof delivery of nuclear warheads. Since the beginning of 2017,
the country has conducted various types of tests, including a fuelengine test, by launching medium-range and long-range missiles
more than ten times.
After its failure in launching test missiles from March to April
2017 four times in a row, the DPRK announced that the missile
launch tests conducted since May had succeeded, and Kim JongUn, the Chairman of the Workers’ Party, gave instructions on May
22, 2017 to accelerate efforts towards the development of morediversified and sophisticated nuclear weapons, as well as theirmass production, in preparation for the full deployment of ballistic
missiles. (North Korea’s Workers’ Party newspaper dated May 22,2017) Most noteworthy was North Korea’s announcement that themissile launched nearly vertically on July 4, which is called theMars-14, flew 933 km in a planned orbit for 39 minutes, reachinga maximum altitude of 2,802 km. (North Korea’s Workers’ Party
newspaper dated July 4, 2017)
South Korean and U.S. specialists judged the Mars-14 to
be an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), analyzing that if
it were fired at a normal angle, it could reach a target more than
8,000 km away.
Yonhap News Agency, South Korea’s largest news agency,
reported that if an ICBM with a range of 8,000 km were to belaunched from around Wonsan, a port city of North Korea, it
could potentially hit Hawaii, which is home to the U.S. PacificCommand, the military’s headquarters for the Asia-Pacific region,
as well as the whole state of Alaska. It was also reported that an
ICBM with a range of 8,200 km could hit Seattle, Washington,
which means the possibility of a nuclear attack by ICBM on amajor city on the U.S. mainland from North Korea.
The DPRK launched a missile program to develop a ballistic
missile in the 1970s, and in the 1980s successfully deployed the
Scud-B (KN-03) with a range of 300 km and Scud-C (KN-04) witha range of 500 km (estimated number of missiles: 200 to 800). In
the late 1990s, North Korea deployed the No-Dong missile (KN05) with a range of 1,300 km (estimated number of missiles: 90
to 200), which was followed by the deployment of the Scud-ER,
which features a longer chassis and an extended range. In 2007,
the Musudan with a range of more than 3,000 km was deployed(estimated number of missiles: fewer than 50) without a test firing,
thereby giving the country the capability to directly hit neighboring
nations, including the Korean Peninsula.
Then, in an attempt to develop a long-range missile that canpose a threat to the U.S. mainland, North Korea fired the Taep’oDong 1 in August 1998, and Taep’o-Dong 2 missiles were testlaunched in 2006, April 2009, April and December 2012, andFebruary 2016. Pyongyang has also unveiled two types of ICBMs,
known as the KN-08 and KN-14 at military parades since 2012.
Since March 2016, North Korea has made public video footageof the test for the reentry of a nuclear warhead into the Earth’s
atmosphere, a solid-fuel engine test, and the ground jet test of
a new engine for an intercontinental ballistic rocket. (The 2016
Defense White Paper, the Republic of South Korea)
At present, North Korea seems to have operationally deployed
Scud-B and Scud-C missiles, which can hit all of South Korea
and No-Dong missiles with sufficient range to hit most of Japan.
Furthermore, Pyongyang announced that the new medium-to-longrange ballistic missile “Mars-12” successfully launched on May 14means the successful development of an intercontinental ballistic
missile with sufficient range to hit the U.S. mainland.
On August 24, North Korea fired a submarine-launchedballistic missile (SLBM), which flew approx. 500 km before it
fell about 80 km inside the Japanese Air Defense Identification
Zone. North Korea launched the missile intentionally on a very
steep trajectory. The missile may be capable of flying more than
1,000 km if fired at a normal trajectory. If North Korea should
operationally deploy SLBMs, South Korea and most of Japan
would come within range. The SLBM, which requires highlysophisticated technology to enable missiles to be fired unnoticed
from a submarine, is a powerful weapon that can bring catastrophic
harm to a target country.
The destructive power of the large number of missilesContents

The Realities on the Korean Peninsula: The Current Status of North Korea’s Missile Program
Hyun Jin Son ……………………… 1-2
2017 Hiroshima Symposium on Korea-Japan Relations“Renewed Korea-Japan Relations and the Future”
Hyun Jin Son ………………………… 3
Report of HPI Research Projects, 2016FY“Nuclear Weapon & Disarmament Project”, “Human Security Project” and“Confidence and Security Building Measures (CSBMs) Project”
Kazumi Mizumoto ………………… 4nd
2 HPI English Language Lecture Series
Robert Jacobs ………………………… 5
HPI Public Lecture Series 2016 (2nd semester)………………………………………… 6
Hello from HPI………………………………………… 6
Publication list 2016FY……………………………………… 6-7
Diary ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 8
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1North Korea possesses depends on the explosive power of thewarheads they carry. It is estimated that due to their successful
miniaturization, the present North Korean warheads weigh about
1,000 kg, plus or minus 200 kg.
The nuclear warhead (15 to 20 kilotons) of a standardized
nuclear weapon possesses enough power to kill approx. 50% of
the people living within a two-kilometer radius of the epicenter ofthe bomb blast, although the extent of damage and casualty toll
depend on where the explosion site is, how heavily populated thearea is, and which way the wind is blowing. In short, the powerof the ballistic missiles possessed by North Korea is determinedby whether the ballistic missiles carry nuclear warheads and how
powerful the nuclear warheads are, rather than by the type ofballistic missile.
What is important in assessing the performance of the ballistic
missiles possessed by North Korea is how advanced their missile
propulsion fuels and engines are. For ballistic missiles above thelevel of the Scud missile, liquid fuel had been used so far. Most
noteworthy, however, is the fact that North Korea has successfully
developed a solid-fuel ballistic missile and conducted test launches.
Although a liquid fuel engine has the advantage of giving improved
control, including trajectory alteration merely by adjusting thefuel injection valve, it also has the disadvantage of a long fuelingtime, which allows outsiders to detect a missile launch. On theother hand, a solid fuel engine missile is more effective in military
operations than a liquid fuel one, due to its advantages of shorter
fuel injection time, easier missile transportation, and immediatelaunching.
An important element for the evaluation of missile
performance is the technology that enables a ballistic missile
launched into outer space to re-enter the atmosphere.1) North Korea
reportedly conducted a ground test of a new high-powered engine
in 2016, and claimed that the medium- and long-range ballistic
missile “Mars-12” launched on May 14, 2017 successfully reentered the Earth’s atmosphere.
Another important element in evaluating the performance ofthe ballistic missiles possessed by North Korea is the number ofTransporter Erector Launchers (TEL) the country has. According
to the “Military and Security Developments Involving the
Democratic People’s Republic of Korea 2015” compiled by the

U.S. Defense Department, North Korea possesses more than 200
TELs. Specifically, the report estimates that DPRK has approx. 100
launchers for Scud B and C short-range missiles; 100 launchers
for Scud ER, No-Dong, and Musudan medium-range missiles; sixlaunchers for ICBMs; and one launcher for SLBMs. The report’s
analysis also shows that the ballistic missiles launched from a TEL,
which is hard for military satellites to detect in a timely manner,
would have significant impacts on the effects of the Kill Chain
pre-emptive strike system South Korea is currently working toestablish.
As shown in the table below, North Korea’s increasingly
advanced ballistic missile forces pose a serious threat to thesecurity of South Korea and Japan, as well as an increasing threat
to the U.S. mainland.
Considering all the missile capabilities North Korea has
shown since 2016, it seems that the country has entered thestabilization stage in terms of the performance of Scud-type
missiles with a range of 500 to 1,200 km and No-Dong missiles. At
the same time, it can be said that there are a number of technicalflaws in the performance of Musudan-type missiles, SLBMs
and long-range missiles, with a low success rate in their test
launches. Although Pyongyang claims that the ballistic missile
it test-launched successfully re-entered the Earth’s atmosphere,
which is a key criterion by which to judge whether it is an ICBM,
comprehensive analyses by South Korea and the US have notconfirmed that North Korea has successfully developed thetechnology required for ICBMs.
It is expected that it will take North Korea at least three orfour years to correct technical defects by checking the missiles’
design values against their experimentally found values. However,there is no doubt that North Korea will enhance its missile
technology as time advances, thereby posing a growing nuclear
threat.
1) What is crucial to the technology that allows a missile warhead to reenter the Earth’s atmosphere is to protect the warhead from burning up
due to the extreme heat and pressure generated while descending throughthe atmosphere toward its target. For a long-range missile with a range ofmore than 10,000 km, it needs to be able to withstand temperatures of 7,000
degrees Celsius or more on re-entry at a speed of Mach 24.

(Associate Professor at HPI)

List of North Korean Missile Tests in 2017
Date

Launch Site

Flying Distance(Altitude)

Falling Point

Type of Missile

Notes

Feb. 12Kusong

500 kmSea of Japan

New type of ballistic
missile Pukguksong-2(KN-15)

Solid fuel used
Launched from TEL

Mar. 6

Tongchang-ri

1,000 kmInside Japan s EEZ

Scud ER

Four missiles launchedsimultaneously (Three of the four
missiles landed inside Japan s
EEZ)Mar. 22

Wonsan‑‑Ballistic missile (Musudan)

FailureApr. 5

Sinpo

60 km

‑

New type of Scud-type
missile (KN-15)

FailureApr. 16

Sinpo

‑

‑

Ballistic missile (KN-17)

Apr. 29

Pukchang

50 km

Inside North Korea

Pukguksong-2 (KN-17)

May 14

Kusong

800 km (2,000 km)

Outside Japan s
EEZ

New type of medium- andlong-range missile Mars-12

May 21

Pukchang

500 kmOutside Japan s
EEZBallistic missile
Pukguksong-2

May 29Wonsan450 km (120 km)

Inside Japan s EEZ

Scud-type ballistic missile

Jun. 8Wonsan200 kmJul. 4

Kusong933 km (2,802 km) Inside Japan s EEZ

Failure (liquid fuel) Anti-ship
missileExploded immediately after
launchMade successful atmospheric
re-entry
Launched from TEL
Operationally deployed
Solid fuel used

Anti-ship cruise missile
New type of ballistic
missile (ICBM) Mars-14

Improved version of KN-17
missile capable of carrying alarge and heavy nuclear warhead(As of July 31, 2017)
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2017 Hiroshima Symposium on Korea-Japan Relations“Renewed Korea-Japan Relations and the Future”
Hyun Jin Son
The 2017 Hiroshima Symposium on Korea-Japan Relations washeld under the theme of “Renewed Korea-Japan Relations andthe Future” at the International Conference Center Hiroshima on
March 24, 2017. (The event was hosted by the Sejong Instituteand the Korea Foundation, with the sponsorship of the Hiroshima
Peace Institute of Hiroshima City University and the ROK
Consulate General in Hiroshima.)
The symposium opened with greetings from Chang Soo Jin,
President of the Sejong Institute, and Sihyung Lee, President of the
Korea Foundation, which was followed by academic presentations
on the “Establishment of a New Order in East Asia and KoreaJapan Relations” [Part 1] and a round-table discussion involving
all the event participants [Part 2].
This symposium, held under the theme “Renewed KoreaJapan Relations and the Future,” aimed to help both Japan andSouth Korea promote the awareness and understanding to establish
a forward-looking relationship between the two countries by
overcoming the conflicts of the past, and believing it is of theutmost importance to build a foundation for promoting mutual
understanding and confidence-building at the government-togovernment level as well as at the grass-roots level. From thisperspective, participants had lively discussions on pending issues
between the two countries and the roles to be played by each toestablish a Northeast Asian order, including joint efforts against
North Korea’s nuclear and missile programs, and the security of
the East Asian region.
In the first part of the symposium, Yuji Fukuhara, Professor
at the University of Shimane, delivered a presentation titled “TheTakeshima Issue Viewed from the Perspective of Border Studies.”
Since the issue of the Takeshima (Japan)/Dokdo (Korea) islands
involves particular strategic and emotional value, it is quitedifficult for the two countries to devise a solution. Also, it is almost
impossible to solve the territorial dispute through diplomaticnegotiations, with each country having its own approach to theissue. Prof. Fukuhara emphasized the need for both the Japaneseand Korean governments to begin by sharing recognition on
the importance of this issue and nurturing public opinion morefavorable to the other country to establish forward-looking JapanKorea relations.
Next, Jae-jung Chung, Professor at the University of Seoul,gave a presentation titled “Unstable International Situationin East Asia and ROK-Japan Relations: Toward Overcoming
Hypersensitive Reaction to Historic Issues.” He argued that amidst
the unstable situation in East Asia, South Korea, Japan and the
US should work together to forge a “quasi-alliance” to deal withprovocations by China and North Korea.
To avoid the escalation of conflicts over the issue of historicalperceptions between South Korea and Japan, Prof. Chungalso stressed the importance of efforts by both governments toappropriately restrain their citizens’ nationalistic feelings, findcompromises, seek cooperative measures, and maintain a friendly
relationship between the two countries. As a first step towards
resolving the history issues confronting the two, in particular, heemphasized the need for the two countries to have a sympathetic
understanding of each other’s situations and show a willingness toprovide each other with a face-saving way to move ahead towardshared goals.
In the second part of the symposium, a round-table discussion
was held involving all the participating experts. Yoon Oh Cao,
Professor at Chung-ang University (South Korea), said that China’s
military and political emergence will have significant impacts on

South Korea and Japan. He also argued that now that North Korea
is very close to completing nuclear development, South Korea andJapan should work closely together to tackle nuclear developments
by China and North Korea.
Katsuhiro Kuroda, former Editorial Writer for the Sankei
Shimbun, said that it was a favorable development that discussions
have been made among people in South Korea about “the idea ofboth sides being equally at fault,” or the idea that efforts toward
better Japan-Korea relations should be made by Japan as well asSouth Korea.
In this respect, Chang Soo Jin, President of the Sejong
Institute, added the remark that the “idea of both sides being
equally at fault” is based on the recognition that Japan and South
Korea, compared to the past, are now in an equal relationship, andthat there are backgrounds that require an objective view. He also
pointed out the fact that many people in South Korea take a criticalview of the installation of “comfort woman” statues and othermeasures related to this issue.
Moreover, Boemchul Shin, Research Fellow at the Korea
Institute for Defense Analyses (KIDA), argued that considering thefact that South Korea and Japan need each other from a geopoliticalperspective, it is desirable for the two countries to expand the areasof cooperation and, in particular, further strengthen collaborationin security terms.
Seong-hyon Lee, Research Fellow at the Sejong Institute, said
that it is necessary to face the fact that there is a US Marine base in
Iwakuni – an area only 40 km away from Hiroshima, well known
to Korean people as a city of peace – from which troops would
be sent first in case of an emergency in Korea. He also added thatamidst a mounting crisis over North Korea’s nuclear and missile
programs, security cooperation between Japan and South Korea isfurther increasing in importance. He claimed that Hiroshima, theCity of Peace, should play a more active role in preventing conflictfrom arising on the Korean Peninsula.
Tetsuya Hakoda, Editorial Writer of the Asahi Shimbun, said
that the Takeshima/Dokdo issue could be resolved if Korea andJapan looked at the issue in relative (objective) terms and in a nonemotional manner. He argued that the two countries should take adifferent turn for better mutual relations by approaching the issue
in a relativistic manner, saying that although it would be difficult
to bring Korea and Japan closer together without facing the basic
facts, common ground could be found by relativizing the issue.
Katsumi Sawada, Editorial Writer of the Mainichi Shimbun,
claimed that it was time for Korea and Japan to rethink mutual
value in bilateral relations, referring to the importance of weighing
what is necessary and important for both countries.
Lastly, Chang Soo Jin, President of the Sejong Institute, said
that to build a new Japan-Korea relationship, it was necessary forthe two countries to launch the idea of a “New Normal,” or an ideathat the two give acknowledgement to each other when it is due
and correct what is wrong. He claimed that Korea and Japan shouldmake more efforts to reduce their hypersensitive reactions tohistoric issues and promote mutual understanding and cooperation
toward renewed Korea-Japan relations, indicating that although
Japan-Korea relations are of crucial importance, this has not been
fully recognized.
The symposium drew an audience of about 200 people(including local residents, municipal and prefectural government
officials, and students), who eagerly listened to the presentations
and discussions.
(Associate Professor at HPI)
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Report of
HPI Research
Projects,
2016FY“Nuclear Weapon & Disarmament Project”,“Human Security Project” and “Conﬁdence andSecurity Building Measures (CSBMs) Project”
Kazumi Mizumoto, Vice Director at HPI

Since 2013, HPI has been implementing regular research meetings, joint research meetings and workshops with foreign researchorganizations in the three research projects, namely, Nuclear Weapon & Disarmament Project, Human Security Project, Confidence andSecurity Building Measures (CSBMs) Project.
In the fiscal year 2016, a total of 5 research meetings of the Nuclear Weapon & Disarmament Project were held, a total of 7 researchmeetings of the Human Security Project were held, and a total of 5 joint research events of the Confidence and Security Building Measures(CSBMs) Project were held.
The dates, presenters and topics of the meetings held in 2016FY are shown in the tables below.

HPI Research Project on Nuclear Weapon and Disarmament
Date

Presenter2016.5.12(Thu)TopicYasuhito Fukui, Associate Professor at HPI
Hirotaka Matsushima, Director at the International Peace
Promotion Department, the City of Hiroshima
Yasuhito Fukui, Associate Professor at HPI
Hiromichi Umebayashi, Special Advisor at Peace Depot/Former Director
at the Research Center for Nuclear Weapons Abolition, Nagasaki University

7.21(Thu)
9.1(Thu)9.15(Thu)

Kazuhiko Tamaki, President, Peace Depot
Yasuyoshi Komizo, the Chairperson of the Hiroshima Peace
Culture Foundation2017.3.10(Fri)

Possible Control of the “Killer Robot Weapon”(Lethal
Autonomous Weapons Systems)
For the Realization of the “Town where the People Share thePassion for Peace”
Recent Trend and Prospect of Disarmament Issues
Trend of Research on the Risk of Nuclear Weapons
Cases of Accidental Launch of Nuclear Weapons: from theReport of the Royal Institute of International Affairs
Prospects of the Negotiation for the Nuclear Weapons Ban
TreatyHPI Research Project on Human Security 2016FY(‘*’ means seminars funded by the HPI Project Research on Regionalism and Governance in Eurasia.)
Date

Presenter and DiscussantTopic

14* 2016.7.19(Tue)

Presenter: Masataka Nakauchi (Associate Professor at Osaka
School of International Public Policy [OSIPP], Osaka University)

15*

11.24(Thu) Discussant: Masataka Nakauchi (Osaka University)

Presenter: Gen Kikkawa (Director, Professor at HPI)

16*

12.22(Thu) Discussant: Aeka Inoue (Professor at Shujitsu University)

Influence of Cooperative Security Organization: A Case
Study of OSCE Missions
State-Building in Post-Communist Countries: Lustration,
Security Sector Reform (SSR), and the Role of International
Organizations
Regionalism in Post-Soviet Space: Expanding Terrorism andMajor Powers’ Changing Relations

Presenter: Takeshi Yuasa (Professor at HPI)

Presenters: Dossym Satpayev (Risk Assessment Group,
Kazakhstan), Margulan Ospanov (European Business Association

17 2017.1.23 (Mon) of Kazakhstan [EUROBAK]), Akif Abdullayev (Profile Analytical18*

1.26(Thu)19*

2.23(Thu)20*

3.28(Thu)

Unit, Azerbaijan), Toghrul Juvarli (Turan News Agency, Azerbaijan)
Presenter: Tatsuo Yamane (Associate Professor at Graduate School ofInternational Development and Cooperation [IDEC], Hiroshima University)
Discusstant: Yoshiaki Furuzawa (Lecturer at Hiroshima City University)
Presenter: Yoshiaki Furuzawa (Hiroshima City University)
Discussant: Shukuko Koyama (Researcher at the Secretariat of theInternational Peace Cooperation Headquarters, Cabinet Office, Government of Japan)
Presenter: Aeka Inoue (Shujitsu University)
Discussant: Takeshi Yuasa (HPI)

Contemporary Central Asia and the Caucasus: Discussion
with Experts from Kazakhstan and Azerbaijan
Security beyond “Region”: UN Security Council’s Reactions
towards Conflicts in “Eurasia” (2007-2016)
Police Reform (Assistance) in Post-Conflict Society: A Case
Study of Afghanistan
Politics in Pakistan and Its Relations with Regional Powers

HPI Research Project on Confidence and Security Building Measures (CSBMs)
Date and Venue
2016.6.20(Mon)
Sejong Institute,
South Korea

9.13(Tue)
Rihga Royal Hotel
Hiroshima

11.18(Fri)Sejong Institute,
South Korea
12.12(Mon)―13(Tue)
Incheon Songdo,
South Korea
2017.3.14(Tue)
Institute of Japan Studies,
Liaoning University
Shenyang, China

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TopicsJoint Research Meeting of HPI and Sejong Institute on Confidence and Security Building Measures
Participants: (Sejong Institute) Jin Chang Soo, President, Lee Moyun Woo Director, Kim Sungchul, Researcher, Lee
Sanghyun, Senior Researcher(HPI) Kikkawa, Director, Yuasa, Professor, Son, Associate Professor, Fukui, Associate Professor
2016 Hiroshima International Conference on Northeast Asian Peace and Cooperation Initiative (NAPCI) Coorganizers:
HPI, Sejong Institute・Session I. The Experience of OSCE and Improvement Strategies for NAPCI
Report “Comparison of CSCE and NAPCI” by Gen Kikkawa, HPI Director
・Session II. Status and Tasks of Track 1.5 Network Building by Cooperation Area
“Nuclear Safety” Presentation by Park Youn Won, Former President of KAIST“Disaster Management” Presentation by Jee Yong Keun, Korea Disaster Prevention Association“Environment” Presentaion by Chu Jang Min, Korea Environment Institute・Session III. Strategies for Track 1.5 Network Building and Implementation
Report “Future Prospects of NAPCI” by Jin Chang Soo, President of Sejong Institute
Joint workshop of Sejong Institute and HPI on Nuclear Issues and Peace in Asia
Participants: (Sejong Institute) Jin Chang Soo, Chairman, Lee Myon Woo, Former Vice President, Choi Eunmi, Visiting
Research Fellow, and others(HPI) Kikkawa, Director, Mizumoto, Vice Director, Yuasa, Professor, Son, Associate Professor, Fukui, Associate Professor
Northeast Asia Peace and Cooperation Initiative (NAPCI) Network Symposium, organized by Sejong Institute.
Participants from HPI: Kikkawa and Son
A joint meeting to pursue the possibility of future joint research by the Institute of Japan Studies, Liaoning University and HPI.
Participants: Mizumoto and Son from HPI. Li Yanxue, Acting Director, Wang Tiejun, Vice Director and other researchers
from the Institute of Japan Studies.

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2nd HPI English Language Lecture Series
Robert Jacobs, Professor at HPIThe Hiroshima Peace Institute held its second series of English language lecture series at the HCU Satellite Campus
during January and February of 2017. The series had a strong attendance of community members who showed greatinterest in the topics, and great enthusiasm for hearing lectures on a diverse range of topics in English. This year’s
lectures presented three HPI professors, and also a lecture by a third-year doctoral student who is completing her studies
with one of the participating HPI faculty members.
We have asked each lecturer to give a brief outline of the content of their talk below:

Lecture 1

Domesticating Hiroshima in
America in the Early Cold War

January 27,
2017

Lecturer:
Robert Jacobs, Professor at HPI

My talk was based on a recently published book chapter in abook I co-edited that was published in 2016. The talk was titled“Domesticating Hiroshima in America in early Cold War.” In this talkI examined various meanings of the word “Hiroshima” in American
Cold War history. Beginning with a short discussion about theimmediate reports of Hiroshima in the American media, I also thenpresented numerous examples of images and film showing hibakusha
that were in mass market magazines and newsreel films in 1946,
countering the argument by many historians that such images were
not available in the United States for several more decades. I thenoutlined two ways that Americans co-opted the word “Hiroshima”
as a way to talk about American vulnerabilities to a nuclear attack,and the idea that in the future America might become the “real”
Hiroshima. The first place that this was examined was in the responsein American popular culture to the development of nuclear weapons
by the former Soviet Union in 1949. The acquisition of such weapons
by America’s enemy lead to the publication of many articles suchas the cover story titled “Hiroshima, U.S.A.” in Collier’s magazine
in 1950. The talk concluded with a discussion of the use of the term“American Hiroshima” to describe the concept of a terrorist attack on
the United States with nuclear weapons common in the US after 9/11.

Lecture 2

The Marshall Islands ICJ Judgement:
Preliminary Objections as Litigation Tactics

February 3,
2017

Lecturer:
Yasuhito Fukui, Associate Professor, HPI

The purpose of this lecture was two-fold to describe the International
Court of Justice and to enhance the participants’ understandingof nuclear disarmament. First of all, this lecture focused on
the explanation of basic elements of ICJ such as“applicant andrespondent,” “preliminary objection,” “merit phase,” “absence ofdispute” and so on, in order to understand basic function of the ICJ.
Then, using the authentic text of judgement “Obligations concerning
negotiations relating to cessation of the nuclear arms race and to
nuclear disarmament (Marshall Islands vs. United Kingdom),” weproceeded to an analytical reading of this judgement focusing onimportant parts.

Lecture 3
February 10,
2017Japanese Civilian-based Support of
the Korean Atomic Bomb Survivors
Lecturer:Ágota Duró, a doctoral candidate at
Hiroshima City University presented theoutcomes of her dissertation research

When two atomic bombs were dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki inAugust 1945, ten percent of the victims were Koreans. After Japan’s
defeat, most returned to their liberated homeland where they weredeprived of the same medical benefits and legal rights afforded to theJapanese hibakusha. In the 1970s, a few Japanese became consciousof the abandonment of the Korean hibakusha and started to organize
support movements locally. Son Jin-doo, the first Korean hibakusha
to assert his rights at Japanese courts, had many Japanese supportersin Fukuoka, Hiroshima, and Tokyo, whose assistance contributed
to the 1978 Supreme Court decision that ruled in his favor. There
were other Japanese who helped individually, such as Masaharu
Oka, who conducted surveys in the 1980s about the situation of the
Korean hibakusha in Nagasaki and who raised consciousness of
their problem nationwide; Torataro Kawamura, who was a pioneer
in providing the Korean hibakusha with medical assistance, and
Munetoshi Fukagawa, who launched his own investigation in the
1970s into the disappearance of 241 Korean hibakusha Mitsubishi
forced laborers who had vanished at sea in September 1945,
appealing for the return of their bodies to their homeland as well as
connecting the hibakusha problem and Mitsubishi’s maltreatment of
the Korean workers. Changes in the status of Korean hibakusha at thepolitical level could be accomplished due to Japanese civil society
actors, whose devotion and assistance is a great example for their
inclination for reconciliation between the two nations.

Lecture 4

Myanmar s Democratic Transition
under the New NLD Government

February 17,
2017

Lecturer:
Narayanan Ganesan, Professor at HPIThis lecture examined the outcome of the 2015 parliamentaryelections in Myanmar and the policies of the National League for
Democracy (NLD) Government that won an overwhelming victoryin the election.
The talk began with an examination of key appointees to government
and the structural political changes that have obtained since then.
These included the reduction in the number of Ministries, the creationof a Ministry of Ethnic Affairs, and the appointment of Aung San Suu
Kyi’s confidants to the key portfolios of President and chief ceasefire
negotiator for the peace process. Subsequently the talk proceeded to
identify major developments associated with the new government’s
approach to dealing with the ethnic armed groups. These included theconvening of the 21st Century Panglong Conference in August 2015
and the formation of the Northern Alliance by five of the groups inNovember 2016.
The talk also examined developments related to the Buddhist-Muslim
violence in Rakhine state and the government’s approach in dealing
with the issue. This included the escalation of the violence following
an insurgent attack on border policemen in October 2015 and theresulting military operation that resulted in widespread internationalcondemnation and the displacement of 70,000 Muslim refugees into
Bangladesh.
The final part of the talk dealt with the socio-economic policies of
the new government. Special emphasis was paid to the new 12 Point
Plan announced by the government that included rationalization ofState Owned Enterprises, supporting small and medium sized firms
and encouraging foreign direct investments. The talk ended withmention of the administrative areas where the military continues toretain power and influence like Defense, Interior and Border Affairs.

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Adjudication of the Inhumanity of War
The Hiroshima Peace Institute held a public lecture series entitled, “Adjudication of the Inhumanity of War” consisting of fivelectures at the GOJINSHA Wendy Hito-Machi Plaza on Wednesdays (18:30-20:30) from October 12 to November 9, 2016.
Many people participated in all five lectures, with about 100 participants attending each talk. They featured a lively
question-and-answer session with the audience. In the questionnaires administered after the last lecture, many views andopinions were expressed. We will make efforts to take into account this feedback in our future activities.
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Lectures
Gen Kikkawa
Director and Professor, the Hiroshima
Peace Institute, Hiroshima City University
Yasuhito Fukui
Associate Professor, the Hiroshima
Peace Institute, Hiroshima City University
Masayuki Koike
Professor, The Japanese Red Cross
College of Nursing/Tokyo
Akira Mayama
Professor, Osaka School of International
Public Policy, Osaka University
Kazumi Mizumoto
Vice-President and Professor, the Hiroshima
Peace Institute, Hiroshima City University

Theme
The Real Picture of Drafting Process of the Genocide
Convention: The Limits of Trials of ‘Crimes against
Humanity’
The Evolution of International Criminal Law
The Inhumanity of Conventional Weapons and Limits
of International Humanitarian Law
The International Criminal Court (ICC) and War
Crimes: Can the ICC Exercise Jurisdiction over the
Crime of Employing Nuclear Weapons?
The Inhumanity of the Atomic Bomb Experience andInhumanity of War: Depth of Comprehension of War
CrimesHello from HPI
Xianfen XU

Associate Professor
Xianfen Xu was born in Longquan city, Zhejiang
province, China. She received a B.A. in History
from Zhejiang Normal University in 1993, andreceived a Ph.D. in History from Japan Institute ofNankai University in 1999 and a Ph.D. in Political
Science from the Graduate School of Political Scienceof Waseda University in 2009. She was previously a Research
Associate at the School of Political Science and Economics (2006-2008),
a Lecturer at the Waseda Institute of Contemporary Chinese Studies at
Waseda University (2008-2012), and a Professor at East China Normal
University in Shanghai. She joined the Hiroshima Peace Institute (HPI) in

April 2017. Her research interests include: contemporary
Sino-Japanese relations, Asian international relations
and theory of international cooperation. Her major
publications are: Nihon No Taichu ODA Gaikou [Japan’s
ODA Diplomacy to China: The Dynamism of Interest,
Power and Value] (Keiso Shobo, 2011), and Higashi Ajia
Ni Okeru Futatsu No Sengo [Regional Order in East Asia
after World War II and the Cold War] (Coedited, Kokusai
Shoin, 2012). “It is a great honor to join HPI and to
become a citizen of Hiroshima. I will bear in mind thatmy mission in HPI is to advance the studies of relations
between Japan and China. It would be very helpful if I
could have your support and cooperation. Thank you!”

Publication list 2016FY
Gen KIKKAWA (Director)
Book (Co-edited book)
Gen Kikkawa,“Buki no Shinka to Kokusaiheiwa,” in Gen Kikkawa,Kazumi Mizumoto (eds.,) Naze Kaku wa Nakunaranainoka II,(Kyoto: Horitsu Bunka Sha, 2016): 15-32
Text (Booklet)
Gen Kikkawa,“Buki no Shinka to Kokusaiheiwa,” in Hiroshima
Peace Institute of Hiroshima City University (ed.), Kakukaihatsu
to Kokusaishakai (HPI Booklet No.4, 2017): 65-90
Essay
Gen Kikkawa, “Puraha kara Hiroshima e” Gaiko, Vol.38 (Jul.
6

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Kazumi MIZUMOTO (Vice-Director)
Book (Co-edited book)
Kazumi Mizumoto, “Konnichi no Kakuheiki to Kokusaishakai,”and “Hibakukoku Nihon no Yakuwari,” in Gen Kikkawa, Kazumi
Mizumoto (eds.,) Naze Kaku wa Nakunaranainoka II, (Kyoto:
Horitsu Bunka Sha, 2016): 1-12, 203-221
ArticlesKazumi Mizumoto, “Teitai Suru Kakugunshuku to Nihon no
Kadai,” Intelligence Report, (No.96, September 2016): 4-21
Kazumi Mizumoto, “Aratana Kyoui no Shutsugen to Moriagaru

‘Kakuheiki no Hijindousei’ no Giron,” Hiroshima Peace
Memorial Museum Research Report (No. 12, March 2017): 17-31
Yasuhito FUKUI (Associate Professor)
ArticlesYasuhito Fukui,“Gunshuku Bunya no Kihan Keisei,” in
Gen Kikkawa, Kazumi Mizumoto (eds.,) Naze Kaku wa
Nakunaranainoka II, (Kyoto: Horitsu Bunka Sha, 2016): 47-63
Yasuhito Fukui, “Jyoyaku Jisshi Taisei no Kouchiku: Buki Boeki
Jyoyaku wo Jirei toshite,” Hiroshima Kokusai Kenkyu Vol.22,
Hiroshima Shiritsu Daigaku Kokusai Gakubu (November 2016):
1-15
Yasuhito Fukui, “Aratana Gijyutsu to Kokusaiho no Tekiyo
Kanosei – Jiritsu Chishi Heiki system (LAWS) wo Jirei toshite-,”Sekaihonenpo (Sekaiho Gakkai) Vol.36 (March 2017): 154-185
Narayanan GANESAN (Professor)
ArticlesNarayanan Ganesan, “Appraising Myanmar ’s Democratic
Transition and Evolving Challenges,” Japanese Journal of
Political Science (Cambridge University Press), Vol.18, No.1
(March 2017): 197-216
Narayanan Ganesan, “Assessing Civil Conflicts in Southeast Asia:
Indonesia, Myanmar, the Philippines and Thailand,” Hiroshima
Peace Research Journal (Hiroshima City University), Vol.4(March 2017): 57-77
Robert JACOBS (Professor)
Book (Co-edited book)
Robert Jacobs, “Domesticating Hiroshima: American Depictionsof the Victims of the Hiroshima Bombings in the Early Cold
War,” in, Urs Heftrich, Bettina Kaibach, Robert Jacobs andKaroline Thaidigsmann, eds., Images of Rupture in Civilization
Between East and West: The Perception of Auschwitz andHiroshima in Eastern European Arts and Media (Heidelberg:
Universitätsverlag Winter, 2016): 83-98
ArticlesRobert Jacobs, “American Fantasies About Nuclear Weapons
Remain Trapped in a Fictional Hiroshima,” in Gen Kikkawa andKazumi Mizumoto, eds., Naze Kaku wa Nakunaranainoka II,(Kyoto: Horitsu Bunka Sha, 2016): 151-167
Robert Jacobs, “Military Nationalism and Nuclear Internationalismin Asia,” in Jeff Kingston, ed., Asian Nationalisms (New York:
Routledge Press, 2016): 58-69
Akihiro KAWAKAMI (Associate Professor)
ArticlesAkihiro Kawakami, “Kenpo 9jo no Seiritsu (Ⅰ-Ⅱ),” Jichisoken,
Vol.43 No.2 (February 2017)-Vol.43 no.3 (March 2017): 1-28; 1844
Akihiro Kawakami, “Kenpo to Chiho Jichi,” Hokkaido Jichiken,
No.576 (January 15, 2017): 2-13
Akihiro Kawakami,“Chihojichi kara kangaeru Nihonkokukenpo,”
Gekkan Jichiken (December 2016): 16-23
Akihiro Kawakami,“Kenpo Seiritsu no Genten to Anpohousei
seiritsu toiu Genten kara kangaeru Heiwa,” Sougou Ningengaku(Sougou Nigen Gakkai) Vol.10 (July 31 2016): 102-124
Text (Booklet)
Akihiro Kawakami, “Sengo Nihon ni okeru ‘Heiwa’ no Keisei toTenkan,” Sengo 70nen wo koete (HPI Booklet Vol. 3 2017): 119147
Hitoshi NAGAI (Professor)
ArticlesHitoshi Nagai, “Senso wo meguru ‘Sabaki’ to ‘Yurushi’” inTakushi Ohno, Nobutaka Suzuki and Wataru Kusaka eds., Firipin
wo Shirutameno 64sho (Tokyo: Akashi Shoten, 2016): 141-143
Hitoshi Nagai, “‘Haisha no Sabaki’ Saiko: Dainiji Sekaitaisengo no
Senpan Mondai wo meguru Nihongawa Taiō,” in, Nenpō Nihon
Gendaishi Vol. 21 (September 2016): 33-67
Hitoshi Nagai, “Nihon ni okeru Tokyo Saiban Kenkyu no Dōkō” inHiroshima Peace Research Journal Vol. 4 (March 2016): 99-111

Akiko NAONO (Professor)
ArticlesAkiko Naono, “Gembaku higaisha no ikari wo hiraku” in Kikuye
Takao ed., Hibaku 70nen Jenda Foramu in Hiroshima Zen
Kiroku (Hiroshima: Hiroshima Jyoseigaku Kenkyusho, 2016):
256-312
Akiko Naono, “Senso Higai Jyuninron,” Chikyu Shakai Togo
Kagaku (23-1, 2016): 11-29
Akiko Naono, “Hibakusha toiu Shutaisei to Beikoku ni Shazai wo
Motomenai toiukotono aida,” Gendai Shiso (44-15, August 2016):
74-85
Akiko Naono, “Kakoikomareru koto to Shutaika wo meguru Seiji
to Kotoba ni tsuite,” Riron to Dotai (9, 2016): 118-128
Akiko Naono, “Gembaku Taikenki no Kanko to Gembaku Taiken
no Keisei,” Hiroshima Heiwa Kinen Siryokan Siryo Chosa
Kenkyukai Hokoku (12, 2017): 1-32
Hyun Jin SON (Associate Professor)
ArticlesSon Hyun Jin, “Kitachosen no Kakukaihatsu,” Gen Kikkawa,Kazumi Mizumoto (eds.,) Naze Kaku wa Nakunaranainoka II,(Kyoto: Horitsu Bunka Sha, 2016): 130-147
Son Hyun Jin, “Nihon no Suisaniyakuhin no Kanrigenkyou tohouritsu,” Kagakugijutsu to Hou, (Kankoku tsyunnandaigaku
Hougaku Kenkyusyo, Vol.12, 2016. 3)
Son Hyun Jin, “Touitsuikou no Kitachosen no Seizihanshuyouzyou
no shori ni kansuru Housei seibi” (Houken, Kankoku
Houseikenkyusyo, 2017. 3)
Text (Booklet)
Son hyun Jin, “Kitachosen no dappokusha no Houteki Chii:
Kokusaihou no Kanten kara,” Hiroshima Peace Research Journal
Vol.4 (March, 2017)
Makiko TAKEMOTO (Associate Professor)
Book
Makiko Takemoto, Doitsu no Heiwashugi to Heiwaundo (Kyoto:
Horitsu Bunka Sha, 2017)
Articles
Makiko Takemoto, “Heiwaundo – Touzai Tairitsu wo Koete,” inYuji Ishida, Miwako Fukunaga (eds.), Gendai Doitsu eno Shiza,(Tokyo: Bensei Shuppan, 2016): 337-356
Makiko Takemoto, “Hiroshima and Auschwitz: Analyzing from the
Perspective of Peace Movements and Pacifism,” in: Urs Heftlich,
Robert Jacobs, Bettina Kaibach and Karoline Thaidigsmann eds.,
Images of Rupture in Civilization between East and West: The
Perception of Auschwitz and Hiroshima in Eastern European
Arts and Media (Heidelberg: Universitätsverlag Winter, 2016):
65-81
Text (Booklet)
Makiko Takemoto, “Sengo 70 nen no Ayumi to Ronten – Doitsu
no Rei kara,” in Hiroshima Peace Institute of Hiroshima City
University (ed.), Sengo 70 nen wo koete (HPI Booklet No.3,
2017): 149-169
Xianfen XU (Associate Professor)
ArticlesXianfen Xu, “1970 Nendai no Tai Vietnam Enjo o meguru
Nichibeichu no Taiou,” in, Hideki Kan (ed.) Reisen Henyo to
Rekishi Ninshiki (2017): 111-138
Xianfen Xu, “Nicchu Ryokoku no Taigai Enjo Kihan no Hikaku,”
in, Minhao Yu and Shigemitsu Konno (ed.) Higashi Asia no Naka
no Nihon to Chugoku: Kihan, Gaiko, Chiikichitsujo (December2016): 97-121
Xianfen Xu, “Rizhong Heping Youhao Tiaoyue Tanpan Riben
Dangan (shang): Yuantianzhi Riben Waiwudachen Fanghua
Xiangguan Huitan Jilu,” Lishi Jiaoxue, Vol. 1 (2017): 130-136 (inChinese)Xianfen Xu, “Rizhong Heping Youhao Tiaoyue Tanpan Riben
Dangan (xia): Yuantianzhi Riben Waiwudachen Fanghua
Xiangguan Huitan Jilu,” Lishi Jiaoxue Vol. 2 (2017): 129-136 (inChinese)Visit HPI s website at http://www.hiroshima-cu.ac.jp/modules/peace̲e/index.php

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DIARY◆Nov. 4 Kazumi Mizumoto gives lecture, “Hiroshima & Peace”
at Hijiyama University, Faculty of Contemporary Culture, in
Hiroshima City.
◆Nov. 7 Mizumoto gives lecture, “Hiroshima & Peace” at
Hijiyama University, Faculty of Contemporary Culture and Facultyof Health and Nutrition, in Hiroshima City.
◆Nov. 10 Mizumoto gives lecture on “Atomic Bomb and the War”
for students of Nagoya University Affiliated Lower Secondary
School at the HCU Satellite Campus.
◆Nov. 12 Mizumoto gives lecture, “Trends of Nuclear Weapons in
the World” at the training program of “Hiroshima Peace Volunteers”
organized by and held at the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum.
◆Nov. 13 Mizumoto gives presentation entitled “the Meaning of
US President Obama’s Visit to Hiroshima and His Speech” at theFall Conference of the Toastmasters International, District 76, heldat JMS Aster Plaza.
◆Nov. 16 Robert Jacobs presents an invited lecture on “Nuclear
Conquistadors: Military Colonialism in Nuclear Test Site Selection
During the Cold War” at the University of Cyprus, Nicosia, Cyprus.
◆Nov. 17 Jacobs presents an invited lecture on “Global Hibakusha:
Understanding the Victims of Nuclear Testing as a Scattered,Global Community,” at Eastern Mediterranean University,
Famagusta, North Cyprus, Turkey.
◆Nov. 18 Gen Kikkawa, Takeshi Yuasa, Hyun Jin Son, Yasuhito
Fukui and Mizumoto participate in a joint workshop of the Sejong
Institute and HPI on Nuclear Issues and Peace in Asia, held at the
Sejong Institute in South Korea.
◆Nov. 19 Mizumoto gives report, “An Analysis of Recent Trends
and Debates on Nuclear Weapons” at a public lecture meetingorganized by the Advisory Research Committee of the Hiroshima
Peace Memorial Museum, held at the museum. ▽Akiko Naonogives lecture on the collective memory of the atomic bombing in theearly postwar period at the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum.
◆Nov. 22 Jacobs presents invited lecture on “Radiation and the
Decay of the Community Body” at Adam Mickiewicz University,
Poznan, Poland.
◆Nov. 25 Mizumoto gives lecture, “Nuclear Disarmamentand Non-Proliferation” for the trainees of Iran’s diplomats atthe training program of Iran’s School of International Relations(SIR), sponsored by the Sasakawa Middle East Islam Fund, held
at UNITAR Hiroshima Office. ▽Akihiro Kawakami delivers
presentation on “The Constitution of Japan and Principle of Local
Autonomy” in the symposium “Issues Surrounding Constitutionsand Local Governance” held in Kita-ku, Sapporo by the Hokkaido
Research Institute for Local Autonomy and Local Government.
◆Dec. 3 Mizumoto gives lecture, “The Atomic Bomb Experienceand the Danger of Nuclear Weapon seen in Hiroshima” at the
Public Lecture Series “For the World Free of Nuclear Weapons”
organized by the Nagasaki Council for Nuclear Weapons Abolition(PCU-NC), held at Nagasaki National Peace Memorial Hall for the
Atomic Bomb Victims.
◆Dec. 10 Naono gives lecture on how to “inherit” the memories of
the atomic bombings and carry on hibakushas’ mission for peace at
the annual lecture organized by the Association of Social Workers
for the Atomic Bomb Victims.
◆Dec. 13 Son attends a NAPCI (Northeast Asia Peace andCooperation Initiative) meeting held in Incheon.
◆Jan. 4‒15 Ganesan undertakes a field research trip to Bangkok,
Thailand and Yangon, Myanmar to research Myanmar-China
relations and issues.
◆Jan. 5
Hitoshi Nagai gives lecture on “World War II in theJapan-Philippine Relations” to the “Future Leaders’ Program for
Global Peace” organized by Hiroshima Prefecture, held in Makati
City, Metro Manila, Philippines.
◆Jan. 6‒20 Jacobs conducts interviews with hibakusha from UK
and US nuclear weapon testing in Fiji, and Christmas Island, Kiribati.
◆Jan. 19 Mizumoto gives lecture, “Hiroshima & Peace: The
Danger of Nuclear Weapons and the Experience of Atomic
Bombing” for the students of Kyungpook National University in
Taegu, South Korea, at HCU. ▽Naono gives lecture on traumatic
memories of the atomic bomb survivors for visiting graduate
students from the Kyungpook National University.

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◆Jan. 25 Nagai gives lecture on “‘Justice’ and ‘Forgiveness’:
The Untold Story of the Philippines War Crimes Trials,” to The
Philippines: Past & Present organized by Museum Volunteers of
the Philippines (MVP) held at the Rockwell campus, Ateneo Law
School, Makati City.
◆Jan. 30‒Feb. 1 Ganesan trains the Myanmar Civil Service on
public administration and public policy formulation in Naypyitaw,
Myanmar.
◆Feb. 10 Son participats in an Advisory Committee of North
Korea, Unification Law meeting held in Seoul by the Korea
Legislation Research Institute.
◆Feb. 11‒20 Jacobs conducts interviews with hibakusha from
French nuclear weapon testing in French Polynesia.
◆Feb. 17 Ganesan gives a public lecture entitled “Myanmar’s
Democratic Transition under the New NLD Government”, HCU
satellite Campus.
◆Feb. 27 Mizumoto gives lecture “Hiroshima & Peace: The
Inhumanity of the War and the Inhumanity of Nuclear Weapons”
at the “Hiroshima Peace Study Program” for the Trainees of JICA
Tokyo from Asian and African Nations, organized by and held atthe Hiroshima International Center.
◆Mar. 1 Son gives a lecture “Situation regarding North Korea
and Unification of the Korean Peninsula” at a special lecture
meeting held by the Overseas Koreans Foundation (OKF) in Kitaku, Okayama.
◆Mar. 6 Mizumoto gives lecture, “Hiroshima & Peace: The
Inhumanity of the War and the Inhumanity of Nuclear Weapons”
at the “Hiroshima Peace Study Program” for the trainees of JICA
Tokyo from Asian and African Nations, organized by and held atthe Hiroshima International Center.
◆Mar. 6‒8 Ganesan trains the Myanmar civil service in public
administration and public policy formulation in Bago, Myanmar.
◆Mar. 10 Son delivers presentation on “Legal Issue of Detention
Facility Liquidation in North Korea after Reunification of
the Korean Peninsula” at a workshop held in Seoul by RAIK
(Research-Action Institute for the Koreans in Japan).
◆Mar. 12‒15 Mizumoto and Son visit the Historical Sites ofFormer Manchuria in Chang Chun, Ji Lin Province, Institute ofJapan Studies in Liaoning University and the “9.18th” HistoricalMuseum in Shenyang, Liaoning Province in China and exchange
views with Chinese Scholars.
◆Mar. 13 Nagai gives lecture on “A Challenge for a Newborn
Nation: The Forgotten Story of the Philippines War Crimes Trials”
held at the Ateneo Center for Asian Studies (ACAS) of Ateneo deManila University, Quezon City, Metro Manila.
◆Mar. 17 Mizumoto gives lecture, “Hiroshima & Peace: The
Inhumanity of the War and the Inhumanity of Nuclear Weapons”
at the “Hiroshima Peace Study Program” for the trainees of
JICA Yokohama from Afghanistan, organized by and held atthe Hiroshima International Center. ▽Jacobs presents paper on“Nuclear Technologies and the Discourse of Disaster,” to theLegacies of the Manhattan Project conference in Richland, WA,
USA.
◆Mar. 18 Jacobs presents keynote speech on “Hanford Reaching,”
to the Columbia River Forum of the Washington-Oregon
Association of City Planners in Hood River, OR, USA.
◆Mar. 21 Mizumoto attends as Chair the annual meeting of theAdvisory Research Group of the Hiroshima Peace Memorial
Museum, held at the Museum.
◆Mar. 28 Mizumoto gives lecture “Hiroshima & Peace: theInhumanity of the War and the Inhumanity of Nuclear Weapons”
at the “Hiroshima Peace Study Program” for the Trainees of JICA
Tokyo from Myanmar, organized by and held at the Hiroshima
International Center.
◆Apr. 5
Mizumoto attends the inaugural meeting and thefirst meeting of the Executive Committee of International Youth
Conference for Peace in the Future (IYCPR), Hiroshima 2017, heldat International Conference Center Hiroshima.
◆Apr. 22 Kawakami gives lecture, “The Constitution of Japan andRight to Education” at a lecture meeting held at the Hiroshima City
Gender Equality Promotion Center by the Citizens’ Network for
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