CREP Newsletter No.2
ISS Comparative Regionalism Project
http://project.iss.u-tokyo.ac.jp/crep

What is CREP?
CREP (Comparative Regionalism Project) is aninnovative, interdisciplinary project which aims to compare
and analyze regionalism in Asia, Europe, and the Americas.
This is the first scholarly, systematic attempt to analyze
regionalism in Asia from a comparative perspective.
Researchers in Law, Political Science, and Economics
will conduct research on a set of common topics, using
disciplinediscipline-specific methodologies, to identify and assess
how the regionalisms in the three areas are similar, as well
as how they differ.

What we have done so far
Our project started with the following three objectives:(1) to identify similarities and differences among the three major
major regionalarrangements in legal, economic and political terms, and(2) to clarify their impact upon local, national, regional and global
globalgovernance.
(3) Finally, regarding East Asia, we would also like to discuss possible
courses of action in the near future, by building some models ofregional arrangements befitting regional needs.
INSIDE THIS ISSUE
What is CREP?

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What we have done so far

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Reports on the 1stInternational Workshop andMonthly Research Seminars 2
EventsPhoto by Jeff Levick4

To achieve these three objectives, from September 2005 to FebruaryFebruary
2006 we held the following workshop and monthly seminars:
1) The First International Workshop (September 1212-13, 2005)“Designing the Project of Comparative Regionalism”
Regionalism”
2) The 5th Monthly Seminar (October 28, 2005)“Overlapping Regionalisms in Asia: A Preliminary Examination”
Examination”
th Monthly Seminar (November 22, 2005)
3) The 6
Research Progress Reports4) Special Seminar (November 25, 2005)“Modern Japan’
Japan’s View of the East Asian International Order:Focusing on Kijyuro Shidehara”
Shidehara”th5) The 7 Monthly Seminar (December 16, 2005)“Changes in Chinese Law and the Subject of Globalization”
Globalization”
6) The 8th Monthly Seminar (January 24, 2006)“The First East Asian Summit: Evaluation and Prospects”
Prospects”
th Monthly Seminar (February 21, 2006)
7) The 9“National Sovereignty and Regionalism”
Regionalism”
Photos by Hidetsugu Morita
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CREP Newsletter No.2
ISS Comparative Regionalism Project
http://project.iss.u-tokyo.ac.jp/crep
Report on the 1st International Workshop(September 1212-13, 2005)"Designing the Project of ComparativeRegionalism"

Report on the 5th Monthly Seminar(October 28, 2005)
Overlapping Regionalisms in Asia: APreliminary Examination
Presenter: Mie Oba (Associate Professor,
Tokyo University of Science)

Our research schedule includes thefollowing three phases, covering the period
from the year 2005 to 2008.

(Prof. Mie Oba)

(1) April 2005 – March 2006 (Year ONE):
Stocktaking and Research・ Monthly stocktaking and research workshops
workshops
will be held at ISS.

Dr. Oba provided detailed information on
the recent evolution of regionalisms in the Asianand Pacific region.
Report on The 6th Monthly seminar(November 22, 2005)
Reports on Research Progress
Presenters:
Daisuke Shimizu (Research Associate, ISS,University of Tokyo)
Yuko Nikaido (Research Associate, ISS,University of Tokyo)
Shun Kaku (Research Assistant, ISS,
University of Tokyo)(2) April 2006 – March 2007 (Year TWO):
Research and Analysis
・International joint workshops
workshops will be held toexchange participants’participants’ preliminary
research results.
(3) April 2007 – March 2008 (Year THREE):
Theory and Application + Publication
・International Symposium will be held in Tokyo
to present our research results.
・Research results will be published in books
both in English and in Japanese.

Two research associates and one
research assistant reported on the progress of
their research progress. Dr. Daisuke Shimizu
gave a talk entitled “Incentives for ASEANCountries.”
Countries.” The second presenter, Yuko
Nikaido gave a talk entitled “Literature Survey
on the Economic Effects of Regional Trade
Agreements.”
Agreements.” The last presenter, Shun Kaku,Kaku,
presented his paper entitled “Chiiki shugi niokeru ‘kyodotai’
kyodotai’ no ichi (The Relationship
Between Local Communities andRegionalism).”
Regionalism).”

For the purpose of achieving the firstphase of our project (Year ONE), the first CREP
international workshop was held in Septemberof 2005. This international workshop served asa base for planning and implementing CREP;
at this workshop we set up common themes
and frameworks and planned concrete
research agendas per region and discipline.
The proceedings of the Workshop will be
published as an ISS Research Series.
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ISS Comparative Regionalism Project
http://project.iss.u-tokyo.ac.jp/crep
The 8th Monthly Seminar(January 24, 2006)
The First East Asian Summit: Evaluation
and Prospects
Presenters:Takio Yamada (Director, Regional Policy,Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau,Ministry of Foreign Affairs)
Mie Oba (Associate Professor, Tokyo
University of Science)
Shin Kawashima (Associate Professor,Hokkaido University )Sung Chull Kim (Associate Professor,Hiroshima City University )Kazushi Shimizu (Associate Professor,Kyushu University )Special Seminar (November 25, 2005)
Modern Japan’
Japan’s View of the East AsianInternational Order: Focusing on Kijyuro
Shidehara
Presenter:
Ryuzo Hattori (Associate Professor, ChuoUniversity)(Prof. Ryuzo Hattori)
Professor Hattori offered a detailed
account of Kijyuro Shidehara’
Shidehara’s views andpolicy stance on the East Asian InternationalOrder.
The 7th Monthly Seminar(December 16, 2005)
Changes in Chinese Law and the Subjectof Globalization
Presenter: Nobuyuki Tanaka (Professor,ISS, University of Tokyo)

Dr. Oba gave a talk entitled “The First
East Asian Summit: Evaluation and Prospects.”
Prospects.”
The second presenter, Professor ShinKawashima gave a presentation entitled, “EastAsian Community and China.”
China.” The thirdpresenter, Dr. Sung Chull Kim gave a talkentitled, “Appraisal of the East Asia Summit
2005: From A Security Perspective.”
Perspective.” The fourthpresenter, Dr. Kazushi Shimizu, gave a talkentitled, “The 1st East Asian Summit’Summit’s
Evaluation and Prospects: From the Viewpoint ofIntraIntra-ASEAN Economic Cooperation.”
Cooperation.” Finally, Mr.
Takio Yamada commented on Japanese policy
from the stance of a bureaucrat.

(Prof. Nobuyuki Tanaka)
In Professor Tanaka’
Tanaka’s talk, “Changes inChinese Law and the Subject of Globalization,”
Globalization,”he paid special attention to the impact thatthe transition of the Chinese economy from asocialist economic system to a market
economic system had on Chinese law.

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CREP Newsletter No.2
ISS Comparative Regionalism Project
http://project.iss.u-tokyo.ac.jp/crep
The 9th Monthly Seminar(February 21, 2006)
National Sovereignty and Regionalism
Presenters:
Yoshiaki Sato (Hiroshima City University)
Tamio Nakamura (University of Tokyo, ISS)
Hajime Yamamoto (Tohoku University)

Event Information

2006 CREP International Conference
Title: “The Dynamics of East AsianRegionalism in Comparative
Perspective – PrivatePrivate-led SpontaneousRegionalism”
Regionalism”
Date: 1515-16 July, 2006
Place: Koshiba Hall, University of Tokyo
Working Language: English

Professor Sato gave a talk entitled“NAFTA’
NAFTA’s Conformity to the U.S. Constitution:‘Precision’Precision’ and ‘Delegation’Legalization.” The
Delegation’ in Legalization.”second presenter, professor Nakamura provided
a presentation entitled, “National Sovereigntyand European Integration.”
Integration.” The third presenter,
professor Yamamoto, gave a talk entitled,“Delegation of Authority to International
Organizations as an Issue of ConstitutionalAmendment.”
Amendment.”

Open to Public, PrePre-registrationrequired.
For details, please contact
crep@iss.ucrep@iss.u-tokyo.ac.jp via ee-mail.

The CREP Newsletter is
produced bythe CREP Project,Institute of Social Science,
University of Tokyo
Editor:Masahiko Asano(Research Associate)E-mail: crep@iss.u-tokyo.ac.jp

Photo by Jeff Levick4