The 14th International Symposium in Ulaanbaatar

One Hundred Years of the Japan-Mongolia Relationship:Its History, Present, and Prospects
Saturday, 4th September, 2021, 9:30-18:10 (Doors open at 9:00.)
No. 202 Lecture Hall in Library of National University of Mongolia
Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia

PROGRAM
Organizers
The Institute of International Culture, Showa Women's University
Sekiguchi Global Research Association (SGRA), Atsumi International Foundation
Department of Asian Studies, School of Arts and Sciences, Mongolian National
University
Collaborators:
Showa Women's University
Atsumi International Foundation
Association for the History and Culture of the Mongols
Heritage of The Bargut, NGO

Opening Ceremony (9:30~9:50)
Chair:
Sh. Egshig, Associate Professor, Head of the Department of Asian Studies, School of Arts and Sciences, National
University of Mongolia

Welcoming Address (9:30~9:40)
D. Zayabaatar, Professor, Dean of the School of Arts and Sciences, National University of Mongolia
Imanishi Junko, Representative, Sekiguchi Global Research Association; Managing Director, Atsumi International
Scholarship Foundation

Keynote Speeches (10:00~10:50)
1. Ts. Batbayar, Academician, Principal Researcher of the Institute of History and Ethnology, Mongolian Academy ofSciences, Former Mongolian Ambassador to Cuba
“Analysis of the XXth Century Mongolian-Japanese Contacts from the Standpoint of the ‘Third Neighbor’ Concept”
2. Takenori Shimizu, Specially Appointed Professor, Chuo University, Former Japanese Ambassador to Mongolia“Japan - Mongolia Relations: Japan’s ODA Evaluation and Post-ODA”

Plenary Session (11:00~12:15)
Joint Chairs
Takashi Matsukawa, Professor, Faculty of Sociology, Otani University
B. Punsaldulam, Professor, Institute of History and Ethnology, Mongolian Academy of Sciences
Resource Persons
1. D. Tsedev, Professor, University of Ulaanbaatar“For a Japanese Medical Researcher: Poetry created by a Mongolian Writer”
2. Shinichi Kubota, President of the Nippon Mongol Association“Japan-Mongol Co-operation from Tradition to Development: from a Nomadic and Underground ResourcesCountry to an Industrial Nation”
3. J. Urangua, Sc.D., Tenured Professor, Department of History, National University of Mongolia“Issues about Mongolia in the Compilation of Japan's Foreign Relations Documents (Taisho Year 2, 1913)”

Afternoon Session (13 :10~17:00; Coffee Break 15:10~15:20)
Joint Chairs
J. Urangua, Sc.D., Tenured Professor, Department of History, National University of Mongolia
Shinichi Kubota, President of the Nippon Mongol Association
Resource Persons
1. Hiroshi Futaki, Emeritus Professor, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies“On the Map of Sair Us District, Surveyed by the Japanese Army in 1918”
2. Takashi Matsukawa, Professor, Faculty of Sociology, Otani University“Notes on the Relationship of Kherlen Bars Khot 1 and Chinggis Khaan’s Wall”
3. O. Batzorig, Doctoral Student of Ulaanbaatar University“Some Ruins of Ancient Walls and Tower Towns along the Southern Border of Mongolia”
4. Husel Borjigin, Professor, Department of International Studies, Showa Women’s University“A Reexamination of a Legend of the Wall of Chinggis Khan”
5. Ryu Takai, Assistant Professor, Faculty of Letters, Otani University“Recent Studies in Japan on the Boundary Walls of the Jin Dynasty”
6. B. Punsaldulam, Professor, Institute of History and Ethnology, Mongolian Academy of Sciences“Mongolian Politicians in Kodama's Note”
7. E. Togtuun and B. Khishigdelger, Lecturer, Faculty of Asian Studies, National University of Mongolia“About an Inner Mongolian who Emigrated to the People's Republic of Mongolia after the Liberation War”
8. R. Bigermaa, Lecturer, School of Foreign Languages, Mongolian University of Science and Technology“An Overview of Japanese Literature in Mongolian Secondary School Textbooks”

Three Parallel Session (17:10~18:00 )Joint Chairs
Hiroshi Futaki, Emeritus Professor, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies
J. Urangua, Sc.D., Tenured Professor, Department of History, National University of Mongolia
Reports of the three parallel sessions by the Chairs
Open discussion

Closing Address (18:00~18:10)
P. Delgerjargal, Vice dean of the School of Arts and Sciences, National University of Mongolia

Reception (18:30~20:00)
Hosted by The Institute of International Culture, Showa Women's University, and Sekiguchi Global Research Association(SGRA), Atsumi International Foundation, National University of Mongolia