PROGRAMME of the 10^th JAFAME Plenary Sessions

Keynote Speech: Emerging Shape of East Asian Economic Community

　              Nishizawa, Nobuyoshi, Kinki University

Session 1　　Emerging Shape of East Asian Economic Community

1.  East Asian Community vs. EU, from the viewpoint of strategic inter-regionalism of EU

      Suzui, Kiyomi, Hiroshima Shudo University

2.  Formation of East Asian Community and the stepwise integration in WTO

      Yamaura, Hiromi, Fukushima University

3.  Special Lectures

      Kuwahara, Tasuku, Ministry of Foreign Affairs

      Aoike, Satoshi, Manager, International Economic Affairs Department, Economic Affairs Bureau, Osaka City Government

      Nakatsuka, Kinko,  Municipality of East-Osaka

Session 2   Related Issues concerning East Asian economy

1.  A Study of Coase Theorem and The Emission Rights

      Hayama, Koji, Meiji University

2.  Foreign direct investment and Economic Growth in Debtor Economy

Nishiyama, Hiroyuki, University of Hyogo

3.  Development of Distribution System adopted by Japanese Warehouse companies in ASEAN region

     Ishihara, Shinji, Tokai University

4.  Financial Challenge of Vietnam toward WTO membership

     Nguen Duc Lap, Hiroshima Shudo University

5.  Regional Development and Employment in Indonesia ? Possibility in the Area Having Transmigration Settlements -  (Pembangunan Daerah dan Lapangan Kerja di Indonesia ? Kemungkinannya di Wilayah Yang Ada Pemukiman Transmigrasi-)

　　　 Hayashida, Hideki, Doshisha University　

6.  China's Way to Start and Expand FDI Policy: Gaining Political Feasibility

      Shimono, Hisako, The University of Kitakyushu

Program for Workshop Sessions

15 July 2006

9:40-12:35

Workshop 1-A   FTA Movement in East Asia and Pacific Region

      Chair: Teruhisa Yamada, Yokohama Shoka University

1.  Rhetoric and Reality: Regional and Bilateral Free Trade Areas in the Asia-Pacific

      Hans C. Blomqvist, Swedish School of Economics and Business Administration

2. Theory of butterfly-shaped economic regions --- Mode of regional economic development in East Asia and Southeast Asia

      Zhan Bo-shan, Institute of East Asia, Fujian, China

3.  Push and Pull Factors in the East Asian Development Process

      Norbert L. Bauer, University of Bayreuth, Germany

4.  East Asian FTA and the impact on ASEAN Economies: A Preliminary Assessment

       Mohamed Aslam, Faculty of Economics and Administration, Univ. of Malaya

5.  Accessibility of Regional Economic Integration and East Asian Economic Role

       Marlar Aung, Univ. of Distance Education, Ministry of Education, Myanmar

13:40-16:00

Workshop 1-B   Investing in Japan and new Asia - the possibility of making new dynamic zone?     Chair: Tatsuo Nobu, Kokushikan University                  

1.  Are barriers to entry changing? Finnish software companies in the Japanese market

      Arto Ojala, Dept. of Computer Science & Information Systems, Univ. of Jyvaskyla

2.  Local Government’s Programs to promote FDI: Case study of Osaka City Government     

Yoshihisa Fujita, Economic Affairs Bureau, Osaka City Government

3.  Japanese FDI in Bangladesh: Deepening and Diversifying for the Future

      Monir Hossaian Moni, Social Science & Japan Study Center, University of Dhaka

4.  Japan’s Philosophy and Economic Interests of the Economic Partnership with ASEAN -“investment-oriented” approach, but through regional or bilateral?-

      Tasuku Kuwabara, Ministry of Foreign Affairs

16 July 2006

10:00-11:45

Workshop 2-A     New Relations between Management and Labor in Asian Region

      Chair:　 Juro Nakagawa, Nihon University

1.  Nurturing Japanese Management Practices in Asia: Lessons from Sri Lanka and India

       K.K.U. Ananda Kumara, Suzuka International University

2.  State of Unionism and Collective Bargaining in Asian Economies: The Case of the Philippines

       Marie E. Aganon, University of the Philippines

3.  Challenges to Unionism in Japan

       Corinne Boyles, School of Economics, Kinki University

12:40-15:00

Workshop 2-B     Changing Features of Life and Labor Condition in Globalizing Asia

      Chair: Marjatta Rahikainen, University of Helsinki

1.  Industrial Restructuring, Changing Employment Patterns and Unskilled Foreign Workers in the Japanese Manufacturing Sector

      Masataka Nakagawa, The Australian National University

2.  Social Safety Net of Indonesia ??its history and the present conditions ?

     Toshihiko Hozumi, Faculty of Economics, Aichi University

3.  Child labour in Asia and Europe ? is there a connection between the two?

       Marjatta Rahikainen, Dept. of Social Science History, University of Helsinki

4.  Consumerism or Conservation: Passive Economists and Our Endangered Future

       Robert Kowalczyk, Kinki University