FY 2022
Training
Overseas Training
- Short-term Russian and Kazakh language training (Republic of Kazakhstan)
Period: Friday, February 17, 2023 – Friday, March 24, 2023 (36 days)
Destination: Kazakh National University (Almaty)
Domestic Training
- Internship at a Japanese company (Niseko, Hokkaido)
Period: Tuesday, July 12 – Friday, July 15
Destination: Shiribeshi General Subprefectual Bureau, Niseko HANAZONO Resort, etc. - SDGs Seminar on Central Eurasia program (Ishigaki, Okinawa)
Period: Wednesday, February 8 – Saturday, February 11
Destination: Ishigaki City Hall, International Coral Reef Research and Monitoring Center, etc.
Lectures
Special consecutive public lectures for freshmen
Due to the global impact of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, we have decided to hold a series of public lectures for new students at the University of Tsukuba, who have been unable to lead a normal university life that has been previously taken for granted. The lectures are designed to encourage new students who have been struggling with online education upon their enrollment and aim to help students improve their intellectual curiosity and vitality essential for their future campus life.
- 2nd Lecture “To Succeed in a Society of Confusion and Change – What Should We Do Now in College?”
Lecturer: Prof. Tosaku Yasuhiko , University of California, San Diego
Date: February 21, 2023 (Tue.)
Location: Zoom Meeting
→ report of the event on the day is here
Lecture Series “The Future of Central Eurasia and Japan”
The NipCA Project aims to contribute to the development of local communities through stimulating awareness about sustainability issues not only among NipCA Fellows, but also among faculty members, researchers and students in and out of the university. Since its establishment, the project has been holding a series of public lectures by experts on themes related to social and global issues facing the Central Eurasian region and Japan. These lectures are also part of the University of Tsukuba Super Global University (SGU) project.
(The lectures will be held starting from the 34th session in 2022 Fiscal Year)
- Title: 34th Lecture “Central Asia from a Tourism Perspective”
Lecturer: Mr. Yoji SAKAKIBARA, deputy director of the Economic Development Department and senior fellow at the International Development Cente
Date: June 13, 2022 (Monday)
Place: Zoom Meeting
→ Click here to see the report of the meeting - Title: 35th Lecture “Nutrition and Health of Highlanders: Based on Field Research in Ladakh, Himalayan Highlands”
Lecturer: Dr. Yumi KIMURA, associate professor, Graduate School of Human Sciences, Osaka University
Date: June 20, 2022 (Monday)
Place: Zoom Meeting
→ Click here to see the report of the meeting - Title: 36th Lecture “Reconstruction of Japan’s oldest movie theater and Urban Development”
Lecturer: Mr. Michinari Ueno, the manager of Takada Sekaikan (Takada World Hall)
Date: August 30, 2022 (Tuesday)
Place: Zoom Meeting
→ Click here to see the report of the meeting - Title: 37th Lecture “What is Global Mental Health”
Lecturer: Dr. Akihiro Nishio, advisor to the WHO Western Pacific Office
Date: November 4, 2022 (Friday)
Place: Zoom Meeting
→ Click here to see the report of the meeting - Title: 38th Lecture “Thinking about Sustainable Immigration Policies: A Case Study of Foreigner Integration Policies and Language Services in Swiss Local Governments”
Lecturer: Prof. Kakihara Takeshi (Kwansei Gakuin University, Faculty of Commerce /Graduate School of Language, Communication and Culture)
Date: November 15, 2022 (Tuesday)
Place: Zoom Meeting
→ Click here to see the report of the meeting - Title: 39th Lecture “The History of Taiwan, a Multilingual Nation, to the Present Day”
Lecturer: Prof. Fujii Kumiko (Center for Multilingual Multicultural Education and Research, University of Miyazaki)
Date: March 6, 2023 (Monday)
Place: Zoom Meeting
→ Click here to see the report of the meeting
Special Lecture and Discussion “Central Eurasian Studies in East Asia and Beyond”
As part of the infrastructure-building activities of the Nippon Foundation’s Central Asia-Japan Human Resource Development Project, a series of public lectures entitled “Central Eurasian Studies in East Asia and Beyond” will be held online. The series of lectures, will be held in English and Japanese. The purpose of this series is to introduce Central Eurasian Studies in Japan and East Asia in English and to promote research and human resource development in this field.
- Title：7th Lecture “Pre-publication Seminar: Social Innovations in Post-Soviet Countries”
Lecturer：Dr. Bakhrom Radjabov, Webster University Tashkent Campus
Date：April 25th, 2022 (Mon)
Place：Zoom Meeting
→ Click here to see the report of the meeting - Title：8th Lecture “Pre-publication Seminar: Japanese Whaling and the People Behind It”
Lecturer：Dr.Nadzeya Shutava, Parnership for Public Service
Date：May 23rd, 2022 (Mon)
Place：Zoom Meeting
→ Click here to see the report of the meeting - Title：9th Lecture “De-securitizing the Internationalization in Uzbekistan’s Higher Education Policy”
Lecturer：Dr.Dilnoza Ubaydullaeva, Australian National University
Date：June 20th, 2022 (Mon)
Place：Zoom Meeting
→ Click here to see the report of the meeting - Title：10th Lecture “Pre-publication Seminar: Towards the ‘Normal’ State: Georgian Foreign Policy between Russia and the West”
Lecturer：Dr.Mariam Bibilashvili, University of Tsukuba
Date：July 25th, 2022 (Mon)
Place：Zoom Meeting
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Special Lecture and Discussion “The Road to Digital Transformation to Change Society”
As part of the infrastructure-building activities of the “The Nippon Foundation Central Asia-Japan Human Resource Development Project (NipCA Project)”, a series of public lectures titled “The Road to Digital Transformation to Change Society” will be held online. This series of lectures is designed to provide information on the world’s Best and Worst Practices for Social Transformation by experts in a variety of fields. The goal is to develop human resources who can promote social transformation through learning about various case studies that use digital technology to solve and improve local and global issues.
- Title: The 5th Special Lecture and Discussion “Diversifying Smart Cities and Their Challenges”
Lecturer： Professor Mamoru Taniguchi, Faculty of Engineering, Information and Systems, Tsukuba University
Date: October 27th, 2022(Thursday)
Place: Student Commons/Zoom
→ Click here to see the report of the meeting
International Conferences
- Title: Inclusive Pedagogy for Globalizing Higher Education: Evidence from Primary Qualitative Research on English-medium University Practices
Presenter: Associate Professor. Yukiko Yamamoto (NipCA Project)
Conference Name: 66th Annual Meeting of the Comparative and International Education Society (CIES Conference 2022)
Date: April 18-22, 2022
Location: Minneapolis, MN, USA (Online Presentation)
→ Report of the event on the day is here - Title: Modernity, Development and Decolonization of Knowledge in Central Asia: Kazakhstan as a Foreign Aid Provider
Presenter: NipCA Project researcher Dr. Nafissa Insebayeva
Conference Name: 15th Seoul ODA International Conference
Date: September 1, 2022
Location: Korea, Seul
→ Report of the event on the day is here - Title: Diplomatic relations between Japan and Georgia over the past three decades
Presenter： Dr. Mariam BIBILASHVILI, affiliated researcher of the SPJES, University of Tsukuba
Conference Name: Thirty Years of Diplomatic Relations Between Georgia and Japan
Date： September 7, 2022
Location: Georgia, Tbilisi
→ Report of the event on the day is here - Conference name: Japan-Uzbekistan Student Forum
Date: September 29, 2022
Venue: Tsukuba City, Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan
→ Report of the event on the day is here
Speakers/topics.
(1) Suvanova Yulduzhon, NipCA SPJES Fellow 2021 (Third Term Fellow), “Women’s Empowerment in Uzbekistan”
→Click here to see the individual presentations
(2) Bazarova Asal, NipCA SPJES Fellow 2021 (Third Term Fellow), “The Experience of
Aspiring Female Entrepreneurs with the Framework of Uzbekistan’s Policy (2019-2022)”
→Click here to see the individual presentations
(3) Mavlonova Maftuna, NipCA SPJES Fellow 2021 (Third Term Fellow), “Female engagement in STEM in Uzbekistan”
→Click here to see the individual presentations - Title: New Political Actors in the Electoral Process: Japan’s Election Management Boards Online
Presenter: NipCA project cooperating faculty member Associate Professor Leslie Tkach Kawasaki
Date: September 22-23, 2022
Location: the University of Loughborough, United Kingdom
→Click here to see the individual presentations - Title: Translating Views into Votes: Trends in Engaging Young Japanese Voters
Presenter: NipCA project cooperating faculty member Associate Professor Leslie Tkach Kawasaki
Date: October 21-23, 2022
Location: Toronto Metropolitan University, Canada
→Click here to see the individual presentations - Title: The Process of Creating “Easy Kazakh” and “Easy Russian” Languages for People with Developmental Disabilities in Kazakhstan
Presenter: Takashi Ninomiya
Date: March 11, 2023
Location: The Tashkent State University of Oriental Studies
→Click here to see the individual presentations - Title: Educational and Academic Exchange at the University of Tsukuba: The Nippon Foundation’s Project for the Development of Human Resources in Central Asia (NipCA)
Presenter: Professor Toshinobu Usuyama (Humanities and Social Sciences), the project coordinator, Yuji Kajiyama, UIA (University International Administrator)
Date: March 17, 2023
Location: the Embassy of the Republic of Kazakhstan in Japan
→Click here to see the individual presentations - Title: Language and Culture in Ukraine after the Maidan Revolution
Presenter: NipCA Project Coordinator Dr.Yuji Kajiyama
Date: March 25-26, 2023
Location: Kyoto University
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Other events, etc.
- The 4th online screening of Russian and Central Asian films
Date: June 3, 2022
Location: Zoom Meeting, ULIZA
19:15-19:55：Dr. Yuji KAJIYAMA, coordinator of the NipCA project, gave a preliminary commentary entitled “Representation of the Transnistrian Moldovan Republic as a “neighbor” of Ukraine.”
20:00-21:20：Film “Pigeon’s Milk” (2021, 76 minutes), directed by Eugen Marian
→ Report of the event on the day is here - Courtesy visit to Nippon Foundation President Mr.Sasakawa Yohei
Date: September 6, 2022
Location: The Nippon Foundation Headquarters
→ Report of the event on the day is here - Graduation Ceremony for the 2nd NipCA Fellows
Date: September 22, 2022
Location: University of Tsukuba
→ Report of the event on the day is here - The Fourth Japan-Uzbekistan Rectors’ Conference
Date: September 28, 2022
Location: Tsukuba International Congress Center
→ Report of the event on the day is here - Uzbekistan Culture Week 2022
Date: September 28-30, 2022
Location: BiVi Tsukuba, Nova Hall
→ Report of the event on the day is here - Domestic Conferfence
Title: Cause-specific standardized mortality by region in Kazakhstan
Presenter： NipCA fellow 2022, Aizada Badiyeva
Conference Name: The 81st Annual Scientific Meeting of Japanese Society of Public Health
Date： October 7-9, 2022
Location: Yamanashi prefecture, Japan
→ Report of the event on the day is here - Domestic Conferfence
Title: The Experience of Aspiring Female Entrepreneurs with the Framework of Uzbekistan’s Policy (2019-2022)
Presenter: Asal Bazarova, Master’s student in International Public Policy, University of Tsukuba, NipCA SPJES 2021
Conference Name: Japan Central Asia Exchange Forum 2022
Date: October 11, 2022
Location: University of Tsukuba
→ Report of the event on the day is here
→ Report of the event on the day is here - NipCA Fellows SPEJS 2022 Kick-off Meeting
Date: October 17, 2022
Location: Laboratory of Advanced Research A 110, University of Tsukuba
→ Report of the event on the day is here - English lectures Prof. Yamamoto on SDGs for local high school students
Date: December 14, 19, 23, 2022
Location: Joso Gakuin High School, Meikei High School, Tsuchiura Nihon University High School
→ Report of the event on the day is here - The 5th online screening of Russian and Central Asian films
Date: February 3, 2023
Location: Zoom Meeting, Vimeo
19:15-19:55：Dr. Yuji KAJIYAMA, coordinator of the NipCA project, gave a preliminary commentary entitled “New Film Trends in Contemporary Uzbekistan”
20:00-21:20：Film “Two Thousand Songs of Farida” (2020), directed by Yolkin Tuichiev
→ Report of the event on the day is here
