Planning & Cooperation: Japan Center for International Exchange
Coordinator: KOBAYASHI Yoshiaki, Professor, Faculty of Law, Keio University

1. Shibusawa Eiichi and the New Public Good

April 19	"Civil Society as the new overseer of the public good: The framework and outlook of the Shibusawa Eiichi Memorial Lectureship" YAMAMOTO Tadashi President, Japan Center for International Exchange Visiting Professor, Keio University, Faculty of Law
April 26	"The contemporary significance of Shibusawa Eiichi's Lifework" SHIBUSAWA Masahide Director-CEO, Shibusawa Eiichi Memorial Foundation
May 17	"Fostering the individual and creating a new 'public'" FUNABASHI Yoichi Columnist, Asahi Shimbun

2. Effective Diplomacy Rooted in the New Public Good

May 24	"Civil society's global contributions" ONISHI Kensuke Representative, Peace Winds Japan
July 5	"Japan's contribution to global governance and working with the United Nations" AKASHI Yasushi Former Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations
July 12	"Human security as the new framework of Japanese diplomacy" TAKEMI Keizo Member of the House of Councilors

3. New Efforts toward the Improvement of Education and Social Welfare

May 10	"Development of welfare policy and the new public good" HOTTA Tsutomu President, Sawayaka Welfare Foundation
June 7	"Learning from Shibusawa Eiichi: How to create effective educational and social welfare systems" KIMURA Masato Professor, Department of Business Administration, Bunkyo Gakuin University Director, Research Department, Shibusawa Eiichi Memorial Foundation
June 28	"Shibusawa Eiichi and Fukuzawa Yukichi: Human resource development in a new era" IOKIBE Makoto Professor, Graduate School of Law, Kobe University

4. Stimulating Private-Sector Contributions toward the Public Good

June 14	"Business and the public good" Glenn S. FUKUSHIMA President & CEO, Cadence Design Systems, Japan
June 21	"A business view on the urgency of administrative reform" MOGI Yuzaburo President & CEO, Kikkoman Corporation