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Symposium Reports

The world faces pressing problems that call for a united response. Venues for international debate and discussion are more important than ever. This section reports on symposiums held in Japan and other countries, drawing on the expertise and insights of specialists to shed light on the issues facing the world and efforts being made to address them.

Forum 2000 (Part II)

The Forum 2000 is held in Prague every year. In 2011, the subject of the conference was “Democracy and the Rule of Law.” Nippon.com talked to Fujiwara Kiichi, a professor of international politics at the University of Tokyo, who gave a keynote address on “The Rule of Law in Asia” during the panel discussions.
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Forum 2000 (Part I)

Every year, the city of Prague hosts the Forum 2000 international conference, established to promote global dialogue on the key challenges facing human societies around the world. Last October was the fifteenth conference—and for cofounder Václav Havel, it was also the last. The democratic activist and former Czech president died in December, but his moral legacy lives on.
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Effects of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Disaster

On September 11–12, 2011, six months after the Tōhoku earthquake, an international expert symposium took place at Fukushima Medical University. The symposium featured active debate on the radiation and health effects of the disaster among 40 experts and researchers from Japan and abroad.
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Feeding the Future: 25 Years of the Sasakawa Africa AssociationPaul Melly

The Sasakawa Africa Association (SAA) administers and manages Sasakawa Global 2000, a program to bring about food security in sub-Saharan Africa. It celebrated 25 years in November 2011. A symposium to mark the event took place on November 2–4 in Bamako, the capital city of Mali. Malian president Amadou Toumani Touré and Sasakawa Yōhei, chairman of the Nippon Foundation, were among those in attendance. British journalist Paul Melly was on hand to report for Nippon.com.
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International Conference Report (Part Two) “Media Reporting and Risk Management After the March 11 Disaster”

At the symposium on “Media Reporting and Risk Management After the March 11 Disaster” held on October 22 to mark the opening of nippon.com, discussions led by panels of experts from Japan and overseas examined issues surrounding media reporting and risk management in the aftermath of March 11.
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International Conference Report (Part One) “Media Reporting and Risk Management After the March 11 Disaster”

A symposium on “Media Reporting and Risk Management After the March 11 Disaster” was held to mark the official launch of nippon.com in October 2011. In his keynote address, former Economist editor Bill Emmott discussed the difficulties of accurate reporting on risk during a major crisis.
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