Dr Akiko Fukushima (Director of Policy Studies,
National Institute for Research Advancement, Tokyo), then provided a valuable overview of the changing political and security situation in East Asia and an assessment of the implications for the two countries.
Akashi, who serves as chairman of the prefectural government's research panel on peace policies, will be accompanied by Akiko Fukushima, a member of the research panel and senior researcher at the
National Institute for Research Advancement, Fujita said.
The news comes after the sites of the Science and Technology Agency, Management and Coordination Agency, Transport Ministry and
National Institute for Research Advancement (NIRA) -- a corporation authorized by the Economic Planning Agency -- were disrupted by hackers earlier this week.
The Challenge to New Governance in the Twenty-First Century: Achieving Effective Central-Local Relations, by the
National Institute for Research Advancement and National Academy of Public Administration.
It was experiences like theirs which inspired Japan's
National Institute for Research Advancement (NIRA) and the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) in Washington DC to join MRA in hosting the symposium in August.