APEC Study Center Japan Consortium

History In November 1993 in Seattle, APEC Leaders suggested that APEC members establish study centers to promote mutual understanding. Subsequently at the Education Initiative meeting in Seattle 1994, all participating members agreed to establish APEC study centers utilizing existing universities and research institutions in order to promote APEC related studies and to promote APEC programs for greater exchange of scholars and students. In Japan six universities and two research institutes started their APEC study centers and constituted The Japan Consortium in January 1995. It organized the first and second APEC Study Center International consortium meetings and fourteen other members participated. International consortium meeting was held by Philippines in May 1996 and by Canada in May 1997. It will be held every year by the APEC chair member of the year. The Japan Consortium was joined by International University, Tsukuba University and Otaru University of Commerce in 1996 and Keio University, Waseda University and Ritumeikan University in 1997, 12 universities and two research institutes are now comprised in it. It is organized an annual domestic meeting for research and business consultation every year, at Kobe University in 1995, at Nagoya University in 1996, and at Hiroshima University in 1997. It also organized APEC/ UNU conference at UN University in March 1997. Objectives and Activities Individual APEC study centers conduct the following activities: Promote research in APEC-related subjects Educate students on APEC-related subjects and encourage their interest in APEC Disseminate study results and other information to the public in general

Management of the Japan Consortium Twelve universities and two research institutes listed below form the Japan Consortium. Professor Ippei Yamazawa of Hitotsubashi University coordinates the consortium activities and National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies Research serves as a secretariat. The Consortium holds an annual business meeting and decides all issues on the basis of consensus by all members. The Japan consortium comprises of universities and institutes but it welcomes occasional participation in its activities by researchers and students who do not belong to any member university or institute but are interested in the APEC study. They can access to the information of domestic and international meetings of APEC study centers through the home page of the consortium on the internet. If a university or research institute wishes to participate in the APEC study on a continuous basis, please apply for an institute membership. Details of research and educational activities of individual APEC study centers are available in both Japanese and English in the Report of APEC Study Center Activities of the Japan Consortium:1995-1997 and on the homepages of Graduate School of Policy Research or Hitotsubashi University. It includes a comprehensive database of researches both published and currently underway within the Japan Consortium classified by both member institutes and by research topics.

Japan Consortium As for the organization and activities of the Japan consortium, please see the homepage of the APEC Study Centre Japan Consortium. APEC Study Centre Japan Consortium

Member Institutions Institute of Developing Economies 42 Ichigaya-Hommura-cho, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 162-0845 C/O: Shigeru Itoga TEL: 81-3-3353-4231, FAX: 81-3-3353-4332 E-mail: apec@ide.go.jp WWW: http://www.ide.go.jp/English/APEC/English-index3.html Keio Research Institute at SFC 5322 Endou, Fujisawa-shi, Kanagawa 252-8520 C/O: Kimio Uno TEL: 81-466-47-5111, FAX: 81-466-47-5011 E-mailF unodb@sfc.keio.ac.jp WWW: http://www.sfc.keio.ac.jp/index.html.en Graduate School of Commerce, Otaru University of Commerce 3-5-21 Midori, Otaru, Hokkaido 047-8501 C/O: Hideki Funatsu TEL: 81-134-27-5261, FAX: 81-134-27-5264 E-mail: funatsu@res.otaru-uc.ac.jp WWW: http://www.res.otaru-uc.ac.jp/~funatsu/APEC.html IUJ Research Institute, International University of Japan Yamato, Minami Uonuma, Niigata 949-7277 C/O: Hideko Sakurai TEL: 81-257-79-1117, FAX: 81-257-79-4442 E-mail: ori@iuj.ac.jp WWW: http://www.iuj.ac.jp/research Graduate School of International Cooperation Studies, Kobe University 2-1 Rokkodai, Nada-ku, Kobe 657-8501 C/O: Nobuaki Matsunaga TEL: 81-78-803-0845, FAX: 81-78-803-0195 E-mail: matsu@rose.rokkodai.kobe-u.ac.jp WWW: http://www.rieb.kobe-u.ac.jp/academic/APEC/index.html National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (Headquarter) Toranomon 19 Mori Bldg. 7th floor, 1-2-20 Toranomon, Minato-ku, Tokyo 105-0001 C/O: Seiichiro Takagi TEL: 81-3-3506-2530, FAX: 81-3-3506-2531 E-mail: apec@grips.ac.jp WWW: http://www.poli-sci.saitama-u.ac.jp/jc-apec/ Graduate School of International Political Economy, University of Tsukuba Tennodai, Tsukuba-shi, Ibaraki 305-0006 C/O: Akio Hosono TEL: 81-298-53-6795, FAX: 81-298-53-7440 E-mail: hosono@shako.sk.tsukuba.ac.jp WWW: To be open soon. Graduate School of International Development, Nagoya University Furo-cho, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya 464-8601 C/O: Hiroshi Osada TEL: 81-52-789-4962, FAX: 81-52-789-4951 E-mailF j45735a@nucc.cc.nagoya-u.ac.jp WWW: http://www.gsid.nagoya-u.ac.jp/project/apec/index-en.html Japan Institute of International Affairs Kasumigaseki Bldg. 11th Floor, 3-2-5 Kasumigaseki, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-6011 C/O: Tetsuya Yamada TEL: 81-3-3503-7415, FAX: 81-3-3503-7186 E-mail: jiiaeu@po.iijnet.or.jp WWW: http://www.iijnet.or.jp/JIIA/ Graduate School of Economics, Hitotubashi University 2-1 Naka, Kunitachi, Tokyo 186-8604 C/O: Ippei YamazawaiRepresentativej TEL: 81-42-580-8817, FAX: 81-42-580-8882 E-mail: ce00181@srv.cc.hit-u.ac.jp WWW: http://www.econ.hit-u.ac.jp/~apecsc Graduate School for International Development and Corporation, Hiroshima University 1-5-1 Kagamiyama, Higashi-Hiroshima 739-0046 C/O: Shoichi Yamashita TEL: 81-824-24-6916, FAX: 81-824-24-6916 E-mail: shoichi@ipc.hiroshima-u.ac.jp WWW: http://www.ipc.hiroshima-u.ac.jp/~apeccent/ Graduate School of International Development Studies, Yokohama National University 79-4 Tokiwadai, Hodogaya-ku, Yokohama 240-0067 C/O: Shinjirou Hagiwara TEL: 81-45-335-1451, FAX: 81-45-331-8863 E-mail: apec@business.ynu.ac.jp WWW: http://www.develop.ynu.ac.jp/apec/apec1.htm Institute of Asia-Pacific Studies, Waseda University Sodai-Nishiwaseda Bldg. 7th Floor, 1-21-1 Nishiwaseda, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 169-0051 C/O: Michio Yamaoka TEL: 81-3-3200-2436, FAX: 81-3-3232-7075 E-mail: yamaoka@mn.waseda.ac.jp WWW: http://www.waseda.ac.jp The Graduate School of International Relations, Ritsumeikan University 56-1 Tohjiin Kitamachi, Kitaku, Kyoto 603-8346 C/O: Junichi Inoue TEL: 075-466-3539, FAX: 075-465-1214