Professor. Randolf David, the founder of the Third World Studies Center where he conducted the researches on the problems and measures of emerging sovereign states faced, provided a talk with Professor FUJIWARA Kiichi (Director of Institute for future initiatives, The University of Tokyo, Professor in The University of Tokyo, Faculty of Law, Graduate School for Law and Politics) on the Philippine Society with a focus on the People Power Revolution.

Prof. Leonard Blussé has created a new academic field of “the maritime history of early modern East/Southeast Asia” with the global point of view. In this discussion he talked about the situation and relationship in the Southeast Asian regions through the historical heritage and the activities of three Merchant Adventurers ( Suminokura, Coen and Iquan) who played an active role in this maritime region in the beginning of the 17th century.

The stage director and playwright Mr. Sato Makoto has created a large number of outstanding theatrical productions which combine a contemporary ambience with traditional aesthetic sensibility. In his Public Lecture, a young critic and Mr. Sato looked back his works and achievements with some visual materials. Moreover, they debated the ways of international relationship with Asian regions.