Symposium on Japan’s foreign policy towards the US in the 1950s

On February 2, the AMU Department of Japanese Studies hosted a symposium on Japan’s foreign policy towards the US in the 1950s, entitled “Japanese National and Local Policies on U.S. Military Bases in the 1950s.”

The event, coordinated by Prof. Beata Bochorodycz, was attended by guests from five different academic institutions in Japan, including Takuma NAKASHIMA (Kyushu University), Masahiko NISHIMURA (International Research Center for Japanese  Studies), Takahiro HAMASUNA (The Ohara Institute for Social Research, Hosei University), Goro FUJITA (Waseda University), Yoko IKEMIYAGI (Institute of Science Tokyo), and Takuya MAESHIRO (Osaka University).

Despite the extreme weather conditions, as Poland was experiencing the coldest winter in decades (up to -20C in Poznan region), the symposium went smoothly. The presentations and discussions were stimulating and intense, and lasted well into the evening.

The Posnan’s old market was still decorated with Xmas illuminations, which was a nice special bonus in the freezing conditions.

The symposium is part of the project of the Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology Open Laboratory for Emergence Strategies (ROLES) of the University of Tokyo.