Academic Research Organizations Research Institute for Economics Institute of Legal Study The General Sciences Institute Asian Research Institute The Institute of Science and Technology Centre for Asia Pacific Partnership

"Internationalization" is at the core of the various challenges facing private universities in Japan. In order to address this social issue, our university has entered into sistership relationships with prominent universities in Europe, North America and Asia, and has also steadily promoted academic and cultural exchanges. We recognize that academic and cultural exchanges with Asian countries are equally, if not more, important as exchanges with European and American countries. Thus, we established the Center for Asia Pacific Partnership in 1988 to further cultivate academic and cultural exchanges with Asian countries. In 1997, the university opened the "Tokyo Azabudai Seminar House" in Minato-ku, Tokyo as well as Tokyo branch offices for the Asian Research Institute and the Institute of Science and Technology. These Tokyo offices host monthly research meetings and their researchers lead activities whose subjects include northeast Asia, modern history, racial issues, regional development, human rights theory, minority rights and environmental issues. These activities have ranged beyond the conventional scope of both institutions' research. Also, researchers in the Metropolitan area have developed their own unique concepts and aspirations. Under such circumstances, we had been preparing to establish the Center for Asia Pacific Partnership for researchers in the eastern Japan region. Considering the Asian Research Institute's activities and the performance and results that have accrued from these international exchanges, in April 2003, we opened the Center for Asia Pacific Partnership within the Tokyo Azabudai Seminar House as a research institute affiliated with Osaka University of Economics and Law. Visiting professors and researchers in Tokyo form the core of this new center. Tokyo is the center of politics and economics in Japan. Information on education and research as well as talent and organizations are concentrated in Tokyo. We expect that by establishing an affiliated research center in Tokyo, we will be able to emphasize our university's role as an educational research institute and also make a substantial contribution to society though our educational and research activities. 1. International academic symposium Videostatement for International Symposium "PEACE & HUMAN RIGHTS IN THE ASIA PACIFIC" from Mary Robinson,the former UN High Commissioner for Human Rights,the ex-president of the Republic of Ireland(Movie) 2. Open class "Citizen Academia" Basic theme: "Human Rights and Human Security" Four courses: (1) Human Rights, (2) Peace Theory (Human Security), Four courses: (3) NGO Theory and (4) Diaspora 3. Regular research meetings Meetings addressing specific research themes (1) Human rights theory (2) Minority (3) Diaspora 4. Publication of annual academic reports Copyright(C); 2004 OSAKA UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS AND LAW. All rights reserved. 6-10 Gakuonji Yao-city Osaka-prefecture581-8511 JAPAN