Program
March 15 (Fri.) , 2013
| 9:00-9:30 | (30min.) | Welcome coffee | |
| 9:30-9:50 | (20min.) | Opening Remarks Dr. Yuichiro ANZAI, President of JSPS Dr. Celso LAFER, President of FAPESP Dr. Tomoya YOSHIOKA, President of Rikkyo University H. E. Marcos Bezerra Abbott Galvao, Ambassador of Brazil to Japan |
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| 9:50-12:10 Session1 Culture and Society Coordinator: |
9:50-10:10 (20min.) |
Japan |  Japanese Migrants in the Amazon: Their Dreams and RealityHiroaki MARUYAMA, Professor, College of Arts, Rikkyo University |
| 10:10-10:30 (20min.) |
Brazil | Advancing the Research of Japanese-Brazilian Immigrants Sedi HIRANO, Emeritus Professor, Department of Sociology, University of São Paulo |
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| 10:30-10:50 | (20min.) Coffee break | ||
| 10:50-11:10 (20min.) |
Japan | The Japanese-Brazilian community in Japan and the "Brazilian diaspora" in the world Angelo ISHI, Professor, Faculty of Sociology, Musashi University |
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| 11:10-11:30 (20min.) |
Brazil | The Japanese-Brazilian culture, a confluence of cultures Célia SAKURAI, IDESP, Núcleo de Estudos de População |
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| 11:30-11:50 (20min.) |
Japan | Acculturation and Ethnic Boundary Maintenance - Japanese Religions in Brazil and Brazilian Religions in Japan Masako WATANABE, Professor, Faculty of Sociology, Meiji Gakuin University |
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| 11:50-12:10 (20min.) | Brazil | Judicial cooperation between Brazil and Japan in civil and criminal matters Masato NINOMIYA, Professor, Department of International Law, University of São Paulo |
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| 12:10-13:40 | (90min.) | Lunch break* *Please note that lunch is not served to the audience |
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| 13:40-15:20 Session 2 Economy and Development Coordinator: |
13:40-14:00 (20min.) |
Brazil | Economic, Social and Environmental Aspects of Agriculture and Agribusiness in Brazil Joaquim José Martins GUILHOTO, Professor, Department of Economics, University of São Paulo |
| 14:00-14:20 (20min.) |
Japan | Agribusiness and Sustainability in Brazil Yoichi KOIKE, Professor, School of Economics, Ritsumeikan University |
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| 14:20-14:40 (20min.) |
Brazil | Perspectives on Bioethanol Research in Brazil Marcos Silveira BUCKERIDGE, Professor, Institute of Biosciences, University of São Paulo and INCT do Bioetanol |
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| 14:40-15:00 (20min.) |
Japan | Agroforestry as a Tool for Sustainable Rural Development in Brazil Masaaki YAMADA, Senior Assistant Professor, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology |
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| 15:00-15:20 | (20min.) discussion | ||
| 15:20-15:40 | (20min.) | Coffee break | |
| 15:40-17:20 Session3 Biodiversity and Environmental Conservation Coordinator: |
15:40-16:00 (20min.) |
Brazil | Challenges in Marine Biodiversity and Biodiscovery Roberto BERLINCK, Professor, Institute of Chemistry in São Carlos, University of São Paulo |
| 16:00-16:20 (20min.) |
Japan | Prevention of Illegal Deforestation in Amazon Forest using the ALOS/PALSAR Makoto ONO, Advisory Scientist, Data Analysis and application Division, Remote Sensing Technology Center of Japan |
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| 16:20-16:40 (20min.) |
Brazil | Environmental changes in tropical landscapes: impacts and conservation in Brazil Maria Victoria Ramos BALLESTER, Associate Professor, CENA, University of São Paulo |
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| 16:40-17:00 (20min.) |
Japan | Threats to and Conservation of Wetland Environments in the Pantanal Keiichiro YOSHIDA, Associate Professor, College of Education and Human Science, Yokohama National University |
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| 17:00-17:20 | (20min.) Q&A | ||
March 16 (Sat.), 2013
| 9:00-9:15 | (15min.) | Welcome coffee | |
| Special speech | 9:15-9:25 | Japan | Strength and Reliability Analyses of Energy and Marine Transportation Structures Shuji AIHARA, Professor, Department of Environmental Ocean Engineering, School of Engineering, Tokyo University |
| 9:30-11:20 Session 4 Medicine and Pharmacology |
9:30-9:50 (20min.) |
Japan | Chagas' disease in non-endemic countries Tsutomu TAKEUCHI, Dean of Institute of Tropical Medicine, Nagasaki University |
| 9:50-10:10 (20min.) |
Brazil | Plasmodium vivax in Brazil: pathogenesis and vaccine development Fabio Trindade Maranhão COSTA, Associate Professor, Institute of Biology, University of Campinas |
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| 10:10-10:30 (20min.) |
Japan | Rapid diagnosis of viral infectious diseases Shigeo KOYASU, Professor, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Keio University |
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| 10:30-10:50 (20min.) |
Brazil | Obesity and Diabetes Licio Augusto VELLOSO, Professor, School of Medical Sciences, University of Campinas |
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| 10:50-11:10 | (20min.) Coffee break | ||
| 11:10-11:30 | (20min.) discussion | ||
| 11:30-11:45 | (15min.) | Special speech Science and Technology in the State of São Paulo – Brazil Dr. José Arana Varela, CEO, FAPESP |
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| 11:45-11:55 | (20min.) | Closing Remarks Mr. Hisashi Kato, Director of International Department, JSPS Dr. Celso Lafer, President of FAPESP |
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| Session 1 Culture and Society |
Key words: Advancing the research of Japanese-Brazilians immigrants: Frontier and prospects, Nikkey Society in Brazil and Japan: Assignments and prospects, Acculturation and cultural representation (Japanese culture in Brazil and Brazilian culture in Japan, etc.) |
| Session 2 Economy and Development |
Key words: Agricultural development and agribusiness (Cerrado development, etc), Biofuels, Sustainable development (Agroforestry, etc) |
| Session 3 Biodiversity and Environmental Conservation |
Key words: Biodiversity, Ecological genetics, Tropical forest conservation in the Amazon, Utlization of ALOS Images to protect Amazon forest, Forest resources and livelihood in the Amazon Wetland, Conservation in the Pantanal |
| Session 4 Medicine and Pharmacology |
Key words: Medicine and healthcare (Cancer research, etc), Tropical diseases, Parasitism, Global infectious diseases, Human genetics and genetic diseases research (HTLV-I, HLA, etc) |