JICA-RI Hosts the 1st Workshop of Authors on Human Security in East Asian Countries

In the workshop, it was agreed that a survey will be conducted for the first phase of the project on how the concept of and threats against “human security” are perceived in the respective 13 target countries.
Professor Kaoru Kurusu of Kobe University presented the preliminary findings of the survey in Japan, which has been conducted prior to those in other countries. Among the other 12 countries, Professor Xiao Ren of Fudan University of China, Professor Eun Mee Kim of Ewha Woman’s University of Korea, and researchers of the ASEAN-ISIS Network joined the workshop, each reporting on the overview of the discourse of, and the attitudes toward, the concept of “human security” and the related issues in each country. From JICA-RI, Visiting Fellow Yoichi Mine (Professor, Doshisha University), who has been heading the project on the Japanese side, Deputy Director Naohiro Kitano, Senior Research Advisor Keiichi Tsunekawa, Research Program Division Chief Hironobu Murakami, Research Fellows Ryutaro Murotani, Sachiko Goto, Oscar Gomez, and Miho Taka attended the workshop.