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International Symposium marking the 10th anniversary of the establishment of CRN
Children in Societies with a Declining Birthrate-The Case of East Asian Countries-
   
10:00 -16:30 Saturday, February 3, 2007
(The symposium concluded successfully. We will post contents of lectures at times.)
Venue : U Thant Conference Hall, UN House, United Nations University (Shibuya-ku, Tokyo)
Organizer : Child Research Net (CRN)
Joint Organizers : Benesse Institute for the Child Sciences, Parenting, and Aging Benesse Corporation
With the support of Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, Chinese Embassy, Korean Embassy, the Japanese Society of Child Science, the Japanese Society of Baby Science
 
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Jun. 20, 2008 Panel Discussion has been posted.
Feb. 8, 2008 Presented topics, “Effects of Declining Birthrate on Low Birth Weight Incidence Rate in South KoreaEby Jung Han Park, “Review and Reflections on Only-Child Research in ChinaEby Nianli Zhou and “Child-rearing and Parental Awareness in a Rapidly Changing Japanese SocietyEby Masafumi Harada, have been posted.
Jan. 25, 2008 Keynote Address, "How to Cultivate the Children’s Social Emotional Competence with the Support from Neuroscience", by Wei Yu has been posted.
Nov. 30, 2007 Special Lecture, "Children: A Model of the Human Future", by Kenzaburo Oe has been posted.
 
Program
  9:30   Opening
 
  10:00   Opening Remarks
      Noboru Kobayashi, Director of Child Research Net and the Benesse Institute of Child Science, Parenting and Aging; Professor Emeritus at the University of Tokyo
       
  10:10   Special Lecture
      Kenzaburo Oe, Nobel Laureate in Literature
"Children: A Model of the Human Future"  Summary  Full Text
       
  11:00   Keynote Address
      Dr. Wei Yu, Ph.D., Academician of Chinese Academy of Engineering
"How to Cultivate the Children’s Social Emotional Competence with the Support from Neuroscience"  Summary  Full Text
       
  12:15   Lunch
       
  13:30   Panel Discussion
      "The Declining Birthrate as a Social Phenomenon Affecting Children: Research in Japan, China, and South Korea"  Full Text
      Coordinators:  Summary
     
・ Yoichi Sakakihara, M.D., Professor of Ochanomizu University, Research Center for Child and Adolescent, Development and Education
     
・ Keun Lee, M.D., Ph.D., Professor of Department of Pediatrics, Ewha Womans University Hospital
      Panelists:
     
・ Jung Han Park, M.D., M.P.H., Dr.Ph., Professor of Preventive Medicine, Catholic University of Daegu School of Medicine, Korea
"Effects of Declining Birthrate on Low Birth Weight Incidence Rate in South Korea"  Summary  Full Text
     
・ Nianli Zhou, Ph.D., Associate Professor of East China Normal University, China
"Review and Reflections on Only-Child Research in China"  Summary  Full Text
     
・ Masafumi Harada, M.D., D.S., Professor of Osaka University of Human Sciences, Japan
"Child-rearing and Parental Awareness in a Rapidly Changing Japanese Society"  Summary  Full Text
       
  16:30   Closing
  Language : Japanese, English and Chinese (simultaneous translation)
  Pre-registration required : Please note that registration will be limited to the first 300 applications.
   
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