Public Lectures
These lectures held to address society’s diversifying scientific and academic needs while familiarizing a wide spectrum of people with the activities of the Japan Academy. For this purpose, members of the Academy deliver lectures twice a year, in the spring and fall. The spring lecture meetings are held throughout Japan, whereas the fall meetings are held at the Japan Academy in Ueno Park. Researchers of various fields present their work at these meetings in a manner that can be easily understood by the general public.
Date / place | Lecturers / titles |
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64th Public Lecture May 21, 2016 Kindai University Hiroshima Campus |
Dr. TONO Haruyuki: On the Country Name of Japan Dr. ŌMURA Satoshi: Microbial Gifts to Improve Human Health and Welfare |
65th Public Lecture October 22, 2016 Japan Academy |
Dr. OKUDA Masamichi: Liability of the Family for Damages Caused by Elderly Members whose Responsibility is Excluded Dr. NAGAO Makoto: Digital Library and Its Future Prospects |
66th Public Lecture May 20, 2017 Tokushima University |
Dr. HONJO Tasuku: Cancer Immunotherapy by PD-1 Blockade Dr. NONAKA Ikujiro: Practicing Knowledge Creation as Social Innovation |
67th Public Lecture October 28, 2017 Japan Academy |
Dr. TAMAIZUMI Yasuo: Shakespeare's London —Things Passing, Things unchanged— Dr. MORI Kenji: Juvenile Hormones and Pheromones—Chemistry Clarifies the Life of Insects— |
68th Public Lecture |
Dr. NISHIO Masaru : Two Ways of the Intergovernmental Relations Reform bound for More Decentralized Society Dr. FUKAYA Kenji : Logic and Reality of Spaces |
69th Public Lecture |
Dr. SATO Shoichi : Narrative of History and its Meaning: “Aristotle of the Mont-Saint-Michel” Controversy and Afterwards Dr. HORIKAWA Kiyoshi: “Coastal Engineering” My Life-long Research Field |