Please note that we hope that by August the COVID-19 related travel restrictions will enable us to enjoy the conference in Sendai! 

(Notice updated date 1 May 2020):Because of the COVID-19 pandemic and a rapidly changing landscape of travel restrictions, and quarantine restrictions, we will not be able to confirm holding the August 2020 Sendai Bioethics Roundtable until much closer to the date. We have reserved rooms at Tohoku University Medical School and welcome abstract submissions and will continue preparing invitation letters. If you would like to receive directly the final decision email in June-July 2020 (if not before) than please let us now by email: darrryl@eubios.info  

This website includes information, registration details, and the current agenda for the Sendai 2020 Bioethics Roundtable.

PERSONS OF EVERY AGE, GENDER, ETHNICITY, ABILITY AND LINGUISTIC ABILITY ARE WELCOME TO JOIN.  Although the official language is English, there will be interpretation for most activities between English and Japanese on a needs basis.

Objectives:

• Training future leaders and international linkages of Peoples for our Common Good
• Each participant to develop a concrete action plan for implementation in their community of concern
• Development of a Statement
• Awareness of the the Olympic Peace Truce

Activities include:  Peace, Community Building, Environmental Protection,  Disaster Resilience, Creative Educational Methods, Human rights and diversity, Indigenous rights, Bioethics; Shogido, Budo Keiko Enbukai for persons with intellectual disabilities Hokkaido Sakamoto Ryoma Cup  (Shogido, Kdo, Judo; Kendo); Indoor and Outdoor Recreation Activities; Bonfire; Archaeological site visit; Fishing; Visit Scallop Fishery; Star gazing with telescopes; and so on.

Co-organizers and Supporting Organizations: Youth Peace Ambassadors International, International Public Health Ambassadors, Nippon Care-fit Association, American University of Sovereign Nations, Eubios Ethics Institute, Youth Looking Beyond Disaster, Kitami City, Abashiri City, Kitami Institute of Technology, Accredited Universities of Sovereign Nations, International peace and Development Center @ Kaeng Krachan, Youth's UNESCO Club, Sendai UNESCO CLub

Registration Packages

Payment will be possible once we confirm the dates by bank transfer, Japanese post office transfer; or credit card.

Sendai Prices

Aug 23 Accommodation and 24th Workshop & Meals:

JPY10,000 (Shared room, private bathroom)

JPY13,000 (Single room, private bathroom)

Aug 24 Accommodation and 25th Workshop & Meals:

JPY10,000 (Shared room, private bathroom)

JPY13,000 (Single room, private bathroom)

Aug 25 Accommodation:

JPY8,000 (Shared room, private bathroom)

JPY11,000 (Single room, private bathroom)

JPY 5,000 26th Excursion including fees to Matsushima & Lunch

Aug 26 Accommodation:

JPY8,000 (Shared room, private bathroom)

JPY11,000 (Single room, private bathroom)

JPY 5,000 27th Excursion including fees to Sendai & Lunch

Aug 27 Accommodation:

JPY8,000 (Shared room, private bathroom)

JPY11,000 (Single room, private bathroom)

Some may travel to Tokyo area for field work.

Aug 28 Accommodation:

JPY8,000 (Shared room, private bathroom)

JPY11,000 (Single room, private bathroom)

A note of caution: The organizers are not liable for changes that participants have to make to their travel arrangements in case of travel or meeting restrictions beyond our control. 

Speakers include: 

Prof. Darryl Macer, New Zealand;Prof. Deborah Kala Perkins, USA; Mr. Nabiollah Masoumi, Iran; Profs. Richard Evanoff, Ryo Takahashi, Maria Keiko Yasuoka, Japan; Prof. Ananya Tritipthumrongchok, Thailand; Prof. Michael Jothi Rajan, India; Prof. Anwarullah Bhuiyan, Bangladesh; Profs. Dennis Alfaro, Leandro Estradilla, Marites Fontanilla, Aldrin Quintero, Dexter Veloso, the Philippines, and many others!

Draft Day by Day Draft Agenda

Aug 23 (Sunday) Departure

To travel from Kitami to Sendai is either air changing in Sapporo or air to Tokyo and train to Sendai

Sendai 2020 Bioethics Roundtable: Cross Cultural Bioethics Addressing Advanced Technology: The first 20 years into the 21st Century

Aug 24 (Mon) 9:00 - 18:00 Academic Session in Tohoku University Medical School; followed by Dinner

Aug 25 (Tues) 9:00 - 18:00 Academic Session in Tohoku University Medical School; followed by Dinner

Aug 26 (Wed) Day trip to Matsushima (One of the famous 3 sights of Japan)

Aug 27 (Thursday) Day trip in Sendai City, including East Arahama School and beach, tsunami memorial site, Sendai castle, Sendai City Museum, Osaki hachimangu shrine, and others

Confirmed speakers in Sendai include: Prof. Atsushi Asai, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine; Prof. Akiko Ishihara; Dr. Taketoshi Okita, Profs. Richard Evanoff, Nen Hatanaka, Ryo Takahashi, Maria Keiko Yasuoka, Japan; Prof. Darryl Macer, New Zealand; Prof. Lian Bighorse, San Carlos Apache Tribe, USA; Dr. Endreya McCabe, Delaware Tribe, USA; Prof. Deborah Kala Perkins, Prof. Leonard Le Blanc III, USA; Mr. Nabiollah Masoumi, Iran; Prof. Ananya Tritipthumrongchok, Thailand; Prof. Michael Jothi Rajan, India; Prof. Anwarullah Bhuiyan, Bangladesh; Profs. Dennis Alfaro, Leandro Estradilla, Marites Fontanilla, Aldrin Quintero, Dexter Veloso, the Philippines, and many others!

Abstracts

Please submit 300 word English text as abstracts to darryl@eubios.info

 

Photo gallery Kitami, Hokkaido area

Background to the Kitami Event (Please note a self-funded excursion to Kitami is being preapred, should COVID-19 restrictions be resolved)

The main aim of the event is unity against no discrimination by any nation, ethnicity or language, through people  working together for peace and harmony through a "Kigatsuku Soul".  Kigatsuku in Japanese means “an inner spirit to act without being told what to do.” SOUL can be grown by See, Observe, Understand, and Listen (S.O.U.L.) to learn from each other toward.  The SDGs aim isto eliminate poverty so it is only something to see in museums by 2030 as Professor Muhammad Yunus stated in his vision.  It is important to search for the real history of roots of each country and tribe, learning from the heritage of Ainu, Maori, Native Americans, and all persons.

Hokkaido was a place of indigenous peoples collectively called Ainu, before the colonization in the 19th and 20th century by pioneers from the mainland of Japan. Hokkaido was chosen to establish a new country during the Movement for Civic Rights and Freedom in the 1880s. Kitami city in Okhosk area has been blessed with many richs of natures. Kitami is also the birthplace of Professor Ryo Takahashi, our local host.  On the other hand, there have been natural disasters, and human-made disasters such as the Ashio copper mine pollution incident during 1880s. People of Ashio area then moved to Saroma town near Kitami city as Disaster Victims.  This movement of victims is also seen recently due to the  harm caused by radiation in Fukushima, Japan after the Great East Japan Earthquake on  11March 2011.  In Sendai we will visit sites of the recovery, and memory, of the tsunami inudation areas.

On the 17 August we will hold a Budo Enbu kai（Martial Art Competition）for Shogido将棋道, Kado華道, Judo柔道, and Kendo剣道 to review the  philosophy of Bushido which is required with Meditation, Prayer, or Yoga or Zen practice. This must be central to Bushido.  Beginners can experience for the first time also. Japan is famous for such a philosophy of Samurai Spirit with no power and no authority but truthfulness and action.

We will also learn from indigenous leaders such as Mr Atsushi Monbetsu on how he has left an office job to make a living as a hunter. It is essential to teach as many people as possible about hunting culture. He remarks, “We must never forget our appreciation for life. Now that I make my living with a gun, the value of life is even closer to my heart.”We will ask questions, such as why Japanese law bans the use of the traditional bow and arrow to hunt animals, or spears to hunt salmon, but allows modern weapons?

Moreover, we will learn from Mr.Masao Nishida in Akan Kotan. Mr.Nishida is the great-grandson of Mr. Uekichi Nishida, who was forcibly moved from Kushiro to the upper Seturi River  (currently Tsurui Village) in 1890. He learnt and teachs Ainu culture throughout  his life. In 1973, he succeeded to Kotan's house and entered a full-fledged Ainu culture activity as President of the Akan Ainu Culture Conservation Society and Lake Akan Ainu Association while running a folk art store. Mr. Nishida actively participates in domestic and overseas performances as a dancer of Ainu traditional dance, a performer of Eucalyptus drama, and a performer of Ainu folklore puppet drama. In recent years, not only the locals, but also the Kamuinomi priests in each region, instructing juniors with an easy-to-understand tone and work, has contributed to the promotion of Ainu culture by fostering successors and raising awareness of Ainu culture. We will also enjoy one of the live performances on 22 August 2019.

Sight Seeing: Hokkaido Museum Northern People  http://hoppohm.org/index2.htm

Abashiri Prison Museum http://www.kangoku.jp/

Moyoro Shell Mound Museum http://moyoro.jp/

Akanko Ainu Kotan   http://www.akanainu.jp/



Photo gallery Sendai and Matsushima, Tohoku area

For more information on sights in Sendai:https://www.japan-guide.com/e/e5150.html

For more information on sights in Matsushima: https://www.japan-guide.com/e/e5100.html



Background Youtube Videos from 2019 Preparatory Meetings and Exploring Japan series of American University of Sovereign Nations Field trips

The following youtube videos provide some background on the activities being organised around the August 2020 Kitami and Sendai events

Exploring Kitami and Akan-Mashu National Park, Hokkaido, Japan with Prof. Darryl Macer, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cMlY7wlTcFo

Exploring Sapporo with Prof. Darryl Macer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JgTAPf3Vr98

Exploring Nibutani Ainu Community, Hokkaido, Japan, with Prof. Darryl Macer, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Od-CmNI5Cno

Exploring Sendai City, Japan with Prof. Darryl Macer, President, AUSN. August 2019. Includes former East Arahama Elementary School (Tsunami Memorial Site), Sendai Castle, Sendai City Museum, Shrine, other sites; Introdcutions of the AUSN-Sendai Bioethics Roundtable https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hH5udYxjmOQ&list=PL51u2JtIPZiivaaVwYeSZRxzW7xlQyJmc&index=95

Exploring Matsushima with Dr. Darryl Macer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HVHEi_OiQFI&list=PL51u2JtIPZiivaaVwYeSZRxzW7xlQyJmc&index=85

A Day in Tokyo: Reflections on the Ethos of Japan - Prof. Dr. Darryl Macer, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=srUPlemu-tA

Another Day on the Ethos of Tokyo with History of Art and Culture. With glimpses of Ushiku Buddha (world's tallest Buddha statute) and Samukawa Shrine (400 AD); and countryside environment. Ueno National Museum. - Prof. Dr. Darryl Macer, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZU1NYtU2WM8

Daigo Fukuryu Maru Exhibit & Nuclear Bomb Testing with Prof. Darryl Macer, (The tuna fishing boat exposed to the H-bomb testing in the Pacific) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pYLj_9cykFQ

A night at Asakusa Kannon Temple / Sensoji, Tokyo, Japan, with Prof. Darryl Macer, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VVYjywB9xoY&list=PL51u2JtIPZiivaaVwYeSZRxzW7xlQyJmc&index=94

Exploring Enoshima, Kamakura and Minatomirai (Yokohama), Japan, South of Tokyo, through Haneda Airport, with Prof. Darryl Macer, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YyhnkAsheLg