Program of the Conference
Please note that the program time below is Japan Standard Time. The conference will be held in English, except Symposium 1.
The Keynote Speech, Symposiums and Plenary Session are open to non-members, and we will send you the URL for the Webinar. Please register from this site.
The two-day conference will be held on October 9th (Saturday) and 10th (Sunday), 2021. On the first day, we will have a keynote speech followed by two symposium sessions. The academic presentations will take place on the second day starting from 9 am.
Day 1. October 9th (Sat)
13:00 -13:15
Welcome and Opening Remark
Hidechika Akashi (Chair of the Conference Organizing Committee; NCGM)
Yusuke Dan (JAHSS President)
13:15 -14:15
Keynote Speech
Moderator: Yusuke Dan (JAHSS President)
Health and Wellbeing based on Human Security
Yasuhide Nakamura (Friends of WHO Japan)
14:30 -16:00
Symposium I (Japanese program. No simultaneous interpretation)
「東日本大震災後10年を迎えて－被災者の健康」
Ten Years after the Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami: Health for Survivors
Moderator: Hidechika Akashi (Chair of the Conference Organizing Committee; NCGM)
●Short Presentation 1
「日本の人間安全保障指標－SDGsを地域社会で取り組む試み」
Human Security Index of Japan: An Attempt to Localize SDGs at Sub-national Levels
Yukio Takasu (Special Adviser to the Secretary-General on Human Security, UN)
●Short Presentation 2
「保健師からみた被災者の健康」
Mari Saito (Public Health Nurse, Higashi Matsushima City Hall)
●Short Presentation 3
「原子力災害からの地域復興－住民、自治体と専門家の協同」
Recovery of Community from a Nuclear Disaster: Cooperation of Residents, and Municipality with Experts
Noboru Takamura
(Professor of the Atomic Bomb Disease Institute, Nagasaki University)
●Panel Discussion
16:10 -17:40
Symposium II
COVID-19 and Foreign Residents in Japan
Moderator: Le thao chi Vu (Keio University)
●Short Presentation 1
Migration and Health in the Context of COVID-19 Pandemic
Masami Fujita (Director, Division of Global Networking, NCGM)
●Short Presentation 2
Healthcare Services and Cultural Differences at the Time of Disaster:
From the Perspective of a Foreigner
●Short Presentation 3
Foreign Women and Covid-19 in Japan: Language Barrier, Digital Divide and Community Sourced Solutions
Nina Hakkarainen
(Founder of the Foreign Women’s Association Paruyon)
Hari Prasad Devkota
(Assistant Professor, Headquarters for Admission and Education, Kumamoto University)
●Panel Discussion
17:50 -18:10
General Assembly