Coloquio de Estudios Mexicanos y Japoneses

PROGRAMA*

Tuesday, October 16^th, 2018

Venue: José Vasconcelos Auditorium, Teaching Centre for Foreigners (CEPE)

09:00 – 09:45 hrs. Opening

10:00 – 11:20 hrs. Session I: Economics and financial Tools

Studies on the riots in Sanya district during the Japanese economic growth n 1960s: Considering Socio-Economic History in Sanya district and Kaji Disuke´s thought. Akira Omino – Tokyo University of Foreign Studies.
Negative interest rate and renormalizing monetary policy in U.S. and Japan? Some lessons to emerging economies. Tsuyoshi Yasuhara – Nanzan University.
Alejandro Méndez Rodríguez – Institute of Economic Research, UNAM.

11:30 – 12:50 hrs. Session II: Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership

The process of the trade policies of US and the current situation and perspective of the TPP 11. Yasuhiro Tokoro – Meiji University.
Melba Falck Reyes – CUCSH, University of Guadalajara.
Carlos Reyes – Law Research Institute, UNAM.

13:00 – 14:20 hrs. Session III: La enseñanza de Español a Japoneses

El perfil del alumno, sus necesidades y estilo de aprendizaje. José Carlos Escobar – CEPE.
Dificultades que enfrenta un estudiante japonés al aprender español. Ricardo Ancira González – CEPE.
Algunas consideraciones lingüísticas en la enseñanza de ELE. María de la Luz Munguía Castillo – CEPE.

14:30 – 16:15 hrs. Break

16:30 – 17:50 hrs. SESSION IV: Technological Innovation I

Innovation of astronomic observation technologies. Kotaro Kohno – Institute of Astronomy, School of Science – The University of Tokyo.
Personal Space Model for Human Computer Interaction. Toshitaka Amaoka – Department of Information Science, Meisei University.
Isaac Minian Laniado – Institute of Economic Research, UNAM
Ocean energy and environmental protection in Mexico: the CEMIE-Ocean Project. Rodolfo Silva Casarín- Institute of Engineering, UNAM.

18:00 – 19:20 hrs. SESSION V: Technological Innovation II

Robotics. Yoshiaki Yamazaki – School of Science and Engineering, Program in Mechanical Engineering, Meisei University.
Parallel Processing and Parallelizing Compilation Techniques for “Green Computing”. Yasutaka Wada, Department of Information Science, Meisei University.
Development of farm robot. Noé Velázquez López– Autonomous University of Chapingo.

Wednesday, October 17^th, 2018

Venue: Mtro. José Antonio Echenique García Auditorium, Faculty of Accounting and Management

10:00 – 11:20 hrs. Session VI: Bilateral Cooperation: Natural disasters

The colaboration between Mexico and Japan in earthquake engineering and seismology. Francisco Sánchez Sesma – Institute of Engineering – UNAM.
Angélica Lozano Cuevas – Institute of Engineering, UNAM.
Víctor Manuel Cruz Atienza – Institute of Geophysics, UNAM.
Recent seafloor seismic and tsunami observation systems for scientific research and disaster mitigation. Masanao Shinohara – Earthquake Research Institute, The University of Tokyo.

11:30 – 12:50 hrs. Session VII – Gender equality and G20

13:00 – 14:20 hrs. Session VIII: Soft power & Intercultural communication

Evaluation of a long-term cultural diplomacy between Mexico and Japan: a research project on the former participants of the governmental bilateral student exchange program started in 1971. Kazuyasu Ochiai, Center for Advancement of Meisei Education, Meisei University.
From “International Cultural Exchange” to “Efforts to Promote Understanding and Trust in Japan”: Japan’s Public Diplomacy since the 1970s. Ayako Kusunoki, International Research Center for Japanese Studies.
The “Cool Japan” Discourses and the Multiple Values of Popular Media. Álvaro David Hernandez Hernández, International Research Center for Japanese Studies.
Positioning and social representations of the way of work of Japaneses and Mexicans. Kazuko Nagao – National School for Languages, Linguistics and Translation, UNAM.

14.30 – 15:50 hrs. Break

16:00 – 17:20 hrs. Session IX: Green Policy

New Town Development and Green Activities by Hiroshima University. Sadatsugu Nishiura, School of Science and Engineering, Program in Environmental System, Meisei University.
David Bonilla Vargas – Institute of Economic Research, UNAM.
The green policy and the sustainable development goals. Paola Selene Vera Martínez – Faculty of Accounting and Management, UNAM.
Latin America – Related Green Activities by Hiroshima University. Naotaka Hirami – University of Hiroshima.

17:30 – 18:30 hrs. Closing

Cultural activity – Two Stories, Two women in the Japanese Tradition: The crescent moon bear.