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[HK+ Research Symposium] Political Imagination and Social Solidarity in Japan's Shrinking-Society's Details
Theme [HK+ Research Symposium] Political Imagination and Social Solidarity in Japan's Shrinking-Society
Host Institute for Japanese Studies, SNU
Time April 17 (Fri), 2026, 12:30–18:00
Venue GL Room, Building 140, GSIS, SNU
Schedule
12:30–12:40 Opening Remarks and Welcome Address

- Opening Remarks: PARK Jeehwan (Director, Institute for Japanese Studies, Seoul National University)
- Welcome Address: LEE Eun-gyong (Seoul National University)

12:40–14:25 Part 1: Exploration and Practice

Chair: SAITO Ayumi (Seoul National University)

Presentation: KIM Hyojin (Seoul National University), “The Practice of Inbound Tourism as a Regional Policy in Japan’s Small Cities: Focusing on the Case of Matsuyama”
Discussant: PARK Kyung-min (Seoul National University)

Presentation: KIM Hee-kyung (Kyungpook National University), “A Chronicle of Sharing Demand under the Shrinking Regime: The Formation Process and Practical Significance of the Nagano Elderly Cooperative Movement”
Discussant: PARK Seung-hyeon (Keimyung University)

Presentation: PARK Jeehwan (Seoul National University), “Education for Youth with Migration Backgrounds in Japan: Practical Cases in Areas of Residence of Zainichi Koreans”
Discussant: SON Seok-ui (Seoul National University)

14:25–14:40 Break

14:40–16:25 Part 2: Diagnosis and Reflection

Chair: KIM Ji-hyun (Seoul National University)

Presentation: LEE Hosang (Incheon National University), “Shifts in Infrastructure Policy and Social Issues in Japan’s Shrinking Society”
Discussant: TAMURA Fuminori (Seoul National University)

Presentation: PARK Wan (Sookmyung Women’s University), “Japan’s Population Decline in the 21st Century and the Problem of Securing Personnel for the Self-Defense Forces”
Discussant: YOO Ji-a (Wonkwang University)

Presentation: JO Gwanja (Seoul National University), “Social Imagination and Existential Capacity in the Age of Compound Disasters: Focusing on Transformations of the Narrative of the Media Mix Japan Sinks”
Discussant: YAMA Yoshiyuki (Kwansei Gakuin University)

16:25–16:40 Break

16:40–17:50 Part 3: Memory and Implications

Chair: KIM Beom-seong (Tokyo University of Science)

Presentation: JUNG Sinhyeok (Seoul National University), “Development, Conservation, and ‘Survival’: Nature Conservation Policy on Iriomote Island after the Reversion of Okinawa (1972) and the Response of Local Communities”
Discussant: HYEON Jae-hwan (Hanyang University)

Presentation: LEE Eun-gyong (Seoul National University), “Abortion Rather Than Contraception: A Social History of Japanese Birth Control”
Discussant: KIM Young-soo (Kyung Hee University)

17:50–18:00 Closing Ceremony

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