In collaboration with PIC Tokyo, Meiji University Liberty Academy Open Lecture of the 2018 Spring Term entitled “The Current Status and Issues of International Cooperation in the Pacific Islands” was successfully held at the Liberty Hall in the university’s Surugadai Campus on June 30th.

Despite inclement weather, about 50 people participated and followed the lecture by Professor Hisao Sekine of the University of Tsukuba with great interest.

Referencing cultural background and economic issues in the Pacific island countries, Professor Sekine touched on such subjects as: “The meaning of being ‘rich’ in Pacific island countries”, “How should development and modernization in aiming for this “richness” be positioned?”, and “What kind of attitude should Japan take ?”