Trip Schedule

3 / 10

– Fly from New York to Narita, get settled in Tokyo

 3 / 11

– Interview with Hatakeyama Yojiro（畠山陽二郎）, Director of the Nuclear Energy Policy Division at the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry （経済産業省資源エネルギー庁原子力政策課課長）

3/12

– Interview with Motohisa Furukawa （古川元久）, Former National Policy Minister and current Member of House of Representatives of Japan, Democratic Party of Japan　（元国家戦略大臣、現在衆議院議員、民主党所属）

More information:

http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%8F%A4%E5%B7%9D%E5%85%83%E4%B9%85

http://www.furukawa.cc/access.php

– Interview with Koichiro Genba（玄葉光一郎）, Former Foreign Secretary and current Member of House of Representatives of Japan, Democratic Party of Japan　（元外務大臣、現在衆議院議員、民主党所属）

More information:

http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%8E%84%E8%91%89%E5%85%89%E4%B8%80%E9%83%8E

http://www.kgenba.com/index.jsp

– Interview with Kono Taro（玄葉光一郎）, Current Member of House of Representatives of Japan, Liberal Democratic Party of Japan　（ 衆議院議員、自由民主党所属）

More information:

http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%B2%B3%E9%87%8E%E5%A4%AA%E9%83%8E

http://www.taro.org/office/

3/13

–Free day to explore Tokyo

 3/14

-Ride the Shinkansen to Aomori, and the Seikan Tunnel Express into Hokkaido

-spend the evening in Hakodate

 3/15

-Visit Hakodate Museum of Indigenous Peoples, speak with museum staff

-Ride the Super Limited Express from Hakodate to Sapporo

-spend evening in Sapporo

 3/16

– Interview with members of the Hokkaido Ainu Association （北海道アイヌ協会）

More information:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ainu_Association_of_Hokkaido

http://www.ainu-assn.or.jp/english/eabout04.html

http://www.ainu-assn.or.jp/ （日本語）

-Interview with reporter from Hokkaido News （北海道新聞）

3/17

-Free day in Sapporo, including visit to Museum of Hokkaido University, and the modern Ainu art exhibit at the Modern Ainu Art Museum of Sapporo

 3/18

-Depart early to ride local trains and buses to Biratori and Nibutani（平取、二風谷） the Ainu heartland of the northern island

-visit the Nibutani Ainu Museum, learn basic Ainu

-Interview with Kayano Shiro　（萱野志郎）, founder and president of the Ainu Political Party（アイヌ民族党）, and son of Ainu activist, literary authority, cultural leader, politician and first non-Japanese and Ainu member of House of Representatives Kayano Shigeru（萱野茂）

More information:

http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/萱野志朗 (日本語)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shigeru_Kayano

http://www.ainu-org.jp/english/index.html (more detail in Japanese version)

-Receive tour of Kayane Shiro / Kayano Shigeru’s personal collection of rare Ainu artifacts

-Interviews with Hokkaido News, Nikkei News

3/19

-Visiting the Hokkaido University Center for Ainu and Indigenous Studies

（北海道大学アイヌ先住民センター）

-Interview with Prof. Teruki Tsunemoto（常本輝樹）, Professor of Law and Director of the Hokkaido University Center for Ainu and Indigenous Studies (the only Ainu research center at a university), the academic authority on Ainu legal issues and rights, and Prof. Ken’ichi Ochiai　（落合研一）, Professor of Law and Ainu Law and Consitution

More information:

http://www.cais.hokudai.ac.jp/english/ (More information in Japanese version)

http://www.cais.hokudai.ac.jp/aboutcenter/staff/teacher/

–Enjoying our last night in Sapporo by eating a steamed crab cooked whole!

 3/20

-Ride three super express trains all the way back to Tokyo