Organizational Milestones
Organizational Milestones (Brief Timeline)
| December 2015 | Ritsumeikan Asia-Japan Research Organization, and its subsidiary Asia-Japan Research Institute, were established at the university's Osaka Ibaraki Campus. This campus functions as a Gateway to Asia for the university. |
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| March 2016 | Program for Asia-Japan Research Development was inaugurated. |
| July 2016 | 4 research projects were initiated under the Program for Asia-Japan Research Development. |
| September 2016 | ANU-RU Visiting Researcher's Program started. |
| February 2017 | On February 23 and 24, an International Conference on the "Challenges and Prospects for Urban and Regional Studies on Asia" was held to commemorate the inauguration of the Ritsumeikan Asia-Japan Research Organization. It was arranged jointly by Ritsumeikan Asia-Japan Research Organization and the Research Organization of Open Innovation and Collaboration. . |
| April 2017 | 5 new research projects were initiated under the Program for Asia-Japan Research Development. |
| February 2018 | A preliminary meeting with Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies at Cornell University. Two workshops were also organized on "Is Democracy Sustainable in an Aging Nation?" and "Global Data Governance". |
| March 2018 | The Institute's first overseas international symposium on "Global Resource Conservation" in the city of Malan in Indonesia, jointly organized by Brawijaya University and Ritsumeikan University. |
| April 2018 | 3 new research projects were initiated under the Program for Asia-Japan Research Development. Ritsumeikan University joined "Meridian 180", an innovative international academic and intellectual online forum. |
| June 2018 | An MOU with Cornell University, USA, signed. |
| July 2018 | "AJI Advanced Support for Academic Writing in English" Program started. It continued to December 2019. |
| March 2019 | An MOU with Northwestern University, USA, signed. 4 research projects under the Program for Asia-Japan Research Development completed their missions after three years of research activities. |
| March to April 2019 | Ritsumeikan University's Meridian180 Group presided for the first time at an International Online Forum on "Smart and Shrinking Cities". |
| April 2019 | "Support Program for Young Researchers' Career Path Development" has started. AJI Frontier Seminar series started, on a monthly basis. |
| July 2019 | Academic Periodical in English launched:Journal of the Asia-Japan Research Institute of Ritsumeikan University. The second year of "AJI Advanced Support for Academic Writing in English" Program started. It continued until December 2019. |
| October 2019 | The first "International Colloquium on Asian Paths of Civilization and Development" held at Putra Jaya, Malaysia. |
| November 2019 | Online Academic Periodical in English launched:the Asia-Japan Research Academic Bulletin. |
| February 2020 | An International Symposium on Asia and Japan: Perspectives of History held. |
| March 2020 | 5 research projects under the Program for Asia-Japan Research Development completed their missions after three years of research activities. |
| March to April 2020 | Ritsumeikan University's Meridian180 Group presided for the second time at a Multilingual International Online Forum on "Gerontology and Social Technology". |
| April 2020 | 3 new research projects were initiated under the Program for Asia-Japan Research Development. AJI Interdisciplinary Seminar series started, on a monthly basis. |
| May 2020 | Asia-Japan Today: Researchers' Essays Series started online. |
| Jun 2020 | The first volume of the Annual Review of Asia-Japan Research at Ritsumeikan (in Japanese) has been released online. |
| July 2020 | The third year of "AJI Advanced Support for Academic Writing in English" Program started. It will continue until December 2020. |
| October 2020 | The second volume of AJI Journal has been released. |
| January 2021 | A new series, AJI Books, has been launched online.The first book is: Asia and Japan: Perspectives of History |
| February 2021 | The 5th Anniversary International Symposium of Asia-Japan Research at Ritsumeikan University Asia, Japan, and the Global Society held |
| March 2021 | Asia and Japan Today (1): Researchers' Essays at the Arrival of a New COVID Era in AJI Books series has been released online. International Symposium Online, based on cooperation agreement between Ritsumeikan University and Northwestern University "Food and Agriculture beyond the Pandemic" held Second International Colloquium on Asian Paths of Civilization and Development was held |
| April 2021 | 3 research projects were initiated under the Program for Asia-Japan Research Development. Program Coordinated with Graduate schools to Foster a New Generation of Researchers started |
| June 2021 | Asia-Japan Research Academic Bulletin, Vol. 2, 2021 was opened for publication. |
| July 2021 | The fourth year of "AJI Advanced Support for Academic Writing in English" Program started. It will continue until December 2021. The second volume of the Annual Review of Asia-Japan Research at Ritsumeikan (in Japanese) has been released online. |