North Asia Regional Meeting

Hiroshima, Japan
August 20 - 21, 2005

Venue: International Conference Center Hiroshima

Aim: Like-minded doctors, medical students, and citizens gathering to discuss how to prevent a nuclear war and abolish nuclear weapons, and thus contributing to establishing genuine world peace.

Slogan: The 60th Anniversary of Atomic Bombing on Hiroshima and Nagasaki; Towards the Earliest Possible Abolition of Nuclear Weapons!

Hosted by : Japanese Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War, Hiroshima Prefectural Medical Association, Hiroshima City Medical Association, Hiroshima Prefectural Dental Association, Hiroshima Prefectural Pharmaceutical Association

Conference Program
Saturday, August 20, 2005

(10:00 - 13:00 Medical Students Meeting )

14:00 - 14:30 Opening
Chair: Katsuko Kataoka, Vice President of IPPNW
Professor, Hiroshima University School of Medicine
Opening address: Katsuko Kataoka, Vice President of IPPNW
Professor, Hiroshima University School of Medicine
Welcome address: Shizuteru Usui, President of JPPNW
President of Hiroshima Prefectural Medical Association
Greetings: Tadatoshi Akiba,?Mayor of Hiroshima

14:30 - 15:50 Keynote address
Chair: Katsuko Kataoka, Vice President of IPPNW
Professor, Hiroshima University School of Medicine
Speakers:
Ronald McCoy, Co-President of IPPNW
"The Path to Abolition"
John Loretz, Program Director of IPPNW
"Abolishing Nukes and Pursuing Peace: IPPNW in the 21st Century"
J. Enkhsaikhan, Former Ambassador to UN?
"Mongolia's Single-State Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zone: Un-tapping the Full Potential of NWFZs"

15:50 - 16:00 Break

16:00 - 18:00 Lectures
Chair: Nanao Kamada, Board Member of JPPNW,
Emeritus Professor of Hiroshima University
Speaker: Kazuki Kodama
Senior Researcher of Radiation Effects Research Foundation
"The Long-term Health Consequences of Atomic Bomb Radiation-
Lessons Learned from Studies of Atomic Bomb Survivors"

Chair: Kenjiro Yokoro, Secretary General of JPPNW,
Emeritus Professor of Hiroshima University
Speaker: Kuniko Inoguchi, Professor of Political Science, Sophia University
Former Permanent Representative and Ambassador of Japan to the Conference on Disarmament
"Towards the Realization of Nuclear Weapons Abolition"

18:30-20:30 Welcome Party (Hotel Sunroute Hiroshima)

Sunday, August 21, 2005

8:45 - 9:45 Reports on Medical Students Activities
Chair: Susumu Yoshikuni, Former Student Representative of JPPNW (Pediatrician)
Speakers: International Federation of Medical Students Association
IPPNW Student Representative (Nepal)
Medical Students from China and other countries
Medical Students of Nagasaki University (NISH)
Medical Students of Hiroshima University (MINC)

9:45 - 11:15 Reports on Affiliates activities
Chair: Masao Tomonaga, At Large Board Member of IPPNW
Professor, Nagasaki University School of Medicine
Speakers:
Gunnar Westberg, Co-President of IPPNW
"History of Anti-nuclear Campaign in Scandinavia"
John Pastore, President of PSR (USA affiliate of IPPNW)
"Nuclear Weapons Abolition: The Role of PSR in the United States"
Ian Maddocks, Past Chair of IPPNW Board
"Global Non-nuclear Issues for IPPNW: Small Arms, Landmines and
Unexploded Remnants of War"

11:15-11:25 Break

11:25 - 11:55 Special Report
Chair: Kenjiro Yokoro, Secretary General of JPPNW,
Emeritus Professor of Hiroshima University
Speaker: Kumao Kaneko, Special Adviser to JPPNW,
President of Japan Council on Energy & Security
"60 Years from Hiroshima and Nagasaki: Nuclear Weapons vs. Nuclear Energy ---- A Japanese Dilemma"

11:55 - 13:00 Lunch

13:00 -14:30 Symposium
"On Peaceful Coexistence in the Korean Peninsula and North-east Asia"
Chair: Kumao Kaneko, Special Adviser to JPPNW
President of Japan Council on Energy & Security
Panelists: Katsuko Kataoka (JPPNW)
Alex Hu (Chinese affiliate)
J. Enkhsaikhan and N. Tuvshinbat (Mongolian affiliate)
S. Korean affiliate
Kim Dae Shik (Vice-chairman, Korean Medical Association in Japan)

14:30 - 14:45 Break

14:45 - 16:55 Lectures
Chair: Shizuteru Usui, President of JPPNW and HPMA
Speakers: Nobumasa Kimura (Psychiatrist), Board Member of JPPNW
"Heart of Hiroshima; My Experience"
Comments: Mamoru Miura (Internist), Masahiro Harada(Orthopedist),
Kenjiro Yokoro(Pathologist)
Special report: Akira Tashiro,
Senior Staff Writer & Special Project Editor, Chugoku Shimbun

Chair: Yasuhei Kurose, Board Member of JPPNW,
Vice President of Hiroshima Prefectural Medical Association
Speaker: Shigeru Suganami, M.D., Ph.D.
President, Association of Medical Doctors of Asia
President, Asuka International Clinic
"Medical Assistance in Hopes of Peaceful Tomorrow"

16:55 - 17:00 Closing address
Keiichi Hiramatsu, Vice President of JPPNW,
President of Hiroshima City Medical Association