{"id":3877,"date":"2025-03-06T14:07:12","date_gmt":"2025-03-06T05:07:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/setsubikyo.or.jp\/?page_id=3877"},"modified":"2025-09-10T13:11:22","modified_gmt":"2025-09-10T04:11:22","slug":"lecture-history","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/setsubikyo.or.jp\/en\/lecture-history\/","title":{"rendered":"Public Lectures"},"content":{"rendered":"

We provide here a record of the public lectures held in past years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t
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FY2025<\/b><\/font size><\/center><\/td>
Theme:<\/strong> The role of sewerage and the water environment around the world
\nSpeaker:<\/strong> Kazunari Yoshimura, President at Global Water Japan
\nDate & Time:<\/strong> Thursday, 23 October 2025, 14:00\u201316:30
\nVenue:<\/strong> Tsunohazu Community Hall<\/td>
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FY2024<\/b><\/font size><\/center><\/td>
Theme:<\/strong> A Circular Society through Sewerage Resources and Public\u2013Private Partnerships at Home and Abroad
\nSpeaker:<\/strong> Associate Professor (Special Appointment) Hiroyuki Kato, Sewerage System Innovation Laboratory, The University of Tokyo
\nDate & Time:<\/strong> Thursday, 14 November 2024, 14:00\u201316:00
\nVenue:<\/strong> Tsunohazu Community Hall<\/td>
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FY2023<\/b><\/font size><\/center><\/td>
Theme:<\/strong> Topography, History and Disasters of the Kanda River Basin
\nSpeaker:<\/strong> Professor Sumiko Kubo, Waseda University
\nDate & Time:<\/strong> Monday, 20 November 2023, 14:00\u201316:00
\nVenue:<\/strong> Tsunohazu Community Hall<\/td>
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FY2022<\/b><\/font size><\/center><\/td>
Theme:<\/strong> What is a Local Government Lawyer? \u2013 The Work of Lawyers in Public Offices
\nSpeaker:<\/strong> Sayuri Nakazawa, Lawyer
\nDate & Time:<\/strong> Tuesday, 15 November 2022, 14:00\u201316:00
\nVenue:<\/strong> Tsunohazu Community Hall<\/td>
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FY2021<\/b><\/font size><\/center><\/td>
Theme:<\/strong> The Microplastic Issue and Sewerage
\nSpeaker:<\/strong> Professor Hideshige Takada, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology
\nDate & Time:<\/strong> Friday, 17 December 2021, 14:00\u201316:00
\nVenue:<\/strong> Tsunohazu Community Hall<\/td>
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FY2020<\/b><\/font size><\/center><\/td>
Theme:<\/strong> COVID-19 Task Force \u2013 Studies on the Novel Coronavirus
\nSpeaker:<\/strong> Masaaki Kitajima, Hokkaido University
\nDate & Time:<\/strong> Friday, 6 November 2020, 14:00\u201316:00
\nVenue:<\/strong> Tsunohazu Community Hall<\/td>
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FY2019<\/b><\/font size><\/center><\/td>
Theme:<\/strong> Japan\u2019s Civil Engineering Heritage of Global Renown
\nSpeaker:<\/strong> Daijir\u014d Kitagawa, Cultural Property Inspector, Agency for Cultural Affairs
\nDate & Time:<\/strong> Thursday, 21 November 2019, 14:00\u201316:00
\nVenue:<\/strong> Tsunohazu Community Hall<\/td>
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FY2018<\/b><\/font size><\/center><\/td>
Theme:<\/strong> Goto Shinpei and Urban Planning \u2013 The Imperial Capital Reconstruction Project after the Great Kanto Earthquake
\nSpeaker:<\/strong> Takayuki Kawanishi, Lecturer, Waseda University; Secretary, Institute for Community and Crisis Management
\nDate & Time:<\/strong> Wednesday, 13 February 2019, 14:00\u201316:00
\nVenue:<\/strong> Tsunohazu Community Hall<\/td>
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FY2017<\/b><\/font size><\/center><\/td>
Theme:<\/strong> Towards a Future Low-Carbon Society with Renewable Energy and Hydrogen
\nSpeaker:<\/strong> Eiji Mizutani, Corporate Strategy Division, Toyota Motor Corporation
\nDate & Time:<\/strong> Tuesday, 14 November 2017, 14:00\u201316:00
\nVenue:<\/strong> Tsunohazu Community Hall<\/td>
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FY2016<\/b><\/font size><\/center><\/td>
Theme:<\/strong> Urban Planning in an Era of Population Decline
\nSpeaker:<\/strong> Associate Professor Shin Aiba, Tokyo Metropolitan University (Doctor of Engineering)
\nDate & Time:<\/strong> Tuesday, 25 October 2016, 14:00\u201316:00
\nVenue:<\/strong> Tsunohazu Community Hall<\/td>
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FY2015<\/b><\/font size><\/center><\/td>
Theme:<\/strong> Ieyasu\u2019s Preparation for the Capital: Tokyo
\nSpeaker:<\/strong> K\u014dtar\u014d Takemura, Senior Researcher, Riverfront Research Institute; Representative Director & Secretary-General, Japan Water Forum; Former Director-General, River Bureau, Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism
\nDate & Time:<\/strong> Thursday, 26 November 2015, 14:00\u201316:00
\nVenue:<\/strong> Tsunohazu Community Hall<\/td>
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FY2014<\/b><\/font size><\/center><\/td>
Theme:<\/strong> Aiming for a Safe and Secure Society \u2013 What is Water? (30th Anniversary Commemorative Lecture)
\nSpeaker:<\/strong> Professor Masaru Kitano, Shukutoku University
\nDate & Time:<\/strong> Wednesday, 14 May 2014, 16:30\u201317:30
\nVenue:<\/strong> Keio Plaza Hotel<\/td>
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FY2013<\/b><\/font size><\/center><\/td>
Theme:<\/strong> The Waterways of Edo and Tokyo \u2013 The Return of 12 Million Sweetfish to the Tama River
\nSpeaker:<\/strong> Hideto Kurihara, Senior Technical Adviser, Metawater Co., Ltd.; Former Director, Sewerage Division, Ministry of Construction
\nDate & Time:<\/strong> Monday, 2 December 2013, 14:00\u201316:00
\nVenue:<\/strong> Tsunohazu Community Hall<\/td>
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FY2012<\/b><\/font size><\/center><\/td>
Theme:<\/strong> Considering the Value of Sewerage
\nSpeaker:<\/strong> Takuji Nakazato, Honorary Member, Society of Environmental System Measurement and Control; Former Director, Facilities Management Department, Bureau of Sewerage, Tokyo Metropolitan Government; Former Director, Planning Department, Japan Sewage Works New Technology Promotion Organisation
\nDate & Time:<\/strong> Friday, 7 December 2012, 14:00\u201316:00
\nVenue:<\/strong> Tsunohazu Community Hall<\/td>
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FY2011<\/b><\/font size><\/center><\/td>
Theme:<\/strong> Overseas Water Situations \u2013 Report from China: The Current State and Challenges of Wastewater Treatment Plants I Have Seen
\nSpeaker:<\/strong> Tadashi Takeshima, Technical Adviser, Business Headquarters, NJS Co., Ltd.
\nDate & Time:<\/strong> Thursday, 15 December 2011, 13:30\u201315:30
\nVenue:<\/strong> Shinjuku First West, 3rd Floor<\/td>
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FY2010<\/b><\/font size><\/center><\/td>
Theme:<\/strong> Urban Landscape, Environment and Lighting
\nSpeaker:<\/strong> Yutaka Inaba, President, FORLIGHTS; Lighting Planner
\nDate & Time:<\/strong> Friday, 29 October 2010, 13:30\u201315:30
\nVenue:<\/strong> Shinjuku First West, 3rd Floor<\/td>
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FY2009<\/b><\/font size><\/center><\/td>
Theme:<\/strong> Overseas Water Situations \u2013 Report from Malaysia
\nSpeaker:<\/strong> Takeo Tanaka, Head of Technology Department, Japan Sewage Optical Fibre Technology Association
\nDate & Time:<\/strong> Friday, 16 October 2009, 13:30\u201315:30
\nVenue:<\/strong> Shinjuku First West, 3rd Floor<\/td>
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FY2008<\/b><\/font size><\/center><\/td>
Theme:<\/strong> Learning from Edo: Environment and Urban Development
\nSpeaker:<\/strong> Fukumatsu Hayashi, Chair, Kanda Fureai Street Shopping District Association; Chair, Kanda River Boat Association
\nDate & Time:<\/strong> Friday, 21 November 2008, 13:30\u201315:30
\nVenue:<\/strong> Shinjuku First West, 3rd Floor<\/td>
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FY2007<\/b><\/font size><\/center><\/td>
Theme: <\/strong>The Environment of Edo Town
\nSpeaker:<\/strong> Akira Kurita, Sewerage Culture Researcher; Councillor, Japan Cultural Research Association (NPO)
\nDate & Time:<\/strong> Monday, 12 November 2007, 13:30\u201315:30
\nVenue:<\/strong> Shinjuku First West, 3rd Floor<\/td>
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FY2006<\/b><\/font size><\/center><\/td>
Theme:<\/strong> Urban Environment and the Future
\nSpeaker:<\/strong> Yukie Isaka, Architect and Designer; Part-time Lecturer, Faculty of Engineering, Chiba University and Junior College, Nihon University
\nDate & Time:<\/strong> Wednesday, 29 November 2006, 13:30\u201315:00
\nVenue:<\/strong> MINES Tower, 15th Floor<\/td>
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