Time Schedule
INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE:
VIETNAM‒INDOCHINA‒JAPAN RELATIONS DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR
̶DOCUMENTS AND INTERPRETATION̶ September 18‒19, 2015
at Hanoi University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Vietnam National University-Hanoi Co-organizers: University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Vietnam National University-Hanoi
and
Graduate School and Institute of Asia-Pacific Studies, Waseda University Financial Support from
JSPS (Japan Society for the Promotion of Science) Kakenhi
(Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research) Basic A Project no. 25243007
(Comprehensive Study for New Development on Japan‒French Indochina‒Vietnam Relations during the Second World War)
and
Japan Foundation Day One (September 18)
10:00‒11:30 Opening and Plenary Session (Grand Hall, 8th floor, E Bld.) 10:00‒10:30 Opening Session
Opening Remarks by the Organizer
Opening Speech: Prof. Dr. Nguyễn Văn Khánh (Rector of the University of Social Sciences and Humanities, VNU-Hanoi)
Congratulatory Address: Jun Yanagi (Deputy Head of the Mission, Minister, Embassy of Japan)
Congratulatory Address: Toshiki Ando (Director of Japan Foundation Center for Cultural Exchange in Vietnam)
10:30‒11:15 Plenary Session
Keynote Speech: Prof. Dr. Kenʼichiro Hirano (Toyo Bunko) “Imagination for History: Beyond JACAR Data”
Keynote Speech: Prof. Dr. Nguyễn Văn Kim (University of Social Sciences and Humanities, VNU-Hanoi) “Japan‒Vietnam Relations and Indochina: A Perspective from the Historical and Political Context of East Asia (1939‒1945)”
Keynote Speech: Prof. Dr. Masaya Shiraishi (Waseda University) “Significance of the Research Topic and the Symposium”
13:00‒16:00 Session One
Time Schedule
Panel 1 (Session 1) Political and In- ternational Relations Issues (Room 506, E Bld.)
Panel 2 (Session 1) Socio-Economic Issues (Room 701, E Bld.)
Chairpersons: Prof. Vũ Dương Ninh (University of Social Sciences and Hu- manities, VNU-Hanoi) & Prof. Dr.
Kenʼichiro Hirano (Toyo Bunko)
Chairpersons: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Hoàng Anh Tuấn (University of Social Sciences and Humanities, VNU-Hanoi) & Prof. Eiji Murashima (Waseda University)
13:00‒13:15 Presenter 1: Dr. Kyoichi Tachikawa (National Institute for Defense Studies)
“Yasu Butai: The Covert Special Unit of the Japanese Army behind the Coup de Force of March 9, 1945”
Presenter 1: Prof. Dr. Bi Shi Hong (Yun- nan University) “Japanʼs Economic Control in Southeast Asia during the Pacific War: Its Character, Effects and Legacy”
13:15‒13:25 Commentator: Prof. Dr. Vũ Quang Hiển (University of Social Sciences and Humanities, VNU-Hanoi)
Commentator: Dr. Phạm Văn Thuỷ (Uni- versity of Social Sciences and Humanities, VNU-Hanoi)
13:25‒13:40 Presenter 2: Prof. Dr. Nguyễn Thị Hạnh (Hanoi National University of Pedagogy) “The Japanese Factor in the Sovereignty Issue in the South China Sea during the Second World War: Doc- uments from French Archives”
Presenter 2: Dr. Phạm Văn Thuỷ (Uni- versity of Social Sciences and Humanities, VNU-Hanoi) “For Better or For Worse The Japanese Occupation and Economic Decolo- nization in Vietnam and Indonesia”
13:40‒13:50 Commentator: Prof. Dr. Hoàng Khắc Nam (University of Social Sciences and Humanities, VNU-Hanoi)
Commentator: Dr. Nguyễn Mạnh Dũng (University of Social Sciences and Human- ities, VNU-Hanoi)
13:50‒14:20 Discussion Discussion
14:35‒14:50 Presenter 3: Prof. Dr. Vũ Quang Hiển (University of Social Sciences and Humanities, VNU-Hanoi) “The Relationship between Certain Vietnam- ese and Japanese Militarists in the Sec- ond World War and Its Historical Les- sons”
Presenter 3: Dr. Eiko Yuyama (Hokkaido University) “Japanese Merchantsʼ Activities in French Indochina: A Study of the Lacquer Trade”
14:50‒15:00 Commentator: Prof. Dr. Đinh Quang Hải (Institute for History, Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences)
Commentator: Dr. Cam Anh Tuấn (Univer- sity of Social Sciences and Humanities, VNU-Hanoi)
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15:00‒15:15 Presenter 4: Prof. Dr. Chizuru Namba (Keio University) “A French Accounting of the Period of Joint Japa- nese‒French Control with a Focus on the Process of Japanese War Crimes Trials”
Presenter 4: Võ Minh Vũ (University of Social Sciences and Humanities, VNU-Ha- noi) “A Study of Overseas Chinese Society in French-Indochina during World War II”
15:15‒15:25 Commentator: Prof. Dr. Pascal Bourdeaux (École Pratique des Hautes Études)
Commentator: Dr. Eiko Yuyama (Hokkaido University)
15:25‒16:00 Discussion Discussion
Day Two (September 19) 9:00‒12:00 Session Two
Panel 1 (Session 2) Political and In- ternational Relations Issues (Room 506, E Bld.)
Panel 2 (Session 2) Socio-Economic Issues (Room 701, E Bld.)
Chairpersons: Prof. Dr. Phạm Quang Minh (University of Social Sciences and Humanities, VNU-Hanoi) & Prof.
Dr. Bi Shi Hong (Yunnan University)
Chairpersons: Prof. Dr. Nguyễn Văn Kim (University of Social Sciences and Human- ities, VNU-Hanoi) & Prof. Dr. Motoo Furuta (University of Tokyo)
9:00‒9:15 Presenter 1: Prof. Dr. Shiu Wen Tang (Academia Sinica) “Negotiations over French Indochina between France and Japan during the Second World War”
Presenter 1: Dr. Petra Karlova (Waseda University) “Matsumoto Nobuhiroʼs Ideas on Indochina during 1933‒1945”
9:15‒9:25 Commentator: Prof. Dr. Phạm Quang Minh (University of Social Sciences and Humanities, VNU-Hanoi)
Commentator: Dr. Võ Minh Vũ (University of Social Sciences and Humanities, VNU-Hanoi)
9:25‒9:40 Presenter 2: Prof. Eiji Murashima (Waseda University) “Examining the Thailand and Indochina Relationship from the End of WW II to the Beginning of the Cold War”
Presenter 2: Prof. Dr. Đặng Xuân Kháng (University of Social Sciences and Human- ities, VNU-Hanoi) “The “Greater East Asian” Doctrine of Japan and Its Impact in Vietnam during the Second World War” 9:40‒9:50 Commentator: Prof. Dr. Bi Shi Hong
(Yunnan University)
Commentator: Prof. Dr. Trần Viết Nghĩa (University of Social Sciences and Human- ities, VNU-Hanoi)
9:50‒10:20 Discussion Discussion 10:35‒10:50 Presenter 3: Prof. Yoko Kikuchi
(Tokyo University of Foreign Studies)
“Japanese Involvement in Laos̶From the Invasion of the Japanese Army in Northern French Indochina in 1940 to the End of Second World War”
Presenter 3: Prof. Dr. Trần Viết Nghĩa (University of Social Sciences and Human- ities, VNU-Hanoi) “The Thanh Nghi Group from the Japanese Coup dʼÉtat on March 9th 1945 to the August Revolution 1945”
10:50‒11:00 Commentator: Prof. Dr. Lê Đình Chỉnh (University of Social Sciences and Humanities, VNU-Hanoi)
Commentator: Prof. Dr. Motoo Furuta (University of Tokyo)
11:00‒11:15 Presenter 4: Prof. Dr. Hideo Sasa- gawa (Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific Uni- versity) “Cambodia during World War II and Japanese Intervention”
Presenter 4: Prof. Dr. Pascal Bourdeaux (École Pratique des Hautes Études) “Emer- gence of Hoa Hao Buddhism under the Dual Franco‒Japanese Administration”
11:15‒11:25 Commentator: Prof. Dr. Chizuru Nam- ba (Keio University)
Commentator: Prof. Dr. Franck Michelin (Meiji University)
11:25‒12:00 Discussion Discussion
12:00‒13:00 Session Three
13:00‒16:00 Panel 1 (Session 3) Political and In- ternational Relations Issues (Room 506, E Bld.)
Panel 2 (Session 4) Socio-Economic Issues (Room 701, E Bld.)
Chairpersons: Prof. Dr. Phạm Hồng Tung (Institute for Vietnamese Studies and Development Sciences, VNU- Hanoi) & Prof. Masaya Shiraishi (Waseda University)
Chairpersons: Dr. Phạm Văn Thuỷ (Univer- sity of Social Sciences and Humanities, VNU-Hanoi) & Prof. Dr. Pascal Bourdeaux (École Pratique des Hautes Études)
13:00‒13:15 Presenter 1: Prof. Dr. Franck Mi- chelin (Meiji University) “The Pacific War Begins in Indochina: the Occupa- tion of French Indochina and the Route to Pearl Harbor”
Presenter 1: Dr. Cam Anh Tuấn (Univer- sity of Social Sciences and Humanities, VNU-Hanoi) “The Haiphong‒Yunnan Rail- way: An Important Knot in Indochina‒Japan Relations in the World War II Era”
13:15‒13:25 Commentator: Prof. Dr. Phạm Hồng Tung (Institute for Vietnamese Studies and Development Sciences, VNU- Hanoi)
Commentator: A. Prof. Dr. Nguyễn Văn Kim (University of Social Sciences and Hu- manities, VNU-Hanoi)
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13:25‒13:40 Presenter 2: Prof. Dr. Hoàng Hồng
& Prof. Dr. Phạm Quang Minh (University of Social Sciences and Hu- manities, VNU-Hanoi) “The Japanese ʻNew Vietnameseʼ in Vietnamʼs Anti- French War (1945‒1954)”
Presenter 2: Dr. Puengthip Kiattisa- hakul (Silapakorn University) “The Japa- nese Army and the Control of Southern Thai Railways 1941‒1945”
13:40‒13:50 Commentator: Prof. Dr. Phạm Xanh (University of Social Sciences and Hu- manities, VNU-Hanoi)
Commentator: Prof. Eiji Murashima (Waseda University)
13:50‒14:20 Discussion Discussion
14:20‒14:35 Presenter 3: Prof. Dr. Phạm Hồng Tung (Institute for Vietnamese Studies and Development Sciences, VNU- Hanoi) “The Power Structure in Viet- nam after the Japanese Coup dʼétat and the ʻPower Vacuumʼ in the August Revo- lution”
Presenter 3: Dr. Nguyễn Mạnh Dũng (University of Social Sciences and Human- ities, VNU-Hanoi) “Japanese in Tonkin in the First Half of the Twentieth Century”
14:35‒14:45 Commentator: Prof. Dr. Masaya Shira- ishi University)
Commentator: Prof. Dr. Junʼichi Iwatsuki (University of Tokyo)
14:45‒15:00 Presenter 4: Prof. Dr. Motoo Furuta (University of Tokyo) “Some Issues Sur- rounding the evaluation of the Tran Trong Kim Cabinet”
Presenter 4: Prof. Dr. Junʼichi Iwatsuki (University of Tokyo) “The Annotated Me- morials of the Nguyen Dynasty during the Reign of Bao Dai”
15:00‒15:10 Commentator (in absentia): Prof. Dr.
Bruce M. Lockhart (National Universi- ty of Singapore)
Commentator: Dr. Nguyễn Tuấn Cường (Sino-Nom Institute, Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences)
15:10‒15:40 Discussion Discussion
16:00‒16:45 Closing Session (Room 506, E building) 16:00‒16:15 Summary Report of Panel 1
16:15‒16:30 Summary Report of Panel 2
16:30‒16:45 Closing Remarks: Prof. Dr. Masaya Shiraishi (Waseda University)
Closing Remarks: Prof. Dr. Phạm Quang Minh (University of Social Sciences and Humanities, VNU-Hanoi)