{"id":431,"date":"2025-12-23T17:54:30","date_gmt":"2025-12-23T08:54:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sx.nagaokaut.ac.jp\/?p=431"},"modified":"2026-01-08T13:13:46","modified_gmt":"2026-01-08T04:13:46","slug":"%e3%80%90%e9%96%8b%e5%82%ac%e6%a1%88%e5%86%85%e3%80%91-%e5%85%83%ef%bd%97%ef%bd%94%ef%bd%8f%e5%8f%82%e4%ba%8b%e5%ae%98%e3%81%ab%e3%82%88%e3%82%8b%e3%80%8c%e3%82%b8%e3%83%a5%e3%83%8d%e3%83%bc%e3%83%96","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sx.nagaokaut.ac.jp\/en\/%e9%95%b7%e5%b2%a1%e6%8a%80%e8%a1%93%e7%a7%91%e5%ad%a6%e5%a4%a7%e5%ad%a6-2\/431\/","title":{"rendered":"\u3010Upcoming Event\u3011J-PEAKS Special Lecture \"Geneva, Switzerland and Japan\" by Former WTO Counsellor \/ January 8, 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Nagaoka University of Technology (NUT) is pleased to invite Mr. Hiromi Yano, former Counsellor in the Rules Department of the World Trade Organization (WTO), to give a J-PEAKS Special Lecture. Anyone is welcome to attend. If you wish to attend, please register by the day of the event using the registration form. NUT looks forward to your participation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Event Information<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Date and time:<\/strong> Thursday, January 8, 2026 14:40-16:10<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Location:<\/strong> Nagaoka University of Technology Multimedia System Conference Room *In-person only <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Title:<\/strong> Geneva, Switzerland and Japan<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Lecturer:<\/strong> Mr. Hiromi Yano <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Target Audience:<\/strong> Open to members of universities, companies, local governments, and the general public (Admission: Free)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>\u3010Biographies]<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>1983<\/strong>Joined the Ministry of International Trade and Industry (MITI)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>1989-1991<\/strong>Studied at the Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, U.S.A. Earned a Master in Public Administration (MPA2) <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>1991-1998<\/strong>Held various positions at the Ministry of International Trade and Industry \/ Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, including Legal Examiner of the Trade Policy Bureau <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>1998-2002<\/strong>\u3000Counsellor, Permanent Mission of Japan to the International Organizations in Geneva, Ministry of Foreign Affairs <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>2003\u2013August 2025<\/strong>Counsellor, Rules Division, World Trade Organization (WTO)<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Registration Form:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/forms.gle\/iHwfpyEWpxbebpgt9\">https:\/\/forms.gle\/CutkjkYyjmUfFALz9<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"724\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/sx.nagaokaut.ac.jp\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/20260108_\u5143WTO\u77e2\u91ce\u6c0f\u8b1b\u6f14\u4f1a-724x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-433\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sx.nagaokaut.ac.jp\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/20260108_\u5143WTO\u77e2\u91ce\u6c0f\u8b1b\u6f14\u4f1a-724x1024.jpg 724w, https:\/\/sx.nagaokaut.ac.jp\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/20260108_\u5143WTO\u77e2\u91ce\u6c0f\u8b1b\u6f14\u4f1a-212x300.jpg 212w, https:\/\/sx.nagaokaut.ac.jp\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/20260108_\u5143WTO\u77e2\u91ce\u6c0f\u8b1b\u6f14\u4f1a-768x1086.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sx.nagaokaut.ac.jp\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/20260108_\u5143WTO\u77e2\u91ce\u6c0f\u8b1b\u6f14\u4f1a-1086x1536.jpg 1086w, https:\/\/sx.nagaokaut.ac.jp\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/20260108_\u5143WTO\u77e2\u91ce\u6c0f\u8b1b\u6f14\u4f1a-8x12.jpg 8w, https:\/\/sx.nagaokaut.ac.jp\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/20260108_\u5143WTO\u77e2\u91ce\u6c0f\u8b1b\u6f14\u4f1a.jpg 1414w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 724px) 100vw, 724px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u3014Contact\u3015<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Head Office for Research Strategy, Nagaoka University of Technology: Saito\/ hsaito\u25cevos.nagaokaut.ac.jp<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">*@ is replaced by \u25ce.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Issued by<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Head Office for Research Strategy, Nagaoka University of Technology: Saito, Takei<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nagaoka University of Technology has invited Mr. Hiromi Yano, former Counsellor of the Rules Department of the World Trade Organization (WTO), to attend the J-PEAKS Special <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/sx.nagaokaut.ac.jp\/en\/%e9%95%b7%e5%b2%a1%e6%8a%80%e8%a1%93%e7%a7%91%e5%ad%a6%e5%a4%a7%e5%ad%a6-2\/431\/\">Read more \u2192.<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[9,39,40,61,62],"class_list":["post-431","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-32","tag-9","tag-39","tag-40","tag-61","tag-62"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sx.nagaokaut.ac.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/431","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sx.nagaokaut.ac.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sx.nagaokaut.ac.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sx.nagaokaut.ac.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sx.nagaokaut.ac.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=431"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/sx.nagaokaut.ac.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/431\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":469,"href":"https:\/\/sx.nagaokaut.ac.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/431\/revisions\/469"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sx.nagaokaut.ac.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=431"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sx.nagaokaut.ac.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=431"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sx.nagaokaut.ac.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=431"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}