Abstract List

Listed below are the abstracts for papers selected for presentation at the conference. They are listed alphabetically by name of the presenting author. Please note that some abstracts were edited for length and/or clarity.

Last Name	First Name	Professional Title	Organization	Country	Title
Alcantara	Lailani	Graduate Student	University of Tsukuba	Japan	Ownership and Firm Growth: Evidence from Foreign Affiliates in Japan
Amae	Yoshihisa	PhD Candidate Political Science	University of Hawaii, Manoa	HI, USA	Challenging the Status Quo: Rise of Taiwanese Nationalism and its Implications for Cross-Strait Relations and Regional Security in the Asia- Pacific
Anderson	Fred	Foreign Professor of Intercultural Communication Studies	School of Library and Information Sciences - University of Tsukuba	Japan	Videoconferencing as a Tool in Intercultural Education: Problems and Prospects
Aoki	Kumiko	Associate Professor	National Institute of Multimedia Education	Japan	Globalization of Higher Education: Issues and Opportunities
Becker	Carl	Professor of Comparative Thought	Human and Environmental Studies Department - Kyoto University Graduate School	Japan	Challenges of Overpopulation in Japan
Bigalke	Terance	Director and Dean	Education Program - East-West Center	HI, USA	Forum on Student Program at EWC
Bradshaw	Richard	Lecturer	Department of International Relations - Meiji Gakuin University	Japan	An Explanation-Based Conceptual Analysis of Japanese Emotion Episodes
Burian	Chalintorn	Regional Director	Institute of International Education	Thailand	Community Colleges in Thailand
Chen	Kuei-Lan	Professor	Curriculum Division - Defense Language Institute	CA, USA	An Exciting Teaching Tool: Chinese Online Instruction
Chen	Xin	Research Fellow and Program Officer	New Zealand Asia Institute at the University of Auckland	New Zealand	ASEAN + 3: Mapping East Asian Regionalism Between Realism, Liberalism and Constructivism
Cheng	Yimin	Senior Researcher	National Research Institute for Family Planning	China	Sex Workers' (SW) Knowledge and Behavior Related to AIDS in China
Christoffersen	Gaye	Associate Professor	Northeast Asia Programme - Naval Postgraduate School	CA, USA	China's Negotiated Identity within ASEAN+3
Cortes	Bienvenido	Professor of Economics	Pittsburg State University	KS, USA	Do Environmental Regulations Affect Economic Growth? The Case of the Chinese Coal Industry
Das	Ajit	Professor Emeritus	University of Minnesota, Duluth	MN, USA	Ancient Wisdom and Contemporary Problems
Doma, Jr.	Crescencio	Faculty Researcher	Social Research Center - University of Santo Tomas	Philippines	Support System for Older Persons in a Rural Community
Edmonds	Christopher	Fellow, Economics Program	East-West Center	HI, USA	The Impact of Tourism Sector Growth on Income and Poverty in Vietnam
Faust	Don	Professor	Mathematics and Computer Science - Northern Michigan University	MI, USA	New Logical Constructs to Better Represent Our Evidential Knowledge
Feltz	William	Coordinator, Arts Program	East-West Center	HI, USA	The Arts as an Educational Tool
Finin	Gerard	Fellow, Pacific Islands Development Program	East-West Center	HI, USA	Salaam Manoa, Aloha Mindanao: Creating a Student-Centered, Real Time Virtual Classroom
Foster	Lawrence	Professor of Law	University of Hawaii, Manoa	HI, USA	Current Issues in Judicial Independence in the United States
Foster	Lawrence	Professor of Law	University of Hawaii, Manoa	HI, USA	Corporate Governance in the United States
Fujimura	Manabu	Economics Department	Aoyama Gakuin University	Japan	Operationalizing Poverty Reduction Strategy: Review of Experience in Multilateral Development Banks and Some Lessons Learned
Fuwa	Nobuhiko	Agricultural Economics	Chiba University	Japan	Pathways Out of Rural Poverty: Socio-Economic Class Mobility in the Rural Philippines
Gunnarson	John	Consultant	Early Childhood Education	CA, USA	Education for the Future: Teaching Creativity and Problem-solving Skills to Students through the Project Approach
Hanson	Eric	MA Candidate Asian Studies	University of Hawaii, Manoa	HI, USA	The Hui: China's Strategic Ethnic Minority
Hara	Kimie	Associate Professor	University of Calgary	Canada	Japan and the Regional Conflicts in the Asia-Pacific
Hasegawa	Koichi	Director of Training Affairs	Inochi-No-Denwa	Japan	Cross-Cultural Support for Sojourns in Japan by Telephone Counseling
Hassan	Hamid	PhD Candidate	University of Tsukuba	Japan	Changing Value of Lifetime Employment for the Company
Hayashi	Takashi	Associate Professor	Nanzan University	Japan	Human Resource Development by Asian Affiliates of Japanese MNEs: Stepwise Hybrid Hypothesis Based on “○ & □ - Model”
Ho	Hsiu-hwang	Professor	Free Lance	Hong Kong	Home Town Lost in the Global Village -- An Educator's Viewpoint
Hoang	Hoe	Director	Center for Environment Tourism and Development	Vietnam	Some Facets on Poverty Reduction in the North of Vietnam
Hoffman	Timothy M.	Professor	Department of Musicology - Musashino Academia Musicae	Japan	Music is Sound, Sound is Time, Time is Money: Efficiency and Economy in Transmission of Aural Culture
Ibata-Arens	Kathryn	Assistant Professor	Department of Political Science - Depaul University	IL, USA	The Kyoto Model? The Local Political Economy of Innovation in Comparative Perspective
Ibrahim	Muhammad	Agricultural Chemist	Ayub Agricultural Research Institute	Pakistan	Un-planned Population Growth Related Problems in Pakistan
Jeong	Dong K.	Professor	Economics Department - North Carolina A & T State University	NC, USA	The East Asian Perspectives in Changing Global Economy
Johnson	Mary	Research Assistant	Public Procurement Center - Florida Atlantic University	FL, USA	Outsourcing: An International Enterprise
Jones	David	Associate Professor	Kennesaw State University	GA, USA	Looking to the Animal: An Ecology of Compassion for the 21st Century -- Contributions from Ancient Asian Philosophy
Kamath	Suryanath	Professor	Free Lance	India	Indian IT Industry Keen on Assisting Asian and Pacific Regions
Kang	Jong-Il	Executive Director	The Institute of Korean Peninsula Neutralization	Korea	Korea Neutralization for Peace and Stability in Northeast Asia
Kim	In-Young	Associate Professor	Department of Political Science - Hallym University	Korea	The Comparison of (Low) Trust in Korea and Italy
Kinoshita	Hidefumi	Associate Professor	Ehime University	Japan	On Miscommunication Processes in Refusal Management between Japanese and Americans
Kobayashi	Eiji	Professor	Economics Department - Shimonoseki City University	Japan	'English Plus' for Asian and American Students
Kobayashi	Victor	Professor	Educational Foundation - University of Hawaii, Manoa	HI, USA	The Idea of Power: Education & Globalization
Kojima	Katsuhisa	Senior Research Fellow	National Institute of Population and Social Security Research	Japan	The Trend of Income Difference in Japan
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