Activities Reports for 2010

1. Steering Committee and Staff Members Meetings

 

First meeting: Tuesday 6^th April 2010, 1500-1700

Venue: Sophia University Yotsuya Campus, Hall 2, Floor 13, Law Department Meeting Room 1

 

Second meeting: Monday 26^th July 2010, 1100-1200

Venue: Sophia University Yotsuya Campus, Hall 2, Floor 13, Law Department Meeting Room 1

 

Third meeting: Tuesday 18^th September 2010, 1300-1430

Venue: Sophia University Yotsuya Campus, Hall 2, Floor 13, Law Department Meeting Room 1

 

Fourth meeting: Tuesday 30^th November 2010, 1800-2000

Venue: Institute of Bioethics (Ichigaya) Staff Room

 

Fifth meeting: Wednesday 2^nd March 2010, 1900-2100

Venue: Institute of Bioethics (Ichigaya) Staff Room

 

 

2. Symposiums and similar events

Anniversary Ceremony for our Foundation

Symposium title: “Life and the living – Bioethics, care and welfare”

Date and time: Monday 26^th July 2010, 1330-1730

Venue: Sophia University Yotsuya Campus, Hall 2, Floor 17, International Conference Hall

 

 

Festival for Research Mechanisms

Title: “A special plan for Human life and advanced medical care”

Date and time: Tuesday 28^th September 2010, 1520-1720

Venue: Sophia University Yotsuya Campus, Hall 2, Floor 17, International Conference Hall

 

International Symposium

Symposium title: Franco-Japanese Mental Health Care and Public Health – moving from the past to the future”

Date and time: Sunday 12^th December 2010, 1300-1700

Venue: Sophia University Yotsuya Campus, Hall 2, Floor 17, International Conference Hall

 

International Symposium

Symposium title: “Is there a need for a national committee on bioethics? – Who is responsible for bioethics?”

Date and time: Saturday 18^th December 2010, 1330-1730

Venue: Sophia University Yotsuya Campus, Hall 2, Floor 17, International Conference Hall

International Symposium

Symposium title: “Mentally handicapped people and their families – insights into the care systems of three Asian countries.”

Date and time: Saturday 19^th February 2011, 1330-1730

Venue: Sophia University Yotsuya Campus, Hall 2, Floor 17, International Conference Hall

3. Other events

Pontificia Academia Pro Vita (Papal Academy for Bioethics)

Date and time: Thursday February 24^th-Saturday February 26^th 2011

 

Schedule for 2011

April: Moved to Ichigaya Campus

May:
Tuesday 17th: Held the first staff meeting

June:
Sunday 13th: Held the first study group on terminal care

Announcement of irregular office hours due to system maintenance work in July, August and September. Further information can be accessed by clicking here.

July:
Wednesday 20th: Held the second staff meeting
Monday 25th-Wednesday 27th: Office closed

August:
Monday 1st -Tuesday 2nd: Office closed
Thursday 11th-Wednesday 17th: Office closed
Thursday 25th-Friday 26th: Office closed

September:
14th and 16th: Symposium opened
Friday 2nd-Monday 5th: Office closed
Friday 9th-Monday 12th: Office closed

Director
Shogo ASAMI
Professor
Faculty of Foreign Studies
—
Philosophy

 

 

Deputy Director
Motomi YAJIMA
Professor
Faculty of Law
—
Constitutional Law

 

 

Honorary Fellow
Kiyoshi AOKI
Professor Emeritus

—
Bioethics

 

 

Fellow
Fumie ARIE
Associate Professor
Sophia University Institute of Bioethics
—
Bioethics, Medical Ethics

 

 

Fellow
Misako OGINO
Professor
Faculty of Human Sciences
—
Developmental Psychology

 

 

Fellow
Junichiro OKUDA
Professor
Faculty of Law
—
Philosophy of Law

 

 

Fellow
Osamu TAKEUCHI
Professor
Faculty of Theology
—
Moral Theology

 

 

Fellow
Toshiro TERADA
Professor
Faculty of Humanities
—
Philosophy

 

 

Fellow
Mami YOSHIKAWA
Lecturer
Faculty of Theology
—
Theology

 

 

Visiting Fellow
Shigeki ASAKAWA
Deputy councilor
Kobe Branch, RIKEN
—
Regulation of Science, Biochemistry, Analytical Chemistry

 

 

Visiting Fellow
Yutaka HISHIYAMA
Executive Director
Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development
—
Bioethics

 

 

Visiting Fellow
Mari HONDA
Associate Professor
Department of Humanity/Social Sciences, Shibaura Institute of Technology
—
Foreign Law, Civil Law, Bioethics

 

 

Visiting Fellow
Akifumi MATSUYAMA
Director
Department of Bioresources for Drug Discovery, National Institute of Biomedical Innovation
—
Health Policy, Regulatory Science, Biologics

 

 

Visiting Fellow
Akihiro UMEZAWA
Deputy Director
Research Institute, National Center for Child Health and Development
—
Pathology

 

 

Visiting Fellow
Ichiro WADA
Associate Professor
Faculty of Social Welfare, Hanazono University
—
Family Welfare, Child Abuse, Child Poverty

 

 

Visiting Researcher
Yasushi ISHIDA

—
Ethics

 

 

Visiting Researcher
Tadatoshi KURATSUJI
Honorary Director
Research Institute, National Center for Child Health and Development
—
Blood/Infection, Child Development, International Health Care

 

 

Visiting Researcher
Saku MACHINO
Professor Emeritus
Sophia University
—
Criminal Law

 

 

Visiting Researcher
Yoshio NUKAGA

—
Sociology

 

 

Visiting Researcher
Tadashi TAKIZAWA
Professor Emeritus
Sophia University
—
Comparison of Law

 

 

Sophia University Institute of Bioethics

Established: April 2010

Purpose:

This Institute upholds Sophia University’s basic ideology of “Christian Humanism” and “Human Dignity.” Drawing on and combining the fields of Humanities, Social Science and Natural Science, our aim is to contribute to ground-breaking developments in the study of bioethics.

 

Specialization:

Not only confining ourselves to traditional issues in bioethics and medical ethics, we aim to extend our research to the fields of medical welfare, child welfare and the challenges presented by an ageing population.

 

Message from the Head of the Institute, Kiyoshi AOKI:

The subject of a myriad of research both inside Japan and internationally, public policy in the fields of life sciences and medicine faces many pressing and urgent issues. At the Sophia University Institute of Bioethics, we not only seek to consider a Japanese viewpoint but also an international one, which should support and contribute to the general development of bioethical study. Our institute will take a modern-day approach to the life science issues which affect our society. By investigating the ethical issues generated by the progress of medical technology, we aim to cultivate both undergraduate and graduate students who not only see themselves as academics, but as able to offer their knowledge to society at large. Every member of our institute supports this goal.

 

Kiyoshi AOKI

Head of the Sophia Univ. Institute for Bioethics