{"id":6087,"date":"2019-03-18T00:14:20","date_gmt":"2019-03-17T15:14:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www-archive.cseas.kyoto-u.ac.jp\/ipcr\/?p=6087"},"modified":"2019-03-21T08:33:59","modified_gmt":"2019-03-20T23:33:59","slug":"fy2013iv-9kaneko","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www-archive.cseas.kyoto-u.ac.jp\/ipcr\/en\/fy2013iv-9kaneko\/","title":{"rendered":"IV-9. “Looking Back on 30 Years of the Look East Policy: Evaluation of the Social Impact of Industry, Government and Academia Networks in East Asia through the Exchange of Education and Research” (H24-25 FY2012-2013)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
The project will examine the impact of the transnational interchange of education and research such as studying abroad and receiving technical training, dispatching and inviting scholars, and the holding of international conferences towards a regional industry-government-academia network. The project takes the case of the Look East Policy, introduced in Malaysia in 1982 to learn about the work ethics and group mentality of Japan and Korea, and evaluate its impact on Malaysian society 30 years after its implementation. The project also intends to deliver recommendations to the Malaysian government to further enhancement policy from an academic standpoint through the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) Japan.<\/p>\n
The following three conferences were held in Malaysia and Japan. (1) Symposium on \u201c30th Anniversary of Look East Policy,\u201d organized by Centre for Foundation Studies in Science, University of Malaya, held in Malaysia on 23rd June 2012. (2) Panel on \u201cThirty Years of Malaysia\u2019s \u2018Look East\u2019 Policy: Review of the Policies and Recommendations\u201d held at Kwansei Gakuin University on 14th October 2012 for the annual conference for Japan Association for Asian Studies (JAAS). (3) Conference on \u201cLook East Policy: 30 Years and Beyond\u201d held at Rikkyo University on 16th December 2012 for the annual conference of Japan Association for Malaysian Studies (JAMS). A director of MOFA Japan and an ex-student of the Look East Policy were invited to the December conference as panelists and discussed the evaluation and recommendation on the policy. The achievement and impact of the Look East Policy is evaluated not only from the standpoint of human resources development, but also from that of of social and cultural aspects. The research outcome will be presented for further discussion at a conference to be held at University of Malaya in March 2013. The findings and recommendation will be published as a discussion paper and will be delivered to Malaysian government through MOFA Japan.<\/p>\n