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Japan-Bangladesh E-Bulletin (58th Issue / Oct 5, 2006)
- Making a Bridge between Japan and Bangladesh -
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[Table of Contents]
[1] Recent Event on Japan-Bangladesh Relations
* Telephone Conversation between Foreign Ministers (Oct 3)
[2] Information
* Appointment of New Prime Minister of Japan (Sep 26,
Tokyo)
* Minister Aso Reappointed as Foreign Minister (Sep 26,
Tokyo)
* Address by Permanent Representative of Japan to the UN
at the 61st Session of the UN General Assembly
(Sep 26, New York)
[3] Relay Essay by Japan Development Scholarship (JDS)
Fellow
(Md Shahriar Akter, Lecturer, Department of Business
Administration, East West University,
Bangladesh)
[4] Editor's Note
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[1] Recent Event on Japan-Bangladesh Relations
* Telephone Conversation between Foreign Ministers (Oct 3)
On October 3, held a telephone conversation between
newly-reappointed Foreign Minister of Japan, H.E. Mr. Taro
Aso, and Foreign Minister of Bangladesh, H.E. Mr. M.
Morshed Khan. They talked to one another over the phone
for about 10 minutes.
Foreign Minister Khan congratulated Foreign Minister Aso
on his reappointment. Foreign Minister Aso appreciated it
and expressed his hope for successful general elections
next January. Foreign Minister Khan conveyed his intention
to keep engaged in promoting Japan-Bangladesh relations.
The two Foreign Ministers are good old friends and the
conversation was partly conducted in Japanese.
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[2] Information
* Appointment of New Prime Minister of Japan (Sep 26,
Tokyo)
H.E. Mr. Shinzo Abe, a member of the House of
Representatives, was appointed as the Prime Minister at
plenary sessions of both the House of Representatives and
the House of Councillors on September 26. Prime Minister
Abe became the 90th Prime Minister (the 57th person to
assume the post) since H.E. Mr. Hirobumi Ito, the first
Prime Minister of Japan. After the appointment, Prime
Minister Abe formed a new Cabinet at the Prime Minister's
Official Residence.
Profile of Prime Minister Abe
http://www.kantei.go.jp/foreign/abeprofile/index_e.html
List of Ministers, Senior Vice Ministers, and
Parliamentary Secretaries:
http://www.kantei.go.jp/foreign/cabinet_e.html
Policy Speech by PM Abe to the 165th Session of the Diet:
http://www.kantei.go.jp/foreign/abephoto/2006/09/29shoshin_e.html
* Minister Aso Reappointed as Foreign Minister (Sep 26,
Tokyo)
H.E. Mr. Taro Aso was reaapointed as Minister for Foreign
Affairs of Japan on September 26. Mr. Takeshi Iwata and
Mr. Katsuhito Asano were appointed as Senior
Vice-Ministers; Ms. Midori Matsushima, Mr. Masakazu
Sekiguchi, and Mr. Masayoshi Hamada were appointed as
Vice-Ministers for Foreign Affairs.
Foreign Minister Aso’s profile, speeches, and meetings:
http://www.mofa.go.jp/about/index.html
First Press Conference by Foreign Minister Aso:
http://www.mofa.go.jp/announce/fm_press/2006/9/0926-2.html
* Address by Permanent Representative of Japan to the UN
at the 61st Session of the UN General Assembly
(Sep 26, New York)
Address by Permanent Representative of Japan to the UN,
H.E. Mr. Kenzo Oshima, at the 61st Session of
the UN General Assembly held at the UN,
New York,
on September 26:
http://www.mofa.go.jp/announce/speech/un2006/un0609.html
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[3] Relay Essay by Japan Development Scholarship (JDS)
Fellow
(Mr. Md Shahriar Akter, Lecturer, Department of Business
Administration, East West University,
Bangladesh)
“Fortune favors the brave” and I am one of those brave
hearts who has been selected as one of the JDS fellows. My
quest for knowledge and innate desire for social
contribution led me to join as a teacher in education
sector. To serve that purpose, I worked as a lecturer in
East West University and teaching Principles of Marketing,
Supply Chain Management and Marketing Research related
courses.
Information is power. And it is such a power that can open
up windows of opportunity for a person as well as for a
nation. For emerging economies, this industry of ICT can
create tremendous opportunities to catch up with the
richer ones. As my field of research is “the Potentiality
of Mobile Marketing for the Socioeconomic Development of
Bangladesh,” I wish to establish an information umbrella
based on mobile network to connect the people from all
ends.
It may be noted that a large portion of our population is
living in villages and not enjoying the amenities of urban
life. So this interactive medium can act as a helping hand
to all of them by making them aware of new ideas, new
services and new goods. For instance, a poor farmer who
lives in a remote rural area but connected with a mobile
phone can get farming information for his production,
medical information for his sick mother or study related
information for his kids instead of costly physical trips.
Besides he can sell the services to his fellow villagers
for earning a good amount of money. I believe that we can
make a tremendous socioeconomic development by adopting
this technology.
Now I will focus on how my knowledge gathered in Japan
will contribute to the development process of Bangladesh:
1. By assisting to formulate time befitting policy
frameworks for telecommunication with an integration of
social dimensions;
2. By building a knowledge based community through
information umbrella based on mobile networks;
3. By empowering rural women to act as a change agent with
an adoption of this new technology;
4. By introducing new products (new goods, services,
experiences, events, information and ideas) through the
mobile phone to satisfy the needs and wants of people;
5. By providing right information to the right people at
the right time, we can produce more skilled and productive
people.
To turn all my dreams into reality, sophisticated academic
knowledge and techniques are needed. And I think Master of
E-Business Management at International University of Japan
is that magic stone which will help me to contribute to
the maximum level by utilizing my fullest potentiality to
achieve my goals. My loving country and I shall directly
be benefited from the JDS 2006-2007 program.
(Mr. Md Shahriar Akter is a JDS 2006 fellow and left for
Japan to study at International University of Japan for
two years.)
(Japan Development Scholarship for Bangladesh)
http://www.jice.org/english/jds/bangladesh_org.html
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[4] Editor's Note
There have been a good number of articles about Prime
Minister Abe in and outside of Japan. It is intriguing to
learn how the outside world analyzes the new leader of
Japan and I want to keep paying a close attention to them.
Saori Nagase
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