Abbreviated description of the 15th Annual Russian-Japanese symposium... August 2003
•Annual dialogue on the University Graduate and Undergraduate levels between 12 delegates from •Vladivostok, 12 delegates from Tokyo-Niigata and 12 delegates from Khabarovsk.
•Main target of discussion was: Sakhalin-1 Oil and Gas Project.
•Location: Vladivostok, Primorsky Krai, Russia
•Date: August 15th, 2003.
•Organizer: Vladivostok Establishment of International cooperation “Pacific Wave Co. Ltd.”, •Vladivostok, Russia.
•Head of Japanese Delegation: Kohki Kawamoto (Tokyo University of Sofia).
•Slide show of Chayvo Bay Construction Site
Objectives of the 15th Annual Russian-Japanese Symposium
•Contribute to enhancing positive attitude about the Project in both countries.
•Discussed how Russian and Japanese Corporations will contribute to building harmony in •Russian-Japanese relations by means of increasing interdependence between the two countries •through their mutual developing of Sakhalin-1 Project.
•Analyze Russian and Japanese content in the Project and underline its significant economic •benefits to all parties involved.
•Discuss the role of the Project in the process of increasing
•energy stability in Japan. (Japanese delegates were representing cities of Niigata and Tokyo- the •ultimate destinations of the proposed Japanese segment of the gas pipeline ).
•Demonstrate vast employment opportunities opening in both countries by means of mutual •development of oil and gas industry on Sakhalin Island.
