At the Territorial and Sovereignty Exhibition Hall, operated by the Cabinet Secretariat's Office for Pandemic Preparedness and Crisis Management, the following events will be held: (1) a screening and lecture regarding the discovery of a 90-year-old video of Japanese sea lions on Takeshima in the Sea of Japan, and (2) a lecture on the nature of the Four Northern Islands and the Shiretoko Peninsula.
1. "Takeshima and Sea Lions of 90 Years Ago Revived - Film Footage Shot in 1934 (Showa 9) -"
（ https://www.cas.go.jp/jp/ryodo/tenjikan/event/lecture_251114.html ）
(1) Speaker: Takao Inoue, Professor Emeritus, Tottori University
(2) Date and time: Friday, November 14, 14:00-15:10
(3) Location: National Territory and Sovereignty Exhibition Hall, Gateway Hall
[Location] 1st Floor, Toranomon Daiwa Building East, 3-8-1 Kasumigaseki, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo
(4) How to apply (Capacity: 80 people, first-come, first-served):
Please send an email to info@mtas.go.jp specifying (1) the name of the lecture, (2) the date of the event, (3) the names of all participants, and (4) the phone number of the representative.
(5) Purpose: In the early Showa period, sea lions from Takeshima were kept in zoos and gained popularity. In 1934, the Osaka Asahi Shimbun, accompanied by a veterinarian from the Osaka Municipal Zoo (currently Tennoji Zoo), stayed on Takeshima for over 10 days to cover sea lion hunting. At that time, it is recorded that Mr. Yoshikazu Hasegawa of the Osaka Asahi Shimbun brought a camera, filmed a 16mm movie, and screened it in Osaka City, but that film had been missing.
Recently, a film believed to be a part of this 16mm film was discovered by chance. This film vividly recorded the scenery of Oki at the time, as well as sea lion hunting conducted on Takeshima and the scenery of Takeshima itself. With the cooperation of the owner, the National Film Archive of Japan, the Japan Institute of International Affairs produced a digitally remastered video of this film, which is currently the only known video record showing pre-war sea lion hunting on Takeshima. Professor Emeritus Takaoh Inoue of Tottori University, who has researched sea lions on Takeshima and analyzed this film in detail, provides a commentary to decipher the daily lives of the people in Oki and Takeshima at the time as told by the discovered film.
2. Symposium: "Nature of the Northern Territories and the Shiretoko Peninsula - The Rich Seas of the Southern Limit of Sea Ice in the Okhotsk Sea -"
（ https://www.cas.go.jp/jp/ryodo/tenjikan/event/lecture_251127.html ）
(1) Speakers: Noriyuki Otaishi, Professor Emeritus at Hokkaido University, Mari Kobayashi, Professor at Tokyo University of Agriculture, and 6 others
(2) Date and time: Thursday, November 27, 13:00-17:30
(3) Location: National Territory and Sovereignty Exhibition Hall, Gateway Hall
[Location] 1st Floor, Toranomon Daiwa Building East, 3-8-1 Kasumigaseki, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo
(4) How to apply (Capacity: 80 people, first-come, first-served):
Please email to info@mtas.go.jp, clearly stating (1) name of the lecture, (2) date of the event, (3) full names of all participants, and (4) phone number of the representative.
(5) Purpose: The southern limit area of drift ice in the Sea of Okhotsk, extending from the Shiretoko Peninsula to the Four Northern Islands (Kunashiri, Etorofu, Habomai islands, and Shikotan) and Urup Island, is one of the regions and marine areas with the highest biological productivity and biodiversity in the world. Taking the opportunity of the renewal and expansion of the National Territory and Sovereignty Exhibition Hall and the 20th anniversary of the registration of "Shiretoko" as a World Natural Heritage site, experts will provide easy-to-understand talks for the general public on the current state of nature and the latest research.
(6) Program Outline
・Opening remarks (Secretariat of Japan's Headquarters for Territorial and Sovereignty Measures, Cabinet Secretariat)
"Marine Environment and Fishery Resources" (Presenter: Associate Professor Orio Yamamura, Hokkaido University)
・ "Brown Bear" (Presenter: Ms. Takako Kobayashi, Senior Researcher, Japan Wildlife Research Center)
- "Terrestrial small and medium-sized mammals, especially bats" (Presenter: Professor Kuniko Kawai, Tokai University)
- "Cetaceans and seals" (Presenter: Professor Mari Kobayashi, Tokyo University of Agriculture)
・ "Steller sea lions, sea otters" (Presenter: Kaoru Hattori, Deputy Director, Fisheries Research and Education Agency)
- "Steller's sea eagle, White-tailed eagle" (Presenter: Ayako Shiraki, Associate Professor, Tokyo University of Agriculture)
- "Conservation of the Sea Ice Southern Limit Ecosystem" (Presenter: Mainichi Shimbun reporter Hiroaki Homma)
・General Discussion (Moderators: Noriyuki Otaishi, Professor Emeritus, Hokkaido University; Mari Kobayashi, Professor, Tokyo University of Agriculture)
Closing Remarks (Noriyuki Otaishi, Professor Emeritus, Hokkaido University)
