THE JOINT ACADEMIC SEMINAR OF JAPAN, MONGOLIA AND UZBEKISTAN WAS SUCCESSFULLY ORGANIZED

  • 2023-03-10
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The National Legal Institute of Mongolia and the Training & Research Institute (RTI) of the Ministry of Justice of Japan signed a joint research seminar in 2021 on the topic “Development and use of crime statistics for crime prevention” funded by the Ministry of Justice of Japan, it was successfully organized on February 27 to March 8, 2023 at the Training and Research Institute in Tokyo, the capital of Japan.

The seminar was attended by:

From Mongolia, Director of the National Legal Institute of Mongolia H. Erdem-Undrah, Researcher H. Buyanbat, D. Demidhand, S. Myagmarsuren, O. Enkhhuslen, 

From the Japanese side, Toshinobu Uetomi, director of the Institute of Education and Research, Shintaro Naito, head of the Institute’s International Cooperation Department (ICD), Hiroshi Suda, deputy director, Koji Yoshimura, deputy director of the Institute’s Research Department, Minako Shoji, Hiroki Kunii, professors of the International Cooperation Department.

From Uzbekistan, a team headed by Yevgeny Kolenko, acting director of the Law Enforcement Academy of the Republic of Uzbekistan, and Nosirjon Askarov, head of the Academy’s Center for Researching and Analyzing the Causes and Conditions of Crime, participated.

Takushoku University Emeritus Professor Tadashi Moriyama, Ryukoku University Professor Hamai Koichi, National Police Academy Professor No Takahiro, Training and Research Institute Senior Researcher Junichi Ishihara, Head of the Kyoto City Police Department’s Investigation Support Analysis Center also discussed theory within the seminar, which included practical combined courses.

During this joint seminar, the teams of the three countries discussed their respective reports on how crime statistics are developed in their countries, and exchanged experiences on how crime statistics are used to prevent crime.

Previously, the National Legal Institute of Mongolia and the Training and Research Institute under the Ministry of Justice of Japan jointly organized “The Criminal Procedure System of Japan and Mongolia” in 2021, seminars on “Prosecutor’s functions and features: Japan and Mongolia” and “Criminal proceedings and criminal liability related to juveniles: comparison between Japan and Mongolia” were successfully organized In 2022.