Report of 4th Research Meeting of Research Approach (4)

Date: 13th March 2012

Time: 18:30-20:30

Venue: Hosei University Ichigaya Campus, ’58 Building 2F Research Center for International Japanese Studies Seminar Room

Speaker: Augustin Loada (University of Ougadougou, Brukina Faso)

Theme: Construction of the Modern State: A Comparison of Japan and Africa

Chair: Shin Abiko (Director, HIJAS / Professor, Hosei University)

Translator: Yu Abiko (Japan International Cooperation Agency)

Executive Summary

In this presentation, Prof. Dr. Augustin Loada (University of Ougadougou, Brukina Faso) compaired charactersitics of development in contemrporary African countries with Japanese modernization in the Meiji Era.