Attendees
Funada Noriaki, Dentsu Institute of Human Studies
Hamada Kazuyuki, Futures Forum of Japan
Namba Kikujiro, Technova
Odaka Naoko, Dentsu Institute of Human Studies
Saito-Fukunaga Mitsuko, Communicators and Japan Society for Future Studies
Shibusawa Hisao, and Investment for Global Development
Jerry Glenn, co-director Millennium Project
Manabe Keiko, former Millennium Project Intern in Washington, D.C.

After introductions Dr. Hamada reported on a meeting he and Dr. Norio Yamamoto and Mr. Kikujiro Namba had with the UNU Rector about the Millennium Project, the Tokyo Node, and the UNU. The meeting helped improve this relationship. The UNU is now a sponsor of the Millennium Project.

Jerry Glenn gave an update noting that Future Survey selected the 1999 State of the Future among top four books on global change. We also discussed the February Planning Committee Meeting and the new section of the Project's web site called the "Futures Matrix" as preliminary way to organize futures research.

Then a general discussion followed about what policy makers should be interviewed from Japan for the next State of the Future. Although Dr. Mizuta Kazuo was unable to attend the meeting, he met with Jerry Glenn during the UNU Millennium Conference and has agreed to conduct one or two policy maker interviews in the Kyoto area. It was agreed that everyone would think about who might be interviewed and then meet with Dr. Yamamoto to coordinate the interviews and follow up this meeting.