Title: Future Contributions of Geography: Asian Perspectives

Date and time: Wednesday, November 12, 2025, 1:30 PM – 5:00 PM (Doors open at 12:45 PM)

Venue: Kyoto Terrsa (Kyoto Prefectural Comprehensive Exchange Plaza), West Building 1F (Terrsa Hall),
70 Higashikujo Shimodenchō, Minami-ku, Kyoto City, Kyoto Prefecture 601-8047 (Held concurrently
with sessions of the Japan-Korea-China Geographical Conference also taking place at Kyoto Terrsa)

Eligible in-person attendees: Registered participants of the Japan-Korea-China Geographical Conference
and members of the Geographical Association of Japan (non-members introduced or accompanied
by members are also permitted). Please come directly to the venue; no advance registration required.

Anybody can view online streaming.
URL: https://youtube.com/live/KvG4u6iHewY?feature=share

Program:
Chair: NAKAZAWA Takashi, Professor, Meiji University, Japan
– Greetings from the President of the Geographical Association of Japan
– Lectures (30 minutes each)
1. Knowing Place, Reducing Risk: Expanding Geographical Understanding to Enhance Disaster Literacy
in Japan
ODA Takashi, Associate Professor, The University of Tokyo, Japan
2. Mapping Gender-Divided Neighborhoods: Residential Mobility of Young Adults in Seoul, 2001-2023
PARK Sohyun, Assistant Professor, George Mason University, Korea
3. People-Centered Urban Futures: Advancing Time-Geography for Social Sustainability:
Asian Perspectives and Methodological Frontiers
ZHANG Yan, Professor, Institute of Beijing Studies, Beijing Union University, China
4. Landforms and the Environment: Perspectives from the Philippines
RAMOS Noelynna, Professor & Director, National Institute of Geological Sciences, College of Science, University of the Philippines Diliman, Philippines
5. Future Climate Risks and Adaptive Pathways for Rangelands and Pastoralism in the Eurasian Drylands
NANDINTSETSEG Banzragch (Mongolia), Associate Professor, Tottori University, Japan
– Panel Discussion (25 minutes)