March 26, 2020
An article about the publication of the manga (written by Akira Tsuneki and Ayumi Igarashi) was published in the column of the Mainichi Shimbun.
June 8-30, 2019
We held a close-up exhibition "Record of the Syrian Cultural Heritage in the Crisis" in the Ancient Orient Museum in Tokyo, in a schedule of June 8th - 30th, 2019.
April, 2019
This project was posted on the Embassy of Japan in Syria's Facebook.
https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=2280199968703397&id=1269729336417137
This project was tweeted on the Embassy of Japan in Syria's Tweet.
English:https://twitter.com/jpembassy_syria/status/1120325225055444993?s=21
Arabic:https://twitter.com/jpembassy_syria/status/1120326872594825222?s=21
Japanese:https://twitter.com/jpembassy_syria/status/1120547095474266113?s=21
March 1-3, 2019
We held workshop "Importance of the Near Eastern Archaeology for the Next Generations" for the teachers who dealt with Syrian refugees education and the students of Syrian refugees in Istanbul on March 1-3.
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February 26 - March 1, 5 - 8, 2018
Participated in ‘The Silk Road Friendship Project: Saving Syrian Cultural Heritage for the Next Generation, Beirut Workshop’ by UNDP (United Nations Development Programme), in cooperation with the Japanese Government. The importance of Syrian archaeology and history was taught and reiterated to the staff of DGAM (Directorate-General of Antiquities and Museums).
March 14, 2018
An article (written by Akira Tsuneki) was published in the culture column of the Yomiuri Shimbun (daily publication) "How Can We Protect Syrian Cultural Heritage?".
February 13-15, 2018
A workshop: Syrian History and Archaeology for the Next Generations in Lebanon Beirut.
A workshop was held on the importance of Syrian remains using the Arabic version,Tarikh Suria fi Mia Muwaqa Ashsuriya(revised edition) ofA History of Syria in One Hundred Sites(Youssef Kanjou and Akira Tsuneki eds. 2016, British Archaeopress). During the workshop Syrian archeology and history was explained to teachers providing education at the refugee schools. In addition, various proposals to mitigate trouble or problems about history education in the refugee schools were discussed.
March 22-23, 2017
A workshop: Preparing Manuals for the Protection of Syrian Cultural Heritage.
A workshop on,The Handling of Cultural Heritagein Arabic was held at the University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan. Dr. Georgios Toubekis (Aachen University), Tomoko Uno (Mukogawa Women's University), Nobuya Watanabe (Chubu University), Dr. Maamoun Abdulkarim (General Director, DGAM), Dr. Lina Kutefan (Director of Site Management, DGAM) were invited. However, Dr. Abdulkarim and Dr. Kutefan were not able to attend at the last moment due to a pre departure directive from the Syrian government. Dr. Abdulkarim participated in the workshop via Skype. Dr. Georgios Toubekis participated in a meeting about cultural heritage protection in Syria atTobunken(Independent Administrative Institution National Institutes for Cultural Heritage Tokyo National Research Institute for Cultural Properties), Tokyo. Booklets: entitledThe Protection of Syrian Cultural HeritageVol. 1 andPhotogrammetry For Cultural Heritage(Nobuya Watanabe) were published.
March, 2017
Tarikh Suria fi Mia Muwaqa Ashsuriya, the Arabic version of AHistory of Syria in One Hundred Sites(Youssef Kanjou and Akira Tsuneki, eds. 2016, British Archaeopress.) was revised. This was distributed to the main NGO, which provides education to Syrian refugees.
Tarikh Suria fi Mia Muwaqa Ashsuriya, the Arabic version ofA History of Syria in One Hundred Sites(Youssef Kanjou and Akira Tsuneki, eds. 2016, British Archaeopress) was distributed to some Syrian educational institutions and Syrian refugee camp educational facilities in Lebanon and Turkey.
December, 2015
The highly successful "Syrian Archaeology Meeting" in Beirut was held in cooperation with the Japanese Society for West Asian Archaeology. Participation was high with more than two hundred people from fifteen countries in attendance. This meeting encouraged Syrian archeologists dealing with the protection of cultural heritage in Syria.
March 15-17, 2015
Workshop: One-day Meeting on the Safeguarding of Syrian Cultural Heritage Concerning Syria-Japan Cooperation was held in Beirut.
As the DGAM researchers were not able to participate in the symposium in February 2015, three researchers from Japan went to Lebanon and discussed the possible Japanese contribution towards the crisis affecting Syrian cultural heritage with Syrian researchers and other interested parties. On March 16, three researchers from DGAM, President of the Lebanon DGA, Lebanese researchers and four researchers from Japan held a workshop at the Japan Center for Middle Eastern Studies, part of the Tokyo University of Foreign Studies in Beirut.
February, 2015
A symposium: "A Crisis of Syrian Cultural Heritage and the Efforts to Safeguard it" was held in Sunshine City Bunka Kaikan Building, in Ikebukuro.
Three researchers including the President of DGAM, one musician and one researcher concerned with Syrian tradition music, internal researchers and others were invited to attend.
The purpose of the symposium was to inform the Japanese public about the critical situation regarding cultural heritage in Syria, the uniqueness of Syrian cultural heritage and the nature of Syrian tangible and intangible cultural property. Three DGAM staff were not able to visit Japan, but did present a video message. In addition, the Charge d’Affaires ad interim at the Embassy of Syria in Japan also participated.