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Category Topics Speaker Moderator Date
Public Symposium Lecture Japan in the World
1. "Japanese Culture in the World"
2. "Japanese Literature in the World"
3. "Japanese Religion in the World"		 1. Claude LÉVI-STRAUSS, Prof. Emeritus, Collège de France
2.  Donald KEENE, Prof., Columbia Univ. (Fll Prof., IRCJS from May, 1987 to Jan., 1989)
3. UMEHARA Takeshi, Director-General, IRCJS		   Mar. 9, 1988
Special Public Symposium Lecture   Donald KEENE, Prof., IRCJS   Nov. 24, 1988
Public Symposium Lecture Japan in the World
1. "The Role of Japan"
2. "The Role of Japan: A View from Within"		 1. Paul KENEDDY, Prof., Yale Univ.
2. KOSAKA Masataka, Prof., Kyoto Univ.		 MURAKAMI Yasusuke, Prof., IRCJS Mar. 14, 1989
Public Symposium Lecture Japan in the World
1. "The Image of Japan in China"
2. "The Stranger as Savior: An Archetype in Japanese Folklore and Elsewhere"
3. "The Nature of Language, the Language of Nature"		 1. CHIN Shunshin, Writer
2. Carmen K. BLACKER, Senior Lecturer, Univ. of Camblidge
3. NAKANISHI Susumu, Prof., IRCJS		   Mar. 5, 1990
Public Symposium Lecture   1. KOYAMA Shuzo, Assoc. Prof., National Museum of Ethnology
2. Christy G. TURNER, Prof., Arizona State Univ.
3. HANIHARA Kazuro, Prof., IRCJS		   Sep. 29, 1990
Public Symposium Lecture Humanity and Literature in the Contemporary World 1. LEE O-young, Cultural Minister of Korea
2. Josef KREINER, Director, German Institute for Japanese Studies
3. ENDO Shusaku, Novelist		   Nov. 29, 1991
Public Symposium Lecture Nature and Humankind in the Age of Environmental Crisis
 1. KAWAI Masao, Prof., Emeritus, Kyoto Univ.
2. Augustin BERQUE, Prof., École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales
3. ITO Shuntaro, Prof., IRCJS		 YASUDA Yoshinori, Assoc. Prof., IRCJS Oct. 3, 1992
Public Symposium Lecture The Transfer of Science
and Technology between Europe and Asia
 1. YAMADA Keiji, Prof., IRCJS
2. Henk L. WESSELING, Prof., Leiden Univ.		 HAYAMI Toru, Prof., IRCJS Nov. 7, 1992
Public Symposium Lecture Japanese Culture and Religions - Religions and Secularization
1. KUNO Akira, Prof., IRCJS
2. Francis MASÉ, Prof., National Institute of Oriental Languages and Civilization, Univ., of Paris III, France
3. YOSHIMOTO Takaaki, Literary Critic		 YAMAORI Tetsuo, Prof., IRCJS Oct. 16, 1993
Public Symposium Lecture Kyoto Conference on Japanese Studies
1. "World Literature as Japanese Literature"
2. "Japan and Its World"		 1. OE Kenzaburo, Novelist
2. Marius B JANSEN, Prof. Emeritus. Prinston Univ.		   Oct. 17, 1994
Public Symposium Lecture Ideal Places in History, East and West
1. "Peach Blossom Spring vs. Utopia"
2. "Visionary Peaks in the European Tradition" 		 1. HAGA Toru, Prof., IRCJS
2. Gerald GILLESPIE, Prof., Stanford Univ.		 SENDA Minoru, Prof., IRCJS Oct. 2 , 1995
Public Symposium Lecture International Comparative Studies of Negotiating Behavior 1. KIMURA Hiroshi, Prof., IRCJS
2. Peter BERTON, Prof., Univ. of Southern California 		 KASAYA Kazuhiko, Prof., IRCJS Aug. 30, 1996
Public Symposium Lecture How Far We Know about the Origins of the Japanese
1. "Development of the 'Dual Structure' Hypothesis"
2. "A View from Korea"
3. "A View from China"
4. "A View from the World" 		 1. OMOTO Keiichi, Prof., IRCJS
2. HAN Byong-sam, Former Curator, National Museum of KOREA
3. WANG Wei, Assoc. Prof., Chinese Academy of Social Science
4. IKAWA-SMITH Fumiko, Prof., McGill Univ.		 HANIHARA Kazuro, Prof. Emeritus, IRCJS / Dupty Director, International Institute for Advance Sep. 27, 1996
Public Symposium Lecture   1. LEE O-young, Prof., Ewha Women's Univ.
2. KAWAI Hayao, Director-General, IRCJS		 HAGA Toru, Prof. IRCJS Mar. 16, 1997
Special Public Symposium Lecture Religion and Literature in Japan
 1. KAWAI Hayao, Director-General, IRCJS
2. Jean-Jacques ORIGAS, Prof., Institute National des Languages et Civilisations Orientales, France		 SUZUKI Sadami, Prof., IRCJS
KAMIGAITO Ken'ichi, Prof., IRCJS		 Oct. 18, 1997
Public Symposium Lecture Japan in a Comparative Perspective
1. "The Originality of Japanese Civilization"
2. "Axial and Non-Axial Civilizations - the Japanese Experiences in a Comparative Perspective The Constrution of Generalized Particularistic Trust"		 1. UEYAMA Shunpei, President, Kyoto City Univ. of Arts
2. S. N. EISENSTADT, Prof. Emeritus, Hebrew Univ. of Jerusalem		 SONODA Hidehiro, Prof., IRCJS Jan. 12, 1998
Public Symposium Lecture A Historico-Anthropogical Approach to Choko Civilization: the First Rice-cultivation and the Origin of Pottery
 1. UMEHARA Takeshi, Honorary Adviser, IRCJS
2. YAN Wen Ming, Prof., Peking Univ.
3. Xu Chaolong, Assoc. Prof., IRCJS 		 YASUDA Yoshinori, Prof., IRCJS Mar. 21, 1998
Special Public Symposium Lecture Japanese Wisdom, European Wisdom Today
1. "Does the Concept of the Citizen Company Make Sense?"
2. "Working and Being" 		 1. Yvon PESQUEUX, Prof., Institut des Hautes Etudes Commercials
2. KAWAI Hayao, Director-General, IRCJS		 ISHII Shiro, Prof., IRCJS Jun. 10, 1998
Public Symposium Lecture Taoism in East Asian Culture
1. "Japanese Culture and Taoism"
2. "Traces of Taoism in Han Chinese Art"
3. "Horse Culture and Ship Culture in Ancient China"		 1. SENDA Minoru, Prof., IRCJS
2. WU Hung, Prof., Univ. of Chicago
3. FUKUNAGA Mitsuji, Emeritus Member of Kyoto Univ. 		 MITSUTA Kazunobu, Assoc. Prof., IRCJS Mar. 10, 1999
Public Symposium Lecture Crossing Cultural Borders
1. "The Elegant Art of Killing Yourself - The Strategy of Being a Stranger"
2. "From Borderlines to Borderland: Neighborhoods in the Global Village and Culture"
3.  Discussion 		 1. YAMAGUCHI Masao, President, Sapporo Univ.
2. Alain REY, Editor in Chief, Dictionaries, French Robert Publishers		 INAGA Shigemi, Assoc. Prof., IRCJS Nov. 11, 1999
Public Symposium Lecture The Imagination of the Body and the History of Bodily Experience
1. "Qi, and the Resonating Body"
2. "What is the Difference between the Body's Outside and Its Inside?"		 1. SAKADE Yoshinobu, Prof., Kansai Univ.
2. James ELKINS, Prof., Art Institute of Chicago, USA		 KURIYAMA Shigehisa, Assoc. Prof., IRCJS Jan. 18, 2000
Public Symposium Lecture Millenial Fluctuation of Civilisation
1. "Environmental Fluctuation and the Rise and Fall of Civilisations"
2. "Emergence of Yangtze River Civilisation after 3,000 B.C."
3. "Emergence of Monotheist Civilisation after 1,000 B.C."
4. "The Role of Viking after A.D. 1,000"
5. "What will happen during the Millennium after A.D. 2,000 -Message from the Easter Island-"		 1. Jörg F.W. NEGENDANK, Prof., Geo Forschungs Zentrum Potsdam, Germany
2. YASUDA Yoshinori, Prof., IRCJS
3. Bas VAN GEEL, Prof., Univ. of Amsteldam, The Netherlands
4. Björn E. BERGLUND, Prof., Univ. of Lund, Sweden
5. John R. FLENLEY, Prof., Massey Univ., New Zealand		 YASUDA Yoshinori, Prof., IRCJS Mar. 25, 2000
Public Symposium Lecture Human Mate Choice and Prehistoric Marital Networks
1. "Evolutionary Perspectives on Human Sexual Behavior"
2. "A Digitized Murasaki Mandala: The World of the Tale of GENJI Seen in Visual Images"		 1. ENOMOTO Tomoo, Assoc. Prof., Tokai Univ.
2. KAWAI Hayao, Director-General, IRCJS		 AKAZAWA Takeshi, Prof., IRCJS Nov. 22, 2000
Public Symposium Lecture Survey on Japanese Documents and Cultural Properties Found in China
1." Japan-related Documents and Books Preserved in China"
2. "Japan-related Books in Chinese Libraries"
3. "The Silk Road and the Book Road" 		 1. KASAYA Kazuhiko, Prof., IRCJS
2. WANG Bao Ping, Vice Director, Institute of Japanese Culture, Zhejiang Univ.
3. WANG Yong, Visiting Prof., National Institute of Japanese Literature		 YAMADA Shoji, Assoc. Prof., IRCJS Feb. 22, 2001
Public Symposium Lecture Towards the Reconstruction of Himan History: In Pursuit of the Yangtze River Civilizaton
1. "What is the Yangtze River Civilization?"
2. "Significance of the Mesopotamian Civilization in Human History"
3. "Signficance of the Indus Civilization in Human History"
4. "The Collapse of the old Kingdam Low Foods, Famines and Academy"
5. "Signficance of the Yangtze River Civilization in Human History"
6. Panel Discussion "The Quanlification of Yangtze River Culture to be called as Civilization"
7. "Recent Developments in Civilizational Research at IRCJS"		 1. UMEHARA Takeshi, Honoraly Adviser, IRCJS
2. Harvey WEISS, Prof., Yale Univ.
3.Gregory POSSEHL, Prof., Univ. of Pennsylvania
4.Frekri A. HASSAN, Prof., Univ. of London
5. YASUDA Yoshinori, Prof., IRCJS
6. Michael O'CONNELL, Prof., National Univ., of Ireland / Mordechai STEIN, Prof., Hebrew Univ. / SONODA Hidehiro, Prof., IRCJS
7. YAMAORI Tetsuo, Director-General, IRCJS		 YASUDA Yoshinori, Prof., IRCJS Nov. 5, 2001 
Public Symposium Lecture Figures and Places of the Sacred
1. "Special Figures and Places Producing Mystical Benefit"
2. "Jingu-ji: Sacred Sites of Religious Meditation in Early Japan"
3. "Imaginations of the Sacred and Significance of Mandalas"		 1. YORITOMI Motohiro, Prof., IRCJS
2. Samuel MORSE, Prof., Amherst College
3. TACHIKAWA Musashi, Prof., The National Museum of Ethnology		 HAYAKAWA Monta, Assoc. Prof., IRCJS Nov. 26, 2001 
Public Symposium Lecture The 'Ie' East and West: Focusing on Women's Roles
1. "The Pyrenean Stem Family and Their Women: An European Counterpart of the Japanese 'Ie'"
2. "Is the 'Ie' System Unique to Japan?"		 1. Antoinette FAUVE-CHAMOUX, Researcher, EHESS
2. OCHIAI Emiko, Assoc. Prof.,  IRCJS		 MORI Hirohisa, Assoc. Prof., IRCJS  Jan. 12, 2002
Public Symposium Lecture Reflection on Chinese-Japanese Relations in the 20th Century
1. "Agents of the 'Modern': From Huang Zunxian to the Creation Society"
2. "A Thousand Years and the Century of Sino-Japanese Relations"		 1. YAN An Sheng, Prof., Beijing Center for Japanese Studies
2. YAMAORI Tetsuo, Director-General, IRCJS		 LIU Jian Hui, Assoc. Prof., IRCJS Jan. 25, 2002
Civilization Research Project Public Lecture
 Requisites for the Avoidance of a "Clash of Civilizations"
1. "Japan and the Muslim World in 'Inter-Civilization Dialogue'"
2. "International Politics and Civilization Collision in the 21st Century"
3. "Japanese Civilization and its Potential"
4. Panel Discussion		 1. YAMAUCHI Masayuki, Prof., Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, Univ. of Tokyo
2. NAKANISHI Terumasa, Prof., Faculty of Integrated Human Studies, Kyoto Univ.
3. KAWAKATSU Heita, Prof., IRCJS
4. YAMAUCHI Masayuki / NAKANISHI Terumasa / KAWAKATSU Heita / SONODA Hidehiro, Prof., IRCJS / INAGA Shigemi, Assoc. Prof., IRCJS		 SONODA Hidehiro, Prof., IRCJS Feb. 28, 2002
Civilization Research Project Environment and Civilizations: Japan's Role in the Twenty-First Century
1. Keynote Lecture "Eco-Economy: Building an Economy for the Earth"
2. Panel Discussion		 1. Lester R. BROWN, President, Earth Policy Institute
2. Lester R. BROWN / UMEHARA Takeshi, Honorary Advisor, IRCJS / HIDAKA Toshitaka, Director, Research Institute for Humanity and Nature / YAMAORI Tetsuo, Director-General, IRCJS / SONODA Hidehiro, Prof., IRCJS and Coordinator		 SONODA Hidehiro, Prof., IRCJS May 11, 2002
Public Symposium Lecture Asia in the Age of Pax Britannica and Pax Americana -Economic Historian's Views-
1. "Britain's Changing Place in the World 1700-2000"
2. "Japan in a Changing Asia: Achievements and Opportunities Missed"		 1. Peter MATHIATH, Prof., Univ. of Cambridge, UK
2. Louis CULLEN, Prof., Trinity College, Univ. of Dhublin, Ireland / Visiting Research Scholar, IRCJS		 KAWAKATSU Heita, Prof., IRCJS Sep. 26, 2002
Public Symposium Lecture Cities and Civilizations in East Asia
1. "The Death and Rebirth of the Palace and Palace City in Ancient Japan"
2. "Urban Locations and Fengshui"
3. "The Influence of Tang-dynasty Chang'an and Luoyang on East Asian Capital Cities"		 1. SENDA Minoru, Prof., IRCJS
2. YOON Hong-key, Prof., The Univ. of Auckland, New Zealand
3. WANG Zhong Shu, Prof., Chinese Academy of Social Science, China		 UNO Takao, Prof., IRCJS Dec. 12, 2002
Public Symposium Lecture Courtiers and Warriors:
Comparative Historical Perspectives on Ruling Authority and Civilization
1."The Ritual and Kingship in Zhou Dynasty, China"
2. "Chivalric Violence and Religious Valorization"
1. GUO Qi Yong, Prof., Wuhan Univ.
2. Rechard W. KAEUPER, Prof., Univ. of Rochester		 KASAYA Kazuhiko, Prof., IRCJS Mar. 15, 2003
Public Symposium Lecture The Direction of Japanese Budo in the 21st Century
1. "The Paradox of Judo as an Olympic Sports and Judo as Tradition"
2. "The Role of Judo in the Age of Internationalisation"		 1. Anton GEESINK, IOC
2. YAMASHITA Yasuhiro, Prof., Tokai Univ. / IJF		 Alexander BENNETT, Lecturer, IRCJS
YAMADA Shoji, Assoc. Prof., IRCJS 		 Nov. 22, 2003
Public Symposium Lecture Reading Historical Spatial Information from around the World
1. "Field of View in Japanese History: Findings from a GIS Viewshed Analysis"
2. "Searching for Tools to Predict the Past: the Application of Predictive Modelling in Archaeology"
3. "Kyoto Virtual Time Space Based on 4D-GIS"		 1. UNO Takao, Prof., Nichibunken 
2. Hans KAMERMANS, Sinior Lecturer, Univ. of Leiden
3. YANO Keiji, Prof., Ritsumeikan Univ.
AIBA Atsushi, Prof., IRCJS Feb. 10, 2005
Opening Lectures at the 25th International Research Symposium The "Discovery" of Japan: Travel and Mobility in the Creation of Culture
1. IKEUCHI Osamu, Scholar of German Literature / Essayst
2. NISHIKI Hitoshi, Prof., Nigata Univ.
3. HARADA Nobuo, Prof., Kokushikan Univ. / YAN An Sheng, Prof., Beijin Center for Japanese Studies / SHIRAHATA Yozaburo, Prof., IRCJS		 Timothy D. KERN, Assoc. Prof., IRCJS Mar. 7, 2005
Public Symposium Lecture   1. Peter PANTZER, Prof., Bonn Univ.
2. SHIRAHATA Yozaburo, Prof., IRCJS
 
 Timothy D. KERN, Assoc. Prof., IRCJS Mar. 12, 2005
Public Symposium Lecture New Discoveries and Ways of Looking at Traditional Japanese Crafts
1. "Kyoto Crafts: Rethinking Tradition and Information"
2. "Cross Cultural Perspective with Britain and Japan"		 1. Richard WILSON, Prof., International Christian Univ.
2. Nicole ROUSMANIERE, Director, Sainsbury Institute
 INAGA Shigemi, Prof., IRCJS Nov. 8, 2005
Public Symposium Lecture 1. "World Commercial Filmes Seen from a Cultural Point of View"
2. "Studies of Humanity in the Process of the Television Commercial Production"		 1. Jean-Christian BOUVIER, Producer, World CM Festival
2. OBAYASHI Nobuhiko, Filmmaker		 YAMADA Shoji, Assoc. Prof., IRCJS Mar. 18, 2006
Public Symposium Lecture Cultural Exchange and Representation of China, Korea and Japan in the Premodern Age
 1. OGURA Toshizo, Assoc. Prof., Kyoto Univ.
2. Choi Park-Kwang, Prof. Emeritus, Sungkyunkwan Univ.		 LIU Jian Hui, Assoc. Prof., IRCJS Oct. 17, 2006
Lectures at the Symposium Commemorating the Twentieth Anniversary of the IRCJS Japanese Studies: Past, Present and Future Breaking New Ground for Research in Japanese Culture
1. "Being toward Life"
2. "Is Escape from the Sense of Constrictedness Possible? Answers from the Viewpoint of Tominaga Nakamoto's Method of Study"		 1. Augustin BERQUE, Prof., École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales
2. LEE O-young, The First Cultural Minister of Korea / Distinguished Honorary Prof., Ewha Academy for Advanced Studies		 SHIRAHATA Yozaburo, Prof., IRCJS Sep. 18, 2007
Public Symposium Lecture

Kingship and City Culture
1."The Origins of the Japanese System of Capital Cities, Seen in Chinese Capital City Plans”

2."Republicanism and Rule by the Majority at the Level of the City: On the Origins of the Greek City-State”

1.WANG Weikun, Visiting Research Scholar, IRCJS / Prof., Deputy President, School of International Cultural Exchanges, Northwest University

2.Egon FLAIG, Prof., Heinrich Schliemann Institute for Ancient Studies at the University of Rostock

 Markus RÜTTERMANN, Assoc. Prof., IRCJS Mar. 7, 2008
Public Symposium Lecture

Whither the Asian Woman?: Globalization and the Reconstruction of Gender
[Presentation]
"The Family and Marriage in Asia: Japanese, Korean and Chinese "Home Dramas" in the Eyes of Chinese Audience"

2."Reconsidering Feminization of International Migration"

[Panel Discussion]

[Presentation]
1. WU Yongmei, Assoc. Prof., The Beijing Center for Japanese Studies, Beijing Foreign Study Univ.
2. ASATO Wako, Assoc. Prof., Graduate School of Letters, Kyoto Univ.

[Panel Discussion]
WU Yongmei; ASATO Wako; Khuat Thu Hong, Director, Institute for Social Development Studies Hanoi, Vietnam; LAN Pei-Chia, Assoc. Prof., Department of Sociology, National Taiwan Univ.; Bridget LEW, Founder-President, Humanitarian Organization for Migrant Economics (HOME) (Singapore); ITO Peng, Department of Sociology, and School of Public Policy and Governance, Univ. of Toronto; LEE Hyekyung, Assoc. Prof., Department of Sociology & Media Information, PaiChai Univ.; OCHIAI Emiko, Prof., Graduate School of Letters, Kyoto Univ. / Visiting Prof., IRCJS.

 OCHIAI Emiko,
Prof., Graduate School of Letters, Kyoto Univ. / Visiting Prof., IRCJS.		 Jan. 10, 2009
Public Symposium Lecture

Comparative Study of Urban Culture
[Lecture]
"Urban Culture in Japan"

[Discussion]
"Poetry and Song, Wine, and Banquets: The Individual and the Group"

[Lecture]
MURAI Yasuhiko, Director, Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art.

[Discussion]
NISHIKI Hitoshi, Prof., Niigata Univ.; HARADA Nobuo, Prof., Kokushikan Univ.; Pascal GRIOLET, Assoc. Prof. ONALCO; SHIRAHATA Yozaburo, Prof. IRCJS

 USHIMURA Kei,
Prof., IRCJS		 Feb. 27, 2010
Public Symposium Lecture

Pan Pacific Environmental Changes and Civilizations [Keynote Lecture]
“The New Civilization in the Future Seen in the Celebration of Life”

[Lectures]
1. “Life Civilization in the Pacific Rim: from the Yangtze River Civilization to the Pacific Rim Civilization”

2. “Counting 50,000 Stripes and 500,000 Grains: The Frontier of High Resolution Climate Reconstruction”

3. “Pan Pacific Environmental Changes and Civilizations: The Rise and Fall of Maya Civilization and Its Historical Lessons”

[Keynote Lecture]

SUZUKI Kan, Senior Vice Minister, Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology

[Lectures]

1. YASUDA Yoshinori, Prof., IRCJS

2. NAKAGAWA Takeshi, Prof., Newcastle Univ.

3. AOYAMA Kazuo, Prof., Ibaragi Univ.

 NAKAI Tokutaro,
Director for Fiscal Investment and Loan Appropriation, Financial Bureau, Ministry of Finance;
KISHIMOTO Yoshio,
Director, Business Support Division, Small and Medium Enterprise Agency, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry Government of Japan;
YONENOBU Hitoshi,
Assoc. Prof., Naruto Univ. for Education;
SAKAI Masato,
Prof., Yamagata Univ. 		May 15, 2010
Public Symposium Lecture

Orient on Display: Conflicts between Self-Image and Western Expectations
1. "Oriental Guru and Modern Artist: A Sharing of Roles in Postwar U.S. Art"

2. "Butoh: A Dance Experience to Recreate the Body beyond the East-West Dichotomies"

 1. Bert WINTHER-TAMAKI, Assoc. Prof., Department of Art History, Univ. of California, Irvine

2. Christine GREINER, Prof., Department of Languages of the Body, Catholic Univ. of Sao Paulo 		INAGA Shigemi,
Prof., IRCJS		 Nov. 10, 2010
Public Symposium Lecture

Ancient Civilizations and Reverence for the Sun
1. “The Eternal Voyage of the Sun: Cosmology in Prehistoric Scandinavia and Germany”
2. “Sun Worship in Ancient Ireland”
3. “Sun Worship in the Yangtze River Civilization”
4. “Origins of the Gods: Nature, Politics and Religion”
5. “The Sun and Calendars Among the Ancient Maya and Aztecs”

 1. Ingelise STUIJTS, Environmental Scientist/Archaeobotanist, The Discovery Programme
2. Michael O’CONNELL, Prof., National Univ. of Ireland, Galway
3. YASUDA Yoshinori, Prof., IRCJS
4. Fekri HASSAN, Prof. Emeritus, Univ. College London
5. AOYAMA Kazuo, Prof., Ibaraki Univ. 		YASUDA Yoshinori, Prof., IRCJS Dec. 3, 2010
Public Symposium Lecture

Buddhism and Peace
1. “Pacifism and Social Engagement of Buddhism”
2. “Buddhism and Peace: The Path Toward Renewal”

 [Speaker]
1. Ranjana MUKHOPADHYAYA, Assoc. Prof., Univ. of Delhi
2. Brian VICTORIA, Prof., Antioch Univ.

[Commentator]
INOUE Shoichi, Prof., IRCJS		 SUEKI Fumihiko, Prof., IRCJS Oct. 15, 2011

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