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The English version of the 鄭rticle 9 Association?Bulletin and News This is the translated version of the Japanese edition (No.178 dated December 8th, 2013). It is published by Katsuyuki Nara and Sarah Brock of the New English Teachers Association (or Shin-Eiken) (/). The translations are on our own． Updated January26th, 2014 　 　　　　　　　　 English version No.112 Impact and excitement! A9A 5th all-Japan Convention and Interchange Meeting 600 people from all over Japan A9A 5th all-Japan Convention and Interchange Meeting was held in Nihon Education Hall, Chiyoda, Tokyo, on November16th. 600 people attended from all over Japan to experience heated debate and intense interactions. Komori Yoichi began the meeting with an opening speech, and the founders Okudaira Yasuhiro, Sawachi Hisae, and Oe Kenzaburo spoke. Next was Hiroshima A9A group leader IshiguchiToshikazu who spoke about the large pamphlet given out all over Hiroshima Prefecture. Then came Miyagi Prefecture A9A leader Mori Hisakazu who reported on the Mayor’s A9A expansion around Japan, followed by the Ochiai-Nakai (Shinjuku, Tokyo) A9A leader Kimura Takashi’s report about the 100-plus study sessions sponsored by the group. Chuo University A9A leader Aoyama Kohei spoke about Peace Night 9 on December 10th, and invited people to participate and assist. The first Symposium plan is a ‘hit’ In the afternoon at the Interchange Meeting, A9A held a symposium, the first time this has been tried at the national meeting. The theme was the Constitution and the Right to Collective Self Defense. Meiji University Professor Urata Ichiro and former Vice Minister of the Interior Yanagisawa Kyoji were panelists, with Watanabe Osamu as moderator. The two panelists of such different background and personality produced statements very stimulating for the audience, and afterwards the general manager was told among other impressions that the event ‘was a hit, wasn’t it?’ Then participants split into five g