11013001 Starvation, destitution, and environmental affairs: the issues threating world peace

Hiroshima University Syllabus

Japanese

Academic Year 2025Year School/Graduate School Liberal Arts Education Program

Lecture Code 11013001 Subject Classification Peace Science Courses

Subject Name 飢餓・貧困・環境問題からみた平和学

Subject Name
（Katakana）キガ・ヒンコン・カンキョウモンダイカラミタヘイワガク

Subject Name in
English Starvation, destitution, and environmental affairs: the issues threating world peace

Instructor KAWAI KIYOSHI,KAWAI KOICHIRO

Instructor
(Katakana) カワイ　キヨシ,カワイ　コウイチロウ

Campus Higashi-Hiroshima Semester/Term 1st-Year, First Semester, 2Term

Days, Periods, and Classrooms (2T) Mon5-8：IAS K110

Lesson Style Lecture Lesson Style
(More Details) Face-to-face

Lecture, using PC slide
Detailed information will be given at the first lecture or via My momiji.
Face-to-face classes in principle.

Credits 2.0 Class Hours/Week 4 Language of Instruction J : Japanese

Course Level 1 : Undergraduate Introductory

Course Area（Area） 21 : Fundamental Competencies for Working Persons

Course Area（Discipline） 02 : Peace Education

Eligible Students Freshman, all departments.

Keywords Population growth, Environmental destruction, food-crisis, hunger, conflict, World Food Programme, JICA

Special Subject for Teacher Education 　 Special Subject 　

Class Status within
Liberal Arts Education Peace building lectures
Expected Outcome 1. To be able to think about peace from multiple perspectives and express their own opinions.
2. To understand and be able to explain various factors that prevent peace and the complex aspects involved, including conflicts between ideology and reality.

Class Objectives
/Class Outline Our world is now encountering many conflicts caused by starvations, destitutions, and environmental affairs, which are all threatening peace. In this lecture, current status of these issues will be understood, especially by contrasting with food-production. Also, as measures to counter these threats, activities by WORLD FOOD PROGRAMME and JAPAN INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION AGENCY will be explained by the lecturers invited from these organizations.

Class Schedule lesson1 Unbalance distribution of resources among worlds (game) (JICA)
lesson2 Circumstances of starvation, destitution and environmental problems in the world (JICA)
lesson3 Starvation, destitution and environmental problems, and world peace(Koichiro Kawai)
lesson4 Importance of biodiversity (Koichiro Kawai)
lesson5 Food problem from fishery production1 (Takeshi Tomiyama)
lesson6 Food problem from fishery production2 (Takeshi Tomiyama)
lesson7 Solution of food and environmental problems by fishery production (Takeshi Tomiyama)
lesson8 Food problem from livestock production1 (Taketo Obitsu)
lesson9 Food problem from livestock production2 (Taketo Obitsu)
lesson10 Solution of food and environmental problems by livestock production (Taketo Obitsu)
lesson11 Food problem from crop production1 (Hirofumi Saneoka)
lesson12 Food problem from crop production2 (Hirofumi Saneoka)
lesson13 Food problem from crop production3 (Hirofumi Saneoka)
lesson14 Starvation, destitution, and environmental affairs from applied biological science1 (Masahide Nishibori)
lesson15 Starvation, destitution, and environmental affairs from applied biological science2 (Masahide Nishibori)

Brief reports will be assigned on almost every lessons.

Text/Reference
Books,etc. Handouts will be distributed

PC or AV used in
Class,etc. moodle

(More Details) PC-slide, PC video

Learning techniques to be incorporated

Suggestions on
Preparation and
Review Students should be interested in the relating topics, and primarily lean from various media.

Requirements

Grading Method Assignment including attitude in participation to each class (80%) and full-report (20%). As a common requirement through the all peace-building lectures, the full-report will be assigned after visiting to peace-monument or viewing peace-related videos, and if not, credit will not be given.

Practical Experience

Summary of Practical Experience and Class Contents based on it

Message

Other You are required to submit a report entitled "My Approach to Peace" as a common assignment for Peace Science Courses. When you fail to submit the report, the credits will not be awarded.
【Period of the report submission】
The 2nd term course--> from June 30th to July 14th
The 3rd term course--> from October 27th to November 10th
Night program course--> Follow teachers’ instructions
See the link below for further details.
https://momiji.hiroshima-u.ac.jp/momiji-top/en/learning/kyouyou/peace_science_courses.html
In case the number of registered students exceed the upper limit, a computerized random selection will be carried out.

Please fill in the class improvement questionnaire which is carried out on all classes.
Instructors will reflect on your feedback and utilize the information for improving their teaching.

Academic Year	2025Year	School/Graduate School	Liberal Arts Education Program
Lecture Code	11013001	Subject Classification	Peace Science Courses
Subject Name	飢餓・貧困・環境問題からみた平和学
Subject Name （Katakana）	キガ・ヒンコン・カンキョウモンダイカラミタヘイワガク
Subject Name in English	Starvation, destitution, and environmental affairs: the issues threating world peace
Instructor	KAWAI KIYOSHI,KAWAI KOICHIRO
Instructor (Katakana)	カワイ　キヨシ,カワイ　コウイチロウ
Campus	Higashi-Hiroshima	Semester/Term	1st-Year, First Semester, 2Term
Days, Periods, and Classrooms	(2T) Mon5-8：IAS K110
Lesson Style	Lecture	Lesson Style (More Details)	Face-to-face
Lecture, using PC slide Detailed information will be given at the first lecture or via My momiji. Face-to-face classes in principle.
Credits	2.0	Class Hours/Week	4	Language of Instruction	J : Japanese
Course Level	1 : Undergraduate Introductory
Course Area（Area）	21 : Fundamental Competencies for Working Persons
Course Area（Discipline）	02 : Peace Education
Eligible Students	Freshman, all departments.
Keywords	Population growth, Environmental destruction, food-crisis, hunger, conflict, World Food Programme, JICA
Special Subject for Teacher Education		Special Subject
Class Status within Liberal Arts Education	Peace building lectures
Expected Outcome	1. To be able to think about peace from multiple perspectives and express their own opinions. 2. To understand and be able to explain various factors that prevent peace and the complex aspects involved, including conflicts between ideology and reality.
Class Objectives /Class Outline	Our world is now encountering many conflicts caused by starvations, destitutions, and environmental affairs, which are all threatening peace. In this lecture, current status of these issues will be understood, especially by contrasting with food-production. Also, as measures to counter these threats, activities by WORLD FOOD PROGRAMME and JAPAN INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION AGENCY will be explained by the lecturers invited from these organizations.
Class Schedule	lesson1 Unbalance distribution of resources among worlds (game) (JICA) lesson2 Circumstances of starvation, destitution and environmental problems in the world (JICA) lesson3 Starvation, destitution and environmental problems, and world peace(Koichiro Kawai) lesson4 Importance of biodiversity (Koichiro Kawai) lesson5 Food problem from fishery production1 (Takeshi Tomiyama) lesson6 Food problem from fishery production2 (Takeshi Tomiyama) lesson7 Solution of food and environmental problems by fishery production (Takeshi Tomiyama) lesson8 Food problem from livestock production1 (Taketo Obitsu) lesson9 Food problem from livestock production2 (Taketo Obitsu) lesson10 Solution of food and environmental problems by livestock production (Taketo Obitsu) lesson11 Food problem from crop production1 (Hirofumi Saneoka) lesson12 Food problem from crop production2 (Hirofumi Saneoka) lesson13 Food problem from crop production3 (Hirofumi Saneoka) lesson14 Starvation, destitution, and environmental affairs from applied biological science1 (Masahide Nishibori) lesson15 Starvation, destitution, and environmental affairs from applied biological science2 (Masahide Nishibori) Brief reports will be assigned on almost every lessons.
Text/Reference Books,etc.	Handouts will be distributed
PC or AV used in Class,etc.	moodle
(More Details)	PC-slide, PC video
Learning techniques to be incorporated
Suggestions on Preparation and Review	Students should be interested in the relating topics, and primarily lean from various media.
Requirements
Grading Method	Assignment including attitude in participation to each class (80%) and full-report (20%). As a common requirement through the all peace-building lectures, the full-report will be assigned after visiting to peace-monument or viewing peace-related videos, and if not, credit will not be given.
Practical Experience
Summary of Practical Experience and Class Contents based on it
Message
Other	You are required to submit a report entitled "My Approach to Peace" as a common assignment for Peace Science Courses. When you fail to submit the report, the credits will not be awarded. 【Period of the report submission】 The 2nd term course--> from June 30th to July 14th The 3rd term course--> from October 27th to November 10th Night program course--> Follow teachers’ instructions See the link below for further details. https://momiji.hiroshima-u.ac.jp/momiji-top/en/learning/kyouyou/peace_science_courses.html In case the number of registered students exceed the upper limit, a computerized random selection will be carried out.
Please fill in the class improvement questionnaire which is carried out on all classes. Instructors will reflect on your feedback and utilize the information for improving their teaching.

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