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HISTORY

Activity
History

活動履歴

Past activities of the Consciousness Research Foundation, newest first.
Events listed under “Upcoming” on the top page move here automatically once they are over.

2026

10.24–10.25Sat–Sun

Conference 2026 “Machine Consciousness”

Tokyo Midtown (Roppongi, Tokyo) | Free online streaming
Conference report (Japanese) →

9.26Sat

Kenji Miyazawa Reading Group, No. 20

Record (Japanese) →

9.25–9.28Fri–Mon

Meditation Retreat for Researchers 2026

Hotaka Yojoen (Azumino, Nagano) | Teacher: Issho Fujita | Organized by the Meditation Psychology Research Project, in cooperation with CRF
Buddhism and Consciousness project (Japanese) →

9.23Wed

Nobuhara Seminar, Session 1: “The Temptation of Mind–Body Dualism”

Online (Zoom) | Lecturer: Yukihiro Nobuhara (Professor Emeritus, The University of Tokyo)
AI summary (Japanese) →About the seminar (Japanese) →

9.16–9.17Wed–Thu

Bergson Reading Group, No. 20 (retreat)

Hokuto, Yamanashi (day 2 at the CRF Forest)
Record (Japanese) →

9.4–9.154 sessions

Buddhist Epistemology for Understanding Visualization (Part 2, 4 sessions)

Online (Zoom) | In English with Japanese interpretation | Organized by the Meditation Psychology Research Project, in cooperation with CRF
Buddhism and Consciousness project (Japanese) →

8.22Sat

Kenji Miyazawa Reading Group, No. 19

Record (Japanese) →

Aug

FOREST Gathering

CRF Forest (Hokuto, Yamanashi)
The CRF Forest (Japanese) →

7.25Sat

Kenji Miyazawa Reading Group, No. 18

Record (Japanese) →

7.14Tue

Bergson Reading Group, No. 19

Record (Japanese) →

6.20Sat

Kenji Miyazawa Reading Group, No. 17

Record (Japanese) →

6.9Tue

Bergson Reading Group, No. 18

Record (Japanese) →

5.30Sat

Kenji Miyazawa Symposium

Consciousness and Satoyama project
Consciousness and Satoyama project (Japanese) →

5.12Tue

Bergson Reading Group, No. 17

Record (Japanese) →

4.25Sat

Kenji Miyazawa Reading Group, No. 16

Record (Japanese) →

4.6Mon

Bergson Reading Group, No. 16

Record (Japanese) →

4.5Sun

Kenji Miyazawa Reading Group, No. 15

Record (Japanese) →

3.2Mon

Bergson Reading Group, No. 15

Record (Japanese) →

2.28Sat

Kenji Miyazawa Reading Group, No. 14

Record (Japanese) →

2.2Mon

Bergson Reading Group, No. 14

Record (Japanese) →

1.24Sat

Kenji Miyazawa Reading Group, No. 13

Record (Japanese) →

1.12Mon

Bergson Reading Group, No. 13

Record (Japanese) →

2025

12.27Sat

Kenji Miyazawa Reading Group, No. 12

Record (Japanese) →

12.1Mon

Bergson Reading Group, No. 12

Record (Japanese) →

11.28Fri

Kenji Miyazawa Reading Group, No. 11

Record (Japanese) →

11.17Mon

Bergson Reading Group, No. 11

Record (Japanese) →

10.10–10.11Fri–Sat

Kenji Miyazawa Reading Group, No. 10 (retreat)

Takahata, Yamagata
Record (Japanese) →

10.3–10.6Fri–Mon

Meditation Retreat for Researchers 2025

Hitsuki Club (Shizuoka) | Co-hosted with Ritsumeikan University
Report (note, Japanese) ↗

10.1–10.4Wed–Sat

International conference Models of Consciousness 6 (MoC6)

Hokkaido University (Sapporo) | First held in Asia
2025 international conference report (Japanese) →

9.26Fri

Kenji Miyazawa Reading Group, No. 9

Record (Japanese) →

9.18–9.19Thu–Fri

Bergson Reading Group, Nos. 9–10 (retreat)

Hokuto, Yamanashi
Record (Japanese) →

8.22Fri

Kenji Miyazawa Reading Group, No. 8

Record (Japanese) →

8.4Mon

Bergson Reading Group, No. 8

Record (Japanese) →

7.25Fri

Kenji Miyazawa Reading Group, No. 7

Record (Japanese) →

7.7Mon

Bergson Reading Group, No. 7

Record (Japanese) →

6.27Fri

Kenji Miyazawa Reading Group, No. 6

Record (Japanese) →

6.9Mon

Bergson Reading Group, No. 6

Record (Japanese) →

5.30Fri

Kenji Miyazawa Reading Group, No. 5

Record (Japanese) →

5.12Mon

Bergson Reading Group, No. 5

Record (Japanese) →

4.25Fri

Kenji Miyazawa Reading Group, No. 4

Record (Japanese) →

4.14Mon

Bergson Reading Group, No. 4

Record (Japanese) →

3.28Fri

Kenji Miyazawa Reading Group, No. 3

Record (Japanese) →

3.10Mon

Bergson Reading Group, No. 3

Record (Japanese) →

2.28Fri

Kenji Miyazawa Reading Group, No. 2

Record (Japanese) →

2.10Mon

Bergson Reading Group, No. 2

Record (Japanese) →

1.31Fri

Kenji Miyazawa Reading Group, No. 1

Record (Japanese) →

1.16Thu

Bergson Reading Group, No. 1

Record (Japanese) →

2023

12.13Wed

Research meeting “Mindfulness,” session 3

Speaker: Masahiro Fujino (NTT Communication Science Laboratories)
Report (Japanese) →

11.8Wed

Research meeting “Mindfulness,” session 2

Speaker: Masahiro Fujino (NTT Communication Science Laboratories)
Report (Japanese) →

10.11Wed

Research meeting “Mindfulness,” session 1

Speaker: Masahiro Fujino (NTT Communication Science Laboratories)
Report (Japanese) →

9.20Wed

Research meeting “Well-being and Technology,” session 3

Speaker: Junji Watanabe (NTT Communication Science Laboratories)
Report (Japanese) →

8.22Tue

Research meeting “Well-being and Technology,” session 2

Speaker: Junji Watanabe (NTT Communication Science Laboratories)
Report (Japanese) →

7.28Fri

Research meeting “Well-being and Technology,” session 1

Speaker: Junji Watanabe (NTT Communication Science Laboratories)
Report (Japanese) →

6.13Tue

Research meeting “Mind Uploading,” session 3

Speaker: Masataka Watanabe (The University of Tokyo)
Report (Japanese) →

5.12Fri

Research meeting “Mind Uploading,” session 2

Speaker: Masataka Watanabe (The University of Tokyo)
Report (Japanese) →

4.11Tue

Research meeting “Mind Uploading,” session 1

Speaker: Masataka Watanabe (The University of Tokyo)
Report (Japanese) →

For an overview of our activities in fiscal 2023–2025, see Activities on the top page and the business reports for fiscal 2025 and fiscal 2024 (Japanese).