As part of its fiscal 2014 plans for projects of joint international research, the Center for Obsidian and Lithic Studies (located in the town of Nagawa, Nagano Prefecture; Director: Dr. Akira Ono, Specially Appointed Professor, Organization for the Strategic Coordination of Research and Intellectual Property) held a workshop over the period September 18–29. It invited ten young researchers in the field of obsidian from nine countries around the world to take part in the workshop.
