On 4-5-6 August, a delegation from PEN-International attended the 8th Asia-Pacific Congress on Deafness. Professor Clymer presented a paper regarding PEN-International that was co-authored by Director Bao and Mr. Zhang of Tianjin University of Technology, Professor Araki of Tsukuba College of Technology and himself. The conference was also attended by Mr. Ishii and Ms. Okawara, PEN-International project officers from The Nippon Foundation.