The proceedings of the symposium on Nuclear Collective Motion and Nuclear Reaction Dynamics is dedicated to three main areas: to survey the present state of studies in nuclear collective motion and nuclear reaction dynamics, to study the possible future directions of these two topics and to commemorate the work of the late Taro Tamura.

The RIKEN Symposium was held in December of 1989 with 3 main goals in mind. The first goal was to survey the present status of studies in nuclear collective motion and nuclear reaction dynamics. The second goal was to look into future directions of the two topics. The third goal of the Symposium was to commemorate the work of the late Professor Taro Tamura.

The scope of the international meeting covered a broad range of the recent developments in nuclear physics, from heavy-ion collisions from Coulomb barrier through relativisitc energies (using stable and radioactive beams), to some applications of nuclear physics and other research fields. The lectures given at the meeting range from the most recent progress to future prospects in nuclear physics research.This volume focuses on recent developments in nuclear physics, with emphasis on the investigation of processes connected with large-amplitude collective motion in nuclei, such as heavy-ion fusion, giant multipole resonances, and nuclear fission and fragmentation.

The RIKEN Symposium was held in December of 1989 with 3 main goals in mind. The first goal was to survey the present status of studies in nuclear collective motion and nuclear reaction dynamics. The second goal was to look into future directions of the two topics. The third goal of the Symposium was to commemorate the work of the late Professor Taro Tamura.

"New Trends in Nuclear Collective Dynamics" emphasizes research toward understanding collective and statistical aspects of nuclear dynamics. Well-known lecturers from centers of nuclear research present reviews of recent developments. The topics covered are: -order and chaos in finite quantum systems -dissipation in heavy-ion collisions -collective motionsin warm nuclei -time-dependent mean-field theory with collision terms -nuclear fission and multi-dimensional tunneling -large-scale collective motion