Co-creating Cultures for the Future Week
The Power of JICA volunteers
-Change the World, Change Japan-
The Second session：Creation of a Multicultural and Inclusive Society
Japan International Cooperation Agency
Over the past 60 years, more than 56,000 Japanese have been dispatched to 99 developing countries to work as Japan Overseas Cooperation Volunteer(JICA Volunteers) for two years. After returning to Japan, many EX-volunteers contribute to solving social and global issues in Japan. Today we have two sessions with EX-volunteers, experts and local goverments to explore what can do to revitalize local communities and realize a multicultural and inclusive society.
Discussion
- Local community revitalisation
- Others
- Multicultural coexistence
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Participation Programme
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2025.04.25[Fri]
14:00 ～ 16:00
(Venue Open 13:30)
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- Theme Weeks Studio
Programme details
Number of the migrant workers in Japan has increased year by year to more than 2 million people in 2023. It is becoming necessary to create a multicultural and inclusive society where people from various countries and Japanese people can work and live together. Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), an incorporated administrative agency in charge of implementing ODA, is supporting socioeconomic development in developing countries in different regions of the world. JICA Volunteers program will celebrate its 60th Anniversary in 2025, and more than 56,000 JICA volunteers have been dispatched to date and worked with local people to solve problems in their communities in 99 countries and regions. It is precisely because they have spent two years in developing countries as minority foreigners that they can contribute to the creation of a multicultural and inclusive society in Japan.
Through two sessions of panel talks, we will discuss how JICA Volunteers have contributed to the internationalization of the local communities in Japan after their return to their home region, and what role Ex-Volunteers can play in building a multicultural society.
The First session (from 10:30 to 12:30 tentative): Promoting Regional Internationalization
The Second session (fromt14:00 to 16:00 tentative): Creation of a Multicultural and Inclusive Society
Cast
Moderator
Mr. Hideharu Tachibana
Director General of the Secretariat of Japan Overseas Cooperation Volunteers, Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA)
After graduating from university, he worked at a financial institution and then he was dispatched to Indonesia as the JICA Volunteer.
After returning to Japan and joining the JICA, he held various positions including Deputy Director of the JICA US Office, Director of the General Planning Division, and Director of the Innovation and SDGs Promotion Office. In December 2022, he was appointed as the Director General of the Secretariat of Japan Overseas Cooperation Volunteers, a position he holds to this day. He is the editor and author of the book “GLOCAL INNOVATORs who change society through empathy”.
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Speakers
Ms. Sahel Rosa
Actress, EXCELLING inc.
Born in Iran, she spent the first seven years of her life in an orphanage before moving to Japan at the age of eight. After playing the lead role in “The Respectful Prostitute”, she won the Best Actress Award at the Milan International Film Festival for her performance in “Cold Floor”. Her directorial debut film, “Hanataba”, was released in 2024. Furthermore, she is actively involved in personal philanthropic work and was awarded the Humanitarian Award in the U.S. in 2020.
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Mr. Toru Taya
Representative Director, Noen Taya Farm
M.A. (Rural Sociology), Institut Pertanian Bogor University (IPB), Indonesia. He participated in JICA Volunteer program and he was dispatched to Indonesia in 1997. After returning to Japan, he started farming in Fukui Prefecture in 2006 and has been accepting Indonesian technical intern trainees since 2008. For more than 15 years, he has been implementing initiatives to simultaneously realize the growth of Indonesian youth and secure workers for local agriculture, and his efforts have become a model for others to follow. Received the 8th JICA President Award.
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Ms. Nii Midori
NPO Citizen’s Network for Global Activities (CINGA)
At NPO “CINGA (Citizen’s Networks for Global Activities)” a professional group specialized in multilingualism and multiculturalism, she organized community-based Japanese Language classes and delivers counseling for foreign residents, works as a community interpreter, and conducts research and coordinates projects in the areas of “YASASHII Japanese (easy Japanese) ”. After working at the Center for Multilingual Multicultural Education and Research, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies, she has been in her current position since 2011.
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Co-creating Cultures for the Future Week
The Power of JICA volunteers
-Change the World, Change Japan-
The Second session：Creation of a Multicultural and Inclusive Society
Over the past 60 years, more than 56,000 Japanese have been dispatched to 99 developing countries to work as Japan Overseas Cooperation Volunteer(JICA Volunteers) for two years. After returning to Japan, many EX-volunteers contribute to solving social and global issues in Japan. Today we have two sessions with EX-volunteers, experts and local goverments to explore what can do to revitalize local communities and realize a multicultural and inclusive society.
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2025.04.25[Fri]
14:00～16:00
(Venue Open 13:30)
- Theme Weeks Studio
- * Programme times and content are subject to change. Any changes will be announced on this website and via the ticket booking system.
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