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Report: Japan-Korea Youth Conference 2012 (September 5, 2012）
Japan-Korea Youth Conference 2012, a joint program by YWCAs of Japan and
Korea, took place from 24th to 27th August 2012 in Minamata city, Kumamoto
Prefecture, Japan, with 41 participants.
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The theme for this year’s Conference is “Nuclear Energy”. The program included
a report about the nuclear accident in the TEPCO Fukushima nuclear power
plant, as well as reports about situations surrounding nuclear power in
Japan and Korea. The participants actively learned and discussed the social
structure surrounding nuclear power, and how it affects our lives and society.
They also took a fieldwork in Minamata city, including a visit to the Minamata
Disease Municipal Museum and lectures from Dr. Hanada from Kumamoto Gakuen
University, and Ms. Shinobu Sakamoto from the Collaboration Center for
Minamata Disease Victims. This enabled the participants to learn about
the famous industrial pollution-caused disease case and the struggles of
the affected patients. It was also an opportunity to address the common
issues shared by this problem and the nuclear issue.
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| Field trip in Minamata city |
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Discussing actions for the future |
The conference took place in the quiet mountains of Minamata area. During
break time and recreation time, the participants enjoyed playing in the
river, watching the star-filled sky, and traditional Japanese summer treats
such as fireworks and eating watermelon.
Finally, they got together to create “actions” to realize a nuclear-power
free society and just world. This was done by creative expressions such
as drama, campaign poster design, dancing and music. The outcomes of their
creation were presented in the closing day.
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| Presentation: Exchanging situations in Japan and Korea |
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Designing a campaign poster |
The participants from Japan and Korea promised with each other to spread
the actions they created in this conference back in their own communities,
as they bid farewell until the next conference.
Japan-Korea Youth Conference 2012 was funded by Mitsubishi UFJ Foundation,
Japan Fund for Global Environment, and Japan-Korea Cultural Foundation.
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