Ladies and gentlemen,
I thank the president of from South Korea, and National Balanced Development Committee,
for inviting me and my wife to this forum.
We the Taiwan government also consider Peace and balanced development between nations very important
Last weekend, there was an accident in Itaewon
On behalf of Taiwan government,
I send my deepest condolences to the Korean government and its nation
I hope the Koreans could get better very soon
from this tragedy
And lastly on behalf of Taiwan government
Taiwan stands with South Korea at this difficult time
Hello,
I am Kong Lingjun from Beijing, China.
And I am the founder of ‘Koncise’
I am greeting you all through this video
It's a shame
that I couldn’t attend this forum,
because of the COVID19
Hope the forum runs smoothly
And I am also honored that I have the opportunity here to
to introduce my company
Our company aims
to manufacture luxury goods in China
Our product is
is made with historical enamels
Enamels holds over 3,000 year history
And it also has been around 300 years since
the use of enamels on watches and accessories
The world's top
10 watch brands
have all released enamel-made watches and accessories
And all these watch and accessories is really an art piece
We have ran this business since 2008,
focused on the product development,
and successfully developed the best
enamel products
The technology we developed has been successful
in both Chinese watches and accessories
We've been attending Baselworld, the world's best clock fair
since 2015
Plus, when we first attend the fair,
our watch was put into the collection of National Watch Museum.
Furthermore, the City Hall from Basel,
and the biggest Chinese museum called Palace Museum
decided to put our watch to their collections.
We were able to have these honors
because of our special team
This team is made up of hearing impaired people
Some of the members are college students,
and some members
who worked at a bakery
and also who used to work at the hotel laundry
Others may see them as underpriviliged
They may be considered as lower working class
The way we, the Kong family, see is
that they are not different from us
With the mindset that benevolent people must love others,
We created this brand
With that mindset, we love this world,
We love the people around us
Therefore, with benevolentness,
We try our best to change this particular organization
We have shaped about 40 of
world-class porcelain enamel masters
As a result, we can show more enterprises,
more media and government
disabled people's new aspect that is different from the past
and history
For a recent decade,
Us, Kong people, have proved
the value of the disabled people
and hearing impaired
We indirectly affected nearly 3000 people with disabilities
We have let people with disabilities have a life full of the joys of spring
by hiring them as high quality laborer
Additionally,
in this world,
I hope more people with disabilities
to come out from their room
and not to get discouraged
just because they are disabled
to raise one's head and to puff their chest out
to walk on their own unique path
and to build their own unique future
Thank you
Hello, my name is Soin
I share chinese calligraphy, and I am an international cultural exchange supporter
and also an art teacher
Thank you for inviting me to International Forum on Peace & Balanced Development in Asia
I am so honored to be able to join this year
I am unable to be there physically,
however, thanks to advanced technology,
I am able to continue the multi-cultural communication among our region
The time flies very fast
The last time I visted Korea was in 2017
At that time, I attened an event called better together 2017 in Cheongju
The event was very successfull
and I still can't forget the experience
But, after the pandemic,
It looks like the form of international cultural exchange has been diversified tremendously
Education Activities in daily life also suffered from inconvenience due to the pandemic,
sometimes non-face-to-face, and sometimes face-to-face
we mixed those to continue the class
unfortunately, the global epidemic
suspended our international cultural exchange
we tried our best to communicate with one another
and tried to understand each others to sought for the common prosperity.
all of these are now ceased because of the pandemic
what hurts more is that the war is still happening
and many conflicts occur time to time
in addition to these, famines, and people's livelihoods are falling into chaos happens every single day.
After I received an invitation from this forum,
I have considered not only Asia but our world's peace and balanced development
I am very pleased and excited
that a lot of people not only thinking about the world's peace,
but witnessing that people are actually making an action for it.
Facing the changes of the global situations amidst the history,
sometimes we stay separated with our close friends and cousins
I was thinking what a person like me can do
and after considering what I can do, I have decided to spread the goods through the Chinese traditional painting and calligraphy.
In Chines culture, we considered the unity as a good influence throughout the thousands of years of history
take a look at this Chinese letter written in almost 2,000years ago, which contains the meaning of 'good'
this letter is formed with 'yang' and two 'eun'
In China, Yang stands for good, pure, and kindness
and the two 'eun' represents the communication between two person
combining all together, makes the meaning of 'having a good relationship with verbal communication'
rather I'm a child, parent, or teacher,
we all can practice ourselves to communicate and talk with good words.
Considering each other and embrace more
makes less fights, blames or conflicts
and is the way to solve problems together, not making it worse.
All the people around the world who has relations with our calligraphy studio
may stay in peace and be safe
or hope all of you are trying for our harmonious and peaceful life
and wish to practice in our daily life to spread the goods around us
Thank you and sincerely wish the best for all
Hello
Dear host and distinguished guests,
I am Phona from China
It is my great honor to receive an invitation from 2022 International Forum on Peace and Balanced Development in Asia
due to the pandemic,
it is very unfortunate that I couldn't personally visit South Korea to have more meaningful relationship with you guys
Like this, I have no choice but to carefully go through this forum online
and learn from you
I would like to introduce about Chinese public interests and management,
and social innovation practice
This project started by the public interest fund association which I founded in 2022
after founding the association, I realized I will not be able to find a right person to fit our association
because at that time, there were no public interest fund related majors in school.
I couldn't help myself but study in the UK, the United States and other countries
I had no choice but to interact with the people there
Then I realized that in the US and the UK
This kind of NGO 3rd party service is very professional
Found out that they were growing steadily
When I interacted with the Rockefeller family office in the United States,
The first thing that started this business in the United States was
I found out that I’m a member of this family office
After they set up the fund
At first, they couldn’t fund a professional manager
That’s why they asked the Rockefeller foundation’s professional organization to manage the fund
This is the very beginning of a public utility
After the time went by
This business has been successful
It is said that there is even a listed company in the United States that provides 3rd party services professionally
Through this, social values and economic values were obtained at once
These ideas gave me a great inspiration
After I returned to China in 2020, I established Beijing Usjuhang technology
With this specialized service, I was able to help many fundraisers
Solving problem of not finding a managerial talent
Now we’re talking about technology and public interest
Through a combination of education and public interest and finance and public interest
We are supplementing and supporting public utilities in many forms
Also, in a way that adds to the public interest of the industry
To help people running the business in various fields to find their expertise
Use the characteristics of business development to support public interest projects
In addition, innovation in our work as well as in donation
Especially material donation system we’ve created
Not only did it effectively address the donor’s inventory burden
It also helped raise donations from the fundraiser
In this process, we’re dealing with finance, ethics, logistics and etc
Everything in supple chain must be planned and connected
We’re also joined by Empson, an organization that’s currently actively growing
China recently hosted the 20th National Congress
They seem to have a lot of interest in public services
However the happiness of the people must be continued forever
The focus on the next step is on how the people
Focusing on whether gaining greater happiness and fulfillment
After all sectors solving the basic poverty problem
Need to increase the happiness of the people
Under the dual development requirement of common wealth and the people to pursue a happy life
I believe China’s public service business will develop furthermore
We’re specialized service provide
We will continue to grow and the size of the business will grow as well
So far, we’ve already established 7 branches in China
We provide service to over 50 organizations
There are over 9,000 foundations in China
We’ll set up more branches soon
To provide with more services to the fundraisers
It is our goal to make China’s public utility more active
Thank you
Hello
I’m the head of center, Yang Gwangrae
From Shanghai World Music Development Center
I’m happy to communicate
Through a video during COVID
Music is
A language
That can overcome the difference between a nation and a country
Through past 15 years
We have worked hard on creating multiculturalism musical festivals around China and Asia
It has began in 2008 World Exhibition
To this year
Creating and planning a global multiculturalism music festival
We’re getting more inspiration through this
Through music
We hope more people and nations
To be connected together
I hope the International Forum on Peace and balanced development in Asia
runs smoothly
We will wait for you guys to visit us in Shanghai, China
I hope we all make effort on peace on Asia, economic and cultural development
Together
We will be waiting for you guys in Shanghai, China
I mentioned earlier, the book made with people’s memories
I look forward for your kind cooperation
I’m Oishi Aruma
Firstly, my deep condolences to the Itaewon tragedy
I want to thank everyone who has given me this amazing opportunity
Thank you
I’m going to explain you about the local pride created by art
Many people might know that local art festivals are active in Japan
The most respectable art festival by Niigata and the international art festival by Wassetouchi
I believe there are more than 100 art festivals including these two
Out of all, Japanese art magazine
It has been selected as must see international festival 6000
Compare to the art festivals hosting in cities
It is only 1/10, 1/100 in the size of the budget
In terms of the appearance of countryside expressed as an art, it is proudly the best art festival in Japan
That’s the reason for the focus
Regional era is focused on both Korea and Japan
We need to create opportunities and identity in the provinces
We believe the art is the method to revive the local
I will be presenting with a theme of pride of the region created by art
I am chairman of the board of directors of an NPO corporation called Cross Media Shimada, which is responsible for local revitalization
After graduating from college, I went to the advertising agency and worked in Nagoya as a representative of a promotion company
I returned home and established NPO corporation
It’s been 10 years since the establishment
I have a wife and two kids
Gorgeous right?
My wife came with me today
I work together with my wife at NPO
In developing local community business, I think it should start with family
Because family is the smallest unit of the community
NPO business is
dealing with various things such as advertising the community’s history, people and culture
And providing educational opportunities for children to learn about society
Art is the main pillar of the developing local community
Shizuoka has Mountain Fuji, the highest mountain in Japan
And is abundant with teas and tangerines, a lot like Jeju Island
Even though there’s no ocean but it boasts warm weather and vast fields
Shimada city is located in the middle of Shizuoka and the Ōi River is crossing the city
Oi River used to connect Kyoto and Tokyo in Edo era and it was very rough path called Eastsea road
It’s because building bridges in Oi River was banned
So, when the river overflows, travelers had to stay in the area for days
Because of that, the resources and culture had been impacted by travelers
Thanks to that, the area became a place that has built a history along with Oi River
Oigawa Railway is the railway that has build alongside the Oi River
The unmanned station was selected as the stage of the art festival
Shimada city in not the only one that faces many difficulties in Japan
There’s concurrent urbanization and depopulation
And rural area is suffering from aging population
As a result, local community has been weakened
The local infrastructure that supports the community is changing a lot
For railways, there’s increasing number of unmanned station starting with the areas suffering from depopulation
I think the word ‘unmanned’ is the symbol of modern society
In rural area, depopulation leads to unmanned system
In big cities, efficiency and informatization results in unmanned stores and stations
unmanned system is spreading simultaneously in rural area and the bit cities
One more thing, we found new unmanned system
That’s cities all over the world has become unmanned because of the Covid-19
The word ‘unmanned’ that symbolize modern society
And this art festival held in unmanned station
It creates values of interactions between
artists, local residents and tourists meeting and communicating in the festival
As you can see in this logo, erase the word ‘unmanned’
And challenge the question that if there’s more value in the interactions between the visitors and local residents
The art festival has been held annually since 2018 and now there’s 5 festivals held so far
Here’s the newest documentary video
I’ll explain a little bit because there’s no audio due to technical problems
This is a performance, a project that pursues creating kabuki with local residents
The artist named Mori Shigeya is leading the project
This is the artist ‘Likigousan’ named ‘Wataru Negai’
It’s a project re-establishing the area called ‘Banyado’ that
couldn’t be crossed Oi River before
This shows different local residents spreading from
an unmanned station named ‘Higiri’
This station was rebuilt with 400 bamboo logs
creating a place where people can gather
This is a car made with bamboo where the artist hop on and off
Also, there’s a performance by an artist using bamboo
that’s not accessible with hands
There’s a session for musicians playing together inside of the unmanned station
Train runs in sunny day
This is called ‘Kugurikobuchi’
An artist heard a story about local residents putting traps to catch wild birds
so this was created in the view of the artist watching the trap
There’s ‘Satogoshigan’, an amazing art piece in the unmanned station
This piece wonders around houses and comes back to the station
This is a marvelous globe built in tea plantation
Local residents maintain it and put it outside when it’s not raining
An artist created ‘Curtain in tea plantation’. It provides resting place in the start point of the tea plantation
An artist, Dakaki Kaoru, created this ‘Misuhiki’ using tools that is used for celebration
An artist found this deserted barn interesting and
It's a work that expresses the fictional story of God coming down here
This is ‘Unmanned station book store’. An artist researched memories of the station
For about a month and made the story into a book
This is local festival and there’s a dance named ‘shikanmai’, also called ‘Kagura’
An artist revised it in a modern way and as you can see it is being performed
As you can see in the screen, one of the artists made a bridge
in Oi River with local residents
The artist believes that the children who participated in building the bridge will remember this for the rest of their lives
Yes, thank you
Oi River railway is famous for its touristic tracks
Sorry, hold on
But 16 stations out of 20 is unmanned stations
In another words, there’s only 4 stations that’s very busy with tourists
and other places are rarely visited
Modern artists stay those stations and research and present their art work
The most important thing is that which distinctive features were found in the view of artists
For example, there’s performance focusing on dragon which is a legend of Oi River
An artist focusing on a tea plantation and making an interesting art piece
or transforming the station into a fortune teller’s shop
Turning once a deserted place into an artwork attraction to attract people
Artists have different views than most people like us
They visualize the charm, project and places in an unexpected way which local residents couldn’t find attractive before
And artists made a huge discovery
And that is the local residents
As they communicate with local residents through co-op art project and accommodation support
Artists found that that most important resource
in the regions is local residents
As a result, local residents are appearing in the expression of the artists
A video project where they appear
Guys turning into models for the fashion show
The expression of artists is coming close to local residents
But these old men are in their 60s and 70s who doesn’t know anything about art or gallery
When artists are doing their project, these men just came up and helped them
And the artists started calling them fairies at some point
These old men called fairies became an iconic figures in the art festival
This once-called ‘unmanned’ region is noticeably changing through art projects
Not just as a tourist attraction, people all over the nation
The biggest change happened in people's mind
Local residents who said there was nothing in their area
Started to rediscover the area themselves and began to take pride in the area
Each of the charms, beautiful scenery, way of life, and dialect of their region is
Being recognized by artists and visitors, creating a new identity
Now, they are actively drinking together to welcome outside people and enjoying the art festival together
This is proof that unmanned area is being noticed
It is important to attract people to the countryside
But before that, Bringing pride or identity to local residents is top priority
Otherwise, no matter how many people visit, it is hard for them to adapt
In order to save the region, I think it is important to start activities within the region first
As well as attention from outside
I think opening a local area means
That residents are proud and create their own area
Even after the art festival is over, we are continuing to save the local area
The guest house, the only accommodation in the region, will be launched next month
And local residents and artists are working together on a project to walk along the mountain path while watching art
In June, they're making a forest where we can see fireflies
This weekend, about 50 people from outside will participate as a workshop in the tea field
There is a perception within the local area that the group of area includes not only the residents who live there
But also everyone who cares about the area
From that point of view, the group called the area has the potential to expand to infinity, not to be small
If the pride of the region created after five years of preparation is at the center
The economic and tourism effects will increase in the future
Currently, they are preparing to hold it for their sixth times
The next art festival is from February to March next year
It would be grateful if you come by
Artistic scenery and healthy old men called fairies will welcome you
By then, I hope that direct flights between Shizuoka and Seoul will be open
Also, if there is a place that wants to save the region through art, I think I would like to plan and proceed together
Thank you for listening
Nice to meet you
I am Yokoshi Tomoji from Irodori,Co., Ltd
I am grateful to see you
Recently, a bad accident occurred
And many people, including Japanese, died
I express my condolences and pray for the deceased
Although it was held in this situation
It is now an era in Japan where it is not unusual for any accidents
Such as various accidents and natural disasters to occur
It is often broadcast on TV that this has never happened
That it is unprecedented
That's how fast the environment and society changes
The same goes for this competition
Society is changing rapidly, so we need to change in a direction that fits the trend of the times
Should I call it reform? I think it's Kamikatsu that's changing Japan the most
The progress of the Kamikatsu is really attracting worldwide
It's strange to say it myself, but there are so many stories coming out of various media that even in Japan, everyone knows
And many people are gathering to learn from all over the world
Currently, A lot of students came on a school trip
Nowadays, students can learn and use their knowledge in their educational trip.
So, this could mean that it foretold the future.
First, It helps to develop regional resources in Japan.
I think this covers the best role in Japan which develops the regional resources.
Second one is the environmental problem.
‘Zero waste’, which was introduced by Korean presenter beforehand,
It's the most active city in Japan with Zero Waste
The recycle rate is about 80%.
Plus, there is no garbage truck or dump,
and all villagers bring their garbage to zero-waste center to distribute by 45.
and we especially keep the mountains clean in terms of environmental or sustainable matter.
In these days, woods from Japanese mountains aren’t sold that much,
so there are lots of problems like wild boars, deer hunting, landslides, or flood.
We are in the middle of serious problems
That’s why we determined to change the mountains
And we are challenging ourselves with that
The goal of our sustainable development is to make Japan the best in the world,
and make every city to be set digital.
I also think it's the best city in Japan in terms of using digital
Firstly, I'll talk about saving local resources
I am not from Kamikatsu
I was born in Tokushima City and heard that Kamikatsu wanted people from other regions
My father worked as a public servant, so he wanted me to become a public servant as well.
But even though I easily passed the test, my will of wanting
to do what I want was too strong that
I didn’t follow my father's wishes
and instead came to Kamikatsu
My father would always lecture me at night of how important
a stable job is and to make a lot of money
Nevertheless, I went for Kamikatsu, knowing I want to challenge myself
But as soon as I arrived, I knew so much was wrong
People had nothing to be proud of.
No self-love, and no pride.
and would always gossip
whenever they got together
Likewise, I thought there never would be any changes in this city.
I thought about changing the customs
That we have to change everything how it was done
Told everyone that everything needed to be changed
And I was told off my a lot of people
“So what can you do?”
They even told me to get out of the city
Then I realized that I needed their trust
not just words but I need to show them in action to get their trust and will then they would listen to me.
Additionally, their income was so low.
Their business for tangerines was not good,
also for agriculture,
and even for construction industry.
If they worked as a part-time job, all they got is minimum wage.
And I realized this is a hard environment to raise kids
When I went to the locals, a female resident told me that
she would like to sent her child to college even if she needs to skip meals
so she told me that it's okay for her to live in poverty
for her child
I kept those words in my mind
to create the infrastructure to make citizens live without any worries.
Plus, there is saying that ‘If we gather around, there will be nothing’.
You know,
I have said that everything in this region can be resources,
but no one has ever listened to me.
Therefore, I came up with selling leaves from mountains
and make a business for it.
Hatpa(leaf) is not well-known in South Korea,
but as with Japanese dish,
we put those leaves as toppings.
That’s the Japanese culture.
Nowadays, Japanese food are well known around the world that there are hundreds of thousands Japanese restaurants,
these leaves cannot be removed from traditional Japanese dish - it is industrialized.
And I thought this is it!
I thought this is what I can use as business,
so after I came from Osaka, watching some leaves in my dishes,
I suggested to everyone that we should sell leaves.
Everyone laughed at me
If leaves in the mountains can be sold, there will be a lot of stores throughout the countryside.
No one agreed with me, NO ONE.
In addition, Male villagers blamed me.
“Are you forcing us to beg?”
“Only poor people sell the products that have no profit.”
Then I said to them that regional resources are specialties.
and “do you even know how difficult it is if you collect leaves in Tokyo?”
No one has listened to me saying “we have to use regional things as regional resources”.
So that was the time to show people that my suggestion was correct.
I began to run the business.
Since 1986,
It has become a huge business and 80% of leaves are now produced in this city,
shipped out by airplane.
Many people around the world visit Japan to eat Japanese food because of low Yen currency rate
Plus, even Japanese now enjoys traveling around Japan and having foods by giving them discounts on their travels.
It really makes our business successful.
In the meantime, Japan is planning to make every city use digital technologies,
and our city is the most computer-using city in Japan.
I thought this 23 years ago.
When I visited Tokyo and went to a convenience store, I decided to implement this system in my region.
Choosing price to sell whenever, whatever, wherever I want.
I realized how important it is to a city.
When I got back to my city, I suggested people have computers.
As you know, there were no agreement.
“NO” was from Japan, its prefetures, city, and even from citizens.
Why they disagreed with it is that elders cannot use computers,
I mean people in the age over 80 literally CANNOT use computers.
But I knew that I can make them use it no matter what
They'll able to use it
The keyboard
Key on the keyboard uses Chinese characters of the mind (Japanese language play)
It's important that you want to press it and try it
I think the basic of IT technology is not to use it because it is convenient, but to press it because it is necessary
And this is the system that we're using now
There are about 800 farmers
They are not employees
Our company is receiving money for the contracted amount
Most people use computers, tablets, and smartphones
When people order, they use the Kintone system, which digitally sends order information to the country and then collects it again
And we communicate using LINE
This is the only system in Japan that recycles ICT throughout the region
It already exists in other groups
But I think Kamikatsu is the only place that is digitized by region
And there's another big goal
Right now, it's restricted to go out due to COVID
So we are going to focus on creating a community using digital technology
Digital community
After all, what is needed and what is changing
Things that are changing in today's society are updated here every day
The fact that I'm making a speech in Korea today has been updated on this community
Yokoishi is talking about the case of Japan in Korea. No matter where I am, there is no problem if I run it in one system
The most important thing about an information in a rural area is whether you know it or not
Knowing that person or not also acts as a very big hindrance to conversation
This system is being used in a number of points: everyone knows, everyone recognizes in common, and delivers what I don't know properly
And the Zero Waste that I mentioned. A Korean speaker also made an announcement
In Japan's most actively promoted city of zero waist
Garbage is distributed in 13 types and 45 ways
I am in charge of distributing garbage in two areas, Tokushima and Kamikatsu
If you ask me which one is more convenient, I say that Kamikatsu has a much better structure
It's because we can take out the trash every day and we don't have time limit
The amount of garbage that is discharged every day varies from person to person
Also, in places like companies, the amount varys from day to day
It is very convenient because it can be discharged even right now regardless of the day of the week
If the number 45 may feel like high number
But they are the number of household products, such as plastic bottles and lids
It's not hard to understand
And it's also very educational because, for example, if you take a newspaper,
it says how much money is going back to the city and how much it costs
You can see how much money is going back to the city
And how much it costs
It is very important to raise awareness of environmental issues and learn why they are necessary
I was surprised to come to Jeju Island. the city is very clean
The city was so clean that I wondered who was cleaning, but our city is also so clean
The reason is that the level of consciousness of the local residents is high, so they do not throw garbage anywhere
This is because we are practicing activities to make a clean city
This is very important
This is the Zero Waste Center
The building looks like a question mark.
Then what place would be in the dot part of question mark?
Actually, that is a hotel
The locals disagreed with it.
Why did they disagree with it?
“Who in the earth choose the place to stay nearby garbage dumps?” was the reason.
In fact, many people stay in this hotel.
It’s because people who study for environmental problem stay here.
You might be surprised when you see the price of it.
However, they choose to stay rather than thinking like “oh, it’s so expensive that I won’t stay in there”,
but they never think about the price because they chose to learn something here.
As you see the blueprint,
We won the grand price in Japan last year.
Old windows were collected from the citizens, and set into the hotel.
And for example, have you heard of ‘Hikidemono(a present for a visitor)’?
In Japan, after someone got hikidemono, he/she brings it in this place.
Anyone who needs it can take it,
and others like locals can take it for free.
At first, I thought the same, would there be people who would make and take this?
The answer is, “yes, they are”.
There even is a cycle between givers and takers, surprisingly.
Interesting, right? I never thought that this would work well at first,
and there were disagreements for hotel the locals,
and like “will there be any givers or even takers?”
This is the point that the new wave comes.
These days, at zero waste many youngsters come visit
There are a lot of people who is not from Kamikatsu
Hotel…I mean building housing facilities got delayed.
There are about 100 housing facilities, but it’s not enough.
More young people came to Kamikatsu to live.
I am also responsible for national strategy.
I work as a council member for Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries and Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications.
When Abe Shinzo was in the council, he addressed that he would make jobs and housing facilities.
That’s what I’ve suggested to him.
I am suggesting ‘digital country’ as well, but it’s difficult to make it.
I will go on 7th to suggest again.
Next, the mountains.
They are not well arranged.
After landslide, mountains got messed up.
It is a shame
When the precipitation per hour goes over 100ml, a mountain gets collapsed.
By that reason, mountains looks like hills made from asphalts, without any plants or even weeds.
After raining 100ml in an hour, a mountains collapsed
I was determined to solve this problem.
So I began to do something called ‘Irodoriyama’.
I want to revive a mountain and its nature.
The beginning is small, but the end will be great, I think.
Here comes a groundbreaking thing.
We made it to cut cedars
to make papers and cloth.
I love this, because
Japan has too many clothes that are being thrown away
I was surprised, too. I couldn't believe we throw away it this much
Clothes made with wood from the mountains
Are gone if you send it back to the mountains
I think this is really good
I'd like to do it by prefecture (administrative district of Japan)
The mountains of Kyoto use Kyoto trees and Tokyo uses Tokyo trees
It made me think that I want to make clothes using trees collected from various places
Toyota in Tokushima is using envelopes made from wood for their vehicle inspection
If you think about it like this, saying there are no resources
that's impossible. There are
It's not being recognized and is not making good use of it economically
I think this is the biggest cause of local decline
Have confidence and pride in living in the region
And each person carries out their confidence and pride with a place, a role, etc
There were one thing good about COVID
People got into the habit of thinking and acting on their own
One of Local's weaknesses are they are good at what they are given
they don't have the mindset to think about it themselfs and do it like this and that
But for about 40 years in Kamikatsu
There's always something one can do. You can do it because you are you
I think it's a challenge for the sustainable region that one has been continuing to be doing because they can
And there is only one final goal
How to settle young people
And how to get young people to save the community?
Not the size of the population. For example, if there are 2,000 people
I think 700 people each are ideal
It will be 2,100 people
The target is 30% of the elderly, 30% of the middle and 30% of the young
It's not the size, it's the balance
To keep a good balance
And that is what I want my ultimate goal to be
So we're hiring a lot of young people
If we have a chance, we will host
Kamikatsu, Tokushima, and Osaka Expo
So I hope you come to learn
I'm looking forward to seeing you all
Thank you
In Romania , instead of encouraging a lot of fertility in an autocratic country
They had a orphanage that would collectively accommodate children
Since they manage a lot of children at the orphanage
For the reason, that physical affection causes lack of independence
children were strictly prohibited of any physical affections
These children were later all adopted by people around the world
But no matter what country they went to, all the kids would cause problems, were no intelligent
Or fail to form social relationships and even leads to criminal problems
Psychologist say that it's a problem that occurs when attachments are not formed at a very young age
When they form an attachment, depending on how you look at yourself and others
It creates the adult attachment type that I mentioned earlier
When you look at the world and accurately look at yourself, then you are able to grow
Adult attachment types are basically formed in the relationship between caregiver when you are a child
However humans can create new attachment types through new social relationships
That is the community
When creating a trusted community, people grow from unstable attachment types to stable attachment types
Google has researched which team would perform the best
It’s a project called Aristotle
All teams have in common as a result of this project is that the commonality of all teams that perform well
is whether they have psychological stability or who they can feel comfortable with
Psychological stability is the first crucial key point to form a new community
After community needs are fulfilled, the next thing we need to solve is the need for safety
Only the people who has been recognized can create innovation
However first thing we need to overcome in our desire for recognition is the stability of the batter
When we were young, we were recognized when our parents complimented us
Therefore we think we can satisfy our necessary material and emotional exhaustion
That is why we believe parents' needs are our own needs
The moment one start to feel conscious about how others perceive them
Then one's self-esteem will collapse
I’d like to briefly talk about how self-esteem breakdowns affect innovation
There is a child who is mathematically smart
However, the kid is worried that if they get the question wrong they will get in trouble at home
While the other child is not so mathematically smart
However, the kid likes to find the answers to new questions
When we ask these two kids to choose their favorite math question
The first kid who is scared of being told by his parents will choose a question that they can answer
Where else the second kid who likes to answer new questions
Will choose a question that they think it’s a challenge for them
As the time goes by, who do you think will be better in mathematics
Obviously, the kid who likes the challenge themselves
We call this a fixed set of minds, the first time that innate competence is important and the outcome is important
We call growing mindset when you believe your efforts will change yourself
Stanford University has published a study
on how people with these two mindsets live
Of course, by post mortem effort rather than by one’s innate ability
People who believe that they have changed themselves have been able to create happier people and growth
If you want to have this growing mind set
Supporting the procedure rather than the result is needed
One more thing is that this cheering system is responsible for this role,
When a person grows up, it’s comfortable to stay still and when you try something new, you will fall into fear
When you overcome this fear and make your own ways
This person can make new creativity said the Psychologists
People with low self-esteem will give up instantly and return to the safe zone
Therefore when you want to learn new stuff and enter the era of growth, you will first need to overcome the land of fear
At Harvard University, they call it GRIT
When you feel happy after trying new things
When you are able to recover yourself from failure
People who work for their dreams on long terms will eventually end up well
Third method is metacognition
Metacognition is cognition on top of cognition
Then I think it will mean looking at my cognition from a higher place
Maslow saw that the biggest characteristic of the person who achieved self-realization was that he looked at others and the world objectively
He described it as non-cognitive, the same concept that psychologists have recently talked about as metacognitive
It refers to the ability to see yourself from the perspective of the world, not from your own perspective
How this metacognition occurs is that metacognition occurs mainly when explaining something to someone
So the learning methods need to be changed
Metacognition does not occur only by injecting existing knowledge. Metacognition occurs
When you understand your thoughts, discuss each other and create new things
And metacognition holders are people who have a virtuous cycle of implementation perspective
That makes plans, monitors their implementation processes, and reevaluates their subsequent content
And reintroduces them into their implementation
These people are very good at planning, execution, emotional control
And maintaining social relationships with others
Finally, the sense of calling. It means the normal distribution of innovation
Innovators create innovations, early adopters embrace them, and consequently the public embrace them
When we understand the characteristics of these innovators, we can raise them
A scholar named Simon Sinek did research on these innovators
Some people judge by purpose, some people judge by process
And some judge by specific results that are visible in front of them
Innovators are people who can judge by purpose
This is the world's first digital camera. The digital camera was made by a company called Kodak
But Kodak did not advance this innovation
Why? Kodak thought of itself as a film maker, and this digital camera was a film-free camera
But if Kodak thought it was doing something that would store people's memories and memories
I think it would have been very welcoming and pushing this innovation forward
So innovators have a calling. Through this calling
They shape their lives through the process of discovering and solving related problems so that people can live better lives
Now let's go back to the main point on of how to create innovative talent
First, you have to think about how to meet the low-level needs
We need to put resources into it
This is what Europe calls for a youth guarantee system
That guarantees society the entire process of young people entering society
And the second is project-based learning
Instead of injecting knowledge into young people, you can create metacognition
Through the process of forming new projects and actually executing them with a way to find and implement what you want to do
Our curriculum is a six-month process in which everything is organized into discussions
And we create new things through discussions
And finally, the community
These processes are possible when you go beyond difficulty, fear, and pain
Because new things are difficult. To get over it, we need people who support each other
Innovation can overcome adversity without being frustrated when there are people who support it
A community that learns and executes these things together is called COP
As mentioned earlier, Jeju Island's Greater Tomorrow Center is an institution
That guarantees opportunities for young people
Helps young people to have innovative project-based capabilities, and further forms a community. Thank you
Okay, let's have the next presenter
This is Yuki Kuwabara, the CEO of Kumiki Project Co., Ltd
Hello everyone, I am Kuwabara from Kumiki Project
I'm very happy to talk about the Kumiki project here today
First, I'll tell you how the project is going
This picture is from Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture, Japan in 2011
Our Company was founded in Rikuzentakata city and continues to do business to this day.
Most of the villages were wiped out after the Tsunami
There was a Shrine before
The small tree that we see on the right side of the Shrine
is called 'the miracle tree.' There was a Forest with seventy thousand trees nearby the Rikuzentakata shore
From there, 6999 trees flowed into the village and returned to the sea
Many people lost their lives, yet a single tree remained and since then, people have called this tree 'the miracle Tree'
The damages from Tsunami were huge, and it has been over 10 years but we started from there
I'd like to explain the project that we started
To begin with, we started with the cedar block
At that time, everything flowed away, and I wanted to say that we, with local residents, were able to start
on our own, so we made a meeting place by using cedar blocks.
This place is called the Imaizumi meeting place 'Agarasee'
We stack the blocks together
We built this building for two days with 50 local residents.
It was very memorable for me to see the residents and non-residents building this together
There are many cases of conflicts between people with different opinions when it comes to re-building the village
But everyone became friendly by working together
and since the village have this meeting place after losing everything
The hope for the future started such as preparing for the village festival , Mother's cooking class, and so on
This is the first project we did since we were founded
Since then, we were able to build the community center and we were considering what can be next, and then we started,
same as with Rikuzentakata, the cedar I mentioned earlier is a Japanese tree
We challenged ourselves to build furnitures with cedar
Cedar is easy to get scratch since it's very soft
They say it does not fit with furniture since even fingernails can make a scratch
and when we were thinking about how to use these cedars for the furniture
we decided to make it as a kit
This is the kit we made with the furniture craftsman we were working with
We created it with the intention of making a half-finished product, not a finished product that can be made by putting parts together.
This picture looks good enough
but we didn't make any sales
There were people who would purchase if we say the money is used to rebuild the village but it was not enough for a business
and we started thinking about how to make this known to people
while thinking, we made many different types of kits such as planter kits,
It's a desk, we started to make much bigger items
and how could I explain it... decorating the balcony
When these kits are piled up, there are a lot of parts and we were able to make a place by using it
When someone wants to open a small shop but doesn't have the big budget for it,
they can use the kit
For example, we have a kit ready for obtaining permission to open a restaurant
We do such a business that can reduce the cost, and build a store with locals, without architects.
Like this indoors, we try to use the kit as much as we can to make an office space.
Not just purchasing the final goods, but by using the kit, we can have the tables like this.
We continued to study not to ruin the design or quality of the space by using the kit as a furniture
We are the company that makes the cost reduced in a short time and creates a participatory space
When we make an office for a company, the employees make the office
by using a kit that was produced in the same village
Another characteristic of our business is that we focused on conducting workshops and leadership training
This is the first step of the workshop
and kindly explaining the material description, how to use the tool, and the procedure to proceed
It’s because I told you earlier that cedar is soft so it can be easily scratched
The fact that the cedar is soft and easily scarred means that there is a lot of air
which means heat is easily transmitted, making it useful for winter just like that there are a lot of pros
If rumors spread that industrial products do not get hurt easily, do not get dirty easily and it is fast, cheap, and convenient, it'll be hard
So, during the workshop, we have kindly explained about the cedar
There are many people who become leaders
Some people are originally carpenters or some because they like to interact
It’s natural for carpenters to do what craftsmen do perfectly
How can a person who has lived in a world where they are scolded if they fails to do so conveying the knowledge they have been doing
Even though he only cut a bit of the wood and they were cheering for him
Some housewives who like DIY become leaders
The number of leaders from all over the country has increased and workshops are being held in Akita in north and Kagoshima in the south
They started out with a furniture kit but now they paint and put on plaster
Lastly, let me briefly introduce the area
I’m told that DIY doesn’t make a good space but that’s not going to happen
These were all made by them and really you can build better space than you think
Such as creating a space with a Koagari (a Japanese space that’s slightly higher than the floor)
This is an old, neglected empty house in the area and it took 5 days
From the dismantling, we worked together to make floors, plaster and furniture
And also to make the wood deck
Even inside, with the residents
I’d like to introduce something funny before finsihing my speech
This is the office for orphanage
They wanted to a jungle theme
We wondering how to make this jungle themed
We bought a large number of fake plants from IKEA and some of cedar were made together using live plants
Hanging vines to look real
Plants on the right are fake
Finally, it’s a jungle
It’s our company’s job to make these things together in different places
The most important thing is, actually this photo was taken when we completed the first ever kit
coming back to the main purpose, it gives you time where you appreciate it
It's just our first meeting hall, to build something together creates bond and attachment to it
I want to see this from all over the country
Even for the first-timer, it's easy to get close with everyone
For someone who wants to build a small store with the help of the residents, either they revisit the place as they made it
I think it's the result of the workshop to help people feel something you can't get from just buying
I’ll end with a picture of the Rikuzentakata assembly hall
Stacking up the blocks as you can see in the picture
From child to adults
Those natural smiles stacking up
We are focusing on expanding our attachment to space and the possibility of a place by creating it together
Thank you all for listening
We will introduce you the next speaker
I wonder what the next topic would be
Representative Megumi and Forest Kindergarten, Sado Hironori
Please start
Hello
I’m the main director of Megumi and Forest Kindergarten and Mama Place
Thank you very much for this opportunity today
Other people call me Mr. Hiro
We, my wife and I started this together
My wife and kids are actually here as well
I run a nursery school, and the guardians call me Hiro and Popo, so that I can maintain an equal relationship with them
We are active in an area called Wakayama, which is actually a sister city to Jeju
Like Jeju, tangerines are famous
The city we live in has the sea, old buildings, culture, etc
In the south of Wakayama by maintaining various cultures such as historical festivals
like fishing tuna, harvesting grapes, surfing and etc young people come down to Wakayama
We also moved from Osaka and run a orphanage
and it's also an area where a lot if happening
With these helpless children, my wife and I
We thought of providing a place where helpless kids or
parents who are not confident about raising their kids can be welcomed and so we created a place called 'Mama Place'
I have two businesses
If I were to tell you one thing that's important
Is to create a place where you know you're important and building a place where you can express that
Still in Japan, for the reasons of being a man, woman, eldest son, eldest daughter
People suffer from prejudice without realizing it, and so do guardians and children
In order to be freed from such prejudice, especially parents, not because they are parents
Parents want to make time to find themselves, and children learn about themselves
I'm spending my days thinking that if I cherish these things, my life will be enriched
As a new parenting business, apprenticeship focused on conversation
And the field of parenting. There are a lot of activities in Japan, too, but mostly indoors
I run a childcare center with mothers in the forest that makes us feel good in nature
Another is a private nursery, From Megumi and Forest Kindergarten
Three keywords are important: choice, freedom, and environment, and we're conserving under the theme of living their own life
And we are stubborn in Wakayama
As you can see in the picture, it's surrounded by mountains and next to it is the sea
There's a place where the river is beautiful and fireflies fly around or fish is easily caught
and then there are fields that produces a lot of crops
Not only tangerines but also apples, mangoes are harvested and because of the severe temperature difference, most crops are collected here
I'm doing business with the desire to continue this culture to children and adults
In the main business, at Megumi and Forest Kindergarten
we got the idea from a forest kindergarten in Denmark in the 1950s, to raise kids in the nature
I know that there are about 700 places in Korea as well
Thousands of people are doing the same thing in Japan, too
How this forest kindergarten is different from ordinary kindergartens is
Children have time to express the current state in their own words through the morning inquiry
They even have time where they spend it together
They also have time to either their activities or we choose it for them
such as catching buys, role plays, exploring and etc
It continues after lunch
And there is a time when we follow some of the kid's suggestions
So this is how we're spending the time with the kids
The reason why we're working in a natural environment is
developing non-cognitive skills, an important skill for IQ is drawing attention from all over the world
And it is understood that those skills are best grown in the natural environment and we are seeing the result ourselves
But that's not to say writing, numbers and English are not important when it comes with IQ
That's important, but if you don't have roots, your motivation, like what you likes, wants to do, or wants to learn, doesn't grow
We're working on growing the roots that are the foundation
As a matter of time, to tell you one thing
On a rainy day, this kid is 3 years old
He doesn't look so happy. He looks tired of the rain
He's forced to wear a raincoat and changed his mind from annoying to inevitable
It changes from "What should I do?" to "Let's do this."
He played in the puddle in the rain for 10-15 minutes and played another game
I think this way of thinking will help in real life
Even in catching bugs, he thought about how to catch them
They tell butterflies that there are flowers here
Experiencing trying and failing in the daily life
It doesn't just work only in nature
All the pictures from before are from a forest park run by the prefecture
The elderly fixes things
The picture on the left is to make a wooden bench for our students
Kids watch the process of making it
Not only the forest, but professional chefs
To experience setting fire together with people of various skills
They share knowledge of the forest or create sculptures with art experts
Use the body to express it with the yoga teacher
Or play with a professional boxer
they get to meet experts in various fields
especially we find the food sector important
The two pictures above is going to the farm to buy vegetables twice a month
Children ask their parents how to enjoy the vegetables they brought home
And twice a month, by buying and eating the lunch box made by those vegetables
There are many children who don't like vegetables, but they also try various foods
And while working in the fields, seeing the crops grow
It's not an event to cook and eat by oneself. But more of a long term
learning how long it takes to for crops to grow
by experiencing various types of farming they even get to try the strawberries
The most important thing is to prepare enough time and space
and through that kids learn various types of failures and successes
And seeing that parents and guardians could get inspired
they too think of expressing and challenging themselves
Change of attitude towards the kids is one of the results
is one of the things we intended. So something like that happened as well
So we are not only active in the forest from now on
But having a base in the city. For example, having various
kids like the ones who are not well to have the chance to visit the forest
and connecting through fields and etc, so this is what I am planning at the moment
Wakayama, a provincial city, is a city of 350,000 people
I hope this can be one of the model that will help children grow their future for the next 10, to 20 years
That's all. Thank you for listening
The next theme is the creation of a village of Kumagawa Inn created by a private company
Let's give a big round of applause to Tokioka Sota the CEO of Dekita Co., Ltd.
It's going to be the last announcement, about 10 minutes
I'm Tokioka of Dekita Co., Ltd
I'm from Fukui Prefecture, in the red, which is an underdeveloped village just like Yokoi's village
In terms of population, Kumagaya is a village with a population of about 400 people
This is a very small population, and an important point is that tourism is weak. Visitors from abroad ranks second lowest
It is an area where foreign visitors do not visit, and tourism has not developed to this day
It is a very beautiful place with tangled sea-like landscape
There are also numerous waterfalls alongside with many mountains
Moreover, there are many beautiful areas in the Fukui Region with multiple beaches between different oceans
One characteristic as many of you already know, is that it is close to Kyoto
Boats will come in from the inland and the port was in Obama City
And on the way to Kyoto, at Shukubamachi there is a company
Ships and horses was able to pass through until this region, but afterward towards Kyoto
From then on, only people were able to pass through, developing the place into a loading dock
The region looks something like this
As you can see there are beautiful rivers flowing through the area
The 1km village has about 140 houses
But about forty, or one fourth of these houses are vacant
The aging population is about 55.7%, which is extremely low
I am from the countryside and after graduating from a university in Tokyo, I founded a company and worked on various architectural development projects
But 4 years ago I came back to my hometown with a business plan
The very first thing I did was rent the biggest vacant house in the village and transform it into a sharing office
It was a huge makeover, and there are now four businesses at our office
Besides us, these are trailer experts and designers
And this is a cafe that requested a branch from Tokyo
They opened a cafe at a place where they can roast coffee
We moved our headquarters to this area, and we are currently striving to develop hotels and other accommodations
If you look at the top left corner, there is a hotel named ‘Yao-Kumagawa’
These are the gods of Japan. We named the hotel after the Japanese folktale of the existence of many gods
We are renting many vacant houses
and are rebuilding these old houses from ground up
This is the first hotel with 3 bedrooms
There’s the bathroom area here and the bedroom
The second hotel was also a very big building. We divided the place in half and is currently undergoing construction
Japan is a humid country where wood is easily rotten
Reconstruction takes place from the ground up
So reconstructing old buildings like this takes a lot of time and money
The left room from the entrance has a living-room like this
And the right room was transformed into a kitchen. Upstairs we have a bedroom and a bathroom
And we also rebuilt the front yard to make it more suitable
Out most recent work opened 6 months ago
We also dismantled the insides of this Japanese storage space
The transformed space is being offered on the hospitality market as a room with a fireplace
The room looks like this
Each room has names originating from Japanese wildlife and birds, such as Yamane, Hibari, Hotatsu, and Tsukumi
The check-in counter is in the middle of the village as the stay revolves around the entire village. We provide an explanation of services at the counter
We provide instructions and community guidelines such as no street parking or loud noises before providing guests with the room keys
From here on, guests are free to use area as a country house along with their booked room
We provide dining room services and there are a few patterns to this service
One, the dinner menu is developed by mothers of the village
And the room service is provided at 7:30pm
and local foods are the main dishes of the dinner course
We are trying to give back to the local economy
When many customers came, about $1,500 to $2,000 were going into the mother's collective profits
Mothers have nowhere to go and spend money because of COVID-19
They joked that they might be able to buy a Mercedes
They also joked that if they received things like this in their Mercedes, it would be a huge success
We signed a contract with local Italian and Japanese chef. It's a seasonal dish that they bring it to your room
This is Japanese nabe, summer pork nabe is delivered to the room in this form and set up
It's originally Japanese style, like a ryokan. It's a service that brings food to your room
The service is done in the traditional Japanese way
At first, the cafe provided breakfast, but it wasn't popular
It's developed so that you can eat it in your room
These kits are placed in the room, so you can simply cook and eat Oka-yu(Rice porridge)
Local rice and water are prepared, so you can boil water and eat it
And this is a workshop experience
You can cook your own lunch with the leader where the furnace is prepared
It's a lunch like this, but vegetables and sauce are already prepared, so we can make lunch by simple work
This is a popular experience for young people in the city, families with children, and foreigners
I wanted to create a worldview under the name of "Yaogumagawa"
We've started selling them
Developed the originals with local producers and started selling them as their own products
Fish are also made of sea sets and is sold on the Internet
We also sells ponzu made with local vinegar shops
It opened in October with the intention of creating its own food processing store
With the food processing store we made a new product. We've just started selling it
There is a local traditional vegetable
It's a vegetable that's being thrown away
We've developed mustard for Japanese food using unused vegetable seeds
This is also an unused arrowroot
Make tea leaves that you can only make in the summer
And sell as a arrowroot tea
I don't know if I can say this in Japanese
I wrote down about three business points that I felt, while working in the countryside
The first is the combination
Each business is small, whether you sell mustard or arrowroot, it's tens of thousands dollars
It cannot create stable employment, but it is also important to combine
I thought the combination of accommodation, meals, and sales using local vegetables created stable employment
For the same reason, local industries should join in
As you may have noticed, the attraction itself is branding
With local industry, commercializing what was originally edible in the area is becoming our branding itself
Finally, it's about customers
What value we can offer to the people of the city without having a sense of tourism
Relaxing, the feeling of belonging to this town is important
Therefore, not only buying and selling products, but also writing letters or communicating through social medias
We're trying to promote the area by sending regular tourist brochures such as the Yaokuma News Agency
During these activities for about five years, 14 vacant houses were re-used
It's a big deal that 14 houses were reused in a village with 140 houses
A lot was used
Among them, 12 houses were occupied again by people who had previously lived
This is not only because of our role, but also because the town has worked hard to preserve it,
and now all that was left was having visitors
There was an atmosphere that maybe it could difficult if people from other regions was to come or that they'll be too loud
Changes occurred in the process of the project, and now local residents are opening new stores
The administration has become easier to proceed with
So the residents, us, and the administration plan together
To reorganize the entire village, including trail maintenance and signage maintenance that can only be carried out by the administration
Lastly, we are working hard to open it next year. In public-private partnerships, the infrastructure is built by the administration
And the building is built by us
On the mountain just above the village I showed earlier
We are planning to build a facility with 12 auto camp facilities, cabins, and six cottages
At first, it was selected as a Japanese conservation district and tried hard to save the village
People who returned to their hometown run stores such as accommodations and cafes
As the atmosphere changed, local people opened stores one after another
Local administration became easier to move
And the development of trail routes on the mountain progressed
Eventually, we reached the stage of renovating the accommodation campsite on the mountain as an additional investment
As one of the conservation of the village
The revision of the Cultural Heritage Protection Act in Japan in 2018
Changed the way the country thinks
Until now, they only emphasized building preservation
But now they are talking about utilization
We hope it will be our first case, and we are working on it
Especially in our case, it's not only old, but also a village in the mountains
We are really working to save the village in the mountains
In addition to simply preserving beautiful buildings, we are trying to save the village
Thinking that it is important to have a perspective on how to match the mountain and how to decorate the village while saving the mountain
That's all for the case presentation. Thank you
Please give a big round of applause to , Zhao Yongzhen an individual activist
Thank you very much for the presentation
So far, through global talk, we have been able to discuss various stories
About regional co-prosperity between regions and cities on various topics
Thank you to everyone who has listened so far
and for everyone who made their presentations. Thank you very much