6th Congress <2015>

OUTLINE

  • Date: October 25th (Sun.) – 27th (Tue.), 2015
  • Venue: Hotel Nikko Nara, Nara City, Nara Prefecture,Japan
  • Organizer: Nara Prefecture
  • Supporters: Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
  • Participating member governments: 42 local and regional governments in 6 countries
                             (China, Indonesia, Malaysia, South Korea, Vietnam, Japan)

China (6)

Henan Province, Shaanxi Province, Chengdu City, Huangshan City, Suzhou City, Dongying City

Indonesia (2)

Province of West Java, Province of Yogyakarta Special Region

  Malaysia (1)

Melaka State

Korea (6) 

Gyeonggi-do Province, Chungcheongnam-do Province, Gongju City, Seosan City, Buyeo County, Gyeongsangbuk-do Province

Vietnam (2) 

Phu Tho Province, Viet Tri City

Japan (25) 

Aomori Prefecture, Yamagata Prefecture, Fukushima Prefecture, Niigata Prefecture, Fukui Prefecture, Yamanashi Prefecture, Nagano Prefecture, Shizuoka Prefecture, Mie Prefecture, Kyoto Prefecture, Wakayama Prefecture, Tottori Prefecture, Shimane Prefecture, Tokushima Prefecture, Kagawa Prefecture, Nara Prefecture, Arakawa City, Niigata City, Nara City, Tenri City, Kashihara City, Gose City, Ikaruga Town, Asuka Village, Koryo Town

 *Special Guest: Quezon City (Philippines)

 

PROGRAM

 

<October 25th (Sun.)>


(1)18:00~19:30  Welcome Reception (Hotel Granvia Osaka)
      *Co-organized by the International Travel Fair with Local Governments 2015

 



<October 26th (Mon.)>


(1)8:45~12:00 Working-level Discussion(Case introduction)

  • Theme1 “Revitalizing Regional Economies through Tourism”

Lecturer

Keiichiro Yamada
(CEO of JTIC SWISS, Tourism charisma certified by Japan’s Government)

Participating
Members
(19 local and regional governments)

China

Henan Province, Shaanxi Province, Huangshan City

Indonesia

Province of Yogyakarta Special Region

Korea

Gongju City, Buyeo County

Vietnam

Phu Tho Province, Viet Tri City

 Japan

Aomori Prefecture, Yamagata Prefecture, Fukui Prefecture, Kyoto Prefecture, Wakayama Prefecture, Tottori Prefecture, Kagawa Prefecture, Nara Prefecture, Tenri City, Kashihara City, Gose City

  
  • Theme 2 “Community and Regional Development”

Lecturer

Kenichi Goto
(CEO of Prot Asia and Pacific Inc., Regional vitalization adviser designated by Japan’s Cabinet Office)

Participating
Members
(11 local and regional governments) 

China

Chengdu City

  Malaysia

Melaka State

Korea

Gyeongsangbuk-do Province

Japan 

Fukushima Prefecture, Nagano Prefecture, Shimane Prefecture, Tokushima Prefecture, Nara Prefecture, Arakawa City, Ikaruga Town, Koryo Town

 

  •  Theme 3 “Agriculture and Rural Development”

Lecturer

Yuki Takagi
(President, Japan Professional-Agriculture Total Support Organization,  the former vice minister of the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries)

Participating
Members
(9 local and regional governments) 

China

Suzhou City, Dongying City

Indonesia

Province of West Java

Korea

Gyeonggi-do Province, Chungcheongnam-do Province, Seosan City

Japan

Yamanashi Prefecture, Shizuoka Prefecture, Nara Prefecture


   

Working-level Discussion 

Working-level Discussion


    

(2)13:00~13:20  Opening Ceremony

  • Greetings from Organizer: Shogo Arai, Governor of Nara Prefecture
  • Greetings from Guest: Nobuo Ishihara, President of Research Institute for Local Government
  • Introduction of participating local and regional governments  

 Photo: Shogo Arai (Governor of Nara Prefecture)

 Photo: Nobuo Ishihara (President of Research Institute for Local Government)

Shogo Arai
(Governor of Nara Prefecture) 

 Nobuo Ishihara
(President of Research Institute for Local Government)

 


(3)13:20~13:40  Keynote Speech
 
“Nara from the Perspective of Tourists from China and Opportunities to Attract Chinese Tourists to Nara”
   Dai Bin, President of China Tourism Academy

Photo: Dai Bin (President of China Tourism Academy) 

Dai Bin
(President of China Tourism Academy)

 


(4)13:45~14:15 Briefing on session and related meetings
 
  • Briefing on session meeting: Kazuki Ohira, Deputy Director, Department of Employment and Economic Affairs, International Strategy Division, Mie Prefectural Government, Japan, “Tourism promotion ‘Promoting Inbound Trips’”
  • Briefing on related forum: Heo Seung Woog, Vice Governor of Chungcheongnam-do Province, Korea, “2015 East Asian Local and Regional Governments Agricultural Forum”


     Photo: Kazuki Ohira, Assistant Director and Team Leader, Mie Prefectural Government

     Photo: Heo Seung Woog, Vice Governor of Chungcheongnam-do Province

    Kazuki Ohira

    (Deputy Director, Department of Employment and Economic Affairs, International Strategy Division, Mie Prefectural Government)

    Heo Seung Woog

    (Vice Governor of Chungcheongnam-do Province)

(5)14:20~17:15 Heads-level Meeting

  • Theme1 “Revitalizing Regional Economies through Tourism”    

Lecturer

Keiichiro Yamada
(CEO of JTIC SWISS,  Tourism charisma certified by Japan’s Government)

Participating
Members
(13 local and regional governments) 

China

Henan Province, Shaanxi Province, Huangshan City

 Indonesia

Province of Yogyakarta Special Region

Korea

Gongju City, Buyeo County

 Vietnam

Phu Tho Province, Viet Tri City

Japan

Tottori Prefecture, Kagawa Prefecture, Nara Prefecture, Kashihara City, Gose City

 

  • Theme 2 “Community and Regional Development”

Lecturer

Kenichi Goto
(CEO of Prot Asia and Pacific Inc., Regional vitalization adviser designated by Japan’s Cabinet Office)

Participating
Members
(12 local and regional governments)

China

Chengdu City

Malaysia

Melaka State

Korea

Gyeongsangbuk-do Province

Japan

Fukushima Prefecture, Nagano Prefecture, Shimane Prefecture, Tokushima Prefecture, Nara Prefecture, Arakawa City, Ikaruga Town, Asuka Village, Koryo Town

 

  • Theme 3 “Agriculture and Rural Development”

Lecturer

Yuki Takagi
(President, Japan Professional-Agriculture Total Support Organization, the former vice minister of the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries)

Participating
Members
(11 local and regional governments)

China

Suzhou City, Dongying City

Indonesia

Province of West Java

Korea

Gyeonggi-do Province, Chungcheongnam-do Province, Seosan City

Japan

Yamanashi Prefecture, Shizuoka Prefecture, Nara Prefecture, Niigata City, Nara City

 

Photo: Heads-level Discussion 

 Photo: Keiichiro Yamada, CEO of JTIC SWISS, Tourism charisma certified by Japan’s Government

Heads-level Discussion

Keiichiro Yamada
(CEO of JTIC SWISS, Tourism charisma certified by Japan’s Government)

 Photo: Kenichi Goto, CEO of Prot Asia and Pacific Inc., Regional vitalization adviser designated by Japan’s Cabinet Office

Photo: Yuki Takagi (President, Japan Professional-Agriculture Total Support Organization, the former vice minister of the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries 

 Kenichi Goto
 (CEO of Prot Asia and Pacific Inc., Regional vitalization adviser designated by Japan’s Cabinet Office)

Yuki Takagi
(President,Japan Professional-Agriculture Total Support Organization, the former vice minister of the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries)


(6)17:25~17:40  General session

  • Introduction of new member governments
  • Secretariat report

Photo: General session 

General session

 

  
(7)17:40~18:00  Commemorative photo session

 Commemorative photo session

Commemorative photo session



(8)18:15~18:45  Representatives’ press conference


China

Shaanxi Province: Director General of Shaanxi provincial Tourism Bureau

Indonesia

Province of West Java: Head of Regional Autonomy and Cooperation Bureau

Malaysia

Melaka State: Member of Melaka State Legislative Assembly

South Korea

Chungcheongnam-do Province: Vice Governor

Vietnam

Phu Tho Province: Vice Chairman of the Phu Tho People's Committee

Japan

Shizuoka Prefecture: Director of Agriculture, Economic and Industry Department, Nara Prefecture: Governor

 Lecturers

Three discussion lecturers:
Keiichiro Yamada (Theme1 “Revitalizing Regional Economies through Tourism”)
Kenichi Goto (Theme 2 “Community and Regional Development”)
Yuki Takagi (Theme 3 “Agriculture and Rural Development”)


Photo: “Representatives’ press conference” 

“Representatives’ press conference”


(9)19:00~21:00 Governor’s banquet


<October 27th (Tue)>


(1) 8:30~12:00  Excursion (Nara National Museum, 
                       Kohfuku-ji National Treasure Museum)
 


 (Photo: Nara National Museum (Lecture on the Exhibition of Shoso-in Treasures))

 Photo: Kohfuku-ji National Treasure Museum

Nara National Museum
(Lecture on the Exhibition of Shoso-in Treasures) 

Kohfuku-ji National Treasure Museum