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6th Congress <2015>

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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

(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


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


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

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

(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)


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

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