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Exceptional youth from Japan and around the world who will be leaders in the twenty-first century will gather in Japan to participate in the Global Youth Exchange Program sponsored by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan. By providing a forum in which barriers of language and culture are overcome to facilitate exchange of opinions among members of this diverse group and by providing a valuable experience for the participants to discuss issues from a global perspective, this program will promote international mutual understanding and will cultivate an understanding of Japan among the overseas participants and an international understanding among the Japanese participants.
In 1998 the General Assembly of the United Nations adopted a resolution proclaiming the year 2001 as the United Nations Year of Dialogue among Civilizations. Based on this decision, the 7th Global Youth Exchange Program, which will be held in 2001, is expected to host approximately 40 participants from 37 countries and regions, including Japan, on a program designed to promote dialogue among civilizations, under the theme of "Dialogue Among Civilizations: From a Century of Conflict to a Century of Co-existence."
Belarus, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Brazil, Cambodia, Canada, Chile, China, Croatia, Denmark, Egypt, El Salvador, Fiji, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Iran, Italy, Japan, Jordan, Republic of Korea, Laos, Lithuania, Mongolia, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nepal, the Netherlands, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Pakistan, Peru, Russia, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States, Zambia
Schedule and VenueThe 2001 Global Youth Exchange Program will last a total of 13 days, from Thursday, 1 March 2001 until Tuesday, 13 March 2001, and will take place in Tokyo, Kyoto, Hiroshima, and Hyogo. Public Symposium Program
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Keynote Speaker Dr. Masanori Aoyagi Professor of Classical Archaeology, Graduate School of Humanities and Sociology, The University of Tokyo Committee Member of Japanese National Commission for UNESCO Professor Masanori Aoyagi graduated with a BA in the History of Art from the Faculty of Letters of the University of Tokyo. Professor Aoyagi received his Ph.D. at the Graduate School of Humanities and Sociology of the same university in 1992. From 1969 to 1971 Professor Aoyagi studied at the University of Rome. He has surveyed most of the ancient sites from Europe to Africa and the Middle East and is a world authority on the ruins of Pompeii. Professor Aoyagi later returned to the University of Tokyo as a research associate, and after several years as associate professor was appointed as Professor of Classical Archaeology in 1991. From 1997 to 1999 Professor Aoyagi also served as Vice President of the university and from December 1998 has been a Committee Member of the Japanese National Commission for UNESCO. Publications include the following works: "Europa no Fune no Ie" (The Pompeian House of the Ship "Europa") (Winner of the inaugural Prize of the Collegium Mediterranistarum), "Kodai Toshi Roma" (The Ancient City of Rome) (Winner of the 14th Marco Polo Prize), "Kouteitachi no Miyako Roma" (Rome--City of Emperors) (Winner of the 47th Mainichi Publications Prize). Professor Aoyagi is also co-author of such volumes as "Pompeii no Hekiga" (Pompeian Paintings). |
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Moderator Ms. Tomoyo Nonaka Journalist Ms. Tomoyo Nonaka graduated with a degree in journalism from the Faculty of Humanities of Sophia University in Tokyo, where she also completed her master's degree in the Graduate School of Humanities. In 1977 she studied at the graduate school of the University of Missouri-Columbia. From 1979 Ms. Nonaka worked as a television program anchorwoman on the Japan Broadcasting Corporation (NHK) program International News Weekly ("Kaigai Weekly"). From 1992 to 1996 she worked as the main newscaster for TV Tokyo's World Business Satellite program. Ms. Nonaka has served as a member of many advisory and discussion councils, including at the Ministry of Finance, the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications (now the Ministry of Public Management, Home Affairs, Posts and Telecommunications), and the Ministry of Education and Science and Technology Agency (now the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT)). Ms. Nonaka is currently a member of the Council on the Financial System of the Ministry of Finance and the Council on Science and Technology of MEXT. Publications include "Ganbare, Jibun!" (Do the Best for Yourself!), and she has translated the following, "Iron John no Kokoro" (The Shadow of Iron John). |
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| Sponsor: Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan For inquiries: 2001 Global Youth Exchange Program Secretariat Tokyo Nissan Shibuya Bldg. 8F, 16-10, Higashi 2-chome, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo 150-0011 TEL: 03-5467-8239, FAX: 03-5467-4722 E-mail: gye@infoasia.co.jp |
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