Foreign Nationals Residing in Japan
FY 2024 International Forum on Acceptance of Foreign Nationals and Their Integration into Japan
(held on February 13, 2025)
May 21, 2025
Host Organizations: Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA), the International Organization for Migration (IOM)
Support Organizations: Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (MIC), Council of Local Authorities for International Relations (CLAIR)
Video from the day of the forum
- Opening Remarks (Japanese) by
Mr. MIYAJI Takuma, State-Minister for Foreign Affairs - Remark of Co-host by
Ms. Ugochi DANIELS, Deputy Director General, International Organization for Migration - Presentation (Japanese) by
Ms. KURODA Natsuko, Director of the International Affairs Office, Local Administration Bureau, Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications - Handout: National government support for local government cooperation toward an intercultural society (PDF)
- Presentation of Good Practices (1)
Ms. Rita MARASCALCHI, Head of Intercultural Inclusion Unit, Directorate General of Democracy and Human Dignity, Council of Europe - Handout: Intercultural Cities – Building bridges, breaking walls - (PDF)
- Presentation of Good Practices (2)
Mx. Türkan AKSOY, New South Wales Coordinator, Welcoming Cities, Australia - Handout: Welcoming Cities (PDF)
- Presentation of Good Practices (3)
Ms. CHOI Hae Yeon, Multicultural Specialist, the Foreign Residents Support Headquarters Support Headquarters of Ansan City, Republic of Korea - Handout: Growing Together with Korea (PDF)
- Q & A Session (Some parts in Japanese)
- Panel Discussion (Japanese) Theme: Domestic and International
Partnership among Municipalities towards Realizing Integration and Inclusion of Foreign Nationals in the Society- 【Moderator】
- Mr. YAMAWAKI Keizo, Professor, School of Global Japanese Studies, Meiji University
- 【Panelists】
- Mr. FURUHASHI Hiroki, Assistant Director, International Affairs Division, Planning and Coordinating Department, Hamamatsu City
- Mr. Shun Wai TAN, Chief, International Exchange Promotion Section, Human Rights and Urban Planning Division, Soja City
- Ms. YOKOCHI Masumi, Multicultural Affairs Promotion Director and Regional Diplomacy Bureau Director, Shizuoka Prefecture
(Note: On that day, Mr. ISHII Wataru, Director of the Multicultural Affairs Division, Shizuoka Prefectural Government, attended as a proxy.) - Mr. HYAKUTAKE Kazuhiro, Director of the Department of Multiculturalism Promotion, CLAIR
- Handout (FURUHASHI) : Intercity Collaboration for Intercultural City, Hamamatsu (PDF)
- Handout (TAN): Council of Municipalities with Large Foreign Populations -Toward an Intercultural Society- (PDF)
- Handout (YOKOCHI): Initiatives for Municipal Cooperation in Shizuoka Prefecture (PDF)
- Handout (HYAKUTAKE): Support for domestic and overseas municipal cooperation for intercultural society by Council of Local Authorities for International Relations (PDF)
- Closing Remarks (Japanese) by
Mr. IWAMOTO Keiichi, Assistant Minister/Director-General of the Consular Affairs Bureau, Ministry of Foreign Affairs