4 Study Tour to Koriyama Area (Visit to Fukushima by Diplomatic Corps in Japan)

In November 2021, MOFA and Koriyama City in Fukushima Prefecture co-hosted a study tour to the Koriyama collaborative core urban area for diplomatic corps stationed in Japan. Diplomatic corps from 13 countries participated in the tour. Through sampling of food and visits to agricultural sites, they gained a real sense of the reconstruction of Fukushima Prefecture 10 years after the earthquake. They also experienced the attractions of the Koriyama collaborative core urban area as an agglomeration of cutting-edge medical technology, and deepened their understanding of the current state of Fukushima Prefecture through interactions with the local residents. Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs Uesugi Kentaro welcomed the diplomatic corps to Fukushima Prefecture, and expressed his hopes that the participants will actively communicate their experiences on the tour to their home countries and to the world. The Parliamentary Vice-Minister added that he looks forward to seeing Fukushima's attractiveness be conveyed widely across the world through the tour participants.

Participants visiting a strawberry farm in Fukushima Prefecture
(November 26, Sukagawa City)

Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs Uesugi exchanging greetings with participants on the tour of Fukushima Prefecture
(November 25, Koriyama City)