| Name of the Event | High School Students Summit on “World Tsunami Awareness Day” 2024 in Kumamoto | ||||||||||
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| Period | October 23 (Wednesday) – October 24 (Thursday) 2024 | ||||||||||
| Outline of the event | Kumamoto has recently experienced large-scale natural hazards, such as the 2016 Kumamoto Earthquakes and The Heavy Rain Event on July 2020. The High School Student Summit on World Tsunami Awareness Day 2024 in Kumamoto will be held with the aim of mitigating the damage caused by natural hazards such as earthquakes and tsunamis, developing future leaders who will take action toward national resilience, and further deepening the ties between countries all over the world. | ||||||||||
| Venue | Kumamoto-Jo Hall (3-40, Sakuramachi, Chuo-ku, Kumamoto-city) | ||||||||||
| Organizers | Kumamoto Prefecture, Kumamoto Prefectural Board of Education, Kumamoto City, Kumamoto City Board of Education | ||||||||||
| Participants | Approximately 500 students Expected participants from overseas: Approximately 250 participants Expected domestic participants: Approximately 250 participants |
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| Language | English | ||||||||||
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| Theme and Workshops | ［General Theme] “Lessons from Kumamoto for the World and the Future” Learn about life-saving measures and creative reconstruction in Kumamoto, which has experienced large-scale natural hazards such as earthquakes and torrential rains. |
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| Supporting Organizations | National Resilience Promotion Headquarters, Director General for Disaster Management, Cabinet Office of Japan, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan, Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology of Japan, Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism of Japan, Ministry of the Environment, Government of Japan, Japan Meteorological Agency, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia (ERIA), Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES) |
