Shizuoka　Intercultural　Symposium

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Shizuoka Intercultural Symposium 2025

To commemorate Shizuoka prefecture's joining the Intercultural Cities Programme(ICC) in August—making us the first regional government in Japan to do so —we will hold　"Shizuoka Intercultural Symposium".

This event will serve as a core initiative for the newly established "Shizuoka Intercultural Month," which aims to foster a new "Intercultural Prefecture" where people of all nationalities, cultures, and ages come together to build a future.

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Overview

Date & Time: Wednesday, December 17, 2025, 1 PM - 5 PM （Registration is from 1230 PM)

Capacity: 200 attendees for the in-person venue (online streaming is also available)

Venue: Granship 11F, Conference Hall "Kaze" (2-3-1 Higashi-Shizuoka, Suruga-ku, Shizuoka-shi, Shizuoka Prefecture)

• Shizuoka Convention&Arts Center Granship（外部リンク）

Registration Form

Please register via the link below (in-person and online participation available).
Application Deadline: Wednesday, December 10

• Registration form（外部リンク）

Program

Part 1 - Intercultural Shizuoka Symbol Mark Award Ceremony(1 PM - 0145 PM)

・Introduction of Award Recipients

・Awards Presentation

Part 2 - Intercultural Symposium (2 PM - 5PM)

・Keynote Speech: "From Shizuoka to the world - creating an Intercultural Future-"

　YAMAWAKI Keizo (Professor of School of Global Japanese Studies, Meiji University)

・Session: "The Future Envisioned by Intercultural Cities"

　Chad Buchanan (Deputy Mayor, City of Salisbury, Australia)

　Glenda Ballantyne (ICC Expert, Australia)

　SUZUKI Yasutomo (Governor of Shizuoka Prefecture)

　YAMAWAKI Keizo（ Professor of School of Global Japanese Studies, Meiji University)

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