| The 1st Miyagi Regional Conference on Lifelong Integrated Education |
Lifelong Integrated Education
What is True Human Education?
-As a Japanese Living in a Global Society-
The poster of the Conference
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Saturday, November 7, 2015
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| Venue |
Sendai Civic Auditorium
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| Organized by |
Nomura Center for Lifelong Integrated Education
Miyagi Branch of Nomura Center for Lifelong Integrated Education
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| Supported by |
Miyagi Prefectural Board of Education
Sendai City
NHK Sendai Station / Kahoku Shimpo Publishing Co. / Tohoku Broadcasting
Co., Ltd. |
| Program |
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Moderator Mrs. Mika Saito |
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Opening Remarks |
Mrs. Noriko Takahashi |
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Congratulatory Addresses |
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Mr. Hitoshi Takahashi
Superintendent of the Miyagi Prefectural Board of Education |
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Mr. Hiromitsu Oogoe
Superintendent, Board of Education, City of Sendai |
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| DVD Projection |
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"History of Nomura Center for Lifelong Integrated Education" |
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| Report on the International Activities |
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Mrs. Rie Mori |
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| Proposals |
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Living in a super-aged society |
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Mrs. Emiko Ogura |
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Engaging in infant education |
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Mrs. Kazuko Nakadate |
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Seventy years after World War II --Lingering Scars of War |
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Mrs. Yumiko Tamatani |
| Keynote Address |
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Theme |
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Lifelong Integrated Education
What is True Human Education?
-As a Japanese Living in a Global Society-
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Mrs. Yumiko Kaneko
Director General |
| Question & Answer Session |
| Closing Remarks |
Mrs. Akiko Motoshuku |
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The 1st Miyagi Regional Conference on Lifelong Integrated Education was
held at the hall of the Sendai Civic Auditorium on Saturday, November 7
on the theme "Lifelong Integrated Education What is true human education?
-As a Japanese living in a global society-."
Concerned about the current situation in the area where over 190,000 people
are still forced to evacuate from their hometown in the aftermath of the
Great East Japan Earthquake that took so many lives when it hit the Tohoku
region four years and eight months ago, the former chief of the Miyagi
Branch of Nomura Center for Lifelong Integrated Education requested that
a regional conference be held. Based on her own experience of having her
eyes opened to the preciousness of life through learning of the Nomura
Principles, she had a strong desire to somehow convey to others "learning
that teaches the value of life."
This was the first time for next-generation members to take the lead in holding a regional conference and they were somewhat tentative about how they should go about it. Although they proceeded with preparations and called on people to attend, they made numerous failures and encountered difficulties along the way and the number of applications from conference attendants failed to increase. As the situation continued, they almost lost their enthusiasm for the conference.
At this time, however, Director General Mrs. Yumiko Kaneko advised that if they were sincere about holding a prefectural conference in an area that suffered damages from the earthquake disaster, they would have to view the harsh situation as their own learning material. Heeding her advice, the members renewed their resolve.
After receiving advice and support from many people, the members together mustered up a single-minded determination drew out willingness not to be suppressed within them and went about their preparations hoping that many people would attend.
On the day, 509 people from all walks of life filled the venue, and it turned out to be a day for attendants to put their heads together to consider what is important for Japanese living in today's global society and in a harsh world where unexpected situations can occur at any moment.
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| Keynote Address and Q&A Session by D. G. Kaneko and Proposals are reported
in our English organ "Nomura Center News No.75" |
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Nomura Center for Lifelong Integrated Education
