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2016 Jci Congress In Quebec, Canada
Promotion of political participation education “MockElection Program”~ Everyone think by themselvesand choose the future by themselves~
JCI Japan
Best Local Personal Skill Development Program

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Entry Information
Award Program: 2016 JCI Congress in Quebec, Canada
Category: Best Local Personal Skill Development Program

NOM Information
National Organization: JCI Japan
Shigenari Yamamoto
E-mail: japan@jci.cc

National President:

LOM Information
Local Organization: JCI Tokyo
President: Shujiro Nakahara
President Email: s.n.540529@gmail.com

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Basic Information
Duration : From July 2015 to October 2015
Staff : 342
The Tokyo Election Administration Committee
Sponsors :Each area Election Administration Committee etc.
Budget : 5,000 USD
Profit / Loss : 0
In which UN SDG bestfit (if apply): ?:About 310,000 junior high school students who live in Tokyo.
Who is benefited ?:500,000 parents of those students.
Objective : JCI Tokyo implement the project to achieve the goals below;
1. To encourage the young active citizen to learn importance ofparticipating in politics and to involve creating future bythemselves.
2. To create the social education system to motivate the young
active citizen to political participation.
3. Increase the political participation consciousness by theconstruction of this program with involving young people in thegeneration of teens and 20s.
And it will lead to the actual election behavior.
Overview : JCI Tokyo implemented the project to achieve the goals below;
JCI Tokyo operated the Mock Election Voting, simulation play ofelection voting, for the junior high school students “The students”. The
students realized to be able to make a positive change of the society bytaking action of social responsibility as a sovereign through experience ofthe voting action.
Procedure of the educational lesson are as follows;
1. Promotion of the Mock Election Voting
JCI Tokyo participate to a monthly school principals meeting ofeach area of public junior high school schools. We promote theoutline of Mock election voting to teachers, and request to hold theopportunity.
2. Virtual City Setting
Set the virtual city and the mayor election. Voluntary university
students take a role of candidates having different policies to win
the Mock election voting.
We aim at taking the students opportunity to understand actual
politics by role play of politics.
The students realize the importance of involving to interest ofawareness as a sovereign by experiencing political choice.
3. Candidate Speech
Candidates make speech of their policy with different angle
respectively.
The Students realize to compare policies to choose a candidate.
They recognize how the life changes as a result of the voting andlearned importance to their own consideration how their living
area should be.
4. First Impression Vote
After hearing the speeches, in clapping the candidate who would
like to vote with their first impression.
The students learn to be dangerous to judge by the appearance
and popularity.
5. Candidates Forum
A forum including a cross talk was performed between thecandidates and a moot point was thrown each other to a mutual
policy.
The students clarify his close angle and a problem, and it waslearned how to decide.
6. Group Discussion
JCI Tokyo provide the students with the opportunity to think how to

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influence the life by choosing one out of 3 candidates.
The students choose a candidate having the most attractive policy
to make the city better.
The students recognize there is no right answer, but importanceto involve to the society by comparing and choosing policy of
candidates. It is also important for the students to clarify the
problems and viewpoint to resolve.
7. Vote Counting of the Mock Election
The Election Administration Committee cooperate to operate
actual vote with real operation of the election by using voting
mentioning place and ballot box.
The students learn real voting method.
The students learn to observe politics after voting attentively,
estimate and consider the next voting.
Results : JCI Tokyo brought a positive change to a junior high school student. The
students thought and learned importance of participating in politics bythemselves.
1. Holding at 10 classes in 8 schools with 1000 students
A program was held at total of 8 schools in Tokyo.
- 1 in Arakawa-ward- 5 in Katsushika ward
- 2 in Nakano-ward(For the class, total of 10 times)
2. Promotion the project to local authority and schools
We could appeal for necessity of introduction and a class packageof Mock Election Voting by JCI Tokyo made widely early stage ofpolitical participation education to local authority and school.
100 important stakeholders are involved to the project bypromoting the project with results of achievement this year.
- Local authority and school in 3 public administrative wards: 30
people- School principals at each school: 8 people- Teachers of social studies: 27 people
Breakdowns;
1) Arakawa ward
Arakawa fifth junior high school: 2
Minami-senju second junior high school: 3
Ogu-hachiman junior high school: 5
Arakawa third junior high school: 2
Arakawa First junior high school: 42) Katsushika ward
Mizumoto junior high school: 3
Aoba junior high school: 33) Nakano ward
Nakano junior high school: 4-The Election Administration Committee: 31 people
Arakawa-ward: 13
Katsushika-ward: 14
Nakano-ward: 4
3. Achievement of deepen understanding by area election
commission
The result of the project made the commission satisfied for moving
forward of changing deeper cooperation form.
The cooperation form of each area election administration hadchange request to ’joint sponsorship’ from ’cooperation’ in wholebusiness period, and this business was admitted deeply.
4. Expand area of implementation of Mock Election Voting project
The projects were evaluated by several public administrative
wards, which will decide to implement the project next year.
Arakawa-ward developed advanced Mock Voting class by using
the tablet in all 10 public junior high schools.
Holding of Mock Voting at the municipal high school, whichbecomes first decided in Arakawa-ku by joint sponsorship ofElection Administration Committee in Tokyo-to and Election
Administration Committee in Arakawa-ku.
Holding of Mock voting is continued by joint sponsorship of the

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Election Administration Committee and a cooperation group in
Katsushika-ku.
5. Cooperation with Local authority
Local authority, school and volunteer’s college student gave therespective advices and built the class contents.
Students became the young active citizen to thinks and learn
importance of participating in politics by themselves.
Thanks to the continuous delightful dedication of JCI Tokyo to thecommunity, JCI Tokyo was able to immediately contact the new
governor of Tokyo soon after having chosen by the election held
suddenly in July 2016. Through the conversation with thegovernor, JCI Tokyo got her approbation of the understanding anddissemination of this program. JCI Tokyo expect further progressof the dissemination collaborating with the Tokyo metropolitan
government.
6. Questionnaire result
The result of questionnaire showed achievement of targeted goal
for the students as below;
87 % of the students answered ’I had the interest in election andpolitics.’ and it shows achievement of providing the students with
political participation consciousness.
On the other hand, answers also pointed out to improve as below;
54% answered ’I vote in the future’s election.’
38% answered ’won’t know whether you’ll vote in the election fromnow on’
7. Promoting to young active citizen how to act voting right delegation
age from 20 to 18
JCI Tokyo have to introduce education of political participationand sovereignty to young active citizen and put it into effective
persevering repeatedly because we have about 2,400,000 newvoters choose right of the future.
8. Creating the natural environment of discussing about politics at
home
There is a remarkable result came from questionnaire after classas below;
75% answered ’speak’ to the question to which they say ’Will you
talk with your parents and brothers about politics and talk in anarea from now on?’It shows an outcome in the part where politics and talk in an area
are called creating the natural environment of concerning about
politics at home.
Also the change of The students makes positive influence to theparent generation as well as The students by talking with eachother at home about awareness as a sovereignty to develop the
movement you can master next.
9. By focusing target to the generation of teens and 20s as
participants to the project, those targeted generation participatedat the planning phase of the JCI Tokyo general monthly meeting
held in June 2016, 400 people attended.
In addition, it has set-up along with the young people, it was possible tohold a public debate by young politicians of each political party as one ofmain contents of the meeting to share their thought with young
generations of actual voters.
JCI Tokyo was able to provide continuous flow of the education program
such as;
Step1) Mock election:
Provide opportunity to learn how to participate to the politics.
Step2) Public debate:
Lead proactive knowledge input through the opportunity to generate
his/her idea to the politics.
Step3) Vote election:
The young generation proceed actual voting action after experiencing
step 1 and 2.
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2015
January: Meeting with a cooperation group.
February: Cooperation request to a headman of a ward and School
Board.
March-April: Principal meeting visit and promote the project.
May-June: Business plan approval process.
July: Implemented the class at 2 schools.
August: Modified the program effectively.
September: Implemented at 4 schools.
October: Implemented at 2 schools.
November: Business report (related group visit).
2016
January（Preparation period）(At any time)
Holding meeting with teachers of junior high school social studies and theElection Administration Committee, a cooperation group.
Exchange result, ideas, and future plans with a cooperation group.
Exchange opinion and feedback with the students.
Recommendations : JCI Tokyo conducted the Mock Election Voting project targeted for thejunior high school students for following two purposes;
1. To encourage the young active citizen to learn importance ofparticipating in politics and to involve creating future bythemselves- Junior high school students could recognize their responsibilities
as “sovereigns”, who are able to change future as young active
citizens.
- The students also became active citizens thinking and choosing
their futures by themselves through the Mock Election Voting.
As a result, the students have responsibilities as “sovereigns” inthe near future, who are very important citizens to obtain practicalvoting right in several years of turning age 18.
2. To create the social education system to motivate young
active citizen to political participation- JCI Tokyo achieved to provide development opportunity to makethe students to have concern to politics by conducting the project.
Also the result of the class provided the related authority andteachers.
- However, to be settlement of the practical implementation for thesocial education system, JCI Tokyo had some difficulties withestablishing the system drastically in short term. even thoughpublic administrations understand gradually the importance of thesocial education system.
- We need the following steps to establish the social education
system.
1) Building the system of continuous implementation of theeducation2) Conveying the importance of the social education system toincrease areas and number of schools to take the class
To build the social education system to raise the students’ concern about
political participation, it’s necessary to increase the number of sponsors.
Also JCI Tokyo need establishment of the system carrying on the projects
constantly to convey the importance of the social education system tomore schools and authority of public administrations.

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Objectives, Planning, Finance and Execution

What were the The most important part of this program is Citizenshipobjectives of this Education.
program?

• To encourage the young active citizen to learn
importance of participating in politics and to
involve creating future by themselves.
• To create the social education system to motivate
young active citizen to political participation.
How does this The continuation can offer positive impact to a local
program align to community by continuing sovereignty education to thethe JCI Plan ofyoung generation.
Action?

The citizen who learned necessity of thinking
personally will be the passionate global citizen withpeople who are motivated and started action.
It makes the same sense as INVEST in JCI Plan of
Action and is an investment in the future to offer
education in the young generation when the futurecountry is supported.
This program which concentrates a collaborated
partner heading to the same target as improvement ofpolitical participation consciousness and expands
mutual impact agrees with JCI Plan of Action.

Was the budget an
effective guide for
JCI Tokyo enabled free participation cost. This budget
the financial
management of is the model case to do this program package in thethe project? other areas.
How does this This is the program to encourage the young active
project advance citizen to learn importance of participating in politics
the JCI Mission
and to involve creating future by themselves. The
and Vision?

students experienced the encouragement through the
Mock Election Voting and follow up discussion.

Among the country of 192 and the area of the world,
more than 170 countries set to 18 years old as minimum
voting age. (It‘s included 16 or 17 years old.) and.
Japan was the only country out of all countries
comprised of G8 summit, where did not have system ofvoting right for 18-19 years old citizens. Japan
implemented to entitle the right to vote to above 18
years old citizens since July 2016.
Given the system change, JCI Tokyo conducts thesocial education system to motivate young active
citizen to political participation through comparison of
examples of other countries where already proceed
political system with entitlement of voting right to age

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18 and above. Our global network of JCI iscontributed to implementation of the system in Japan.

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Membership Participation

By number, howmany members
were involved inthis program? 242
By percentage,
how manymembers of the
Local Organization
were involved inthis program? 60
Describe the main At the very first stage, JCI Tokyo members will take aroles of the role of promotion to each principals of the school how
participating
important to provide the class with Junior high school
members in thisprogram. students.

In the class, a discussion as a teaching staff was piled
up and a program was made so that every school could
provide a same educational program.
An outcome of a program was announced with aknowledgeable person at the regular meeting in
October to 400 of audience who are interested increating positive change.
All above factors by JCI Tokyo members directly
connect to the result of the fruits of the project.
June meeting of 2016, invited to participate to various
public debate proactively to young people, we wereboth to build this program.

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Skills Developed

What skills were Students thought and learned importance ofdeveloped in this participating in politics by themselves.
program?

Members of JCI Tokyo learned ability to influence andpersuade others.
Volunteers of college students learned the influence towhich education gives it and progress of a program.
All the involved members learned how important
effective project need to be collaborate with local
authority, public school and media to spread out theeducation system.
How were these The students exchanged a mutual opinion by askills developed? discussion. This movement was spread by students’
Describe thereporting this behavior to the family.
methods andactivities used.

Members of JCI Tokyo explained this program to many
television station, newspaper, polity and school andwent around. The negotiations to make the person inwhom I’m not interested have an interest led toacquisition of the ability.
College students completed a program as well as amember and learned business building.

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4Impact on Participants

What was the Process to create positive change of the students are asintended impact on follows;
the participants?

1. The students who weren’t interested in politics
took the lesson of Mock Election Voting.
2. Interest was born by having a discussion about acandidate and a policy.
3. Students were to vote on a real ballot box and see
a result, and the students recognized that they arevoters who can choose their future directly.
Describe the actual Members of JCI Tokyo and volunteers of college
impact on the students recognized that the Mock Election Voting
participants.

changes students’ consciousness and gives impact
where the continuation is possible to a local
community.

The students learned to motivate on commit to politics
for changing their future. They learned for its idea to beformed through a dialogue with the surrounding person
and there is no correct answer.
It was possible to have passionate Motive where thepreparations by which students start action could donecessity of thinking by oneself.
The students were elected by motivation to voting
actually by experiencing voting.
Local authority understood that it’s an investment in
the future to provide education in the young generation
when the future is supported.
The person who participated in a program and theperson who knew a program through media
recognized necessity of doing sovereign education to
the young generation.
That students and educational institutions thatparticipated in this program, in fact that the right to vote
was given to more than 18 years of age in the current
member of the House of Councilors election, because
the impact of the vote of young people to the voter
turnout and election results were in the clear It wasrecognized.

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5Long-term Impact of the Program

What is the The students who wasn’t interested in politics took the
expected long-term program of the Mock Election Voting, and interest to
impact of thispolitics was generated through argument about
project?

candidates and policies.

The students vote by using a true ballot box andrecognize its result, and also recognizes they are voters.
The interest to the entire people’s politics rises by thislesson’s spreading.
The students recognizing importance of politicalparticipation talks with their family as one of the topicsof the family and the family members will create
positive change to have concern to the politics, which
created literacy and interest to the politics, to which will
provide bottom up of the concern of citizens.
What changes JCI Tokyo have potential to spread out the effect of thewould you make to project by expanding area of implementation of the
improve the results
project so that many junior high school students willof this project?

take opportunities that empower young people to create
positive change.
Cooperation with Local authority will be more effective
to spread out the result of the project.
Students are voting about a true ballot box and areseeing a result, and that’s recognizing that they arevoters.
JCI Tokyo need to have more penetrated collaboration
with area Election Commission to increase opportunity
to hold the program.

Preparations for lower voting age of 18 aren&’t enoughin Japan so that JCI Tokyo will add contents on the
program how to prepare the rule change.
Building of the environment that you communicate as acommon topic at home. It’s also necessary to makeawareness as a sovereign be caused to the parent
generation as well as children.

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