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■ About OECD Tohoku School

OECD Tohoku School have conducted the following
activities and events:● Intensive Workshops..... Held five workshops

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all participants, with participants from each region

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leaders from the region.

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SchoolsParticipatingwere held in each region

Municipalities
to plan and enact
projects for recovery, according to
the local situation. The
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Schools consisted of
Iwate
Prefecture
Otsuchi-cho

weekend activities and general study, and after school
activities to be held about two timesKesennuma
a month.

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To ensure the successMiyagi Prefecture
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can lead the local recovery from the Great East Japanand academia," "communication
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OECD Tohoku
School #1 (Iwaki)
Earthquake.
is hostedby Fukushima
University in

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documentary."documentary."

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cooperation with MEXT (Ministry ofいわき市
Education, Culture,● The Rebirth of Tohoku - Iwaki
WA..... The last event

Sports, Science and Technology), and OECD (Organisation

which were organized in Paris to demonstrate theAugust 2012
OECD Tohoku#2 (Iwaki) OECD).
for Economic
Co-operation
andSchool
Development,

attractiveness of Tohoku regions that were affected

This two and a half year project involved about 100

by the Great East Japan Earthquake.

Thematic Activities

Thematic Activities

Local School

Local School

students from junior and senior high schools in three
March 2013 OECD
Tohoku School#3(Kesennuma)
heavily-damaged
prefectures,
Fukushima,
Miyagi and

Iwate.

‘12年3月 第１回集中スクール（いわき）
May 2013 Pre-event visit to Paris
テーマ別活動Thematic Activities
Team “WA”

地域スクール
Local School‘12年8月 第2回集中スクール（いわき）StudentsAugust
from2013
Fukushima,
Miyagi and Iwate
are in theOECD Tohoku School #4(Tokyo)

centre of Team “WA”. The team has been also embraced
テーマ別活動

地域スクール

Local School
Thematic Activities
by many otherpeople, including
young people from

‘13年3月
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Tokyo, Nara andParis, andalso enterprises.
Our logoMarch 2014 OECD Tohoku School #5(Iwate)

mark symbolizes our catchphrase, “We are more than our‘13年5月 パリ事前視察

Thematic
past, more than
ourActivities
traditions, Local
at a School
new frontier”.

テーマ別活動Objectives

地域スクールAugust 2014 Pre-event in Japan

‘13年8月 第4回集中スクール（東京）This project is not only for recovery, but also forAugust 2014 Tohoku Appeal Event in Paris

地域スクール
opening a new way テーマ別活動
for the future. Throughthis project,

students are expected to develop capabilities for driving‘14年3月 第５回集中スクール（岩手）

innovation, including skills for leadership, creativity,
地域スクールplanning, critical andテーマ別活動
constructive thinking,getting things

done, negotiation, cooperation, and thinking globally. In‘14年8月 国内でプレイベント

addition, through public-private cooperation activities,
an unprecedented inter-regional network has been
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established, creating a bridge to education reform.

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March 2012 OECD Tohoku School #1 (Iwaki)
Thematic Activities

Local School

August 2012 OECD Tohoku School #2 (Iwaki)
Thematic Activities

Local School

March 2013 OECD Tohoku School #3(Kesennuma)
May 2013

Pre-event visit to Paris

Thematic Activities

Local School

August 2013 OECD Tohoku School #4(Tokyo)
Thematic Activities

Local School

March 2014 OECD Tohoku School #5(Iwate)
Thematic Activities

Local School

August 2014 Pre-event in Japan

August 2014 Tohoku Appeal Event in Paris

■ Activity of OECD Tohoku SchoolFirst Intensive School, Mar. 25th~Mar. 30th,
2012 in Iwaki City, Fukushima Prefecture

for cooperation. They successfully established a good

Ms. Barbara Ischinger, OECD Director for Education, gave

and a library association in Paris, people in the Permanent

students a mission: “In 2014 from Paris to the World,

Delegation of Japan to OECD, the Embassy of Japan anddemonstrate the attractiveness of Tohoku!” and the OECDother organizations.

Tohoku School began. Team “WA” was named by thestudents. After having lectures on recovery, critical thinking,strategy and other topics, students made presentations about
what they would demonstrate in Paris as an attractiveness

relationship with students of the Japanese school in Paris

Fourth Intensive School, Aug. 4th~Aug. 7th,
2013 at Tokyo Olympics Memorial Youth Center

There were discussions to give a clearer shape to the eventof Tohoku and a symbol of their recovery in their own local

and thematic activities. We held a presentation about theareas.

project with the honor of having the Crown Prince andSecond Intensive School, July 31st~August 4th,
2012 in Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture

Princess attend, and a reception party with more than 60
enterprises where students actively asked for more support.
An Adult Intensive Discussion session was also held with Mr.

There were many kinds of activities including large-scale art

A. Schleicher, Mr. H. Gabor and Mr. H. Gaby as facilitators.

to express the future, a discussion session for adults, thematic

After the Intensive School, some students visited someworkshops led by experts, and interviews with people who

companies in Tokyo and made presentations for getting

actively work in Paris. The most important purpose was tofurther support from them.

make a ground plan for the event. Though students worked
hard, they were not able to reach the right one in time. They
commented “We knew nothing about Tohoku and the world.”

Funding Activity Dec. 25th and 26th, 2012 in
Tokyo

Open Rehearsal, Dec. 25th~Dec. 28th, 2013 inIwaki, Fukushima Prefecture

We had an open rehearsal at an elementary school and aresort facility in Iwaki. With help from an event company,
students rehearsed their exhibits of dominos, balloons, a

We were invited to a charity event, “Cheer! NIPPON!”

historic dance and booths of local teams. In the evening

Students had a talk with some famous athletes. They kindly

session, a serious talk was made about the balance of theoffered some goods for charity. Some of the students made afund and the event scale. We were able to find the direction

presentation at UNIQLO, which was well-received, and which

in which to proceed.

laid the foundation for future fundraising.

Third Intensive School, Mar. 26th~Mar. 29th,
2013 in Kesennuma City, Miyagi Prefecture

Fifth Intensive School, Mar. 22nd~Mar. 25th,2014 in Takizawa City, Iwate Prefecture
It was the final intensive school. Students looked backSome new students joined. The concept of the event and theover the things they have worked on in workshops. The

logo mark of Team “WA” were decided. Students also decided

day before, some people got together for discussion on thethe basic framework of the event, and the main attraction

nuclear accident and the core message for the event. In

that each local team would provide. 100 iPad terminals wereaddition, there were workshops for thinking about the future

provided as a support by one company to student so theyand branding of Tohoku, and 100 stories.

could communicate more actively over widely separated
areas. We also had a meeting with Minister Shimomura of
MEXT.

Feasibility Study Visit to Paris, May 1st~May
6th, 2013 in Paris

OECD Forum and LA FOLLE JOURNEE au JAPON
Two students were invited to the OECD Forum held on May
5th and 6th. It was the first time that high school students
participated in it. The students gave a presentation withthe focus on “resilience”. The audience welcomed them

A delegation group consisting of 16 students and 15 adults

with applause. Prime Minister Abe mentioned about OECDvisited Paris for feasibility study of the event in Paris.

Tohoku School in his key-note speech.

Another purpose of this visit was to seek more cooperation

From May 3rd to 5th, a music festival named “LA FOLLE

from potential partners. A conference with those potentially

JOURNEE au JAPON” was held by French artists in Tokyo

involving people was held at the headquarters of OECD.

Japan. There, Tohoku School put up a booth, where we soldStudents explained about the project. At a reception

Jelly from the Date Team and seaweed from Minami-Sanriku.

withOECD
Japanese-affiliatedcompanies,
students asked
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They were very popular with visitors and sold out.

The pre-event at Kids Jamboree
in Tokyo International Forum from
August 12th to14th

Sorting a large amount ofluggage that had just arrived

The first group of
students arrived in Parisin the evening of August
27th.

■ Introduction
The given mission of the OECD Tohoku School projectwas "Organising an event in Paris in 2014 to demonstrate
the attractiveness of Tohoku regions that were affectedby the Great East Japan Earthquake", and that time wasfast approaching. For the last two and a half years, OECD
Tohoku School students have been working together with
Local Leaders (LL), Empowerment Partners (EP), Partnercompanies, NPOs, municipalities, the Secretariat Officeat Fukushima University as well as in Paris, Innovative
Learning Laboratory (ILLab) teachers, Advisory Board
members, an event producer’s team members in Parisand others.
From August 12th to 14th, two weeks before the actual
event, we had a pre-event at Tokyo International Forum.
Though it was the last activity we had in Japan before theevent in Paris, we had to limit the number of students andlocal leaders who participated in the pre-event becauseof the funding problems. But still, the performance of thedomino team went well at this pre-event. There seemed
to be good prospects for them, which was a relief, as
they had been one of the top causes for worry. With
time running out, students worked harder than ever toprepare.
Mr. Shinjiro Koizumi, a Reconstruction Agency parliament
secretary, also visited and encouraged students to do theirbest in Paris.
We also had a roundtable discussion with some privatecompanies on the 14th. Although it was in the middle ofObon, a holiday week in Japan, about twenty people frompartner companies participated in the discussion. They
were interested in our next project.
After Obon, we put together a large amount of luggage
including printed materials, booklets and others delivered
to Fukushima University. “The Rebirth of Tohoku – WA”
had already started.

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OECD Tohoku School The Reverse of Tohoku-WA■ 1. Just Before the Rebirth of
Tohoku – WA

Some members including most of Secretariat Office staff,
arrived in Paris on the evening of the 24th and had afirst meeting with Mr. Weil, an event producer, and his
team the next morning. We had a lot to prepare before
all the students arrived. While checking the construction
schedule, we found that the traffic in front of the mainstage would be closed in one direction only, so we had
to change the position of the domino stage at the lastminute. In addition, we also found that the four-sided
display stands to be used for "100 Stories” of the students
were made of square posts only, with no boards. We wereuncertain about their strength. All this led us to realize
the weakness in communication between Japan andFrance.
The group had meetings every evening around theopening ceremony, ending ceremony, KPI evaluationquestionnaires, Student-Teacher Conference, Cherry tree
planting ceremony, the next project, and other topics
that went on late into the night. The team also bought
missing items for the event, did luggage sorting, andchecked the event site. The weather in Paris this year was
unusual. Even though it was summer, the temperature
had remained around 20 degrees Celsius. Several people
became sick from the rain and fatigue of traveling. Our
biggest concern was the weather on the 30th and 31st.
The first group of students arrived in Paris on the eveningof the 27th, and started preparations on the morning of
the 28th. That evening, the last group arrived and all
students started working on their own local booths fromIn the morning ofA u g u s t 2 9 th, a l lmembers gathered at
Champ de Mars Park.
All preparations had tobe completed in oneday.

W i th th e co o p e r ati o n of RATP, 6 0 0
posters for the event were posted at
subway stations in Paris.

In the evening of August 29th, all students wereinvited to the kickoff reception at the official
residence of the Ambassador of the Permanent
Delegation of Japan to the OECD.

the early morning of 29th. There was no time to performrehearsals for the opening and ending ceremonies untilthat afternoon. The event was in a critical situation interms of time and content. Professor Miura said, “We arein a desperate situation but we, Team WA, have always
been challenging the obstacles!” The students clappedand smiled.
On the same day, we finally had the first rehearsal with asinger-songwriter, miwa, who wrote the theme song of theevent. Our students were very excited. The song is about
dedicated young people who are working hard toward
the future despite their sorrows and sufferings. It has awishful and beautiful melody and resonated with all thestudents. It is exactly the soul of the Rebirth of Tohoku –WA in Paris.
In the evening, students were invited to the official
residence of Mr. Kodama, Ambassador Extraordinary andPlenipotentiary, Permanent Representative of Japan to
the OECD, to attend the kickoff reception. Mr. Kodama
and Mr. Tamaki, Deputy Secretary-General of the OECD,
welcomed and encouraged the students. The student
leader Riku Sato (Iwaki team) expressed his gratitude to
all the people who had supported this project.
After the kickoff reception at the residence, somestudents went back to Champ de Mars Park at night, andcontinued the rehearsal until past 10 pm. The main event
was nearly here.

■ 2. The Rebirth of Tohoku – WA in
Paris opened!
In the early morning at Champ de Mars Park, eight red
and blue balloons were floating high up in the blue sky.
They looked magical and very beautiful. The weather,which had been poor until now, miraculously turned
clear. Passing tourists were poring over the 100 Stories
displays. The Domino Team put 1612 bottles of water into
domino pieces for increasing the weight for stability, andthey were ready to go.
Guests, including the Director for the Directorate of
Education and Skills of the OECD, Mr. Andreas Schleicher
and his family members, were gathering at the VIP seatsin front of the stage.
At 10:30, the Deputy Mayor of Paris, Mr. Jean-François
Martin arrived at the site as previously arranged andvisited some of the booths.
Finally, at 11 o’clock the Rebirth of Tohoku-WA in Paris
started. Mr. Katsumi Nakai, the president of Fukushima
University, gave the opening speech and acted as masterof ceremony. Mr. Martin, the Deputy Mayor of Paris,
Mr. Tamaki, the Deputy Secretary-General of the OECD,
Mr. Kodama Ambassador of the Permanent Delegation
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The morning of the event. The weather was clear and a lotof people were visiting Champ de Mars Park. The height ofthe balloons was 26.7 meters, the same height as tsunamiof the Great East Japan disaster.

The Rebirth of Tohoku – WA opened. The president ofFukushima University, the Deputy Mayor of Paris, Mr. Martin, theDeputy Secretary-General of the OECD, Mr. Tamaki, Ambassadorof the Permanent Delegation of Japan to the OECD, Mr. Kodama,
and the Vice Minister, Mr. Shinichi Yamanaka from MEXT madetheir addresses.

of Japan to the OECD, and Mr. Yamanaka, the Vice
Minister, of the Ministry of Education, Science, Sports andCulture (NEXT) made their speeches. After that, Yuka Ara
and Yuika Koizumi (students of Soma Team, Fukushima)
took MC’s role for the rest of the opening ceremony. Ms.
Takesada translated Japanese into French. She was anexperienced interpreter, and had served at the meeting
between the President of France and Prime Minister
Shinzo Abe.
The energetic call-out resounded through Champ deMars Park. With a sound of Horagai, a trumpet shellroaring, students holding tairyo-bata (fishing boat flags)
ran up to the stage. Scenes of Tohoku before the Great
East Japan Earthquake were projected onto the screen.
Students spoke about the tragedy of the Great East Japan
Earthquake, how they discovered the OECD Tohoku

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School, and how the school spurred them on toward
recovery. The student leader, Riku Sato and the student
sub leader, Yu Oyama (Kesennuma Team, Miyagi)
announced the opening of the Rebirth of Tohoku – WA in
PARIS in French.
Following that, Togura Team (Miyagi) performed Shi-Shi
Odori, the traditional deer dance. People in Togura had
had to stop their performance of this traditional dance
because of the disaster, but the local students put in a lotof effort to revive it. Their performance with the Eiffel
Tower in the background was quite touching. Next, Ryoka
Endo (Iwaki city) told her moving story about surviving
the tsunami. Many people in the audience showed
sympathy towards her and strongly applauded her. Then,each team introduced their own unique attractions. The
combined team of Okuma (Fukushima) and Otsuchi

With a trumpet shell roaring,
students holding tairyo-bata(fishing boat flags) ran up to thestage.

1612 dominos were toppled and the symbol of team WA appeared.

Everyone was moved by her
sharing her experience, andexpression of how important life is.

The leader and sub leader
announced the opening of theevent in French.

Singing “Kibo no WA” (Circle of Hope) written by miwa together. The most exciting part of the event.

(Iwate) introduced the tragic reality of the tsunami andthe nuclear accident. The Kesennuma Team introduced
Tenbata (traditional kite) and their local marine
products. The Minamisanriku-Togura Team introduced
Shi-Shi Odori and silk and paper crafts. The Onagawa(Miyagi) Team displayed pictures of their hometown anddemonstrated their local dance, Sanma de Samba, The
Soma team, dressed in costumes of brave warriors fromthe past, introduced their videos of Soma Nomaoi, thetraditional local horse festival. The Date Team (Fukushima)described the steps they took after the disaster, especiallyabout Jelly, which they developed by themselves. The
Adachi Team in white coats said that they wanted toclear up the harmful rumours about Fukushima throughrenewable energy sources and science experiments. The
Iwaki Team, wearing Japanese yukata, introduced their‘Storytelling’, message of Sakura, balloons and dominos.
Finally the EP teams of Nara and Tokyo introduced theiractivities with Tohoku School and their art work. Eachteam looked very confident during their presentations.
Then, the Onagawa team performed Sanma de Samba,
and many people in front of the stage danced together
with them. The VIPs who made speeches earlier were

the first to join the dance, and it was very impressive.
It was the moment that we felt a feeling of unity withaudience.
Next, miwa, the Japanese singer, appeared on the stage,
wearing her red stage dress. She performed her song
“Kibo no WA” (Circle of Hope) with the students. The
title was chosen from messages written by one of our
Tohoku School students. The students all shared the same
feelings. Everyone was very moved by the performance.
A lot of people including miwa shed tears.
miwa expressed her feelings, saying “Thank you forchoosing me as your theme song artist.”
Before the domino toppling performance, Takuyuki Suda
(Iwaki) told his story of the team's project. The Domino
Team had faced many issues, such as the size and scaleof the dominos, the budget, how to perform it outside,and much more. This was their first time to perform thedomino toppling at full-scale. After a countdown, 26
people toppled dominos and the symbol of Team WA
appeared. A round of applause followed.
After the domino toppling, Yurina Sato (Date Team,
Fukushima) and Rinoa Nakai (Otsuchi Team, Iwate) reada message to the world. This message is the core message

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The Rebirth of Tohoku -WA Stage Time Tableof the whole event and was developed by all of thestudents.

Message to the world（part1）
On 11th of March 2011, Japan faced a huge oncein-a-1000 years disaster. The disaster mainly damaged
Tohoku’s coastal areas. Even before the disaster,
they were suffering from depopulation, dependent on
agricultural and fishery industries, and were almost

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unknown by people in other parts of the world. Forty
years ago, people in Tohoku decided to build Fukushima
Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant to improve the local
economy. Because of the huge tsunami caused by theGreat East Japan Earthquake, the plant lost all of its
power supply, then lead to a hydrogen explosion. This
resulted in widespread radioactive contamination in thearea. The tsunami caused over 18,000 casualties andcompletely destroyed our beautiful hometowns instantly.
People in Tohoku despaired and grieved over the fact.
They felt that their futures had almost disappeared.

Commemorative photograph of the Mayor of Paris, Ms. Hidalgo and Tohoku
School members. She said “Lending this park to you has great significance forthe city of Paris.”

However, we were able to get our futures back again
because of a large amount of help from all over theworld. People from around the world participated in
rescue operations, pushed aside the mud, removed the
rubble, prepared warm food, gave encouraging words andcried together with us.
It taught us that the world was connected with us bymany ties.
We will never forget what the world gave us. We arecommitted to working not only for our regions andJapan, but also for the world by using our skills andcompetencies that we obtained through the OECD Tohoku
School project. Thanks to all who gave us help, we could
declare this now.
Sincerely we would like to say, “Merci, Thank you,
Danke, Grazie, Gracias, Спасибо, ‫كل اركش‬, 谢谢 , 감사 합니다 , and ありがとうございました。”.
At the end of the opening ceremony, with the energetic
call-out of the student leader, all people on site madea circle with their arms on each other’s shoulders andshouted “WA!” This is the signature move of Team WA.
With the cooperation of Fujitsu, the opening ceremony
was streamed in live to the Iwaki City Cultural Center,
where 150 parents and supporters watched the ceremony.

This ceremony convinced us of the success of not only
the Rebirth of Tohoku – WA event, but also the whole
OECD Tohoku School project.

■ 3. Booths surrounding the site
There were booths of students, prefectures, partnercompanies and other groups in the Champ de Mars Park.
The nine students’ booths were very appealing, and each
was full of visitors throughout the two days. Local mascot
characters like “Hoya Boy” from Kesennuma, “Jangarar”
from Iwaki, and “Kibitan” from Fukushima also joined
the event and became very popular. In addition, childrenof the library in 19th arrondissement of Paris also had abooth and their “Karaoke”, “Go game class” using sweets,
and Japanese quiz were also popular.
The three prefectures of Iwate, Miyagi and Fukushima
also had booths. They showed how they were afflicted by
the disaster, how their recovery is going, and displayed
their unique local products. Iwate prefecture exhibited
their local Nanbu Ironware and craft products, such asa chest. Miyagi prefecture showed a movie about thedisaster, and team members performed Suzume Odori(Sparrow dance) on the stage, alongside fourteen local
high school students. Fukushima prefecture was making
strong efforts to clear up the harmful rumours. They had
their local mascot character, an original dance, and a
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Sanma de Samba dance of Onagawa town.
Local mascot characters and the Recovery
Ambassadors danced together.

The signature move of Team WA. Everyone with
their arms on each other’s shoulders made acircle and shouted “WA!” It became very big, andmiwa also joined this circle.

sampling corner. Their tasting corner was full of visitors.
Partner companies like ANA, which supported us withtransportation, the Sasakawa France-Japanese Foundation
and Toyo Systems, who supported us financially, also
had booths, and Rakuten had their mobile library. At
the booth of Fukushima Minpo newspaper, several news
photos of the disaster were exhibited and three juniorhigh and high school students, acting as Recovery
Ambassadors, explained the details. They also introduced
Fukushima on the stage and attracted the interest of theaudience.
In addition, the OECD Better Life Index (BLI) was
introduced at the OECD booth, and the Japan National
Tourism Organization (JNTO) promoted the attractivenessof Japan. Tohoku University, Kansai University and Osaka
University recruited foreign students. Japanese traditional
toys were introduced at Fukushima University's booth,

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and a large number of children visited. A local restaurant“Atsu Atsu” served Japanese foods like Takoyaki, andthere was a long line of customers each day. There wasa “Sushi Marche” corner at Fukushima University’s
Information booth, and their hand-rolled sushi waspopular.
Also visiting the site were Mr. Mihai Sebe from the
Ministry of Youth and Sports, Government of Romania,
Mr. Kan Suzuki who was one of the originators of thisproject and the former State Minister of MEXT, and Mr.
Jerome and Ms. Moretti from the International Division of
the Paris city government. (Ms. Moretti was in charge ofletting us use the Champs de Mars Park). Ms. Maruyama
from Jugetsudo Paris, and Mr. Iida who was the former
Executive Producer of ANA also paid us a visit. It was atime to remember our journey of the past two and a halfyears, and how it has broadened our horizons.
At the end of the first day, all main members gathered

Renewable energy experiment at the Adachi booth

Local character at the Iwaki booth

Giving jellies to visitors at the Date boothChildren flying kites of Kesennuma

Visitors listening to students at the Otsuchi-Okuma boothIntroducing the Soma Nomaoi festival at the Soma boothIntroducing silk and paper crafts at the Togura boothTenbata and picture cards of seafood at the Kesennuma booth

Remembering the Great East Japan Earthquake - Tokyo-Nara bootharound the stage and danced Sanma de Samba together.
After that, Paris EP presented the thousand paper cranes
to Team WA on the stage.
The first day of the event ended at 7 PM while it was stilllight, and we took some commemorative photos withmiwa. We were very happy with the enthusiastic response
we received that day.

■ 4. Day 2 – Ending
On the second day, the stage schedule was about thesame as the first, but students looked more confident
and brighter than the day before. The number of visitors
wearing the Team WA T-shirts and having Team WA bags
became a lot more noticeable. Each booth was more
crowded than on the previous day.
At 10:00 in the morning, the acting mayor of the 7tharrondissement of Paris visited the booths. At 12:00,
the Mayor of Paris, Ms. Anne Hidalgo, with the deputy
mayor Mr. Patrick, who was in charge of international
affairs, visited the site. Ms. Hidalgo had expressed her
full support for OECD Tohoku School earlier when she
was the deputy mayor of Paris. Professor Miura told her“we have been working very hard to meet and exceed
expectations as you lent us Champ de Mars Park.” Shereplied “Lending this park to you has great significancefor the city of Paris.” She visited each booth politely andtalked to the students. She stayed longer than originallyscheduled and took commemorative photographs with all
the students.
In the afternoon, we had to bring the balloons down as
it became windy towards the end. We closed the booths
as scheduled and gathered around the stage. The last Shi
Shi Odori and Sanma de Samba were performed.
The last domino performance was having problems. It
was too windy so pieces kept toppling. When we almost
gave up dozens of students and adults came onto thedomino stage to stand up the toppled pieces. Domino
toppling was performed successfully 5 minutes behind theschedule, and members of domino team cried with joy.
“To make the impossible possible together is the symbolof Team WA,” the domino leader noted.
At the ending ceremony on the stage, representatives ofeach team shared their feelings and sang “Kibo no WA”
together. Some were looking at each other and others had
their arms around each other’s shoulders. When the timecame to deliver the final message to the world, the two
student leaders put down their speech notes on the floor
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Shi-Shi odori from Togura

Date team members introducing themselves

Rinoa Nakai (Otsuchi) is telling her story

Sanma de Samba of Onagawa teamStage attractions made the audience excited.

Kibitan Dance by Fukushima Prefecture

Suzume Odori by high school students
from Miyagi Prefecture

Mayor of Paris, Ms. Hidalgo visiting the Togura
booth

The library in 19th arrondissement of Paristeam introducing Japanese culture

and expressed their own words. The message represents
feelings of all the people who have been involved in theOECD Tohoku School for the last two and a half years.

Message to the world (part2）
We participated in OECD Tohoku School and havebeen working hard for 2.5 years in order to make theevent succeed. We worked with many people frombusiness, academic and governmental fields. This was
not something we could experience at school. Sometimes
we failed and cried. Through this experience, we havelearned many things such as:● Disaster victims should not remain as they are.
They should be independent.
● Do not just sit down at your desk, but act and thenthink!
● There are many problems without definite answers.
We need to challenge them.
● We need to cross borders and collaborate withadults and people in the world.
● We need to discuss and solve problems as a group,

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and not as a person alone.
O u r j o u r n e y w i t h O E C D To h o k u S c h o o l i s n o w
approaching the end.
Even though the recovery of the Tohoku region is
ongoing, there are still many challenges in front ofus, such as rapid depopulation, energy problems andeconomic crisis.
However, we have learned that we can turn challenges
into opportunities.
We demonstrated the perseverance of Tohoku people,
who help each other and always look forward, evenin a very tough time. The earthquake disaster gave us
opportunities to give hands to each other and share hopefor the future. Some people tried to restore the traditional
culture that was almost vanishing, others tried to change
the way of the fishing industry, and solved problems
which they were facing even before the earthquake.
The world taught us that there are many things that we,
who overcame the earthquake tragedy, can do.
3.5 years have passed since the earthquake. During thisperiod, people around the world have been suffering fromSinging “Kibo no WA” again at the Ending

Moving message to the world by the student leader“Let’s make WA together!”

Shouting “WA” after completing the two day event. The students’smiles with a sense of accomplishment left a big impression.

big typhoons, earthquakes, civil war, social instabilities
and poverty.
Our experience of Tohoku could be just one of thosetragedies.
We believe that if we work at finding an innovative
resolution by collaborating with people around theworld without being bound by precedent and traditionalcommon sense, we can change our future. Our future isnot created only by adults.
“We are more than our past, more than our traditions, at
a new frontier!”This is our Team-WA concept.
Our hard experiences, as well as future challenges infront of us are common agendas in the world. In order toovercome such problems, let’s connect with each other.
Let’s make WA together!
All the programs ended with hundreds of people making
a big circle in front of the stage.
Students started cleaning up right away. Some of themstarted to pick up trash in the park, though there wasno need because cleaners would. People at all levels
gathered around the domino stage and cleaned up.
Bottled water used for domino and extra T-shirts were

donated to homeless people.
Students from the Tohoku area who overcame the disasterdemonstrated their resilience to the world during those
two days.
Next morning, the students briefly reviewed their pastefforts, and received certificates from Professor Miura. He
said, “According to our statics, 149,664 people visited.
Our target was 150,000 visitors. That goal seemed
reckless at first but we almost reached it. I hope that you
do not make OECD Tohoku School into just a memory,
but that you become innovators who transcend even
Tohoku School.”
After leaving the hotel, we went to the banks of the Seine.
Mr. Gailly, the President of CEFJ invited us to a cruise of
Bateaux Parisiens and all students enjoyed it a lot. Half ofthe groups were going home in the afternoon of that day.
The rest of the groups stayed one more day to attend theCherry tree planting and Student-Teacher Conference.

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Reception after theC h e r r y Tr e e P l a n t i n gceremony. Students
actively communicatingwith attendees.

Ceremonial photograph in front of the Château de la Muette. Mr. Gurria
in the middle, Leader Riku Sato on the left and Rina Matsumoto who
made a speech on the right. Mr. Kodama Ambassador Extraordinary andPlenipotentiary, Permanent Representative of Japan to the OECD, Professor
Miura, Mr. Schleicher Director for the Directorate of Education and Skills,
Mirai Kusano, Ms. Ischinger former Director for the Directorate of Educationand Skills, and Ms. Irene from Albert Kahn Museum were also attending.

At the Cherry Tree Planting ceremony,
Mr. Gurría Secretary-General of the OECDappreciated students’ efforts.

Group discussion at Student-Teacher Conference

Presentation facilitated by Ms. Roseveare■ 5. Cherry Tree Planting
It was clear and sunny on the 2nd of September too.
Students got together at the headquarters of OECDand started their preparations. The cherry tree they
were going to plant was not the one from the disasterafflicted area. The original tree had made it throughthe institutional and technical difficulties, but had been
contaminated by bacteria at the last minute. Ms. Peyraud
from Albert Kahn Museum and Ms. Furuta from OECD
Tohoku School Secretariat Office in Paris looked all overFrance and finally found a cherry tree from Tohoku. It
was very symbolic that this tree had been carried bypeople from all walks of life before being planted.
At this Cherry Tree Planting Ceremony, the Secretary
General of OECD, Mr. Gurria described the current
situation of Tohoku and Fukushima and expressed what
this planting meant. Ambassador of the Permanent
Delega tion of Japan to the OECD, Mr. Kodama,congratulated the students for their efforts along theway and expressed his gratitude. Professor Miura statedthat he hopes that people will associate Fukushima witheducational innovation someday, not with the nuclear

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Mr. Schleicher providing comments

accident. The student leader of the Sakura team, Rina
Matsumoto, told a story about a cherry tree. She said,“This is not the end. This project to plant cherry trees
here which overcame the disaster still continues. We
never give up.” The audience gave a large round of
applause. The former Director for the Directorate of
Education and Skill, Ms. Ischinger also attended thisceremony. After, they took a ceremonial photograph infront of the Château de la Muette, and then moved to thereception hosted by the Ambassador Kodama.

■ 6. Student-Teacher Conference
Finally, the last program of this project, the StudentTeacher Conference began. “My School, Our Future andSchooling for 2030” was the theme of the conference andfive teams developed their ideas about schools dealing
with social problems in 2030 based on OECD statistics.
They shared their ideas, taking comments from overseas
into account, and the best idea would be chosen in acompetition.
Following are the plans which each team shared.
■ Group 1：Society in School (Create a simulated

The second day of the event. It was too windy so the domino pieces kept toppling. Dozens
of people came onto the domino stage to stand up the toppled pieces, and it was performed
successfully. It was very symbolic.

society with interaction among schools）■ Group 2：Global Entrepreneur Academy Tohoku(Promote enterprises and business activities atschool)■ Group 3：TOMODACHI (create a model world
inside the school and build a network)■ Group 4：“Regional School,” a school that raises
people to be active in their region (Being a key
organization of society to solve regional problems)■ Group 5：Orbis (School network on a world scale.
You can learn whenever you are.)Each team made their presentations and Ms. Debora
facilitated a vote. Group 2 won. It was commented that,“It is meaningful to have students design public education
programs, something which has only been done byprofessionals thus far.” In the future, this plan will be
combined with other plans and developed further.

■ Conclusion ─The legacy which thisproject left
After returning home, many students expressed their
gratitude on Facebook, even before recovering fromjetlag. They seemed to have grown up a lot, compared

to before their departure. A lot of comments were posted
even from outside of Tohoku School.
From the following comments which students included
with their self-evaluation questionnaires the morning after
the festival, you can tell that they see themselves clearly.
▶ 2 years ago, I could not imagine myself sharing
my thoughts on the stage at the event, but I managed
somehow. I was glad that I joined OECD Tohoku School
when I heard the audience saying “Very good!!”,“Marvellous!!”, “Thank you for your speech!!”▶ I have been working on this for the last 2 and a halfyears. I think if myself from two years ago were to see
this event, she would be very surprised. These two days
were very hard and so busy, but I enjoyed them a lot andI felt a great sense of accomplishment. I think I was able
to initiate my own activity more for these two days. I did
not like it when I couldn't take the initiative, so I am gladthat now I know I can.
I am also glad that as a member of Team WA, I was able
to carry out this event. Those two and a half years wereso much fun. Two days seemed a very long time but theypassed so fast, and I did not want it to end. I want tochallenge myself again with something that no one evertried, as a member of Team WA.

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Champ de Mars Park was packed with a
lot of visitors.Estimated 150,000 people
visited during the 2 days.

▶ During these two and a half years of OECD Tohoku
School, we had a lot of tough times. However, we ended
with great success because we overcame hardships
together. Now I feel relieved. I am glad that I was able
to meet many people including members of Team WA.
I want to thank the Fukushima University staff, Local
leaders and Empowerment partners for being very close
to us.
▶ What I felt most through the event is that if we reallywant to, we can communicate using gestures even though
we don’t speak a word of each other’s language. I’m
so happy to see that our visitors went home smiling.
Many people were interested in our local traditional
performance “Shi Shi Odori”. When we were singing at
the end, I saw some people in the audience shed tears,
though they did not know us. It really moved me and I
could not stop crying as I thought I was able to express
my thoughts in Paris after these two and a half years. It

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was such a great event. Thank you very much.
▶ I cannot believe that it is over but at the same time I
feel that we finally completed it. We were all just ordinary
students two years ago but we are very distinguished now.
When I saw everyone’s faces at the ending ceremony,
I felt a sense of joy because they looked different from
two and a half years ago. We all had tough times but weovercame them together. I wish I could ask each member
about what kind of path they are going to take and whatkind of future they imagine. I had been distressed bythinking about how to relate myself to Fukushima but I
think I got some clues during this event. I decided that
I would not stop here and I would challenge something
new one step at a time.
▶ It has been very hard for these two and a half years,
but now that the event is over, I feel so happy that I
joined the activity. The first day, we could only ask
visitors to write message cards. But the second day,Students of Japanese School in Parisjoined as volunteers

Team T-shirts, made in collaboration
with Uniqlo were very popular.

Domino toppling outside was very
challenging work.

Giant vinyl figures which were made inTokyo became very popular.

Next morning, all students received
certificates from Professor Miura.

CEFJ invited all students to a
cruise on the Seine

we could improve our program and I think it was goodfor the team. I was satisfied with interacting with 2600
people. I want to develop my ability by making the mostof things studied though OECD Tohoku School in various
situations, and to help people. I am proud that I joined
OECD Tohoku School.
▶ I want to do more activities like this. / I want to havean event with this team again. / I found the good qualitiesof Tohoku. / I think even high school students can do it ifthey try. / I do not want Team WA to end here.
▶ I am glad that I never gave up. I think the membersof team “WA” can do new challenges together. Tohoku
is not over yet. I think the step we took at this time will
greatly change the future of Tohoku and the way theworld thinks about it.
▶ I’m full with a little sense of relief and a big sense ofaccomplishment. The domino performance faced many
problems through four days, including preparations,but the members of team “WA” tried and failed, thentried again repeatedly for the success of the domino
performance. We couldn’t stand up the domino pieces
before the ending. We almost gave up but we neverstopped trying. Because of that, we could topple thedominos beautifully.
The people in the audience were nodding as they heard
the message to the world and shouted “WA” together atthe end.
I was very happy that I was able to carry my thoughts
to the world and they understood our passion. I am
confident now. What we completed will be a source ofenergy for me from now on.
The past two and a half years of OECD Tohoku School
have been full of challenges and obstacles every day,and full of adventures to break down the existing social
boundaries. Seeing our home from outside has shaken
our “isolated closed state” mind-set. The growth of thestudents, as described above and the networks are strong
weapons to break this isolation. They will be passed on to
the next project.
The place where students are going back to after thisimpressive event will not be an old and familiar home,
but will be their hometown which is now a part of theworld, a new home which gives new discoveries andsurprises. Education leads people to the world. Innovation
starts when you separate yourself from things and seethem in an objective way.

Acknowledgments
This project has been supported by many people andorganizations.
Ms. Hidalgo Mayor of Paris, Mr. Martins Deputy Mayor of
Paris, Mr. Klugman Deputy Mayor of Paris and his team,
Mr. Gurría Secretary-General of the OECD, Mr. Tamaki
Deputy Secretary-General of the OECD; Mr. Schleicher
Director for the Directorate of Education and Skills; Ms.
Ischinger, former Director for the Directorate of Educationand Skills; Mr. Davidson, Ms. Roseveare, Ms. Taguma,
Mr. Miki and Mr. Ishikawa at OECD; Ms. Kinnan at Osaka
University; Mr. Kodama Ambassador Extraordinary andPlenipotentiary, Permanent Representative of Japanto the OECD; Mr. Murao and Mr. Kamai at Permanent
Representative of Japan to the OECD; Mr. Yoshikawa
former Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary,
Permanent Representative of Japan to the OECD, Mr.
Imaizumi a former officer and Permanent Representativeof Japan to the OECD; Mr. Yamanaka Vice Minister,OECD Tohoku School The Reverse of Tohoku-WA 17

Throwing the student leader in the airin celebration of the success

Shi Shi Odori from Togura. After the tsunami, costumes for the dancewere found miraculously and its performance was resurrected. Many
people were moved by it as a symbol of recovery.

Ministry of Education, Science, Sports and Culture (NEXT);
Mr. Otani, Mr. Nango and Ms. Ichimura at MEXT, Mr.
Kozuki former deputy director of MEXT; Ms. Furuta and
Ms. Ito at the OECD Tohoku School Secretariat Office ofParis; Mr. Weil and his team, Institut Culturel FrancoJaponais; students at the library of 19e arrondissementde Paris; and the interpreters who worked as volunteers,
who were the windows to the world for us.

Albert Kahn, Ms. Ogiso an interpreter, OECD Tokyo
Center; They gave us a hand when we faced difficulties.

Many people supported our project operations; Mr.
Ebihara and Mr. Murashige at Accenture, Mr. Minowa at
Yahoo, Mr. Nagi, Mr. Honda and Mr. Yamada at TV MAN
UNION, Ms. Watanabe and Mr. Katakai at Kidsdoor, Mr.
Nakajima, Ms. Hamamura, Mr. Shimizu, Mr. Moribayashi,
Mr. Namiki at WINDS International, Mr. Ichinohe,
Mr.Akatsuka, Ms. Li of MURAYAMA. Thanks to them, we
could shape up the event well.

Great East Japan Earthquake Recovery Initiatives
Foundation, ALL NIPPON AIRWAYS (ANA), IPPO IPPONIPPON, Fondation Franco-Japonaise Sasakawa, Fujitsu,
IBM Japan, AXA Life Insurance, UNIQLO, SoftBank,
Fukushima University Alumni Association, DAIYU EIGHT,
Fukushima Chamber of Commerce&Industry(FCCI),
Fukushima Future Study Group, Japan Agriculture Group
Fukushima, Nihon Michelin Tire, Takagi Corporation,
Saint-Gobain, Toho Bank, Toyo System, The Tokyo Club,
Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited, Rakuten,, AIR
LIQUIDE, RATP、SANOFI、IRSN、Nikon France, Mr.
Nagakura a former trustee of Fukushima University, andall contributors over 180; thanks to all of them, we could
make this project a big success.

Cabinet Office, Government of Japan, Ministry ofForeign Affairs of Japan, Ministry of Agriculture,
Forestry and Fisheries, Japan Tourism Agency, Japan
National Tourism Organization, Iwate Prefecture, Miyagi
Prefecture, Fukushima Prefecture, Iwate Prefecture Boardof Education, Miyagi Prefecture Board of Education,
Fukushima Prefecture Board of Education; we could nothave moved forward without their support.

And local leaders who spent a lot of time and madegreat efforts, Ms. Harayama and Mr. Kurose and advisoryboard members both in Japan and France who gave us
valuable advice, staff members of Fukushima University
and OECD Tohoku School Secretariat Office, professors
at ILLab, students and graduate students, facilitators who
participated in intensive schools; Thanks very much to allof you.

Municipal Boards of Education of the participating
regions, high schools, supporters at each region,
University of Tokyo Secondary School attached to the
Faculty of Education, Nara Women's University Secondary
School, Doshisya International Junior/Senior High School,Kansai University, Tohoku University, Osaka University,
NPO Katariba, Embassy of France in Japan, Embassy ofJapan in France, Le Comité d'Échanges Franco-Japonais(CEFJ), Chambre de commerce et d’industrie française
du Japon(CCIFJ), Mr. Nishihata of SORA BOTANICALGARDEN project , Ms. Peyraud of Musée Départemental

I would like to express my sincere appreciation for all
who supported us for such a long two-and-a-half-year
project.

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And finally, I would like to report the big success of thisproject for Mr. Nakai, a French Literary Professional,
who cared about the project and gave us advice until justbefore he passed away.
Hiroki Miura

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² 全 9 指標の平均値（総合指標）を見ると、成長レベルと経験した教育的要素には相関関係
イベント実施直前（参考値）	
 2
1.5 以下の生徒は、①②ともに平均 2.5 個の要素の経験に対し、Lv4
イベント終了後（参考値）	
 が見られた。Lv2
以上のOne and a half years ago
1年半前	
 ３チームワーク
1
８地域力	
 
4.
Management
４マネジメント
7. Skills生徒は、同
toHalf a years ago
力	
 
0.5
半年前	
 
4 個の要素を経験している。
７巻き込み力	 skills 力	 involve people0²

Right before the event

全生徒共通での成長要因のトップ 3 は、他地 域 の 生 徒 と のイベント実施直前（参考値）	
 交 流（ 平
均 71％ ）、異 学 年 の(Reference
values)After the event
生 徒６発信力	 との交 流 （ 56%）、地域 の 将solving
来 ・ skills
未 来 に 対 す る 議 論イベント終了後（参考値）	
 ・活動（54%） であった。こ(Reference
values)6. Communication
skills
5. Problem
５問題解決力	 ４マネジメント
７巻き込み力	 れらは、プロジェクトの骨格だったといえる。
力	 Analysis of growth factors
図．総合指標（全 ６発信力	
 9 指標の平均）の Lv５問題解決力	 別にみた、成長要因の分布（n=84）

Based on the self-reported data from students, weanalysed the educational elements (growth factors)
７．	
  プロジェクトが残したもの
of OECD Tohoku School which created the growth ofstudents.
帰国後、生徒達は時差ぼけも治らないうちに、Facebook に感謝の気持ちを綴った。その行間からは,出発前からは考えられな
The common top three growth factors of all students are
いような大人びた姿が感じられた。東北スクール外からもたくさんのコメントが加えられた。
interactions with students from different regions (average
７．	
  プロジェクトが残したもの
KPI 評価でも前頁のような、期待以上の結果がもたらされた。1 年半から現在まで、自己評価の平均が1.5→2.0→3.0→4.0
へ71%), interactions withstudents of different
ages (56%),
anddiscussions
andactivitiesforregional
future(54%).
帰国後、生徒達は時差ぼけも治らないうちに、Facebookに感謝の気持ちを綴った。その行間からは,出発前からは考えられなと向上しているのがわかる。
主観的ではあるが、イベント直後の自己評価を一人ひとりよく見ると、かなり抑制的であることを、
They are considered as the frameworks of this project.
いような大人びた姿が感じられた。東北スクール外からもたくさんのコメントが加えられた。
あえて記しておきたい。
KPI 評価でも前頁のような、期待以上の結果がもたらされた。1 年半から現在まで、自己評価の平均が 1.5→2.0→3.0→4.0 へと向上しているのがわかる。
主観的ではあるが、イベント直後の自己評価を一人ひとりよく見ると、かなり抑制的であることを、
自己評価アンケートとともに書いてもらった以下コメントを読むと、イベント終了の翌朝であるにもかかわらず、冷静に、自Interactions thoughス
ク ール をOECD Tohoku
あえて記しておきたい。
分自身と対話していることがよくわかる。
通じた交流流  SchoolInteractions with people overseas

自己評価アンケートとともに書いてもらった以下コメントを読むと、イベント終了の翌朝であるにもかかわらず、冷静に、自Interactions
with EPInteractions with LL

分自身と対話していることがよくわかる。
・	 
２年前の自分を考えると、復幸祭に参加してステージでInteractions with instructors and experts
自分の思いを伝えるなんて信じられなかった。でも、何Interactions with regional communities

56％

Interactions with students of different ages

とか自分の言葉で伝え、聴いてくれた人たちから「すごInteractions
with students from different regions

71％・	  く良かった！」「素晴らしい！」「話してくれてありが２年前の自分を考えると、復幸祭に参加してステージでPJ management practices

プ ロ ジェ ク
自分の思いを伝えるなんて信じられなかった。でも、何とう」と声をかけてもらったときは、もうProject activities OECD 東北
ト活動項⽬目  Learning of specialized skills and knowledge

とか自分の言葉で伝え、聴いてくれた人たちから「すごスクールに参加して本当によかったと思いました。
Use of software

Use of hardware
く良かった！」「素晴らしい！」「話してくれてありがNote: This research is as ofDiscussions with adults and students
とう」と声をかけてもらったときは、もうOECD
東北
September.
Final analysis will
Company visits and presentations
beスクールに参加して本当によかったと思いました。
conducted based on the final
Responsibilities
12
questionnaires which will be filled
Previous leaning and research for targeted themes
Discussions and activities for regional futureout in October and November.

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54％

Project management cooperation

Support※紫ロゴは原則使用しないでください。

Cabinet Oﬃce, Government of Japan / Ministry of Foreign Aﬀairs of Japan / Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry
and Fisheries / Japan Tourism Agency / Miyagi Prefecture / Iwate Prefectural Board of Education / Miyagi
Prefectural Board of Education / Fukushima Prefectural Board of Education

Partner Organizations
Iwate Prefecture / Fukushima Prefecture / Otsuchi Board of Education / Kesennuma City Board of Education/ Minamisanriku Board of Education / Shizugawa town ﬁshery cooperative / Onagawa Board of Education /Date City Board of Education / Japan Agriculture Date Mirai / Okuma Board of Education / Iwaki City Boardof Education / Katariba / Doshisya International High School / University of Tokyo, Faculty of Education
Secondary School Volunteers / Nara Women's University Secondary School / Embassy of France in Japan /Chamber of Commerce and Industry of France in Japan(CCIFJ) / Permanent Delegation of Japan to the OECD
/ Embassy of Japan in France / Microsoft Japan / TOKYO INTERNATIONAL FORUM / SORA BOTANICAL

SponsorGreat East Japan Earthquake Recovery Initiatives Foundation

福島大学同窓会

ふくしま未来研究会

Fukushima University Alumni Association

Fukushima Future Study Group髙木株式会社JA グループ福島

Takagi Corporation.

Japan Agriculture group Fukushima

THE TOKYO CLUB

すべてを地域のためにToho Bank, Ltd.

Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited

GAD WEIL
DIRECTEUR ARTISTIQUE

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