International Forum “Thinking from Disaster Affected Areas”
Schedule* The schedule and content of events may be subject to change.

WorkshopOutline

Opening session:
Fukushima in theWorld

Staff members from several foreignembassies in Japan will givepresentations on how Fukushima
Prefecture is perceived in their countries.
Through their presentations, participants
will gain a better understanding of how
Fukushima Prefecture is perceived bypeople around the world, and exchange
views, based on these perceptions, about
what efforts they should make in thefuture to achieve better mutualunderstanding.

Play by high schoolstudents(performance)

Date / Venue

13:00 – 15:00
Hirono Town
Community
Center (MainConference
Room)

After a “question presentation”-style playis performed by students from Futaba
Mirai Gakuen High School, participants
will discuss the questions presented bythem.

15:15 – 15:30
Hirono Town
Community
Center (MainConferenceRoom)Two affected areas– Kumamoto andFukushima

Sharing the experience of a convener,
who has provided support for thereconstruction of areas affected by theGreat East Japan Earthquake and who
also survived the 2016 Kumamoto
Earthquake, panelists will look back atthe two earthquakes and discuss what
measures Fukushima and Kumamoto
Prefectures can take in cooperation witheach other as affected areas.

Thinking about
coexistence withresidents in public
restoration housing

Given the fact that public restoration
housing is being built in Hirono Town as
the first public restoration housing projectin the Futaba District, participants will
think about how to solve possible
problems to promote coexistence withresidents in the housing in the Futaba
District, referring to past cases.

15:30 – 17:30
Hirono Town
Gymnasium (2FMeeting Room)

Association for theFuture of theFutaba District (notopen to the public)

Young staff members from eightmunicipal governments in the Futaba
District will exchange views about thefuture of the Futaba District.

13:30 – 17:00
Naraha Town
HallThe French Institut de radioprotection etde sûreté nucléaire (IRSN)("Radioprotection and Nuclear Safety
Looking back on the Institute") will introduce the efforts madepast five years
in the Futaba District and other affectedareas. Participants will exchange viewson the future reconstruction of theaffected areas.

25th (Fri)15:30 – 17:30
Hirono Town
Community
Center (MainConferenceRoom)

10:00 – 12:00
Hirono Town
Community
Center (MainConferenceRoom)Fukushima seenfrom theperspective offoreigners– Let’s think aboutFukushima
Prefecture whileeating snacks!

Young foreigners living in Hirono Town
and Iwaki City will talk about Fukushima
Prefecture from the perspective offoreigners.

“Presented to theHometown in 30
Years’ Time”
Report on the visit
to the Republic of
Belarus by highschool students
from the Hamadoriarea in Fukushima
PrefectureThis summer, high school students fromthe Hamadori area in Fukushima
Prefecture visited the area contaminatedby the nuclear accident in Chernobyl 30years ago. They will give a presentation
on what they thought and felt there andexchange views, looking at the future ofFukushima Prefecture.

How should weconnect Fukushima
Prefecture with theworld? – The role ofpeople who sendout information

A licensed guide who accompanied theforeign media as an interpreter will give a
presentation on Fukushima Prefecture
seen from the perspective of foreigners.
There will then be a group discussion
based on the presentation.

Thinking about
nursing children
from disaster
affected areas @Futaba World

Participants will think about nursing
children from their various perspectives
through a “Café philosophique”-style
discussion.

Passing down hope
to futuregenerations, copingwith the long-term
disaster aftermath

Thinking about asuccession of
traditional events tofoster mental
restoration

12:00 – 13:30
Hirono Town
Community
Center (Training
Room 1)

13:30 – 15:30
Hirono Town
Community
Center (Main26th (Sat) ConferenceRoom)

14:00 – 17:00
Hirono Town
Gymnasium (2F
Meeting Room)
14:00 – 16:00
Hirono Town
Community
Center (Training
Room 1)

The current situation, as well as issues inaffected areas, which have beenrecognized through research and support
activities for the past five years, will bereported. Participants will discuss thehopes of residents as well as thedifficulties living in affected areas toexplore recommendations for the future.

17:00 – 18:30
Hirono Town
Community
Center (MainConferenceRoom)Participants will exchange views about
the resumption of festivals to reconfirm
the significance of strengthening peopleto-people ties.

Report on theJunior high school students from Hirono
overseas training by Town who visited Canada will report onjunior high school
their overseas training.
students from
Hirono Town
– Cross-culturalcommunication
program in Canada

10:00 – 12:00
Hirono Town
Community
Center (MainConferenceRoom)

10:00 – 12:00
Hirono Town
Gymnasium (2F
Meeting Room)27th(Sun)

27th(Sun)

Restoration offarmland and theenvironment in theFutaba District– Thinking aboutcommunity
renovation throughfood and agriculture

Participants will think about therestoration of farmland and community
renovation through food and agriculturein the Futaba District after residents
return to the district. They will also
exchange views on how to takeadvantage of the ideas of young people
for these purposes.

Living in Hirono
Town and radiation

The situation of decontamination in
Hirono Town will be reported. Thesituation will also be evaluated incollaboration with students of Futaba
Mirai Gakuen High School (Social
Entrepreneur Club).

12:30 – 15:00
Hirono Town
Community
Center (MainConferenceRoom)Experience a tea ceremony in the tea
house in Futatsunuma Park.

25th (Fri) 18:00 –Seimei-kan Hall, Futatsunuma
Park

10:00 – 12:00
Hirono Town
CommunityCenter (TrainingRoom 1)〈〈Side Events〉〉
Tea Ceremony
Display of theefforts of theRadiationCounseling Office

Panel display provided at booths

Current situation ofreconstruction inFukushima
Prefecture, withfocus on the effortsof eight
municipalities

Display of the efforts toward
reconstruction, with focus on theefforts of eight municipalities

Introduction ofworks of the foreign
media and a study
tour in the Soso
District

Panel display of media works
produced as a result of the provisionof interpretation services by
Omotenashi Guide Fukushima and astudy tour in the Soso District26th (Sat) 17:15 – 18:15
Hirono Town Gymnasium (2FMeeting Room)

Rice cake-making
event

Serve freshly pounded rice cakemade of new rice produced in Hirono
Town to assure the safety of food andto reverse the damage caused byharmful rumors.

27th (Sun) in the morning
In front of the Hirono Town
Gymnasium

25th (Fri) – 26th (Sat)
Hirono Town Community Center(Small Conference Room)

25th (Fri) – 27th (Sun)
Hirono Town Community Center(Small Conference Room)〈〈Closing〉〉 27th (Sun) 16:00 –〈Contact〉

Organizer / Planning and Organization Committee of the International Forum
Secretariat / Reconstruction Planning Division, Hirono Town
Tel: +81-240-27-1251
http://www.town.hirono.fukushima.jp