Initiatives for the “Sun Yat-sen, Umeya Shokichi and Nagasaki” ProjectUmeya Shokichi, without seeking fame or position in return,
continued to support Sun Yat-sen to keep with the pledge he had
made as a young man.
Nagasaki Prefecture carries out the “Sun Yat-sen, Umeya Shokichi andNagasaki” Project to honor the friendship between the two men
beyond national boundaries, to recognize and widely introduce
Nagasaki-born Umeya Shokichi to the world, and to utilize theproject for international exchange and regional revitalization in theprefecture.
(In February 2011, the “Sun Yat-sen and Umeya Shokichi” Project

Promotion Council was established and pledged its future efforts.)

Development of the “Sun Yat-sen, Umeya Shokichi and Nagasaki” Project＜Major initiatives to date＞

Asia and international strategy
One of the measures to strengthen soft power

Forming Nagasaki
Prefectureʼs image
and human network
in Asian countries
Building a Chineseconnection anddiversifying
exchange activities

Making Nagasaki
Prefectureʼshistory andculture morevisible andcommunicating itto the public

Making Sun Yat-sen, Umeya
Shokichi and Nagasaki more visible・Special exhibition at the Nagasaki Museum of History and Culture→ Directors Summit (held 3 times in the past)・Establishment of the Nagasaki Museum of Modern-Era Exchange, Sun Yatsen & Umeya Shokichi
・Establishment of the Nagasaki Prefecture Corner at the Revolution of 1911
Museum, Zhongshan Warship Museum, and the Museum of Wuchang
Uprising of 1911 Revolution in Wuhan City, Hubei Province (since 2011)
・Academic exchange exhibition “Sun Yat-sen and Umeya Shokichi” inShanghai
・Information sharing at the Sun Yat Sen Nanyang Memorial Hall, Singapore

Recognizing and publicizing
Umeya Shokichi in Nagasaki andJapan・Symposiums and lectures
・Presentation of an Umeya statue from Nagasaki to Shanghai and thereception of Umeya statues from China to Nagasaki → Unveiling
ceremony・Installation of an interpretive signboard at the site of Umeya Shoten(Nagasaki City)→ Project development in school education
Publication of articles in junior high school supplementary readersand high school textbooks of World History B and Japanese History
A, and lectures by Ms. Kosaka Ayano
・PR activities through pamphlets, websites, etc.
・Production of a childrenʼs book, Nagasaki no Ijin Umeya Shokichi(“Umeya Shokichi, a great man of Nagasaki”)→Book report contests
・Sun Yat-sen and Umeya Shokichi friendship month talk and concert

Supporting and promoting the Sun
Yat-sen and Umeya Shokichi
exhibitions at Expo 2010 Shanghai
and in various locations within China

・Exhibition support, dispatch of delegations, and the holding of tourism
promotions at Expo 2010 Shanghai and in Beijing, Wuhan, Zhongshan, andHong Kong・Support for attracting filming locations for China Central Television(CCTV), etc.

Expanding exchange activities withChina and other countries

・On-site survey of sites linked to Sunand Umeya
・PR activities for special exhibitions,etc. and tourism promotion in various
parts of China
・Attracting visitors by inviting charter
flights and utilizing the Shanghai sea
route

Making Nagasaki
Prefectureʼs history andculture more visible
and communicating itto the public

Cooperation

Municipalities
and organizationsin the prefecture

・Friendship agreements
between Hubei Province andNagasaki Prefecture, andbetween Zhongshan City,
Guangdong Province andNagasaki City・Friendship agreements
between Nagasaki Museum ofHistory and Culture and threemuseums in Hubei Province“Sun Yat-sen and Umeya Shokichi” Project Promotion Council