Symposium Connects with the World Through Sports
- Time Period
- 20th Feb., 2016
- Region
- Japan
- Sport/Programme Category
- Symposium
- Implementer
- Japan Overseas Cooperative Association (JOCA)
- Co-Implementer
- EarthPlaza Kanagawa Plaza for Global Citizenship
JICA Yokohama International Center
Meiji Gakuin University - Number of Individual Beneficiaries
- 94 people
What can we do for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics?
The Japan Overseas Cooperative Association (JOCA) held a symposium with panelists from athletes and leaders who are connected to the world. Panelists and participants worked together to think about international cooperation and multicultural coexistence through sports. Participants listened to the passionate words of the panelists who were active in each competition.
Panelist:
-First foreign referee at the high school baseball Koshien tournament (baseball / Sri Lanka)
-Former Olympic athlete (Rhythmic Gymnastics / Pakistan / Japan)
-Former World Champion who lives in Japan and enjoys reading in Japanese (Skateboard Canada).
-Former Japanese record holder, active in Japan and abroad after JICA Volunteer (swimming, Japan)
See below for the Japanese version.
http://www.sftlegacy.jpnsport.go.jp/wp/jp/20160220-2/
The Japan Overseas Cooperative Association (JOCA) held a symposium with panelists from athletes and leaders who are connected to the world. Panelists and participants worked together to think about international cooperation and multicultural coexistence through sports. Participants listened to the passionate words of the panelists who were active in each competition.
Panelist:
-First foreign referee at the high school baseball Koshien tournament (baseball / Sri Lanka)
-Former Olympic athlete (Rhythmic Gymnastics / Pakistan / Japan)
-Former World Champion who lives in Japan and enjoys reading in Japanese (Skateboard Canada).
-Former Japanese record holder, active in Japan and abroad after JICA Volunteer (swimming, Japan)
See below for the Japanese version.
http://www.sftlegacy.jpnsport.go.jp/wp/jp/20160220-2/
Feedback from Participant :
-I learned that I can connect with the world through sports. I definitely wanted to cooperate. (middle school girls)
-I thought about what I should do to spread not only sports but also Japanese culture to the world so that the Tokyo Olympics will be successful. (Woman in her 40s, civil servant)
-I learned by listening to the stories of people involved in various sports. (boys’ high school student)
