This website includes information, registration details, and the current agenda for Kitami 2020 and the Sendai 2020 Bioethics Roundtable  Sattelite events, and some group excursions.

The Kitami 2020 Event includes the following intertwined events in several venues in Kitami area, the Sea of Okhotsk Area, and will be held 17-22 August 2020:

• International Youth Peace Ambassador Summit and Training Workshop  (YPA20)
• Summit of Indigenous Leaders and Peoples
  
• International Gerontology Conference: Theme: Youth is a Gift and Age is an Art
• International Shogido, Budo Keiko Enbukai for All People

PERSONS OF EVERY AGE, GENDER, ETHNICITY, ABILITY AND LINGUISTIC ABILITY ARE WELCOME TO JOIN.  Although the official language is English, there will be interpretation for most activities between English and Japanese on a needs basis.

Objectives:

• Training future leaders and international linkages of Peoples for our Common Good
• Each participant to develop a concrete action plan for implementation in their community of concern
• Development of a Statement
• Awareness of the the Olympic Peace Truce

Activities include:  Peace, Community Building, Environmental Protection,  Disaster Resilience, Creative Educational Methods, Human rights and diversity, Indigenous rights, Bioethics; Shogido, Budo Keiko Enbukai for persons with intellectual disabilities Hokkaido Sakamoto Ryoma Cup  (Shogido, Kdo, Judo; Kendo); Indoor and Outdoor Recreation Activities; Bonfire; Archaeological site visit; Fishing; Visit Scallop Fishery; Star gazing with telescopes; and so on.

Co-organizers and Supporting Organizations: Youth Peace Ambassadors International. Nippon Care-fit Association, American University of Sovereign Nations, Eubios Ethics Institute, Youth Looking Beyond Disaster, Kitami City, Abashiri City, Kitami Institute of Technology, Accredited Universities of Sovereign Nations, International peace and Development Center @ Kaeng Krachan, Youth's UNESCO Club, Sendai UNESCO CLub

Registration Packages

(25% discount by Early bird payment rate by 1 June 2020; by bank transfer, Japanese post office transfer; or credit card [payment must be received by 1 June])

Kitami Prices

Aug 16 Accommodation and 17th Workshop & Meals:

JPY7,000 (Shared room, private bathroom)

JPY11,000 (Single room, private bathroom)

Aug 17 Accommodation and 18th Workshop & Meals:

JPY7,000 (Shared room, private bathroom)

JPY11,000 (Single room, private bathroom)

Aug 18 (Accommodation and 19th Workshop & Meals:

JPY4,000 (Shared room, shared bathroom by gender)

JPY11,000 (Single room, private bathroom)

JPY15,000 (Single room, private bathroom & Unbelievable Seafood FEAST)

Aug 19 (Accommodation and 20th Workshop & Meals:

JPY4,000 (Shared room, shared bathroom by gender)

JPY11,000 (Single room, private bathroom)

JPY15,000 (Single room, private bathroom & Unbelievable Seafood FEAST)

Aug 20 (Accommodation and 21st Workshop & Meals:

JPY4,000 (Shared room, shared bathroom by gender)

JPY11,000 (Single room, private bathroom)

JPY3,000 Field Trip Excursion Supplement

 Aug 21 (Accommodation and 22nd Workshop & Meals:

JPY4,000 (Shared room, shared bathroom by gender)

JPY11,000 (Single room, private bathroom)

JPY3,000 Field Trip Excursion Supplement

Aug 22 (Accommodation

JPY4,000 (Shared room, shared bathroom by gender)

JPY11,000 (Single room, private bathroom)

Total for Kitami in Shared accommodation from night of 16th August to morning of 23rd August, all Meals and all Field Trips is JPY 40,000

(25% discount by Early bird payment rate by 1 June 2020; by bank transfer, Japanese post office transfer; or credit card [payment must be received by 1 June])

Prices exclude alcoholic drinks

Optional Sappro Accommodation (15th) and Sightseeing with Lunch and airport transfer on 16th please inquire.

Sendai Prices

Aug 23 Accommodation and 24th Workshop & Meals:

JPY10,000 (Shared room, private bathroom)

JPY13,000 (Single room, private bathroom)

Aug 24 Accommodation and 25th Workshop & Meals:

JPY10,000 (Shared room, private bathroom)

JPY13,000 (Single room, private bathroom)

Aug 25 Accommodation:

JPY8,000 (Shared room, private bathroom)

JPY11,000 (Single room, private bathroom)

JPY 5,000 26th Excursion including fees to Matsushima & Lunch

Aug 26 Accommodation:

JPY8,000 (Shared room, private bathroom)

JPY11,000 (Single room, private bathroom)

JPY 5,000 27th Excursion including fees to Matsushima & Lunch

Aug 27 Accommodation:

JPY8,000 (Shared room, private bathroom)

JPY11,000 (Single room, private bathroom)

(25% discount by Early bird payment rate by 1 June 2020; by bank transfer, Japanese post office transfer; or credit card [payment must be received by 1 June])

Draft Day by Day Draft Agenda

Aug 16 (Sunday) Arrival by Plane to Kitami Airport (e.g. from Tokyo, Sapporo, Osaka) Check into hotel in Kitami City.

(Optional one day sightseeing in Sapporo City followed by late flight to Kitami is available)

Aug 17  (Monday) Welcome and Ice Breaking

Shogido  (Japanese Chess) workshop and competition at Kitami Art Culture Hall

(Alternative Activities including Sharing Environmental and Human RIghts Activism; Mentoring; and Action Plan Development Workshop; available for those who prefer not to spend the whole day with the philosophy and activty of Shogido).

Aug 18  (Tue) Welcome Kado, Budo and Keiko Enbukai at Kitami City Budokan

(Alternative Activities including Ikebana (Flower Arrangement); or Action Plan Development Workshop will be available for those who prefer not to do physcial activity).

Keynote Lecture: Princess Akiko of Mikasa (Japanese Royal Family)

Keynote Lecture: Hon. Wendsler Nosie Jr. Ph.D. (Former Chairman, San Carlos Apache Tribal nation, Arizona, USA)

World Indigenous Culture Exchange Festival Prayer for World and Peace at Kitami Art Culture Hall

Evening transfer (one hour drive) to the sea-side Activity Center and

Aug 19  (Wed) International Summit Roundtable at Napal Kitami  (Hokkaido Youth Support Activity Center)

Indigenous Leaders Workshop and Statement Development

Capacity building activities, lectures, workshops

(There are many indoor and outdoor recretation activities available, ranging from kayaking, badminton, basketball, walking).

Aug 20  (Thurs) International Summit Roundtable at Napal Kitami

Presentation by all Participants of their Action Plans

(There are many indoor and outdoor recretation activities available, ranging from kayaking, badminton, basketball, walking).

Aug 21  (Fri) Field Trip in Abashiri Area

Sight Seeing: Hokkaido Museum Northern People  http://hoppohm.org/index2.htm

Abashiri Prison Museum       http://www.kangoku.jp/

Moyoro Shell Mound Museum http://moyoro.jp/

Akanko Ainu Kotan   http://www.akanainu.jp/

Aug 22  (Sat) Field Trip in Akan National Park Area

Meeting

Aug 23 (Sunday) Departure

To travel from Kitami to Sendai is either air changing in Sapporo or air to Tokyo and train to Sendai

Sendai 2020 Bioethics Roundtable: Cross Cultural Bioethics Addressing Advanced Technology: The first 20 years into the 21st Century

Aug 24 (Mon) 9:00 - 18:00 Academic Session in Tohoku University Medical School; followed by Dinner

Aug 25 (Tues) 9:00 - 18:00 Academic Session in Tohoku University Medical School; followed by Dinner

Aug 26 (Wed) Day trip to Matsushima (One of the famous 3 sights of Japan)

Aug 27 (Thursday) Day trip in Sendai City, including East Arahama School and beach, tsunami memorial site, Sendai castle, Sendai City Museum, Osaki hachimangu shrine, and others

Speakers

Core Training Faculty in Kitami  include: Prof. Darryl Macer, President, American University of Soveriegn Nations, USA/New Zealand;Prof. Marlon Lofredo, Dr. Madeyn Menor, Dr. Dennis Alfaro, the Phillipines; Prof. Akiko Ishihara; Prof. Ryo Takahashi; Prof. Nen Hatanaka, Prof. Maria Keiko Yasuoka, Japan; Prof. Ananya Tritipthumrongchok, Thailand; and others (confirmed 

Confirmed speakers in Sendai include: Prof.Darryl Macer, President, American University of Soveriegn Nations, USA/New Zealand; Prof. Atsushi Asai, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine; Prof. Marlon Lofredo, Dr. Madeyn Menor, Dr. Dennis Alfaro, the Phillipines; Prof. Akiko Ishihara; Prof. Ryo Takahashi; Prof. Maria Keiko Yasuoka, Dr. Taketoshi Okita,  Japan; Prof. Ananya Tritipthumrongchok, Thailand; and others.

Abstracts

Please submit 300 word English text as abstracts for Kitami and for Sendai to darryl@eubios.info

 

Photo gallery Kitami, Hokkaido area

Background

These events will contribute for the world peace, being held at the time of the Olympic Truce, between the Summer  Olympics and Paraolympics in Tokyo. The main aim of the Olympics is unity against no discrimination by any nation, ethnicity or language, through people  working together for peace and harmony through a "Kigatsuku Soul".  Kigatsuku in Japanese means “an inner spirit to act without being told what to do.” SOUL can be grown by See, Observe, Understand, and Listen (S.O.U.L.) to learn from each other toward.  The SDGs aim isto eliminate poverty so it is only something to see in museums by 2030 as Professor Muhammad Yunus stated in his vision.  It is important to search for the real history of roots of each country and tribe, learning from the heritage of Ainu, Maori, Native Americans, and all persons.

Hokkaido was a place of indigenous peoples collectively called Ainu, before the colonization in the 19th and 20th century by pioneers from the mainland of Japan. Hokkaido was chosen to establish a new country during the Movement for Civic Rights and Freedom in the 1880s. Kitami city in Okhosk area has been blessed with many richs of natures. Kitami is also the birthplace of Professor Ryo Takahashi, our local host.  On the other hand, there have been natural disasters, and human-made disasters such as the Ashio copper mine pollution incident during 1880s. People of Ashio area then moved to Saroma town near Kitami city as Disaster Victims.  This movement of victims is also seen recently due to the  harm caused by radiation in Fukushima, Japan after the Great East Japan Earthquake on  11March 2011.  In Sendai we will visit sites of the recovery, and memory, of the tsunami inudation areas.

On the 17 August we will hold a Budo Enbu kai（Martial Art Competition）for Shogido将棋道, Kado華道, Judo柔道, and Kendo剣道 to review the  philosophy of Bushido which is required with Meditation, Prayer, or Yoga or Zen practice. This must be central to Bushido.  Beginners can experience for the first time also. Japan is famous for such a philosophy of Samurai Spirit with no power and no authority but truthfulness and action.

We will also learn from indigenous leaders such as Chief Wendlser Nosie, Jr, Ph.D., of the San Carlos Apache, a descendent of Geronimo. Dr. Nosie has led campaigns to reclaim spiritual and sacred sites that now become living places of a spiritual revival for environmental preservation and legal reform.  Also from Mr Atsushi Monbetsu on how he has left an office job to make a living as a hunter. It is essential to teach as many people as possible about hunting culture. He remarks, “We must never forget our appreciation for life. Now that I make my living with a gun, the value of life is even closer to my heart.”We will ask questions, such as why Japanese law bans the use of the traditional bow and arrow to hunt animals, or spears to hunt salmon, but allows modern weapons?

Moreover, we will learn from Mr.Masao Nishida in Akan Kotan. Mr.Nishida is the great-grandson of Mr. Uekichi Nishida, who was forcibly moved from Kushiro to the upper Seturi River  (currently Tsurui Village) in 1890. He learnt and teachs Ainu culture throughout  his life. In 1973, he succeeded to Kotan's house and entered a full-fledged Ainu culture activity as President of the Akan Ainu Culture Conservation Society and Lake Akan Ainu Association while running a folk art store. Mr. Nishida actively participates in domestic and overseas performances as a dancer of Ainu traditional dance, a performer of Eucalyptus drama, and a performer of Ainu folklore puppet drama. In recent years, not only the locals, but also the Kamuinomi priests in each region, instructing juniors with an easy-to-understand tone and work, has contributed to the promotion of Ainu culture by fostering successors and raising awareness of Ainu culture. We will also enjoy one of the live performances on 22 August 2019.

Sight Seeing: Hokkaido Museum Northern People  http://hoppohm.org/index2.htm

Abashiri Prison Museum http://www.kangoku.jp/

Moyoro Shell Mound Museum http://moyoro.jp/

Akanko Ainu Kotan   http://www.akanainu.jp/



Photo gallery Sendai and Matsushima, Tohoku area

For more information on sights in Sendai:https://www.japan-guide.com/e/e5150.html

For more information on sights in Matsushima: https://www.japan-guide.com/e/e5100.html



Background Youtube Videos from 2019 Preparatory Meetings and Exploring Japan series of American University of Sovereign Nations Field trips

The following youtube videos provide some background on the activities being organised around the August 2020 Kitami and Sendai events

Exploring Kitami and Akan-Mashu National Park, Hokkaido, Japan with Prof. Darryl Macer, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cMlY7wlTcFo

Exploring Sapporo with Prof. Darryl Macer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JgTAPf3Vr98

Exploring Nibutani Ainu Community, Hokkaido, Japan, with Prof. Darryl Macer, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Od-CmNI5Cno

Exploring Sendai City, Japan with Prof. Darryl Macer, President, AUSN. August 2019. Includes former East Arahama Elementary School (Tsunami Memorial Site), Sendai Castle, Sendai City Museum, Shrine, other sites; Introdcutions of the AUSN-Sendai Bioethics Roundtable https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hH5udYxjmOQ&list=PL51u2JtIPZiivaaVwYeSZRxzW7xlQyJmc&index=95

Exploring Matsushima with Dr. Darryl Macer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HVHEi_OiQFI&list=PL51u2JtIPZiivaaVwYeSZRxzW7xlQyJmc&index=85

A Day in Tokyo: Reflections on the Ethos of Japan - Prof. Dr. Darryl Macer, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=srUPlemu-tA

Another Day on the Ethos of Tokyo with History of Art and Culture. With glimpses of Ushiku Buddha (world's tallest Buddha statute) and Samukawa Shrine (400 AD); and countryside environment. Ueno National Museum. - Prof. Dr. Darryl Macer, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZU1NYtU2WM8

Daigo Fukuryu Maru Exhibit & Nuclear Bomb Testing with Prof. Darryl Macer, (The tuna fishing boat exposed to the H-bomb testing in the Pacific) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pYLj_9cykFQ

A night at Asakusa Kannon Temple / Sensoji, Tokyo, Japan, with Prof. Darryl Macer, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VVYjywB9xoY&list=PL51u2JtIPZiivaaVwYeSZRxzW7xlQyJmc&index=94

Exploring Enoshima, Kamakura and Minatomirai (Yokohama), Japan, South of Tokyo, through Haneda Airport, with Prof. Darryl Macer, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YyhnkAsheLg