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During the past 12 months, a great deal of progress has been made in terms of relieving people's immediate needs, yet years of reconstruction stretch ahead in Tohoku. And while the Government of Japan is of necessity first addressing major infrastructural needs, the view from the region's cities and towns is understandably more focused on the minutiae of repairing the social fabric of communities that have literally been torn asunder.

On May 16, 2012, The Netherlands Chamber of Commerce and Tohoku Planning Forum, supported by 16 national chambers of commerce, will present GIVING BACK TO JAPAN 2: Community Leaders Report, a public forum featuring leaders of cities and towns across Tohoku, whose communities face different reconstruction issues and are at different stages of reconstruction.

The speakers will be:
Mr. Hidetoshi Watanabe (Mayor of Aizu Misato Machi, Fukushima)
Mr. Tsuneaki Iguchi (Mayor of Iwanuma Shi, Miyagi)
Mr. Kimiaki Toda (Mayor of Ofunato Shi, Iwate)
Mr. Yoshiaki Suda (Mayor of Onagawa Cho, Miyagi)
Mr. Kiichi Numazaki (Mayor of Yamada Machi, Iwate)

Television and radio presenter Peter Barakan will guide a discussion about communities' rebuilding processes and ongoing needs, as well as allowing the elected officials to present their suggestions for ways in which individuals and organizations can help their communities toward their goals.

The forum will be followed by networking reception.
Doors open at 17 hrs.

For event flyer please click here.

For registraiton please email to nccj@nccj.jp.