Yasuhide Nakayama and The Children’s Future of the World Conference, in support of the United Nations, are exploring coordination with the Japan Parade in New York in 2025

Jul 22, 2024News

This article was originally published in Japanese on Tokyo Headline, and was translated to English using DeepL.

The Children’s Conference of the Future in Support of the United Nations ~The Project Launch Event in New York 2024~” will be held at the United Nations Headquarters DDR on July 17 (local time), the last day of the High Level Political Forum at the United Nations Headquarters in New York, USA. Conference of the Future in Support of the United Nations ~The Project Launch Event in New York 2024~” at the United Nations Headquarters DDR on July 17 (local time), Mr. Koji Ichiki, Representative Director of the Peace Communication Foundation, and Mr. Nakayama, former Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs and Mr. Yasuhide Nakayama, former Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs and Director for External Relations of the Foundation, visited Mr. Mikio Mori, Consul General and Ambassador of Japan in New York, at the Consulate General of Japan in New York on July 16, 2012.

During the visit, they discussed collaboration with the “Japan Parade,” which is held every May in New York to introduce and promote Japanese culture, including traditional culture such as taiko drumming and martial arts, as well as pop culture, in the year 2025.

On the same day, Ambassador Kazuyuki Yamazaki, Permanent Representative of Japan to the United Nations, visited the Permanent Mission of Japan to the United Nations in New York to thank the Permanent Mission of Japan for its cooperation in the “Global Children’s Future Conference in Support of the United Nations” ceremony and project events to be held at UN Headquarters on April 17, and to discuss the exchange between Alpha generation children including Japanese and children around the world. He also explained the exchange between children of the Alpha generation, including those from Japan, and those from around the world, the exchange of opinions on creating global experiences through UN Headquarters, and plans for 2025, and asked for their continued readiness for cooperation.