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The 16 Asian Pacific Telephone Counseling Conference Building a Bridge Between Hearts -In an Isolated Society th The 16 Asian Pacific Telephone Counseling Conference The 36th Federation of Inochi-no-Denwa (FIND) National Conference in Okayama Building a bridge between hearts -In an isolated Society Contents Greeting from Director of FIND‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥2 Conference Schedule ‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥3 The 1st Day Opening Ceremony / Keynote Speech / Activities Reports / Banquet ‥‥‥4 The 2nd Day Study Groups / Workshops / Representatives Meeting / Exchange Meeting‥6 The 3rd Day Symposium (Open to the Public) ‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥26 English Lecture / Closing Ceremony‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥29 Venues Guide ‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥‥Pending 1 Welcome Greeting Let’s build a bridge between hearts in “the sunny country Okayama” Director of Federation of Inochi No Denwa (telephone counseling) Chair of Forum of Okayama Inochi No Denwa Administration Director of Zikei Hospital HORII Shigeo Ph.D. The 36th Annual Federation of Inochi-no-Denwa National Conference in Okayama and the 16th Triennial Asian-Pacific Telephone Counseling Conference, “Building a Bridge between Hearts” will be held at the Okayama Plaza Hotel and the Okayama International Center, from Thursday, October 24 to Saturday, October 26, 2019. Telephone counseling, “Inochi-no-Denwa” in Japanese started in 1971. The Japanese Federation of Inochi-no-Denwa (FIND) was established in 1977. Since then, it has been continuous operation for 40 years. Now more than 6,300 telephone counseling volunteers at 50 centers located all over the country (including the Miyazaki Center opening this September) handle about 650 thousand calls a year (2018), engaging in listening to lonely, isolated voices. The 36th National Conference for those volunteers will be held in conjunction with the 16th triennial conference of the Asian-Pacific Telephone Counseling, in Okayama where the Okayama Center is celebrating its 35th anniversary. Our Conference will focus on FIND’s origin, counseling, and empathic understanding. I hope the Conference will contribute to an evolution for those who make much effort to “build a bridge between hearts” and convey a feeling of conviction and relief. We will offer two keynote addresses by Muneharu Kurozumi, Hierarch of Kurozumi Shinto, and Shozo Aoki, Emeritus Professor of Kawasaki Medical University. A variety of sectional meetings and events will continue the dialogue including a plenary relating to how we can create a bond with adolescents, by Norio Kawakami, Professor of Kansai Welfare University, and a symposium on “Natural Disaster and Suicide Prevention in Japan” by Hirokazu Tachikawa, Japanese Association for Suicide Prevention. I look forward to welcoming many volunteers to join in the Conference and to take another step with a wide view of the past, the present and the future of telephone counseling and with your own spirituality. Okayama has many beautiful places such as Koraku-en (Korakuen Garden), Seto-ohashi (Seto Long Bridge), and Kurashiki-Bikan-Chiku (Kurashiki Bikan historical quarter), and is also famous for its tasty seafood and fruits (grapes and pears). I hope you all will greatly benefit and have heartful learnings and meetings in “the sunny country” Okayama. 2 The Conference Schedule Date : 24th(Thursday), 25th(Friday), and 26th(Saturday) October 2019 Place : OKAYAMA PLAZA HOTEL / Okayama International Center / Korakuen/ Nagashima-Aiseien, Oku-Komyoen Theme : Building a bridge between hearts ―In an isolated society－ The 1st Day: 24th October at OKAYAMA PLAZA HOTEL 12:00~14:00 Registration 4th Floor: Room A 14:00~14:30 Opening Ceremony 14:30~15:40 Keynote Speech 1 "On the Mind" KUROZUMI Muneharu - Honorary Chief Patriarch of Kurozumikyo Shinto 15:40~16:50 Keynote Speech 2 " Weave the will of living from hidden threads" AOKI Shozo - Emeritus Professor of Kawasaki Medical School 17:10~18:00 Activities Reports from participating countries 18:00~18:30 Registration of International Night Banquet 5th Floor: Room C International Night Banquet The 2nd Day: 25th October at Okayama International Center and the other locations 09:00~09:30 Registration of each Study Group or Workshop each Venue 09:30~12:00 Study Groups ・Workshops 18 Sessions 12:00~13:30 Lunch break 6 Morning sessions 13:30~16:00 Study Groups ・Workshops 6 Afternoon Sessions 6 All-day Sessions 16:30~18:00 Representatives meeting from participating countries 3rd floor: Venue 5, Lecture Room /Counselors exchange meeting 8th Floor: Venue 1, Event Hall The 3rd Day: 26th October at OKAYAMA PLAZA HOTEL 09:00~09:30 Registration of Symposium and Special Lecture 4th Floor: Room A 09:30~11:30 Symposium "Building a bridge between hearts ~ How to link with youth" Coordinator : KAWAKAMI Norio - Professor of Kansai University of Welfare Sciences Symposiasts : ISHIDA Haruhiko/TANIGUCHI Hitoshi/SATO Kojiro 09:30~11:30 Special lecture in English 4th Floor: Room D "Legislation and development of Japan's suicide prevention policy" Lecturer : SORIMACHI Yoshihide - Professor of Aomori University of Health and Welfare, Social Inclusion and Safety Promotion Laboratory 11:40~12:00 Closing Ceremony 4th Floor: Room A 12:30~18:00 Excursion for foreigners OKAYAMA PLAZA HOTEL - OKAYAMA KORAKUEN garden (walk and lunch) - KIBITSU Shrine - Okayama Station 3 The 1st Day: Date: 24th October, 2019 Venue: OKAYAMA PLAZA HOTEL Opening Ceremony Time: 14:00~14:30 4th Floor, Room A Keynote Speech 1 Time: 14:30~15:40 Title: On the Mind Lecturer: Rev. KUROZUMI Muneharu, Honorary Chief Patriarch, Kurozumikyo Shinto Profile: 1956 Graduated from Okayama Prefectural Okayama Asahi High School 1960 Graduated from the Division of Philosophy, Department of Literature, Kyoto University 1965 As the Chief of Kurozumikyo Youth League launched a Campaign Setting up a Facility for Profoundly Handicapped Children in the Chugoku and Shikoku Regions, leading up to the establishment of current Asahigawa Jidouin of the Social Welfare Juridical Person Asahigawasou, a fully-fledged facility for profoundly handicapped children. 1972 Assumed the office of Vice Chief Patriarch of Kurozumikyo Shinto 1973 Assumed the office of the Sixth Chief Patriarch of Kurozumikyo Shinto 2017 Assumed the office of Honorary Chief Patriarch of Kurozumikyo Shinto to the present Abstract: Kurozumikyo Shinto began in 1814 when the founder-to-be Munetada Kurozumi, a Shinto priest of Imamura Shrine greeted the rising sun and offered a prayer. Since then the Nippai sunrise ceremony in which we welcome the rising sun and offer our sincere prayer every morning has become the most important time. Nippai begins with reciting the Oharae no Kotoba, Great Purification Prayer, the Japanese have been reciting this prayer when praying to kami, Shinto deities, since more than a thousand years ago. We recite the prayer with the voice coming out from lower abdomen, facing the eastern sky. Then we practice Go-yōki Shugyō (yang energy practice) while awaiting the sunrise. This is the practice to inhale fresh morning air just as though drinking water and to keep it in the lower abdomen. After a while when we face the rising sun, we feel something warm come bubbling up from the lower abdomen, the climax of Nippai. This makes me firmly believe that the lower abdomen is the very place where the original body of mind settles down. 4 Keynote Speech 2 Time: 15:40~16:50 4th Floor, Room A Title: Weave the will of living from hidden threads Lecturer; AOKI Shozo, M.D., Ph.D. Director, Public Interest Incorporated Foundation, Zikei Institute of Psychiatry Emeritus Professor of Kawasaki Medical School Profile: Director, Public Interest Incorporated Foundation, Zikei Insititute of Psychiatry Emeritus Professor of Kawasaki Medical School Abstract: In adolescence and young adulthood, logical and abstract thinking skills develop. Therefore, when they encounter great difficulties, adolescents are likely to guess their own future based on their past hard life experiences and conclude pessimistically and negatively. Sometimes, they say, "There is no reason to live. I want to die." It is not easy to change this idea by discussion or persuasion. I think it might be helpful to do something to change their mindset. If young people had a good experience, they could expand their vision and become flexible to changing their mindset. Through such good experiences, they can connect with and feel that they have been understood by someone. At that time, the youth's mind starts to move towards living. At the talk, I would like to talk about my thoughts on the subject while introducing some of the young people and adults I have met so far. Activities Reports from participating countries 17:10~18:00 International Night Banquet 18:30~20:30 5th Floor, Room C 5 The 2nd Day; Friday 25th Oct. Optional Sessions at Okayama International Center and the other locations Study Groups/Workshops/Symposia AM 9:30~12:00 PM 1:30~4:00 PM*: ~4:30 All-Day AM 9:30~ PM 4:00 Time No. Title 【E】: in English the others : in Japanese Page Lecturer/SymposiastStyle Venue Capacity TSUBOUCHI Shoko AKAO Tomohiro AM ① Developmental Disorders and related issues p.7 Symposium Venue No.1 270 KUROKAWA Akihiro A parent mentor Cognitive Behavior Therapy PM ② p.8 ONO Yutaka Lecture Venue No.1 270 : Four steps to get closer to the desired outcome by using the CBT skills TACHIKAWA Hirokazu KAWANISHI Chiaki AM ③ Disasters in Japan and preventing suicide 【E】 p.9 CHO Yoshinori Symposium Venue No.2 225 KISHI Yoshiki MAEDA Masaharu Remembering the Loved Ones that Lived to the Fullest【E】 TAKESHIMA Tadashi PM* ④ p.11 Symposium Venue No.2 225 : Support for the families of suicide victims
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