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JUNE 2006 News 2.3 Feature: Universal Design 4.5 Prefecture JUNE 2006 Universal Design Workshop for Elementary School Children, Shizuoka Prefecture Myriad Leaves introduces Japanese local government and related issues to people working in local government in the UK. Its title comes from the earliest collection of Japanese poetry, and means “thousands of poems” or “thousands of leaves”. News 2.3 Feature: Universal Design 4.5 Prefecture: Fukushima 6 JET Letter 7 japan Study Tour 8 THE NEWSLETTER OF THE JAPAN LOCAL GOVERNMENT CENTRE, LONDON news Elementary English The results of a survey into the current level of English teaching at elementary schools in Japan were released on the 26th March. The survey of state schools has taken place utilise this existing interest English in a more regulated 2 annually since 2003. This year the number of schools included curriculum rather than the current non-uniform system. in the survey numbered 22,232. At the present time English As a result of this survey the Central Council for Education has teaching is not part of the national curriculum for elementary recommended that pupils in lower grades should learn the schools, however the survey found that 20.803 schools provide language as part of games and other such activities, and older some English language teaching to their pupils. Compulsory pupils at elementary school should be given hour long English English education only begins at junior high school level at the lessons each week. The report recommends that the focus of present time. the lessons should be on speaking and listening exercises to The survey stressed the importance of children having a basic improve the pupils communication skills, rather than simply knowledge and understanding of English prior to starting at focusing on written English. junior high school. It also revealed that pupils already have a Although the majority of the members of the Central Council keen interest in learning English, and a great many Assistant for Education appear to agree with many of the points raised Language Teachers (ALTs) on the Japan Exchange and by the sub-panel, there are those that believe the emphasis Teaching Programme (JET) make weekly visits to elementary should be placed on teaching Japanese and other subjects schools. It was recommended that it would be beneficial to rather than English at elementary schools. Aichi Expo a Resounding Success Recently released figures show that the Aichi Expo, which ran Over 100,000 people acted as volunteers during the Expo, and from March to September of last year, was a major success. people from over 120 different countries from around the The Expo ran for 185 days and despite the number of visitors world actively participated in the numerous events that took being lower than predicted at the start, the event soon proved place over the six months. massively popular with numbers reaching 22 million by In order to make suitable use of the site, the majority of the September, well above the target of 15 million set at the start. buildings and facilities constructed for the Expo are to be A total of 3 million people paid a visit to the British Pavilion. cleared, and the space used to create a new city park. For more information please visit the official Expo website: Festivities at the Closing Ceremony www.expo2005.or.jp Nara Police Feeling Blue Taking its lead from a scheme introduced in Glasgow in 2000, the police force in Nara Prefecture have recently started using blue street lighting on a number of its main streets. The blue lighting is believed to offer clearer visibility at night and it is hoped that as a result a decrease in street crime will be seen in the coming months. Early figures show this to be the case, with a marked decrease in petty thefts and damage to public property reported. In order to promote the scheme a number of blue lights are in place in the streets surrounding the Nara Prefectural Government Building. At the current time twelve Following on from the success seen in Nara, it is predicted municipalities have entered into the scheme, with over that a number of local authorities may introduce similar 450 blue lamps in place in over 20 different locations. schemes in the future. 3 Japanese Prefectures Facing Up jlgc news To Demographic Changes On March 20th this years One Year Trainee Programme participants took part in a final With Japan’s ageing population and the continuing decline in the birth presentation session at the Institute of Local rate, local authorities in Japan are having to face up to a number of Government Studies, University of related issues. One such issue is the decline in the number of people Birmingham, where they had been studying living in urban centres, in part due to the cost, but also due to factors UK local government for the past year. The such as the increase in out of town facilities meaning younger families trainees gave presentations on two current are seeking homes outside of the city centre. Toyama Prefecture is one issues of importance to local government in of the prefectures actively seeking to promote the revitalisation of the both the UK and Japan. Mr. Nobuo Maezawa city centre in order to boost the population there. The overall population spoke on the topic of participation and of Toyama City has seen an increase of 18,000 over the past 25 years due partnership, and Ms. Satoko Toriyama on to a number of municipal mergers. However, the population in the tourism partnerships. centre of the city has seen a decrease of 11,000 over the same period. With an increase in the population key to the economic revival of the city, Mayor Masashi Mori is keen to increase the number of the residents in the city centre by 7,000 by the year 2014. A number of meetings were held at which suggestions on how to bolster the city were taken from the residents. It was felt that it was important to further pedestrianise the city and make getting about easier for those without cars. Together with this is the effort to support and maintain the traditional city shopping arcade. With a large number of elderly living in the outskirts of the city Mayor The two trainees at their final presentation day Mori is also hoping to improve the city’s transportation system in order to limit the number of people isolated in hard to reach areas. The As one set of trainees successfully completed Toyama Prefectural Government hopes that the revitalisation of the city their period of study, we were delighted to centre will become a model for other prefectures to follow. welcome this years new One Year Trainee Another aspect of the demographic change currently taking place in Programme participants to the UK, Ms. Hitomi Japan is the declining birth rate. This is of course an issue of national Morita (Nara Prefecture), and Ms. Hiroko Saita concern which the national government is taking very seriously. (Ibaraki Prefecture) both seated However, a number of local authorities have also begun to initiate policies to encourage families to increase their numbers. For a number of years Fukui Prefecture has been a frontrunner in offering families with three children or more free medical care for their infants prior to them starting at elementary school. However, from this April a more uniform system for support was introduced called the ‘Fukui Three Child Family Support Project’. Under this project the medical and childcare costs for a third child born to a family would in principle be covered by the prefecture up until the child’s third birthday. Over 400 specialists from a number of fields such as child welfare and education will be on hand to support child rearing, and the level of assistance offered to mothers looking to return to work after child birth will also be increased. Our director, Mr. Shigeru Naiki welcomes the two new trainees to the UK feature Design for Everyone The Universal Design Promotion Headquarters The headquarters acts as the centre of a broader A Look at Universal Design organisation, and is made up of the governor of Shizuoka Prefecture, who acts as director, along with the Policy in Japanese Local 25 departmental heads from the prefectural government. Below this is the Officers Association made up of 24 members. Government Running parallel to these is the Universal Design Office, which is based in the Department of Civic and Cultural Affairs, and by Richard Kelner undertakes the administrative side of affairs. Publications Officer and Assistant Researcher Fulfilling an advisory role is the Committee for the Promotion Japan Local Government Centre of Shizuoka Universal Design, which was also established at the same time as the Headquarters. Its members include specialists from a variety of fields in both the public and 4 Universal Design private sectors, such as child care, university research and A great many local authorities in Japan have been quick to design institutes, and town planning. The committee meets pick up on the importance of not simply ensuring facilities and regularly to discuss upcoming events, and the strategy for the amenities are “barrier free” for senior citizens and those with future development of Universal Design in the prefecture. disabilities, but are designed with the needs of all citizens in Shizuoka Universal Design Plan (2000-2004) mind. With a number of changes taking place in Japan, not least of all the huge demographic changes being brought This initial plan for the promotion of UD in Shizuoka about by the increasing number of elderly people and the Prefecture was introduced in December 2000. It was made up reduction in the birth rate, in recent years a large number of of five main parts: authorities have wholeheartedly embraced the challenge of 1.
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