Shizuoka [Japan], September 22 (ANI): Japan’s Shizuoka Prefecture Governor Yasutomo Suzuki is a number one determine in establishing a global symbiosis society.
His political profession started because the Mayor of Hamamatsu City, which hosts the headquarters of Suzuki Motor.
Governor Suzuki doesn’t belong to the founding household of Suzuki Motor, however he has superior worldwide relations by utilising the corporate’s world attain and assets.
He emphasised, ‘If diplomacy between international locations faces difficulties, diplomacy between cities or states can contribute to constructing a multicultural symbiosis society. We have had nice success in our relationships with Zhejiang in China and with Brazil. In 1990, the Japanese Government determined to just accept immigrants from Brazil and Peru with out restriction if they’d Japanese ancestry’.
‘Many foreigners got here to Hamamatsu City to work within the vehicle business and different sectors. I personally appealed to Brazilian President Lula to determine a consulate in Hamamatsu, and it was realised,’ mentioned Shizuoka Governor Yasutomo Suzuki.
His coverage stays constant: ‘When foreigners reside in Japan, they’re no completely different from Japanese. It takes time, however a symbiosis society matures in Hamamatsu via kids’s schooling. In school rooms, Japanese pupils and overseas kids study collectively. In this fashion, Japanese kids naturally take up worldwide values.’
Responding to radical voices that decision for excluding foreigners, he said, ‘Look at crime tendencies in Japan’s 20 consultant cities. The crime price has not elevated; in reality, it’s reducing. In Hamamatsu City, many foreigners have settled with their households and are main steady lives as residents.’
Criticising the Japanese Government’s stance, Governor Suzuki asserted, ‘Never view foreigners as mere labour energy. They are companions in constructing a symbiosis society.’
He has proposed a ‘Social Unity Basic Law’ to the federal government, stating, ‘A particular division must be created within the Cabinet to deal with foreigners as companions in a symbiosis society. This division also needs to oversee the entry of foreigners into Japan.’
Governor Suzuki has additionally proposed establishing a gathering of Japanese prefectural governors centered on relations with India. He envisions face-to-face conferences between Indian state ministers and Japanese prefectural governors as an up-and-coming community. His proposal is anticipated to speed up such exchanges.
Explaining the historic background, he mentioned, ‘Hamamatsu City in Shizuoka Prefecture is residence to the headquarters of Suzuki Motor, which expanded to India within the Eighties. Taking benefit of this connection, Shizuoka Prefecture signed a Friendship Agreement with Gujarat State, the place Maruti Suzuki has its principal manufacturing facility.’
Based on this basis, Shizuoka Prefecture is advancing a variety of initiatives — recruiting proficient Indian professionals for Shizuoka-based firms, fostering collaboration between Indian and Shizuoka start-ups, accepting enterprise interns from Gujarat University, and internet hosting financial and enterprise delegations from India.
Governor Suzuki additionally highlighted the significance of connecting with world organisations corresponding to UCLG (United Cities and Local Governments), which has participation from greater than 1,000 cities, and ICC (Intercultural Cities), a multicultural symbiosis community of greater than 170 cities geared toward growing city progress via cultural variety.
Under his management, Shizuoka is steadily advancing towards turning into a really multicultural symbiosis area, pushed by robust industrial ties and Governor Suzuki’s world imaginative and prescient, supported by his in depth political expertise. (ANI)