update：March 2, 2021

The Toyota Foundation held a series of online seminars, "Learning from Each Other in the Age of COVID-19: Human Mobility and the Future of Multicultural Society”

Today's Japanese society, with its declining birthrate, aging population, and declining workforce, is heavily dependent on the labor force of migrants from overseas. Due to the spread of coronavirus, the environment of migrants and the state of our society have changed dramatically.

Grantees of the Toyota Foundation's International Grant Program and the Special Subject Program "Migrants and Japanese Society", discussed the impact of COVID-19 on their projects, as well as changes and issues related to international human mobility and shared their knowledge and experience, in line with the keywords of "Medical Care and Nursing Care" and "Information and Institution”.




The digest movies of the seminar, dubbed in English, are available below.（Japanese movies are available here）

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【Outline of the Seminar】

No.1 “Medical Care and Nursing Care” (1)
Speakers
Ayako Kohno
Internationalization Promotion Office (IPO), Kyoto University School of Public Health Project

Yuko Takeda
Department of Medical Education, Faculty of Medicine, Juntendo University Project

Commentator
Shizuyo Yoshitomi
Professor, School of Global Governance and Collaboration

No.2 “Medical Care and Nursing Care” (2)
Speakers
Osamu Nimonjiya
AHP Networks Project

Michiyo Yoneno-Reyes
Institute for Advanced Studies on Asia, The University of Tokyo Project

Commentator
Shizuyo Yoshitomi
Professor, School of Global Governance and Collaboration

No.3 “Information and Institution” (1)
Speakers
Yoshihiko Doi
Resource Center for Multicultural Community Tokai Project

Toshihiro Menju
Japan Center for International Exchange Project

Commentator
Midori Okabe
Professor, Department of International Legal Studies, Faculty of Law, Sophia University

No.4 “Information and Institution” (2)
Speakers
Shohei Sugita
KEIGLAD (Keio Institute for Global Law and Development) Project

Reiko Harima
Mekong Migration Network Project

Commentator
Midori Okabe
Professor, Department of International Legal Studies, Faculty of Law, Sophia University