Meet with the mayor on September 1st?
Hi! Kumamoto City has asked that “Kumamoto International” (this Facebook page) be represented at a meeting with Kumamoto City Mayor Onishi, which will be held at the International Center on the morning of September 1. I will attend and it would be nice to have one more volunteer from this page, either an editor or reader.
Qualifications:
- Citizen of a country other than Japan
- Can understand spoken Japanese (the meeting will be held in Japanese)
Other than that, anyone can participate. There may be a free lunch involved but this is basically volunteer work. And, the time to speak and interact with the mayor will be limited. I was asked to keep my statement within three minutes.
They would like to have a response by the afternoon of August 8th so if more than one person is interested in attending this event, I’d like for the first person to raise her or his hand to get the nod. (I can only invite one person, in addition to me.)
I’m looking forward to hearing from representatives of Kumamoto’s diverse international community. This page is for folks who understand English but there will be representatives of groups from Asian countries, student groups, etc. so I expect to learn a good deal from listening to what they all have to say.
If you would like to attend, please post a comment below. That way, there’s no doubt about who was first.
Thanks in advance!
– Kirk