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Conference Title: 2nd JICA Chair in Mozambique
(1) Eduardo Mondrane University (UEM)
(1) Implementation date and time: Monday, October 17, 2022, 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
(2) Location: UEM Faculty of Law
(3) Participants: Mr. Teodósio UATE UEM, Dean of the Faculty of Law, faculty and students of the Faculty, Ambassador of Japan in Mozambique, Director of JICA Mozambique Office, etc., about 80 people
(2) Joaquin Sisano University (UJC)
(1) Date and time: Tuesday, October 18, 2022, 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
(2) Location: UJC Auditorium
(3) Participants: Ms. Ana NHAMPULE, Vice President of UJC, faculty and students of UJC, Ambassador of Japan in Mozambique, Director of JICA Mozambique Office, and about 190 others
Main Participants
Prof. Masato Ninomiya (University of São Paulo, JICAIAB member)
Background and Objectives
In Mozambique, the first JICA Chair was held online at the Universidad Nacional Joaquin Sisano in June 2021, despite the constraints of Corona. Mozambique is still in need of development in various fields, and the second JICA Chair was organized in response to the desire to learn not only about Japan’s development experience, but also about countries that have achieved development through Japan’s cooperation and case studies. This year’s theme was “The Modernization Experience of Japan and Brazil,” focusing on the contributions of Japan and Nikkei to the development of Brazil, a country that shares social and cultural similarities with Mozambique, and the contributions made by Japan and Nikkei to that development. The lecturers will be from Japan and Brazil, and will be symbolic of the Japanese and Brazilian Nikkei. The lecturer was Professor Masato Ninomiya of the University of São Paulo, a Brazilian of Japanese descent who has made significant contributions to the JICA chair, and who is a symbolic figure in this field. In addition to Joaquin Sissano University, which held the second JICA Chair program last year, we received a request from Eduardo Mondrane University, so we decided to hold this year’s program at the two universities mentioned above.
Contents
Opening Remarks (Dean of Faculty of Law, EMU; Vice President, JCU; Hajime Kimura, Ambassador of Japan in Mozambique; Hitoshi Matsumoto, Director, JICA Mozambique) Lecture: Development of Brazil, Japanese Immigrants and Japanese Cooperation, Transition and Future (Professor Masato Ninomiya, University of São Paulo) Q&A Session Closing remarks (Dean, Faculty of Law, EMU, Vice President, JCU)
Summary of Keynote Speech and Q&A Session
Professor Ninomiya’s lecture focused on the development of Brazil, which shares similarities in social and cultural background with Mozambique, and introduced the essence of Japan’s modernization by introducing the contributions of Japan and the Nikkei/Japanese community.
During the Q&A session, a student asked which areas should be prioritized for Mozambique’s development and progress. Dr. Ninomiya responded, “Education and human resource development are very important areas that take time, but I hope that all students will study hard. Dr. Ninomiya responded, “Education and human resource development are very important areas that take time, and I hope that all students will study hard.” A lively question-and-answer session ensued, with Dr. Ninomiya saying that the secret to industrial and economic development is for workers to work diligently and sometimes patiently, as seen in Japan’s postwar development.
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