Sunrise in Tokyo
One of over 800 surveys from Bow Memorial School and Bow High School Students. I brought all of you with me! (That thing on my ear is for the interpreters who work closely with both English speaking and Japanese speaking people who are not bilingual.)
Tsutomu Kimura, President of National Institution for Academic Degrees, delivers keynote speech. He spoke candidly about the suicide rate, the families honoring only academic achievement, and increased violence and bullying amongst the student population.
Education Panel Discussion. Left to Right are: Tsutomu Kimura; Donald Metzler, Supt. from Texas; Hiroyatsu Abe, Supt. of Kesennuma City; Leonard Rezmierski, Supt. from Michigan; Sumiko Yohara, Supt, of Konatsu City; Margaret Planner, Asst. Supt. of Schools for the state of Wisconsin: and Kentaro Sato, Supt. Chiba Prefecture.
I am posing with my two heros (heroine) Dr. Leonard Rezmierski and Dr. Margaret Planner.
Their school districts believe in and support global education. These two individuals are very activly involved in educational connections with many countries. Dr. Planner is the Assistant Supt. for the state of Wisconsin. Dr. Resmierski is Supt. of Schools in Northville, Michigan.
Hiroya Ichikawa (on the left) is a professor of Sophia University, and Yuji Tsushima is a Diet Member (House of Representatives) They engaged in an active presentation in English about the Japanese Government. Mr. Tsushima has been in the House of Representatives for 30 years. 
Takahiro Miyao from the International University of Japan, shared his concerns about Japan's growth rate, which is very low. He prefers immigration in Japan because Japan has been homogeneous, but the authorities are not ready to accept immigration.