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Barnama
13-05-2025
- Business
- Barnama
Tokushima Symposium To Explore Next Steps Toward Sustainable Development Goals
KUALA LUMPUR, May 13 (Bernama) -- Tokushima Prefecture will host the 'International Consumer's Symposium in Tokushima' on June 6, bringing together consumer leaders, experts and youth from Japan and abroad to discuss sustainable consumption and ethical practices. Held in conjunction with the 10th anniversary of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the symposium aims to evaluate progress made toward achieving the goals and explore future steps with just five years remaining until the 2030 deadline. According to the Tokushima Prefectural Government in a statement, the symposium will be live-streamed via its official website.
The Mainichi
06-05-2025
- Entertainment
- The Mainichi
10,000 participants join biggest ever Awa Odori circle dance at World Expo in Osaka
OSAKA -- Some 700 dancers descended on Expo 2025 Osaka, Kansai on May 2 and 3 for a traditional Awa Odori dance event hosted by western Japan's Tokushima Prefecture, with a huge circle dance on the final day drawing in some 10,000 participants. The Tokushima Prefectural Government, which is taking part in the Expo as a member of the Union of Kansai Governments, staged the event under the "World Dance Day" theme. The dancers, divided into nine groups, showcased their Awa Odori performances on stage in turns. Visitors were captivated by their dynamic and graceful moves synchronized to "Zomeki-bayashi" music played with Japanese flutes, drums and other instruments. During the finale on the night of May 3, all the dancers gathered at the Expo Arena "Matsuri," an outdoor venue which holds 16,000 people, to attempt the largest circle dance in history. As they expanded the circle by involving the audience, it ultimately formed a single large ring, symbolizing the Expo's iconic wooden structure, the "Grand Ring." According to the Tokushima Prefectural Government, the number of participants in the dance eventually grew to 10,000. Minoru Yamada, 71, from the Awa Odori Promotion Association, who also performed at the World Expo in Osaka back in 1970, reflected, "Dance needs no words. Watching it expand and become one big circle was amazing." (Japanese original by Yoshihiro Yamamoto, Tokushima Bureau)
The Mainichi
01-05-2025
- General
- The Mainichi
Population shrinks to 1920s level in Japan's Tokushima Pref., dipping below 680,000
TOKUSHIMA -- The population in Tokushima Prefecture in western Japan has dropped below 680,000, shrinking to a level in the 1920s, according to the prefectural government. The Tokushima Prefectural Government on April 30 announced that the estimated population as of April 1 had dwindled by 2,706 from March 1 to stand at 678,771. This marks a record low figure since the prefecture began compiling monthly population estimates in October 1955. The first national census in 1920 recorded Tokushima's population at 670,212, and the second census in 1925 showed a population of 689,814, meaning the current figure is comparable to population levels last seen in the Taisho era (1912-1926). Over the past month, the natural population change -- the difference between births and deaths -- accounted for a decrease of 820 residents, compared to a drop of 740 people in the data released on March 1. Also, the social population change -- the difference between the number of people moving in and out of the prefecture -- added a loss of 1,886 residents, compared to a decrease of 222 people in the March 1 data. The estimates are based on figures from the national census, conducted every five years, and adjusted using the basic resident registry that tracks the number of births, deaths, and relocation notifications reported to local municipalities. Since people taking up residence have up to 14 days to submit a move-in notification, the population estimates that reflect these movements often appear in May, following the beginning of a new fiscal year on April 1. While the estimate for May 1, 2024, showed a social population change accounting for an increase of 587 people, even with a similar increase this time, the population will not reach 680,000. Attention is likely to remain on the prefecture's population shift in the future.
