APU Gallery

On Saturday, February 21, the Hobo Nikkan Itoi Shinbun (hereinafter the HOBONICHI) and APU held a joint talk event called ‘Ikiru basho no tsukurikata’ (Creating a Place to Succeed) in the Mainichi Hall at the Mainichi Shimbun Tokyo Head Office. Mr. Itoi Shigesato, Editor-in-chief of HOBONICHI, and APU Vice-President Imamura moderated the event that featured 3 groups of APU graduates, and 4 other guest speakers active in various fields. There was an air of excitement in the almost full hall and the audience listened intently until the end of the 7-hour long event. The event was broadcast live on youtube, but videos of each group can still be viewed on the HOBONICHI homepage at http://www.1101.com/ikirubasho/event/index.html. If you haven’t seen them, please check it!

Speakers: APU Graduates

1. NPO “YouMe Nepal Trust”
   
   Rai Sharad Chandra (graduated in 2011 March, APS)
   Joshi Dinesh Prasad (graduated in 2011 September, APS)
   YouMe Nepal Trust carries out activities that support education and have built elementary schools in Nepal.
   *The YouMe Nepal Trust presentation has been written up on the HOBONICHI Homepage under the title “Rai kun to Joshi kun no ‘yume no gakkou’ wo tsukuru ohanashi “(Rai and Joshi talk about their ‘dream school’)
   http://www.1101.com/ikirubasho/youme/index.html
   
   
2. NPO “D×P”
   

   Co-Directors:	Imai Noriaki (graduated in 2010 March, APS)
   	Park Kiho (graduated in 2011 March, APS)

   
   DxP conducts career education and challenge programs for correspondence high school students.
   
   
3. NGO “The hoshiZora Foundation”
   
   Director:Puspasari Megarini (graduated in 2006 September, APM)
   The hoshiZora Foundation offers education support to Indonesian children through initiatives such as the sponsored siblings scholarship program.

Speakers: APU Graduates

• Professor Hayano Ryugo, Department of Physics, The University of Tokyo
• CEO Tomonori Ryoko, Mignon Plan Inc.
• Professor Emeritus Kishi Yuji, Keio University, Director of Koajiro Outdoor Activities Coordination Committee (NPO)
• Professor Sekino Yoshiharu, Musashino Art University, Explorer, Surgeon

*Vice-President Imamura’s series titled ‘Away no basho ni itte miru?’ (Do you want to go to an ‘away’ location?) is up on the HOBONICHI homepage at （http://www.1101.com/ikirubasho/imamura/index.html）