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Governor Yasutomo Suzuki is building a unique multicultural bridge between Japan and India using Shizuoka's industrial connections. He's leveraging Suzuki Motor's long-standing presence in Gujarat to create practical partnerships between the regions. The governor emphasizes that foreigners should be treated as equal partners rather than just labor resources. His approach includes educational integration, business matching, and proposing new national policies for social unity.

Key Points: Governor Yasutomo Suzuki Builds India Japan Multicultural Bridge

  • Governor Suzuki leverages Suzuki Motor's Gujarat factory ties to build India-Japan relations
  • Proposes Social Unity Basic Law to treat foreigners as equal partners
  • Established successful multicultural models in Hamamatsu through mixed school education
  • Advocates for Japanese prefecture governors meeting with Indian state ministers
  • Utilizes global networks like United Cities and Local Governments for diversity
  • Recruits Indian talent and facilitates startup matching with Shizuoka companies
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Japan's Shizuoka prefecture Governor Yasutomo Suzuki creates multicultural symbiosis society based on the bridge with India

Shizuoka Governor pioneers multicultural symbiosis society using Suzuki Motor's India ties, proposing new laws and governor meetings to strengthen international relations.

"Never look foreigners as just labor power. They are partners of symbiosis society. - Governor Yasutomo Suzuki"

Tokyo, October 2

Japan's Shizuoka prefecture Governor Yasutomo Suzuki is progressing to create multicultural symbiosis society based on the bridge between India.

Japan's Shizuoka prefecture Governor Yasutomo Suzuki is a spearhead to establish international symbiosis society. His political history has started from Mayor of Hamamatsu city which has HQ of Suzuki Motor. Governor Suzuki is not founder family of Suzuki Motor. But Governor Suzuki makes progress of international relation utilizing Suzuki Motor's resource.

He emphasizes "If diplomacy between country and country has difficulty, diplomacy between city or states contributes to establish symbiosis society of multi culture. We have big successful relation between China Zhejiang and Brazil . In 1990 Japanese Government decided to accept immigrants of Brazilian and Peruvian unlimitedly with Japanese qualification. Many foreigners came to Hamamatsu city to work for car industry and so on. I appealed to Brazilian President Lula directly to launch consulate in Hamamatsu city and realized it."

His policy is consistent "When foreigners live in Japan they are not different from Japanese. It takes time but symbiosis society is matured in Hamamatsu city through children's education. In the school class Japanese pupil and foreigners are mixed. So Japanese can absorb internationality."

Against radical partial opinion to exclude foreigners he said." Look at crime of Japanese representative 20 cities it does not increase but in the trend of decreasing. In Hamamatsu city many foreigners have their homes and keep stable citizen life."

Against Japanese Government Governor Suzuki asserts "Never look foreigners as just labor power. They are partners of symbiosis society."

He proposes "Social Unity Basic Law" to the Government. "Special division to treat foreigners as a symbiosis partner should be established in the cabinet. It will control the entrance of foreigners to Japan."

He proposes to establish Japanese Prefecture's Governors meeting who concerns to Indian relation. Face to face meeting of Indian States Ministers and Japanese prefectures Governors is most expecting network. Governor Suzuki 's proposal will accelerate general meeting.

He explained the history "Shizuoka pref. Hamamatsu city has Suzuki Motorcar HQ which progressed to india in 1980's. Utilizing big advantage Shizuoka pref. concluded Friendship Agreement between Gujarat state which has main factory of Maruti Suzuki."

Based on it Shizuoka pref. is progressing many activities recruiting excellent Indian persons for Shizuoka's companies, matching of Indian and Shizuoka startups, acceptance of business intern from Gujarat university, meeting with economy and business delegation from India.

Governor Suzuki points out the importance to connect to world organization. UCLG=United Cities and Local Governments, which has more than 1,000 cities participate. ICC= Inter Cultural City is multicultural symbiosis cities network. More than 170 cities network aims to develop city utilizing foreigners' cultural diversity.

Shizuoka is progressing to real multicultural symbiosis region lead by advantageous industrial connection and Governor Suzuki's global view based on his rich political experience.

- ANI

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Rohit P
Excellent approach by Governor Suzuki. The focus on treating foreigners as partners rather than just labor is commendable. Indian professionals have so much to contribute to global innovation - this kind of welcoming environment is exactly what we need.
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Arjun K
As someone who worked in Japan for 3 years, I appreciate Governor Suzuki's vision. The cultural exchange through children's education is particularly smart - that's how real integration happens. More power to such forward-thinking leaders!
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Sarah B
While I appreciate the multicultural vision, I hope there's equal focus on ensuring Indian professionals don't face discrimination in workplace advancement. Sometimes these initiatives look good on paper but implementation needs careful monitoring.
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Vikram M
The Suzuki Motor connection with Maruti in India has been a success story for decades. Building on that industrial partnership to create cultural bridges is brilliant thinking. This could open up amazing opportunities for Indian startups and students.
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Michael C
Impressive how Governor Suzuki is using existing business relationships to build broader cultural understanding. The startup matching and business internships are practical steps that benefit both countries economically and socially.
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Ananya R
This is the kind of global leadership we need! 🌍 The focus on children's education creating natural multicultural understanding is so important. Hope Indian states also adopt similar approaches to welcome international

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