Scenic spots in Kagoshima Prefecture

Kagoshima has played an important role as a gateway in the history of exchanges between Japan and foreign countries. Kagoshima Prefecture engages in various exchanges with many other Asian regions including Jiangsu and Hong Kong in China, Jeollabuk-do in South Korea, and Singapore. In 1990, the International Exchange Plaza for foreign exchanges was opened in Kagoshima City, and in 1994, the Asia-Pacific Rural Training Center was opened in Kagoya City. Since the Meiji period in Kagoshima Prefecture, many residents of the prefecture have immigrated overseas, mainly to North and South America, and prefectural residents' associations and hometown associations have been established in the places of immigration. Kagoshima Prefecture holds exchange meetings every two years with Hong Kong (starting in 1980), Singapore (starting in 1982), and Jeollabuk-do in South Korea (starting in 1994) to discuss economics, tourism, culture, youth exchanges, etc. There are active exchanges in many aspects. In addition, Kagoshima Prefecture and China's Jiangsu Province have held exchange meetings in rotation every year since 1998, and have cooperated in dispatching experts and accepting technical graduate students. Exchanges in all aspects are constantly developing. In 2008, Governor Yuichiro Ito and Speaker Manjuo Kaneko led a delegation to visit Jiangsu Province and signed the "Agreement on Further Promoting Friendly Exchanges between Kagoshima Prefecture and Jiangsu Province."

As an important part of technical cooperation projects with developing countries, Kagoshima Prefecture began to receive technical trainees from various Asian countries in 1981. As of 2008, it had accepted 212 technical trainees. In 2008, Kagoshima Prefecture received ***4 technical trainees from four countries, including China, Cambodia, Brazil and Argentina, to conduct training in the fields of medical care and Japanese cuisine. In addition, Kagoshima Prefecture selects 2 to 4 young people from the South American Kagoshima Prefecture Association every year as the prefecture's publicly funded international students. In 2008, it accepted one student each from Brazil and Argentina to conduct research at Kagoshima University. study. As of 2008, *** has accepted 112 county-funded international students, including 71 from Brazil, 20 from Argentina, and 21 from Peru.

With the purpose of improving the regional internationalization and language education level, Kagoshima Prefecture has implemented the JET project since 1987. The International Exchange Section of prefectures and municipalities has CIRs (International Exchange Officers) who are responsible for international exchanges, and ALTs (Assistant Foreign Language Instructors) who are responsible for teaching English in schools in the prefecture. In 1987, there were 26 people working on JET (1 CIR, 25 ALT). By 2009, there were 133 people (14 CIR, 119 ALT). The number has increased more than five times. The nationalities of the participants are all over China, South Korea, and Singapore. , Malaysia, Ireland, the United Kingdom, the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa and Jamaica and other 12 countries. Date of establishment of sister cities: Kagoshima City, Changsha City, Hunan Province, October 30, 1982, Satsuma Kawauchi City, Malu Town, Jiading District, Shanghai, April 14, 2005, Satsuma Kawauchi City, Changshu City, Jiangsu Province, April 15, 2005, Kirishima City, Shaanxi Provincial Yao County October 23, 1995 Minamisatsuma City Suqian City, Jiangsu Province October 27, 2002 Satsuma Town Anji County, Zhejiang Province April 13, 1999 Minami Osumi Town Fengxian District, Shanghai City January 22, 2008 Hebo Town Guangdong Wangniudun Town, Dongguan City, Province August 1, 1997