城東ニュース

Day 2 : July 31st, Monday. Visit to ASEAN Japanese governmental representatives and SMAN 3 High School

In the morning, they politely visited ASEAN Japanese governmental representatives and had a meeting with Mr. Tamura, the first-class secretary and Mr. Yamazaki, the deputy minister of Japanese embassy. They discussed the relationship between and Japan and Indonesia, as one of the Asian countries as well as the difficulties to aid foreign counties. Additionally, in the relaxed atmosphere, they had talked about their life as students and how the students can decide their future path.

In the afternoon, they visited SMAN 3 High School, which is truly active as Otsuka Eco Blue School. There was a heart-warming welcome at the school, where they had a red carpet from the school entrance to the venue! The student-centered welcome ceremony included the National anthem singing, traditional dancing, and the school introduction of each school. All the participants brought up the ceremony and had a fun time! They listened to the school introduction that was made in fluent English. The short stay at SMAN 3 High School made them feel like they wanted to stay a little longer.

At night, there was a dinner reception with President Bando and Ms. Nakata, from Amerta Indah Otsuka (AIO), President Fujimoto from Widatra Bhakti, Mr. Emoto from Mitsui Co., and LTD., and Mr. Yanase, a GM of AIO manufacturing engineering. They could enjoy the tasty local Indonesian food along with the conversation with the guests who have unique and diverse personalities.

2日目：７月31日（月）ASEAN日本政府代表部とSMAN３高校訪問

午前中にはASEAN日本政府代表部を訪問し，一等書記官　山崎氏と在インドネシア日本国大使館次席公使の田村氏と懇談。日本とアジア・インドネシアの関係についてや海外の国を援助するときの難しさなどの専門に関することだけでなく，学生時代の苦労話や進路選択についてなど，ざっくばらんにお話をしていただいた。

午後からは大塚Eco Blue Schoolとして活発に活動しているジャカルタのSMAN３高校を訪問。校門から会場までレッドカーペットの熱い歓待に感激。生徒が主体となったセレモニーは，国歌斉唱，民族舞踊，お互いの学校紹介プレゼンテーションなどで構成され，参加者全員が楽しみながらイベントを盛り上げていた。またSchool Tourでは，環境に配慮する取り組みを流ちょうな英語で説明を受けた。短時間の訪問ではあったが，高校生同士意気投合し，後ろ髪を引かれる思いでSMAN３高校を後にした。

夜はアメルタインダ大塚（AIO）の板東社長や中田氏を始め，ウィダトラバクティ（大塚製薬輸液部門現地法人）藤本社長，三井物産　江本氏，AIO生産技術ゼネラルマネージャー　柳瀬氏らを囲んで夕食会。個性的な方々からそれぞれ興味深いお話を伺いながら，美味しいインドネシア料理を頂いた。

　　　　　　　　 At SMAN 3 High School
　　　　　　　　　　SMAN３高校にて