Summary
The 21st ASEAN & Japan High Level Officials Meeting on Caring Societies
The 21st ASEAN & Japan High Level Officials Meeting on Caring Societies was held from 28th to 30th November, 2023 in Oita Prefecture. Under this year’s theme “Towards building a society where everyone can live lively as being oneself in communities – focusing on maintaining and strengthening physical and mental capacities to optimize one’s full potential,” lively discussions were held among high-level officials from ASEAN member states and other participants.
A summary of the meeting is as follows.
＜Date and Venue＞
Date: 28th – 30th November 2023
Venue: Beppu Onsen Suginoi Hotel (Oita Prefecture)
＜Participants＞
- ASEAN Member States: high level officials from social welfare, health, and labour sectors
- Observer countries: officials from China and Republic of Korea
- Collaborators:
ASEAN Secretariat
Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia (ERIA)
International Labour Organization (ILO) Office in Japan
World Health Organization (WHO)
Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA)
Oita Prefecture
Beppu City
- Keynote speakers and experts
＜Collaborators＞
Ms. Rodora T. Babaran, Director of the Human Development Directorate, ASEAN Social and Cultural Community (ASCC) Department, ASEAN Secretariat
Mr. KATO Takuma, Director for Healthcare and Long-Term Care Policy, Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia (ERIA)
Mr. NAKAMURA Shintaro, Senior Adviser on Social Security, JICA
Mr. TAKASAKI Shinichi, Director-General, ILO Office for Japan
Dr. SUMI Yuka, Medical Officer, Department of Maternal, Newborn, Child and Adolescent Health & Ageing, WHO
＜Experts＞
Dr. FUJIWARA Yoshinori, Vice-President of Tokyo Metropolitan Institute for Geriatrics and Gerontology
Dr. KIKUCHI Naohisa, Head of Center, Chiba Rehabilitation Center
Dr. FUJITANI Junko, Director, Department of Rehabilitation, National Center for Global Health and Medicine
Mr. SATO Takaomi, Representative Director of AITORAKKU Ltd.
Mr. TAKAKURA Toshio, Assistant Manager for Human Resource Department, Oita Credit Union
Mr. NAKAJIMA Keisuke, Chief of Office for Promotion of Regional Revitalization, Sales Management Department, Oita Credit Union
Dr. HAYASHI Reiko, Deputy Director-General, National Institute of Population and Social Security Research
＜Local governments＞
Mr. SATO Kiichiro, Governor of Oita Prefecture
Mr. YOSHIDA Kazunari, Vice-Governor of Oita Prefecture
Mr. NAGANO Yasuhiro, Mayor of Beppu City
● General audiences
＜Theme＞
Towards building a society where everyone can live lively as being oneself in communities – focusing on maintaining and strengthening physical and mental capacities to optimize one’s full potential –
＜Organizers＞
Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW), the Government of Japan
Co-organizer: ERIA
＜Program＞
Day 1: Tuesday, 28th November 2023
● Opening remarks
- Mr. MIYAZAKI Masahisa, State Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare
- Mr. SATO Kiichiro, Governor of Oita Prefecture
- Ms. Rodora T. Babaran, Director of the Human Development Directorate, ASEAN Social and Cultural Community (ASCC) Department, ASEAN Secretariat
● Remarks by co-organizer（PDF:759KB）
- Mr. KATO Takuma, Director for Healthcare and Long-Term Care Policy, Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia (ERIA)
● Keynote speech 1
“For living lively as being oneself throughout life – maintaining and strengthening physical and mental capacities to optimize one’s full potential（PDF:3,118KB）”
- Dr. FUJIWARA Yoshinori, Vice-President of Tokyo Metropolitan Institute for Geriatrics and Gerontology
● Speeches by collaborators
“Regional initiatives on social welfare, health and labour（PDF:3,051KB）”
- Dr. Ferdinal M. Fernando, Assistant Director and Head of the Health Division, Human Development Directorate of the ASCC Department, ASEAN Secretariat
“Implementing Care for Healthy Ageing”
- Dr. SUMI Yuka, Medical Officer, Department of Maternal, Newborn, Child and Adolescent Health & Ageing, WHO (pre-recorded message)
“Current status and preventive measures for stroke and ischemic diseases caused by long working hours in ASEAN（PDF:583KB）”
- Mr. TAKASAKI Shinichi, Director-General, ILO Office for Japan (online)
“Promoting Healthy Ageing in Communities（PDF:453KB）”
- Mr. NAKAMURA Shintaro, Senior Adviser on Social Security, JICA
● Keynote Speech 2
“Long-term Care in Oita Prefecture: Current Situation and Future Prospects（PDF:2,772KB）”
- Mr. YOSHIDA Kazunari, Vice-Governor of Oita Prefecture
● Panel Session 1: Promotion of rehabilitation in the community-based integrated care system
- Moderator: Mr. NAKAMURA Shintaro, Senior Adviser on Social Security, JICA
Presentations
“Promotion of Rehabilitation in the Integrated Community Care System（PDF:408KB）”
- Dr. KIKUCHI Naohisa, Head of Center, Chiba Rehabilitation Center (online)
“Support for eating and swallowing function in Shinjuku ward (Tokyo)（PDF:696KB）”
- Dr. FUJITANI Junko, Director, Department of Rehabilitation, National Center for Global Health and Medicine
- Thailand（PDF:7,238KB）
Dr. Phuricha Chaivirach
Ms. Kaewjai Satchawetha
Ms. Nantnadda Ritmontri
- Vietnam（PDF:1,541KB）
Mr. Nguyen Hoai Duc
● Panel Session 2:Promotion of measures to minimize the need for long-term care at community level for maintaining and strengthening physical and mental capacities
- Moderator：Ms Rodora T. Babaran, Director of the Human Development Directorate, ASEAN Social and Cultural Community (ASCC) Department, ASEAN Secretariat
- Presentations:
“Measures to prevent declines in physical and mental capacities at community-level（PDF:1,685KB）”
Mr. SATO Takaomi, Representative Director of AITORAKKU Ltd.
- Lao PDR（PDF:4,821KB）
Mr. Phonetavy Khodsimeuang
- Singapore（PDF:855KB）
Ms. Xi Zhen Keung
- Indonesia（PDF:408KB）
Mr. Bambang Widianto
● Panel Session 3: Health promotion and prevention at workplace
- Moderator: Moderator: Mr. ITANI Tetsuya, Director, Office of Global Health Cooperation, MHLW
Presentations
“Support for health and productivity management”(Slide 1（PDF:2,853KB）, Slide 2)（PDF:1,306KB）
Mr. TAKAKURA Toshio, Assistant Manager for Human Resource Department, Oita Credit Union
Mr. NAKAJIMA Keisuke, Chief of Office for Promotion of Regional Revitalization, Sales Management Department, Oita Credit Union
- Brunei Darussalam（PDF:2,637KB）
Dr. Bibina Tuty Umaira Hj Abd Hamid
- Cambodia（PDF:3,304KB）
Mr. Sokha Khon
- Republic of Korea（PDF:401KB）
Ms. Lee HwaYoun
● Special Lecture
“Towards sustainable hot spring tourism city（PDF:2,687KB）”
- Mr. NAGANO Yasuhiro, Mayor of Beppu City
Day 2: Wednesday, 29th November 2023
- Sites visit
Day Service Center Raku
Community salons (Kayoi-no-ba) in Oita City and Beppu City
Green Garden Minami Oita
Japan Sun Industries
Day 3: Thursday, 30th November 2023
11月30日（木）
● Review of sites visit on 29th November 2023
- Moderator: Mr. ITANI Tetsuya, Director, Office of Global Health Cooperation, MHLW
● Panel Session 4: Utilization of Healthy and Active Ageing Indicators
- Moderator: Mr. KATO Takuma, ERIA
- Presentations:
“Revised ASEAN-JAPAN Healthy & Active Ageing Index (Revised HAAI) and its application for ageing policies（PDF:1,836KB）”
- Dr. HAYASHI Reiko, Deputy Director-General, National Institute of Population and Social Security Research (IPSS)
- Malaysia（PDF:837KB）
Ms. Dana Binti Zulkeefly
- Philippines（PDF:2,277KB）
Ms. Amelita Macliing Pangilinan
Myanmar（PDF:2,971KB）
Dr. Thida Win
China（PDF:262KB）
Ms. Jia Jiang
● Recommendation（PDF:170KB）
● Closing
- Mr. ITANI Tetsuya, Director, Office of Global Health Cooperation, MHLW
Summary Records（PDF:2,561KB）
【Appendix】
The ASEAN and Japan High Level Officials Meeting on Caring Societies has been organized by the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW) of Japan since 2003. The purpose of the meeting is to enhance human resource development in health and social welfare areas, and to strengthen the ASEA-Japan cooperative relationship.
This meeting has been recognized as a vital platform to support the ASEAN Plus Three (Japan, the People’s Republic of China, and the Republic of Korea) Health Ministers’ Meetings as well as the ASEAN Plus Three Ministerial Meetings on Social Welfare and Development. Japan reports the outcome of the meeting to the ASEAN Plus Three Ministers’ Meetings. Since 2011, MHLW has invited officials in charge of labour policies in addition to health and social welfare experts, with a view to promoting cooperation in these three related fields.
Themes of the past ASEAN and Japan High Level Officials Meeting on Caring Societies
| The 1st Meeting | November 2003 | Human Resource Development for Social Welfare and Health Services |
| The 2nd Meeting | August 2004 | Development of Human Resources and Implications of Aging Societies |
| The 3rd Meeting | August 2005 | Health and Welfare Services for Children and People with Disabilities |
| The 4th Meeting | August 2006 | Support to Vulnerable People (Children and Women) |
| The 5th Meeting | August 2007 | Collaboration of Social Welfare and Health Services, and Development of Human Resources and Community -Community Services for the Elderly- |
| The 6th Meeting | September 2008 | Healthy Next Generation: - Strengthening Joint Collaboration between Health and Social Welfare - |
| The 7th Meeting | August 2009 | Towards an Inclusive Society -Strengthening the collaboration between social welfare, health and medical systems for Children with Disabilities- |
| The 8th Meeting | August 2010 | Poverty alleviation with a focus on vulnerable people - through strengthening collaboration between the social welfare and health services- |
| The 9th Meeting | October 2011 | Human resource development in the sectors of welfare and health -with a focus on capacity building of service providers and employability promotion of vulnerable people- |
| The 10th Meeting | October 2012 | Caring Societies for the Socially Vulnerable Suffering after Natural Disaster |
| The 11th Meeting | December 2013 | Active Aging |
| The 12th Meeting | December 2014 | Resilient Communities for Active Aging |
| The 13th Meeting | October 2015 | People-Centered Disaster Risk Reduction and Restoration |
| The 14th Meeting | November 2016 | Facilitating the participation and improvement for the accessibility for those who need a social support |
| The 15th Meeting | October 2017 | Healthy Development of Children for Future Generations |
| The 16th Meeting | December 2018 | Promoting Inclusive Society Through Empowering Children and Youth and Alleviating Poverty |
| The 17th Meeting | December 2019 | Health and Active Ageing towards an Inclusive Society |
| The 18th Meeting | October 2020 | “Promoting inclusive society for the children’s future -Focusing on support for children with developmental disorders including Autism Spectrum Disorders and their families-” |
| The 19th Meeting | December 2021 | Approaches to maintaining mental wellbeing in response to COVID-19 |
| The 20th Meeting | March 2023 | Age of the 100-year life – Living True to Yourself – In a Society Supporting Diversity |