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【JWF News Vol. 239】17 April 2024
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・Announcement from the Japan Water Forum
– Japanese high school students will participate in the 10th World Water Forum!

・Report from the Japan Water Forum
– Professor Taikan Oki, Vice President of the Japan Water Forum wins 2024 Stockholm Water Prize

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Announcement from the Japan Water Forum
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– Japanese high school students will participate in the 10th World Water Forum!

In May 2024, the Government of Indonesia and the World Water Council (WWC) will host the 10th World Water Forum, one of the world’s largest triennial international conferences on water issues.

We are pleased to announce that the four Japanese high school students who submitted videos for the Youth Water Forum 2023 Video Submission will participate in the conference as representatives of the Japanese high school students. All videos submitted for the Youth Water Forum 2023 will be shared with the world at the conference venue.

Participants Expected to Attend Locally

Two representatives from each of the following schools:

Hokkaido Tomikawa High School

Fukuoka Institute of Technology Jyoto High School

▼Please visit the following website for details▼
https://www.waterforum.jp/en/news/21651/

(Reported by Koutoku Takeishi, Assistant Manager)

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Report from the Japan Water Forum
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– Professor Taikan Oki, Vice President of the Japan Water Forum wins 2024 Stockholm Water Prize

On March 22, 2024, Prof. Taikan Oki, Vice President of the Japan Water Forum (JWF) was announced as the laureate of the 2024 Stockholm Water Prize (also known as the “Nobel Prize for Water”) .

Prof. Oki has been the Vice President of the JWF since 2023 and became a member of the Advisory Council in 2019.

Supervised by Prof. Oki, the JWF and the Ministry of the Environment (MoE) of Japan developed the quantitative estimation of the virtual water import to Japan and revealed that the total volume was approximately 80 billion m3/yr in 2005.

▼Please visit the following website for details▼
https://www.waterforum.jp/en/news/21568/

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JWF News Vol. 239 / 17 April 2024
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