At the Regional Revitalization EXPO, which was held from February 24, 2021, we will be exhibiting our booth so that many people can see it."Booth Live Streaming"We carried out the following.
The program for the first day, held on February 24th, was as follows:UD Fonts and EducationWith this as the main theme, we shared the honest opinions of people who have actually adopted UD fonts.

The guest is Tomoaki Miyazaki from Setagaya Ward, Tokyo!

Mr. Miyazaki is in charge of urban development at the Urban Design Division of Setagaya Ward, Tokyo. He also creates promotion plans based on the ward's Universal Design Promotion Ordinance, and is involved in promoting universal design both within and outside the ward, as well as providing information that is easy to understand for everyone. He is a leader in promoting universal design, including UD fonts.

Setagaya Ward has signed an agreement with Morisawa regarding UD fonts in order to disseminate information that is "easy to read and understand" and to promote universal design. We spoke about the background to this agreement and the activities related to UD fonts that have been undertaken under the agreement, such as conducting a ward administration monitor survey, holding UD font training sessions for staff, and conducting hearings on the use of UD fonts in elementary and junior high schools in the ward.

Contents of the conversation

Q1. Please tell us about the work of the Urban Design Division.
Q2. Please tell us about Setagaya Ward's initiatives for a friendly town and universal design.
Q3. What is the content of the UD font agreement you signed with Morisawa?
Q4. What kind of initiatives have you implemented with UD fonts?

Click here for services introduced by Setagaya Ward

MORISAWA BIZ+UD font plan for public organizations

MC

The MC for all three days will be former Miyoshi town employee, Sakuma Tomoyuki!

Born in 1976 in Itabashi Ward, Tokyo, he served as a civil servant in Miyoshi Town, Saitama Prefecture, for 18 years, where he was responsible for tax, nursing care insurance, and public relations. During his time there, he self-taught himself in public relations, design, photography, and videography, winning the Prime Minister's Award at a national public relations competition and leading the town to become the best in Japan for local government public relations. He retired in 2020 to become independent. He currently serves as a visiting researcher at Waseda University's Manifesto Institute, a public relations advisor for Nakano Ward, Shimanto Town, and Kitamoto City, and a member of the Ministry of Health, Labor, and Welfare's Pension Public Relations Study Group. He also supports companies and works nationwide as a public relations design and human resource development instructor. His publications include "Easy Office! Civil Servant Design Techniques" and "Work Techniques for First-Year Civil Servants." As a photographer, he is the author of Juice=Juice member Kanazawa Tomoko's second photo book, "Like Miyoshi Town." He is also the representative director of PRDESIGN JAPAN Co., Ltd.