Yesterday, I gave a webinar on “Ikigai” at the request of the “ASEAN Youth Organization/AYO”, a very well-known non-profit organization in ASEAN even by prime ministers across ASEAN. With 45 minutes of lecture and 15 minutes of Q&A, I was very happy to hear good questions from the audience.

We had 100 young and bright people attending the webinar, mostly university students. Their faces were so lively that I was struck once again by the “vigor of Southeast Asia, different from that of East Asia.” There were no dull faces on the screen, and more than half of the participants were women! Great. I experienced this in Malaysia as well, which is sort of rare in this kind of activity in Japan or Korea (usually quite male-dominated). That’s good. Guys, please get along well with us the Japanese and use you guy’s momentum to pull it off!

I would like to thank AYO leader Samuel, who served as the chairperson, and all the other staff members for their great support!

昨日、ASEANのnon-profitとして非常に知名度の高い「ASEAN Youth Organization」からの依頼で、「Ikigai」に関するウェビナーを行ってきました。45分間のレクチャーと15分間の質疑応答でしたが、皆さんからとてもよい質問が出て嬉しかったです。

100名もの若者たちが参加してくれました。主に大学生でしたが、皆さんの顔が生き生きしていて、何というか、「東アジアとは違う東南アジアの勢い」みたいなものを改めて痛感しましたね。どんよりした顔がなく、しかも、参加者の女性比率が半分以上！これはマレーシアでも体験しましたが、この手の活動が男性偏重になるということがほとんどありません。いいですね。日本と仲良くしてその勢いで引っ張って行ってね！

座長を務めたAYOリーダーのSamuelくん他、スタッフの皆さん、大変お世話になりました！