Is Well-being Something to Aim For, or Something We Create? Considering Future Well-being through the "International Conference 2026: Connecting Everyone through Culture" (Interviewer: Nakajima Haruya)

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Through the theme "Moving Together," the 2026 conference explores how culture can co-create well-being.

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The "International Conference 2026: Connecting Everyone through Culture" will be held under the theme "Moving Together: A Culture of Living Together." Director Mori Tsukasa and organizer Okazaki Miyu discuss how well-being is not a state to aim for but a process created by moving together, and they share the project's development. The kick-off event "Multi-Species" expanded the discussion beyond human-centered perspectives, featuring photographer Ishikawa Naoki, artist Koretsune Sakura, and historian Fujiwara Tatsushi. The main conference includes opening sessions with Oyamada Toru, Konoike Tomoko, and Saito Yuriko, followed by sessions on flexible mutual aid, identity and culture, Moving Together with dreams, and creative well-being. Through dialogue among diverse speakers, the conference reconsiders relationships with others and the environment, and looks ahead to the role of culture for future generations.

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