Today, international exchange activities are becoming the key in terms of regional economic revitalization.

International exchange activities can be broadly divided into two categories: "exchange with foreign cities, including sister cities" and "exchange with foreign residents in the city. It is important to promote internationalization through international exchange and to create a comfortable city for foreigners to live in where their human rights are protected.

Citizens play the leading role in international exchange. We would like to form a network of citizen collaboration to enrich local communities and aim for citizen participation in international exchange.

Keijiro Minami
President of Kusatsu International Friendship Association