ASEAN - Japan Youth Forum “Take Actions for Social Change (TASC) 2025”
This project provides an opportunity for international exchange and idea sharing with young people of the same generation from diverse backgrounds, targeting university undergraduates who wish to take concrete actions to solve social issues under the common interest of "co-creating a peaceful and better world in 2050".
The theme for 2025 is “Plastic Waste.” Each team of participants will develop their own questions and explore the theme through online programs, field trips in ASEAN and Japan, and other activities. Through dialogue with other team members, participants will create action plans to co-create a better world, and each team will present a report on the outcome.
The program is expected to build human connections between young people in ASEAN countries and Japan that may last long, and participants are expected to play an active role in the future as global leaders who can help bring about meaningful social change.
A scene from the TASC 2024 Field Trip in Indonesia
A Scene from the TASC 2024 Japan Visit
This article features five participants, each representing one of the multinational groups. Their voices reveal how the program prompted them to reflect on their own roles in society and envision paths forward.
Program Outline
| Organizer | The Japan Foundation |
|---|---|
| Co-organizer | ASEAN University Network, Center for Southeast Asian Studies, Kyoto University |
| Program Vision | Envisioning a peaceful and better world in 2050 |
| Theme for 2025 | Plastic Waste |
| Participants | 30 undergraduate students from ASEAN countries and Japan |
| Program Guideline | |
| Program Overview | Orientation & Online Seminar 1 Saturday, August 16, 2025 ASEAN field trip in the Philippines（5 nights 6 days） Sunday, August 31 to Friday, September 5, 2025 Online Seminar 2 Saturday, November 15, 2025 Japan Visit (7 nights 8 days) Sunday, November 30 to Sunday, December 7, 2025 |
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