Based on the revised Basic Act for Persons with Disabilities (April 2011), the ratification of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (January 2014), and the “Universal Design 2020 Action Plan” (February 2017), the “Mind Barrier-Free Learning Promotion Council” (July 2017) was held. As a result, the introduction of universal design (UD) education in schools became mandatory. We recognize the importance of UD education in elementary schools, and in cooperation with local educational institutions, we have developed UD education programs for children and conducted on-site feasibility studies (FS). This research was summarized based on the knowledge obtained from the results of experience-based UD education experiments so far. The authors developed six steps to educate Universal Design for the children by six steps; 1st to know, 2nd to notice, 3rd to interact,4th to investigate, 5th to discuss and 6th to communicate.

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　　　　This study examines emergent management through SDGs initiatives in small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), based on the definition of “emergent activities” as activities that are spontaneously generated when SDG activities enhance the creativity of people working in a company and are strongly linked to intrinsic and self-determined motivation at work. Referring to Malmi and Brown's (2008) Management control systems package (MCSP), we set three research questions: existence of emergent activities, benefits of SDG activities, and relationships among control factors, and conducted semi-structured interviews with two companies. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with two companies. As a result, emergence activities were confirmed, and the unintended expansion of sales channels and advantages of SDG activities in recruiting human resources were confirmed. In addition, many cultural controls were confirmed, confirming further exploratory search for SDG activities and the expansion of exploratory activities. These results suggest that emergence-style management is centered on loose control, in which control by “control” is suppressed and rather voluntary activities are the main focus.

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　　　　The annual event of the Toyooka Theater Festival, which takes place in September in the Tajima region of Hyogo Prefecture, is expected to promote sightseeing tours by providing the festival participants with appropriate information on travel within the festival area. Based on a close examination of similar art festivals held in a wide area of a given region, such as the Setouchi International Art Festival and the Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennale, this study conducts a comparative analysis of the linguistic landscape in multiple languages at both festivals and proposes a language plan for the linguistic landscape to enhance the tourism ripple effect of the Toyooka Theater Festival.

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　　　　This paper aims to manifest the advent of a new type of collocation, eat your medicine, and its increasing use over the past years from perspectives of syntax-semantics and social functions. Discussion on the eat your medicine collocation in this paper starts with different verbs or verb phrases in different languages employed to verbalize an act or event of consuming oral medication to treat illnesses. Then, we shift our attention to the English verb eat, whose usages fall into three types, Type A and Type B based on a syntactic-semantic viewpoint and Type C based on a viewpoint of social functions. Next, the Object, Instrument, and Subevent parameters are proposed to investigate the eat your medicine phenomenon. Finally, the paper verifies that (a) an Object plays a distinctively different role in each of the three types of eat collocation; (b) in terms of an Instrument in an eat collocation, Type A implies the use of an Instrument, Type B requires the use of an Instrument, and Type C options the use of an Instrument; and (c) as to the Subevent parameter in an eat collocation, Subevent 1 (to take into the mouth) and Subevent 3 (to swallow) are mandatory in all types while Subevent 2 (to masticate) is arbitrary in Types A and C and generally does not exist in Type B.

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　　　　In order for small and medium-sized regional cities to survive severe population decline, it will be the key for the future cultural policy; to consider on how it can be cooperated and developed comprehensively on the regional level. With this in mind, this study aims to look at the possibility of cultural policy through regional cooperation among municipal governments, in particular, to examine a regional cultural policy within the Tajima region in Hyogo prefecture. However, currently there are still few examples of cultural policy beyond the boundaries of basic local governments. Therefore, this thesis takes up the state of Saxony in Germany as a case study, which has established the “Saxony’s Cultural Areas Act,” a law for cultural promotion through regional cooperation. As a conclusion, this report will also summarize how regional cultural policy should be implemented in the Tajima region.

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　　　　As the impact of the new coronavirus spreads, the need for BCP is increasing. In order to cope with various possible future risks, efforts to diversify locations are effective. In this paper, we examine the impact of decentralization on the destination region. The paper then discusses the challenges that the destination region faces in accepting companies, including “the scattering of administrative contact points,” “securing job seekers,” and “the matching of companies that have advanced to the region with companies in the region”. Finally, he proposed the importance of having a connection between the companies that are expanding and the destination region.

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　　　　The purpose of this paper is to compare and analyze the characteristics and effectiveness of LEGO Serious Play (LSP), which uses the world-famous LEGO bricks, with those of Playmobil Authentic Play (PAP) developed by Kozue Sato, which utilizes the Playmobil. The results of the comparative analysis revealed that PAP has a rationale and effectiveness comparable to that of LSP. Furthermore, it was found that while PAP is characterized by its emphasis on imagery to transform tacit knowledge into explicit knowledge, LSP is characterized by its use of metaphor to transform tacit knowledge into explicit knowledge.

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　　　　Daikai Bunko, located on Daikai-dori Street in the center of Toyooka City, is a shared library, bookstore, and café based on a one-box bookshelf owner system. In addition, it is also a counseling center by medical and welfare professionals regarding loneliness and health, and functions as a place for social prescribing. A variety of people are involved here as store keepers and others who connect people with the community. In this paper, we analyze the results of the interviews with the method of SCAT (Steps for Coding and Theorization) and clarify how these people, who can be called “connectors = link workers,” see the city of Toyooka. The image of Toyooka as seen by the link-worker personnel involved in the Daikai Bunko included not only points of view and expressions of dissatisfaction regarding what “does not exist” and what is becoming desolate, but also suggestions of what “exists” from a perspective from outside the community. It also became clear that they were reading various signs of changes in current issues, such as the opening of the Daikai Bunko, the opening of the Professional College of Arts and Tourism, and the Toyooka Theater Festival.

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　　　　In order to promote business succession outside of M&A, which is difficult in local areas. At the time of business succession, formulating a management innovation plan to improve corporate value has a certain effect, and it is preferable to take over business at a young stage. And the accompanying support of the Society of Commerce is effective.

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　　　　This study aims to shed light on the interrelationship between theater festival visitors’ on-site behavior and their evaluation of the festival and each of the following variables, namely the number of neighboring tourist destinations visited (the spatial impact) and visitors’ intention to visit outside the festival period (the temporal impact). The data to achieve the research purpose was obtained from the official questionnaire survey of visitors to the Toyooka Theater Festival 2022. Responses from 509 visitors who resided outside the festival venue at the time of the survey were subjected to analysis. As a result, a significant positive correlation was found between “the total number of places visited” and “the number of annual theater performances attended” as well as “the number of performances viewed.” “Intention to revisit the venue” was also significantly correlated with “the number of annual theater performances attended,” “impressions of theater festivals,” and “intention to revisit the theater festival.” These results point to the spatio-temporal effects of theater festivals on visitor behavior.

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　　　　The purpose of this study is to examine internships, which are an important position as the practicum. The aim of our college is to bridge the fields of arts and tourism. In the Professional College of Arts and Tourism, the internships have been held in the fields of arts and tourism. These internships are held at the theaters, the festivals etc. in the arts fields, and the transportation industry, the hotels, the travel industry in the tourism fields. Under these circumstances, we thought that it would be necessary to consider the significance and content of internships in the field of arts and tourism at our college. In this paper, we point out the definitions of internships and the practicum and to review previous research in Section Two. In Section Three, we analyzed the results of our interview surveys. We proposed five characteristics derived from the analysis results in Section Four. Consideration was made based on the results in Section Five. Finally, we concluded with a summary and suggestions for future research in the Summary. In the results, we found three characteristics. First is the variety of choices for the internships. Second is the lectures (in the first quarter and the third quarter) are not linked with the practicums (in the second quarter and the fourth quarter). Third is the lack of prior learning and post learning for the practicum.

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　　　　Based on the pilot study in Fujimoto, Fu, Yao & Nozu (2022), this research aims further to substantiate the hypothesis that four language skills can be applied to ICT skills and that the subjects’ improvements in both skills are correlated, from the viewpoint of liberal arts education at professional colleges or universities. First, the questionnaire of this study’s main survey was updated by shifting our research focus to subjects’ current language and ICT skills and communicative competence based on their self-report. The main survey was conducted three times in 2022, the first time right before Quarter 1 started (in April), the second time at the end of Quarter 1 (in July), and the third time at the end of Quarter 3 (in December). The survey results reveal that about 61% of the subjects reported their common improvements both in language and ICT skills over time. Also, although 82% and 67% of the subjects reported their betterment in ICT and language skills, respectively, statistically there was no significant improvement in their self-reported confidence in both skills over time. Finally, an overall analysis of the survey results further suggests some thought-provoking hints for curriculum amendments at professional colleges and universities.

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　　　　This survey is based on newspaper articles published in Korea from 1920 to 1940. I have collected statistics of events held at local Public Halls in colonial Korea. The events were categorized and quantified to create graphs and I examined what kind of trends there were in terms of these regions. Little analysis has been done on the content of the public hall events. The analysis of events at Japanese Public Halls is limited to only Hibiya Public Hall, Kyoto Okazaki Public Hall, and Otaru Public Hall. The case of Keijo is only a statistic of the number of events, and there is no study the comprehensively analyzes their contents. This data will be compared with the upcoming survey of the other cities.

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　　　　Regional networks of artists, arts organizations, theaters, area residents, local governments, and local businesses are essential for supporting cultural and artistic activities. This study aims to identify the strategies used by the Sanriku International Arts Festival to create and develop such regional networks from the perspectives of its organizational structure and program. Though the organizational structure of the Sanriku International Arts Committee was established to host the festival, hosting the festival is only part of its mission. It promotes Geinoh (local performing arts) and other arts, and eventually contributes to sustainable regional development in Sanriku. The committee serves as an intermediary between the local communities in Sanriku and the professionals, such as artists and producers from outside the communities, who participate in the festival. The festival program includes a mechanism for artists, local residents, and tourists to interact with each other through Geinoh, which is the region’s cultural resource. The committee considers issues the local communities face and incorporates them into the planning process. This case study demonstrates that when creating and developing a regional network for arts, it is important to listen to the voices of the locals, and to use the expertise gained through the festival to create a mechanism to give back to the local community.

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