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Connecting teen voices
to policy.

From co-hosting and sponsoring events, through designing election-awareness work for younger people, to research collaboration on the youth council model that would wire teenagers' voices into policy. We reach, in their own generation's words, the people government finds hardest to reach.

What We Do

Working with government and assemblies as equals.

Government

For government and assemblies

What we can do: Co-hosting citizenship education events, supporting election-awareness work, planning and writing material aimed at teenagers, and working together on participation mechanisms such as a youth council.

For example: Three editions of the Adachi Mock Ward Mayoral Election (2025 and 2026 co-hosted by the Adachi Election Administration Commission and supported by the Board of Education; 2023 supported by Adachi City and the Board of Education). The mayor attended the third, and the Ward Assembly newsletter featured it three years running (issues 321, 328 and 334). We helped with the commission's citizenship education at Kohoku High School (about 320 second-years, March 2025) and contributed articles and a cover to its publications.

What stays with the assembly: In its own published materials, the Adachi Ward Assembly lists holding the student-run Mock Ward Mayoral Election, and working to advance civic education, among the assembly reforms it carried out in 2023 under “resident participation” (Waseda University Manifesto Institute, Local Assembly Reform Survey 2023: 58th of 1,562 assemblies nationwide, 2nd among Tokyo's special wards).

Advisory roles: We also take on seats on councils and committees, hearings and statements, research cooperation, and study sessions for council members and staff (in June 2026 we spoke at a study session of the Yashio City Assembly in Saitama, "Opening up the future of the assembly", presenting the Mock Ward Mayoral Election as an early example). Age requirements, neutrality and honoraria are covered onAdvisory and committee roles.

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Programs

What we can do with local governments

Co-hosting & sponsorship

Adachi Mock Ward Mayoral Election

From casting a vote to writing the policy.

A hands-on mock election co-created with the ward office, assembly, Board of Education and Election Administration Commission. Held three times since 2023; the mayor of Adachi attended the third (2026). In the 2025 participant survey, 92% said they want to vote in real elections.

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Policy design

Youth Council Model (In Development)

Wiring young people's voices into policy, permanently.

Policy-design research on connecting the voices of 13-to-24-year-olds to policymaking — a five-stage plan from roundtables to an ordinance and an advisory body, worked out together with local governments.

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Advisory Roles

Advisory and committee roles

One teen at the table where decisions are made.

Appointments to councils, committees and review panels; hearings and formal statements; research collaboration; study sessions for assembly members and officials. Not a one-off occasion for hearing young people out, but a role in the room where things are decided.

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Policy Fit

Bring the reality of teenagers
into high school reform planning.

In February 2026, MEXT published its basic policy for high school reform, the "Grand Design" (the N-E.X.T. High School Initiative). Alongside it, MEXT notified each prefecture to draw up a "High School Education Reform Implementation Plan" with boards of education, governors' departments, universities, local stakeholders and others working together. Funds are also to be set up in each prefecture to establish high schools that lead the reform. TEIGEN JP can help as one of those local stakeholders.

  1. NoticeBoards of education, governors and relevant departments, universities, local stakeholders and industry work closely together to draw up the implementation plan
    Teen voices in the planning

    We accept roles on councils and review panels, as well as hearings and statements of opinion. Our high school and university student members join the discussion as people directly affected by the reform.

  2. Perspective 1Developing abilities and individuality that AI cannot replace, so students can live independently as sovereign citizens in an uncertain age
    Mock Ward Mayoral Election

    A mock election held in the ward office and assembly chamber, where junior and senior high school students go from drafting policy to standing as candidates, giving speeches and voting. It is co-hosted with the Adachi Election Administration Commission, and in the 2025 participant survey 92% said they wanted to vote in a real election.

  3. Perspective 3Guaranteeing diverse, high-quality learning wherever students live in Japan
    To all 47 prefectures by 2030

    Under TEIGEN VISION 2030, we aim to bring the Mock Ward Mayoral Election to municipalities across Japan. Join us as an early partner and design how it runs in your area.

Source: Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT), "Basic Policy on High School Education Reform (Grand Design): the N-E.X.T. High School Initiative toward 2040" (published February 13, 2026). The mapping between the policy and our work is TEIGEN JP's own reading.

Process

How it happens

  1. STEP 1

    Contact Us

    Tell us by form or email what you want, roughly what shape, and when. We normally reply within three working days.

  2. STEP 2

    Online meeting

    We agree what it is for, who it is for, and what should be different afterward. There is no charge at this stage.

  3. STEP 3

    Design and division of work

    A written proposal, a running order, costs where relevant, and who does what.

  4. STEP 4

    Preparation and publicity

    Materials and documents, publicity, and coordination with everyone involved.

  5. STEP 5

    Delivery and review

    Afterwards we share the questionnaire results and a written review, so the next one is better.

FAQ

Frequently asked questions

Can you come during a weekday?
Our members are students, so we arrange it within what their schoolwork allows. We have delivered classes during weekdays before, and dates are negotiable.
Is political neutrality maintained?
TEIGEN JP does not support any party, candidate or ideology. We work with systems, processes and the experience of deliberation, and our record of working with schools and government backs the neutrality of that design. The full policy (adopted by the board on 28 August 2026) is in our Policy on Political Neutrality.
How far ahead should we get in touch?
One to two months before the date for an outreach class, three months or more for a co-hosted event, gives us room to design it properly. If it is urgent, tell us anyway.
Can you come a long way?
We deliver classes and talks online. For in-person visits, talk to us about dates and costs.
"I hope you will use your young energy to raise interest in elections among fellow high school students and other young people. Keep the strong conviction that you can change your own future, and keep this work going."
Yayoi Kondo, Mayor of Adachi CityDecember 2023, Adachi Ward Office→
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Turning "we'd like to do something
with teenagers" into a plan.

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