As the winning team of the first National High School Policy Championship, hosted by Junior Chamber International Japan, TEIGEN at Fifteen paid a courtesy visit to Fumio Kishida, the 101st Prime Minister, at the Prime Minister's Office.
With the press watching, we presented to the Prime Minister on introducing mock elections into schools and on a concept for a digital election system.
The Prime Minister told us he genuinely hoped we would keep taking problems on one by one and keep the intention of giving something back to society.
TEIGEN at Fifteen will keep going, driven by "why?", to make the next wind.
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A student organization working on civic education and teenage participation in public life, driven by the gap in who gets opportunities. Our mission: every teenager should get to meet the person they have not yet become. Around forty high school and university students from Tokyo and the three neighbouring prefectures run it. Our programs include the Mock Ward Mayoral Election — held in the ward office and the assembly chamber, taking participants from drafting policy through candidacy to the count — and Osouji-tai, which builds a sense of ownership over shared space through cleaning. More than 1,000 people have now learned how democracy feels from the inside.
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