FOLLOW UP PREPARATIONS OF THE VISIT OF THE NATIONAL BALLET TO JAPAN IN SEPTEMBRE OCTOBER 2010 WITHIN THE FRAMWORK OF CELEBRATION OF 50 YEARS OF INDEPENDANCE OF CAMEROUN IN JAPAN AND BILATERAL COOPERATION
DELEGATION MR KIMITAKA ANEKOJI EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR PLANNING DIVISION MIN ON CONCERT ASSOCIATION HEAD OF DELEGATION DEPUTY MANAGER IN CHARGE OF PUBLIC RELATION MIN ON CONCERT ASSOCIATION
MR SHIN YA OKADA DEPUTY MANAGER IN CHARGE OF PUBLIC RELATION MIN ON CONCERT ASSOCIATION BILINGUAL INTERPRETER
MS KEIKO TAYLOR
CAMEROUN EMBASSY IN JAPAN LIAISON MR JOHN BILLY EKO JR FIRST SECRETARY
HOST MINISTRY
SUMMARY OF ITINERARY
MONDAY 22 FERUARY 2010
DELEGATES ARRIVE CAMEROUN TROUGH THE NSIMALEN INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT AND ARE DRIVEN STRIGHT TO THE YAOUNDE HILTON 20 THE MAY BOULEVARD YAOUNDE TELEPHONE 22 23 36 46
DINNER AT THE HOTEL WITH NO OTHER ACTIVITIES PLANNED FOR THE DAY
TUESDAY 23 FEBRUARY 2010
COURTESY VISIT TO THE JAPANESE EMBASSY IN CAMEROUN COURTESY CALL ONTHE MINISTER OF COMMUNICATION AUDIENCE WITH THJE MINISTER OF CULTURE VIEWING OF REHEARSAL OF THE NATIONAL BALLET
WEDNESDAY 24 FEBRUARY 2010
WORKING SESSION WITH EXPERTS FROM THE MINISTRY OF CULTURE AND THE NATIONAL BALLET COURTESY VISIT TO THE PRIME MINISTER HEAD OF GOUVERNMENT COURTESY CALL ON THE MINISTER OF EXTERNAL RELATIONS DINNER RECEPTION
THURSDAY 25 FEBRUARY
COURTESY CALL ON THE DG OF CRTV VISIT OF CRTV PRUDUCTION CENTRE FINAL BRIENFING WITH THE MINISTERE OF CULTURE
FRIDAY 26 FEBRUARY
PRESS CONFERENCE VIEWING OF A SECOND REHEARSAL OF THE N ATIONAL BALLET
SATURDAY 27 FEBRUARY SIGTSEEING SHOPPING AND VISITING YAOUNDE CRAFTS CENTRE ZOO EFA MBALMAYO END OF VISIT AND DEPARTURE FROM YAOUNDE
MIN ON HELD A CULTURAL EXCHANGE WITH THE 101 ST COUNTRY
AMBASSADORS ATTENDED THE TOKYO PERFORMANCE ON AUGUST
THE MIN ON CONCERT ASSOCIATION INITIATED A NEW CONCERT SERIES TITLED THE CARIBBEAN MUSICAL CRIUSE THAT INTRODUCES A VARIETY OF RICH MUSICAL CULTURES UNIQUE TO THE CARIBBEAN NATION THE REPUBLIC OF HAITI BECAME THE ONE HUNDRED AND FIRST COUNTRY THAT MIN ON HAS ENGAGED AS PART OF ITS CULTURAL EXCHANGE IN ITS FORTY SIX YEAR HISTORY WITH THE FIRST JAPAN TOUR BY THIS GROUP OF SELECTED HAITIAN ARTISTS THE MINI ALL STARS DURING THE SUMMER IN 2009 THEY DELIVERED PASSIONATE AND LIVELY VPERFORMANCE OF HAITIAN MUSIC INCLUDING THE WIDELY POPULAR COMPAS ON 14 STAGE IN 13 JAPANESE CITIES DURING AUGUST AND SEPTEMBER THEY PERFORMED THE BEST SELECTIONS FROM THEIR ENORMOUS REPECTOPIRE OF AUTHENTIC COMPAS NUMBERS WRITTEN BY THE FATHER OF COMPAS