The purpose of the "Ship for World Youth" program is to broaden the global view of the Japanese youths, to promote mutual understanding and friendship between Japanese and foreign youths as well as to cultivate the spirit of international cooperation and the competence to practice it, and furthermore to foster the youths with capability of showing leadership in various area of international society.
In addition, this program aims at establishing networks and promoting joint activities among youths around the world through providing, as the concrete and practical opportunity, the cohabitation and the joint activity on the board of the "Ship for World Youth", which is the epitome of international society with wide variety of cultures and ideas, to make an visible international contribution from the perspective of human resource development.
The number of Participating Youths was 248 from 13 countries listed below. Half of them are JPYs(Japanese Participating Youths) and the other half are OPYs(Overseas Participating Youths). The ratio of Men-to-women was nearly 1-to-1 in almost all countries except for Japan and UAE. Japan's ratio was 2-to-8. All men and no women were from UAE.
| # | Country Name | Number of Youths |
|---|---|---|
| 01 | Japan | 124 |
| 02 | Australia | 12 |
| 03 | Bahrain | 12 |
| 04 | Brazil | 12 |
| 05 | Canada | 12 |
| 06 | Greece | 12 |
| 07 | India | 12 |
| 08 | Kenya | 12 |
| 09 | Mauritius | 12 |
| 10 | Morocco | 12 |
| 11 | Sweden | 12 |
| 12 | Tonga | 12 |
| 13 | UAE | 12 |
| Jan 14th-Jan 19th | : Pre-Departure Session |
| Jan 20th-Mar 02nd | : On-Board Program |
Picture: Nippon-Maru in Singapore.
Figure: The Route of SWY18
| # | Country | Date |
|---|---|---|
| 01 | Tokyo(Japan) | Jan 14th-Jan 19th |
| 02 | Singapore | Jan 26th |
| 03 | Chennai(India) | Jan 30th-Jan 31st |
| 04 | Mombassa(Kenya) | Feb 07th-Feb 09th |
| 05 | Port Louis(Mauritius) | Feb 13th-Feb 14th |
| 06 | Singapore | Feb 22nd |
| 07 | Tokyo(Japan) | Mar 02nd |