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The 24th Ship for World Youth Program will be held from Jan. 18 - March 5, 2012!!

The itinerary of the 24th Ship for World Youth program of FY2011 is as follows:
- Arrival of the participants from overseas: January 18, 2012
- Program for overseas participants in Japan: January 19|23

- Pre-departure Training Session : January 23 - 29
- Departure from Japan (Yokohama) : January 31
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Refuel, food and water supply in Singapore (Singapore) : February 7 - 8
- Port of call activities in India (Chennai) : February 12 - 14
- Port of call activities in Sri Lanka (Colombo) : February 16 - 19
- Refuel, food and water supply in Singapore (Singapore) : February 23 - 24

- Return back to Japan (Tokyo): March 5

Participating countries for SWY24 will be:
Kingdom of Bahrain
Federative Republic of Brazil
Canada
Arab Republic of Egypt
India
Japan
New Zealand
Republic of Peru
Russia
Spain
Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka
Republic of Turkey
Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela





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The Ship for World Youth (SWY) program, operated by Cabinet Office, Government of Japan, is a program that involves youths from Japan and countries around the world. They board the Ship for World Youth, live together, and while on board and when visiting the different countries, they study and discuss common issues from a global perspective and participate in other various activities that involve multi-cultural and multi-national exchange opportunities.