June 18, 2025
On Friday, May 16, 2025, the first Child Welfare Specialist Subcommittee meeting of 2025 was held in Hachioji City, and Mairin Saito (2nd year student, Faculty of Law), who was selected as a citizen committee member of the Social Welfare Council's Child Welfare Specialist Subcommittee, attended and participated in the deliberations.
The Child Welfare Specialist Subcommittee of the Social Welfare Council, established based on a Hachioji City ordinance, is recruiting citizen committee members to participate in its deliberations in order to reflect a wide range of perspectives. After a document review and interview selection process, Saito was selected as a member of this subcommittee, which will specialize in the areas of child, child-rearing, and youth support, for t