Danish Crown Prince Couple to participate in Greenland Promotional Campaign in Japan on March 26-28, 2015

His Royal Highness Crown Prince Frederik and Her Royal Highness Crown Princess Mary of Denmark will pay a visit to Japan’s capital, Tokyo, from March 26-28, 2015 to lead a Greenland promotional campaign.

The Crown Prince Couple will be accompanied by Minister for Food, Agriculture and Fisheries Dan Jørgensen, the Premier of the Government of Greenland, Kim Kielsen, Minister for Fisheries, Hunting and Agriculture Karl-Kristian Kruse and a business delegation of Greenlandic companies.

The objective of the visit is to increase the knowledge of Greenland, Greenlandic culture and Greenlandic products in Japan and to strengthen the Japanese people’s knowledge about the opportunities in Greenland and the Arctic region. Climate change and the growing international interest in the Arctic region have also generated increased interest within Japan about the Arctic and Greenland, and, last year, Japan became an observer in the Arctic Council.

Among other things, the visit will focus on extending and increasing the existing Greenlandic export of fish and shellfish to Japan to benefit economic growth in Greenland. On the basis of the sustainable narrative about sealskin’s role in Greenlandic culture and history, the program will also deal with the use of Greenlandic sealskin in the Japanese fashion industry. Also, Japanese tourism to Greenland will be in focus during the visit.

In addition, the Crown Prince Couple will open an exhibition in Tokyo about Greenlandic culture, in which the imperial family will also be represented. Included in the exhibition are, among other things, a collection of tupilaks, which are owned by the Japanese imperial family but which have not been displayed publicly before, and Greenlandic masks from HRH The Prince Consort’s collection. The exhibition also includes a number of modern watercolor narratives by the Greenlandic artist Nuka K. Godfredsen about Greenland’s history, which are simultaneously being published in book form in Japan. Outside of the exhibition building, a realistic large-sized igloo will be built.

The visit is arranged by Denmark’s embassy in Tokyo in cooperation with Greenland’s Self-Government.

Learn more about the Danish Royal Family and see current pictures at www.kongehuset.dk.

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Kronprinsparret deltager i Grønlandsfremstød i Japan

Hans Kongelige Højhed Kronprinsen og Hendes Kongelige Højhed Kronprinsessen aflægger den 26.-28. marts 2015 besøg i Japans hovedstad Tokyo for at stå i spidsen for et Grønlandsfremstød.

Kronprinsparret vil blive ledsaget af fødevareminister Dan Jørgensen, formanden for Naalakkersuisut, Kim Kielsen, Naalakkersuisoq (minister) for fangst, fiskeri og landbrug, Karl Kristian Kruse samt en erhvervsdelegation af grønlandske virksomheder.

Formålet med besøget er at øge kendskabet til Grønland, grønlandsk kultur og grønlandske produkter i Japan og styrke japanernes viden om muligheder i Grønland og det arktiske område. Klimaændringerne og den stigende internationale interesse for det arktiske område har også i Japan skabt øget interesse for Arktis og Grønland, og Japan blev sidste år observatør i Arktisk Råd.

Besøget vil blandt andet fokusere på at udbygge og øge den eksisterende grønlandske eksport af fisk og skaldyr til Japan til gavn for den økonomiske vækst i Grønland. På basis af den bæredygtige fortælling om sælskinds rolle i den grønlandske kultur og historie vil programmet desuden omhandle brugen af grønlandsk sælskind i den japanske modesektor. Også japansk turisme til Grønland vil være i fokus under besøget.

Kronprinsparret åbner desuden en udstilling i Tokyo om grønlandsk kultur, hvor kejserfamilien også vil være repræsenteret. I udstillingen indgår blandt andet en samling tupilakker, der ejes af den japanske kejserfamilie og ikke tidligere har været fremvist offentligt samt grønlandske masker fra H.K.H. Prinsgemalens samling. Udstillingen omfatter også en række moderne akvarel-fortællinger af den grønlandske kunstner Nuka K. Godfredsen om Grønlands historie, der samtidig udgives i bogform i Japan. Uden for udstillingsbygningen vil der blive opført en naturtro stor iglo.

Besøget arrangeres af Danmarks Ambassade i Tokyo i samarbejde med Grønlands Selvstyre. Se www.kongehuset.dk.

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