Healing seminars and concerts held to promote mental health among workers in Japan

Della Inc., a healing label that is gentle on the mind and body, has been requested by Fuji City, Shizuoka Prefecture, one of Japan's leading industrial cities, to hold an occupational safety and health seminar for workers called "Mental Health♪Concert "Healing"".

Suicide, which is the leading cause of death among men in their 40s and 50s who are in the prime of their working lives, has a huge impact on society and families and has become a social problem throughout the country.

The overwhelming majority of suicides are caused by depression, and it is said that sleep disorders appear as a precursor to depression.

This event is the first of its kind in the country, and allows participants to experience for themselves how listening to music, which is said to be effective in preventing depression and improving sleep disorders, is far more effective than listening to music alone, after gaining knowledge about the relationship between depression and sleep and how to prevent depression through a seminar.

The organizer, Fuji City, began a project in 2006 to prevent depression by improving sleep (Fuji Model Project), and as part of its efforts to become the best in Japan for mental health, they commissioned our company, a pioneer in producing music for sleep, to organize this event.

We plan to hold similar seminars and concerts across the country in response to the needs of local governments.

• Mental Health♪Concert "Iya"

Thursday, September 13, 2012, 6:30 PM

Venue: La Hall Fuji 2nd floor multipurpose hall

Capacity: 250 people

Part 1: Seminar

"Stressful one-day settlement system"
Lecturer: Haruyoshi Yamamoto, Director of the Workers' Mental Health Center, Yokohama Rosai Hospital
　　　　
Part 2: Concert

♪ Erhu: Cao Xuejing / Piano: Nakabayashi Mariko

[Tracklist][Tracklist] Kaze no Toori Michi, Itsumo Nandodemo, Jonetsu Tairiku, and more

*This event is open only to Fuji residents and is already fully booked.

■Profile

Haruyoshi Yamamoto / Psychosomatic medicine physician

Born in Tokyo in 1948. Graduated from Tohoku University School of Medicine in 1972. After serving as the head of the Department of Psychosomatic Medicine at Yokohama Rosai Hospital, he has held his current position since 2001.
He is a certified specialist by the Japanese Society of Psychosomatic Medicine, a director of the Japanese Society of Industrial Stress Research, a lecturer at Bunkyo Gakuin University, and a committee member for the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare's official website, "Kokoro no Mimi."
His books include "One-day stress settlement" (NHK Publishing), "Mental health measures book" (Labor Administration), DVD supervision "Mental health for creating a lively workplace" (Aspa Create), CD supervision "Mental health music for working people" and "Music for prevention: Depression" (Dela), among others.

Cao Xuejing/Erhu player

As an erhu player with the Shanghai Folk Orchestra, he performs mainly at welcoming receptions for state guests.
His works include the stage performance of the play "Kill" organized by Noda Hideki, and the music from Ichikawa Ennosuke's super kabuki plays "Kaguya" and "Okuninushi."

He is famous for performing Tetsuya Chikushi's "News23 Opening Music" (composed by Ryuichi Sakamoto). He has also performed in Sony's "Image 4," Ryuichi Sakamoto's album, and EXILE's promotional video "TiAmo Chapter 1 & 2."

MALLET × PIT/Vibphone & Marimba Player

A brother marimba and vibraphone duo consisting of Yoshiyuki Takuma (older brother) and Masaaki Takuma (younger brother).
A "mallet" is a stick that they always hold in their hands when playing.
From an early age, influenced by his father, Hisayoshi Takuma, an accomplished marimba player, he and his brother began playing the classical marimba.
In junior high and high school, she was the top marimba player in the marching band and performed overseas.
After graduating from high school, his older brother Yoshiyuki went to study at Berklee College of Music in the United States.
He studied jazz vibraphone in earnest and won the Most Active Mallet Player Award while still a student.
His younger brother, Masaaki, graduated from Senzoku Gakuen College of Music and became a freelance marimba and vibraphone player, while also participating in his father, Takuma Hisayoshi's concert tours.
At the same time, he also provides music.

Mariko Nakabayashi/Pianist

Graduated from Kobe University.
He then studied jazz piano and composition at Berklee College of Music.
While in school, he performed in Boston with an R&B vocal band and his own original jazz band.
Graduated in 2003.
Currently performing with a variety of artists.
He provides music and is currently involved in recordings.

□ What is the Fuji Model Project?

Fuji City, Shizuoka Prefecture, one of Japan's leading industrial cities, has been focusing on the relationship between sleep and suicide since 2006 as part of its efforts to prevent depression and suicide among working-age men. The project aims to detect depression early and prevent suicide through collaboration between Fuji City, family doctors, and industrial physicians.

Through campaigns such as "Dad, are you sleeping well?", the government encourages people to feel free to consult their family doctor first, and has launched a scheme in which family doctors and psychiatrists work together to prevent suicide by detecting depression early, with the aim of achieving the best mental health in Japan for working people.