Merupakan program pertukaran belia antarabangsa yang dilaksanakan khusus untuk para belia di negara-negara ASEAN dan Jepun. Program tahunan yang bermula sejak tahun 1974 dikelolakan dan ditaja sepenuhnya oleh kerajaan Jepun dengan kerjasama oleh negara-Negara anggota ASEAN yang dilawati. Antara isi kandungan program ialah mempelajari adat budaya, kehidupan sosial, politik dan pembangunan ekonomi s
esebuah negara yang terlibat. Brunei Darussalam menyertai program ini sejak 1984 selaku negara pemerhati dan tahun berikutnya tahun 1985 baharulah Negara Brunei Darussalam menyertai program ini secara penuh. Objektif program ini ialah untuk mengukuhkan persahabatan dan memupuk persefahaman di antara generasi muda terutama golongan muda belia serantau dan Jepun ke arah kerjasama di semua bidang di masa akan datang di samping dapat bertukar-tukar pendapat dan pandangan serta memperkenalkan budaya masing-masing serta mengenali semangat serta menghormati persamaan dan perbezaan masing-masing.
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The Ship for Southeast Asian Youth Program (SSEAYP) is based on the respective Joint Statements issued in 1974 between Japan and Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore and Thailand. Brunei Darussalam joined the program in 1985. Vietnam joined in 1996, and the Lao P.D.R and Myanmar joined in 1998. Furthermore, in 2000, Cambodia also joined this Program. This Program is carried out by the Government of Japan with the cooperation of these ten Southeast Asian Countries. The purpose of this program is to promote friendship and mutual understanding among the youths of Japan and South Asian Countries, to broaden their perspective on the world, as well as to strengthen their motivation and abilities in international cooperation by participating in discussions, introduction of each country, and various exchange activities both on board and in the countries to be visited. In addition, the Participating Youths are expected to assume leadership positions in youth activities and various other sectors in their own countries after this Program.
