Comedy duo EXIT took the stage! The 56th Soka University Festival Symposium, "Let's Create Together: pon! pon! studio," was held.

On Sunday, October 11th, in conjunction with the 56th Sodai Festival, the comedy duo EXIT's Rintaro. Mr. Daiki Kanechika will be invited as special guests to our university's Global Square. pon! STUDIO" was held. This event was themed "Let's take a step forward together to create a wave of peace from here on!!" and embodies the hope that our students would take the question, "Why do we seek peace, and how do we create peace?" as their own personal matters. On the day of the event, the Soudai Festival Executive Committee took the lead in organizing the event, with about 1,000 participants including both in-person and live broadcast venues.

Following the greeting from the Sodaisai Festival Executive Committee Chair, two students gave presentations titled "Peace and Dialogue." They introduced episodes collected from students and spoke about the importance of dialogue in building a peaceful society.

Next, in the guest talk, two members of the comedy duo EXIT took the stage and held a talk session with two students on topics such as "peace," "dialogue," and "realizing dreams." After the talk session, there was also a Q&A segment called "EXIT Finding EXIT with You," where the two members of "EXIT" answered questions and concerns sent in by participants in real time.
The lively conversations and answers with the students who took the stage filled the venue with bursting smiles and applause throughout.

The participants shared the following feedback:
Not only was it entertaining, but it also gave me a lot of courage! The presenters were also great at talking, and I never got bored watching it (teenager).
The interaction between the two guests was wonderful. I resonated with Kanechika's words that peace is not about someone far away, but about the person next door (50s).
• While major themes can often be rather serious, this was a truly wonderful opportunity to think about peace and courage in a very enjoyable way (20s).