{"id":29942,"date":"2017-07-18T20:32:48","date_gmt":"2017-07-18T20:32:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/sustainabledevelopment\/?p=29942"},"modified":"2017-07-18T20:32:48","modified_gmt":"2017-07-18T20:32:48","slug":"japanese-youtube-star-piko-taro-makes-first-un-appearance-promotes-global-goals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/sustainabledevelopment\/blog\/2017\/07\/japanese-youtube-star-piko-taro-makes-first-un-appearance-promotes-global-goals\/","title":{"rendered":"Japanese YouTube star Piko Taro makes first Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ appearance, promotes Global Goals"},"content":{"rendered":"

Japanese entertainer Piko Taro, famous for his \u201cPen-Pineapple-Apple-Pen\u201d (PPAP) viral music video, has joined the ranks of celebrities who promote the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs<\/a>) on behalf of Governments, the United Nations, civil society and other actors in the global development community.<\/p>\n

\u201cI knew SD Gundam, but I had no idea what the\u00a0SDGs<\/a>\u00a0stand for,\u201d the comedian said jokingly referring to the Japanese anime television series, while visiting the Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Headquarters on Monday. He noted that he had been surprised when the Japanese Government asked him to assume this promotional role and perform at the Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ.<\/p>\n

Piko Taro\u2019s PPAP dance music video has gone worldwide, having scored more than 100 million views since its release in August 2016.<\/p>\n

At a reception the Japanese Government hosted on the sidelines of the\u00a0High-Level Political Forum<\/a>\u00a0on sustainable development, Piko Taro presented both the original song and the rearranged version, whose lyrics stand for \u201cPublic-Private Action for Partnership\u201d on SDGs.<\/p>\n

Schoolchildren from the Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ International School joined him on stage, singing and dancing along the revised version. The event was also attended by Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida.<\/p>\n

Earlier that day, he swung by \u201cSpotlight on SDGs<\/a>\u201d exhibition featuring prize-winning photos taken by students around the world. He said he was convinced of the power of visuals to convey the key concepts of the SDGs.<\/p>\n

Likewise, he hopes that his rejiggered PPAP song can help people around the world better understand the SDGs, which were adopted by Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Member States in 2015, with 2030 as a target year to eradicate poverty, address climate change and build peaceful, inclusive societies for all.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Sustainable Development Goals, if people remember these words, they may get curious. What are the SDGs? They learn – oh, 17 Goals,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

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Via Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ News Centre<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Japanese entertainer Piko Taro, famous for his \u201cPen-Pineapple-Apple-Pen\u201d (PPAP) viral music video, has joined the ranks of celebrities who promote the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) on behalf of Governments, the United Nations, civil society and other actors in the global development community.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":95,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[2736],"class_list":["post-29942","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-global-goals"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/sustainabledevelopment\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29942","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/sustainabledevelopment\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/sustainabledevelopment\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/sustainabledevelopment\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/95"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/sustainabledevelopment\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29942"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/sustainabledevelopment\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29942\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/sustainabledevelopment\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29942"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/sustainabledevelopment\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29942"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/sustainabledevelopment\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29942"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}