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Scholarship Recipients Named
Two students from Shinjuku Japanese Language Institute have been selected for Takayama International Education Foundation scholarships for 2011. The students, from Korea and Myanmar, were chosen based on their excellent grades, attendance, and class participation. We are thrilled that despite a higher rate of competition relative to the previous year, two of our students were […]
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Wanted: Volunteer workers in Tohoku (Nikkei Youth Network)
Nikkei Youth Network is recruiting volunteer workers for their mission in Tohoku area. The details are as follows. Dates Batch 9 ： July 8th (fri) – July 11th (mon)Batch 10 ： July 15th (fri) – July 18th (mon)Batch 11 ： July 28th (thu) – August 3rd (wed) ［Time of gathering ]（July/8・July/15・July/28）12:00 Noon［Dispersing time]（July/11・July/18・August/3）between 20:00 to […]
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Disaster Relief Volunteer Meeting
Will you volunteer in Tohoku?Informational meeting this week on Friday, June 10th, at 12:50pm in classroom 111 of Building 1. Please come if you’re interested in participating. The volunteer chief, a French SNG student, will give the explanation. The volunteer period is scheduled for Wed-Sat, June 29th – July 2nd, 2011.
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A Lecture by the Totsuka Police
This past Friday, June 3rd, the Totsuka Police held a meeting on “How to Safely Study Abroad.” A lecture aimed at new students just beginning their study abroad term, the police gave detailed explanations about Japan’s traffic rules, crime prevention, and disaster preparation. Some translation and the principal’s illustrations were used to help students understand […]
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French Student Volunteers
Spring term started two weeks ago on April 11th. The earth is still shaking from time to time, the nuclear reactor problem hasn’t been fixed, but the school is continuing to return to its normal liveliness. Seeing our energetic students, I can’t be down-hearted.Except for one person, thirteen French students that were evacuated by their […]
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It’s my turn to repay the favor
“While other students went back home because of the earthquake and the Fukushima nuclear accident, Mr. Liu Hong Jun, one of our Chinese students from Beginner II, offered to do volunteer work in Japan. When we asked him why he wanted to stay in Japan and be a volunteer, he said “My dad told me […]
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Benevolence of our students
Our ski trip for March 20 to March 22 has been cancelled because of the Tohoku earthquake. When the school contacted the students about the refund (participation fee of 25,000 JPY), they asked us to donate their money to the Japan Earthquake and Tsunami Relief Fund. We were greatly moved by their benevolence and desire […]