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Japan Alumni eNews   Vol. 12 May 8, 2009
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1. JASSO News -- Introducing JASSO Activities and international students news in Japan!

2. Alumni News -- Introducing active career of former international students!
With an eye to your future, also a must-read news for prospective and current international students!

3. Academic News -- Offering support news to former international students who are involved in academic, scientific research and education fields.

4. Business News -- Offering associated information on job and business for current and former international students!

5. Visit Japan -- For prospective, current, and former international students, introducing “A beautiful country, Japan”.
6. NIPPON Time Machine -- Introducing a pleasurable journey form the past to the future of Japan!

Our eNewsletter for former international students was reborn as a network eNewsletter for a greater range of readers. It links Japan with you before your study in Japan, during your stay in the country, and after you return home.

 

As part of our ongoing efforts to improve our eNewsletter, we had a questionnaire survey.

We will report the result and comments of each question at a time.

Survey result here!

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1. JASSO News

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1) Message from Mr. SEKIGUCHI Masayuki, Executive Director, Student Exchange Department, Japan Student Services Organization (JASSO)

http://www.jasso.go.jp/exchange/magazine_message_e.html

 

2) Follow-up Research Fellowship (invitation program)
This program provides former international students who play active roles in education, research and government in their home countries to conduct short term research at universities in Japan.

http://www.jasso.go.jp/exchange/tanken_e.html

Reports from Fellows FY 2008: Dr. Song Xianfang (China, Hosted by: Chiba University)

http://www.jasso.go.jp/exchange/tanken_r_h20_e.html

 

3) Follow-up Research Guidance (dispatch program)
This program provides Japanese academic advisors a chance to visit and to help further research of former international students who are in teaching and/or research at universities or research institutes in their home countries.

http://www.jasso.go.jp/exchange/shidou_e.html

Reports from Fellows FY 2008:

- Hiroshima University:
  Research advisor / Associate Professor HARIMA Yutaka
  Former international student / Dr. Xiaoqing Jiang (China)

  http://www.jasso.go.jp/exchange/shidou_r_h20_e.html

 

4) Japan Education Fairs / Japan Education Seminars

Details of Japan Education Fairs in FY2009

http://www.jasso.go.jp/study_j/2009fair_e.html

 

5) Examination for Japanese University Admission for International Students

(EJU)

- 2009 EJU (1st Session)
  Sunday, June 21, 2009
  http://www.jasso.go.jp/eju/index_e.html

- Results 2008 (2nd Session)

  http://www.jasso.go.jp/eju/examination_result_e.html

 

6) Honors Scholarship for Privately Financed International Students

http://www.jasso.go.jp/exchange/documents/scholarship_2009_e.pdf (PDF: 221KB)

 

7) JASSO International Student Scholarship for Short-term Study in Japan
http://www.jasso.go.jp/scholarship/short_term_e.html

 

8) International University Exchange Seminars
- Nara Women's University

"Japan China Student Exchange Seminar for better Understanding and Respect for Diverse Lifestyles in Various Ethnic Groups"

http://www.jasso.go.jp/exchange/daigakukouryu_r_h20_e.html

 

9) Reports on International Students' Local Exchange Activities Supported by the Nakajima Foundation

- Oita Prefecture Committee for International Student Exchange International students

“Japanese Speech Contest for International Students” The Twentieth Anniversary Special Program - Let’s Get to Know International Students! - Global Festival in Oita"

- Foreign Students Support Network (FORSNET)

"Tea Ceremony at Kokura Castle Garden"

http://www.jasso.go.jp/exchange/local_r_h20_e.html

 

10) JASSO Japan Educational Information Center

Korea office: "The Recession and Studying Aboard"

http://www.jasso.go.jp/exchange/magazine_jeic_e.html

 

11) JASSO Public Facilities to Access Information on Study in Japan

(55 overseas locations)

http://www.jasso.go.jp/study_j/info_openbase_e.html
Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) has Japan Centers

(http://japancenter.jica.go.jp/index_e.html)

Universitas Atma Jaya Yogyakarta
The experience as an access point for JASSO
http://www.jasso.go.jp/exchange/magazine_openbase_e.html

 

 

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2. Alumni News

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1) News on International Students
http://www.jasso.go.jp/exchange/enews_news_h21_e.html

 

2) Photo Gallery: Memories of Japan
Send us some of your memorable photos from your days while studying in Japan.
http://www.jasso.go.jp/exchange/enews_al_h21_e.html

 

3) An Alumnus / Alumna

Dr. Mrinal Samanta (India) and Mr. Hsan Myint Oo (Myanmar)
http://www.jasso.go.jp/exchange/enews_obog_h21_e.html

 

4) Windows of Alumni (http://www.jasso.go.jp/exchange/magazine_ue_e.html)

Click to access each school alumni!

NEW!!
- Kyoto Prefectural University Alunmi

  http://kpudosokai.7days.jp/ (In Japanese Only)

 

-Shobi University Alumni

  http://www.shobi-univ-as.blogspot.com/ (In Japanese Only)

 

- Hiroshima University Alumni & Former International Students

  http://www.hiroshima-u.ac.jp/en/top/kouyuukai/index.html

 

- International Student Support Center Yokkaichi University

  http://www.yokkaichi-u.ac.jp/issc/main/english.html

 

Other schools

http://www.jasso.go.jp/exchange/magazine_ue_list_e.html

 

5) The Japan Foundation (JF Worldwide)

http://www.jpf.go.jp/world/en/

 

 

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3. Academic News

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1) Scholarships/ Grants/ Invitation/ Awards, etc.

(http://www.jasso.go.jp/exchange/enews_dantai_h21_e.html)

- Kazuo Itoga Memorial Foundation

  http://www.itogazaidan.jp/english/outline_of_the_annual/index.htm

- The Society for the Study of Japonisme

  http://www.world-meeting.co.jp/japonisme/ja/syo.html (In Japanese Only)

  Note) Only for the Society for the Study of Japonisme's members.

- TEPCO Research Foundation

  http://www.tgn.or.jp/trf-zaidan/english/index.html

  Note) The application should be written in Japanese.

- Japan International Research Center for Agricultural Sciences

  http://www.jircas.affrc.go.jp/english/event/h21wakate/h21boshu_e.html

- The Sumitomo Foundation

  http://www.sumitomo.or.jp/e/index.htm

  Note) The application should be written in Japanese.

 

Scholarships for International Students in Japan 2007-2008

http://www.jasso.go.jp/study_j/scholarships_sfisij_e.html

"Scholarships for International Students in Japan 2008-2009" will be updated soon.

 

2) Academic Symposiums

(http://www.jasso.go.jp/exchange/enews_sympo_h21_e.html)

- Senri Life Science Seminar: Personalized Medicine based on the Integrated Clinical Database

  http://www.senri-life.or.jp/seminar-1.html (In Japanese Only)

- The International Symposium "Immune Regulation: Present and Future"

  http://www.ifrec.osaka-u.ac.jp/en/activities/index.php

- The Japanese Society for Process Chemistry 2009 Summer Symposium

  http://www.chemicaldaily.co.jp/ent/process/index.html (In Japanese Only)

- 17th International Symposium on Microencapsulation

  http://www.phar.agu.ac.jp/conf/micro2009/

3) Academic Societies

(http://www.jasso.go.jp/exchange/magazine_gakkai_e.html)

<Literature, Philosophy, Education, Psychology, Sociology, History>
- The Japan Society of Information and Knowledge
  http://wwwsoc.nii.ac.jp/jsik/index-e.html

 

<Law, Politics>
- Japan Legal History Association
  http://wwwsoc.nii.ac.jp/jalha/index_e.htm

<Economics, Commercial Science, Management>
- The Japan Academic Society for Ventures and Entrepreneurs
  http://www.venture-ac.ne.jp/index_en.html

 

<Science>
- Japanese Society for Cryobiology and Cryotechnology          

  http://wwwsoc.nii.ac.jp/jscc/english/index.html

<Engineering>
- Marine Acoustics Society of Japan
  http://www.masj.jp/English/index_e.html

<Agriculture>
- The Cellulose Society of Japan
  http://wwwsoc.nii.ac.jp/csj3/index-e.html

<Medicine, Dentistry, Pharmaceutical Sciences>
- The Japanese Association of Rehabilitation Medicine (JARM)
  http://www.jarm.or.jp/english/

 

Other Academic Societies

http://www.jasso.go.jp/exchange/magazine_gakkai_list_e.html

 

 

4) Japanese Language Test

-The Japanese-Language Proficiency Test (JLPT)

Sunday, July 5, 2009 (Deadline of application: Friday, May 1, 2009/ The Level 1 and Level 2 test will be administered in Japan, China, South Korea, and Taiwan)

Sunday, Dec 6, 2009 (Deadline of application: Friday, Oct 2, 2009/ All level test will be administered worldwide)
There will be changes in test level and test sections next year.

http://www.jlpt.jp/e/index.html

Progress reports concerning test revisions

http://www.jlpt.jp/e/info/pdf/2008_report.pdf (PDF:36KB)

 

-BJT Business Japanese Proficiency Test

Date: Sunday, June 21, 2009 (Deadline of application: Wednesday, May 20, 2009)

Date: Sunday, Nov 8, 2009 (Deadline of application: Friday, Oct 2, 2009)

http://www.kanken.or.jp/bjt/english/index.html

 

-Test of Practical Japanese (J.TEST)

Date: Sunday, July 12, 2009 (Deadline of application: Tuesday, June 16, 2009)

Date: Sunday, Sep 13, 2009 (Deadline of application: Tuesday, Aug 18, 2009)

Date: Sunday, Nov 15, 2009 (Deadline of application: Tuesday, Oct 20, 2009)

http://j-test.jp/xp/modules/tinyd10/content/index.php?id=11

 

 

5) Research Infomation (Researchers, Research Subjects)

-GeNii -NII Scholarly and Academic Information Portal- (National Institute of Informatics)

http://ge.nii.ac.jp/genii/jsp/index-e.jsp

-GeNii Help > Copyright and linking

http://ge.nii.ac.jp/copyright-e.html

 

-Read -Directory Database of Research and Development Activities- (Japan Science and Technology Agency)

http://read.jst.go.jp/index_e.html

 

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4. Business News

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- Job Information

http://www.jasso.go.jp/exchange/enews_workinfo_h21_e.html

 

- [New!] Job Hunting Reports from Former International Students

http://www.jasso.go.jp/exchange/enews_jobreport_h21_e.html

 

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5. Visit Japan

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- Visit Japan News

Let's see about Yamagata Prefecture this time!

http://www.jasso.go.jp/exchange/magazine_visit_e.html

 

- [New!] Travel Event Information

http://www.jasso.go.jp/exchange/enews_visit_info_e.html

 

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6. NIPPON Time Machine

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"A Story about the Monetary Unit in Japan" and "From Omiai to Konkatsu -- change in view on Japanese marriage"

http://www.jasso.go.jp/exchange/enews_ntm_h21_e.html

 

 

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7. From the Reader

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* Thank you very much for giving the information in newsletter. I am very much privileged to get it. I hope you will continuously send me information about this newsletter.
Dr. Sharada Thapaliya (IAAS, Nepal)

* I had been studying at Hiroshima University from 2007 to 2009 as a research student. Now, I'm living in Myanmar. I received your mail. Thanks a lot for your Season's Greetings.
Ms. San San Htway (Myanmar)

*Thank you very much for the mail. When I was in Japan it was nice day for me and my family also. We enjoyed Sakura in several parks and riverbanks at Saga. Really it was very nice. My daughter enjoyed too much. We had a group of friends, in the time of Sakura blooming we visited many parks and took lunch under the Sakura tree. We have many pictures.
Dr. M. Aminul Hoque (Bangladesh)

*I'm a former MEXT student from UAE. I did my master degree at Osaka University of Foreign Studies and graduated in March 2007. And I encourage many students from my country to apply for the same scholarship and have the great chance to be in Japan to learn from them to live the Japanese experience everyday as I did. I'm very thankful for your continuous emails.
Muneera Al.Mzrouei (UAE)

*Thanks for the kind wishes and for remembering to connect. My wishes to you all in JASSO. I am likely to visit Kobe University in July-August 2009. Look forward to walking to your office during my coming visit.
Dr.Amar KJR Nayak(India)

 

*Thank you very much for the Season's Greetings - Spring. I am happy to have update contact to JASSO.
Dr. Sarhadi Wakil Ahmad(Kabul University, Afghanistan)

[From the Editor]
It has become warmer with each passing day and plants grow as they receive plenty of sunlight at this time of the year. This spring, we have received exciting news that Suzuki Ichiro, who transferred from the Nippon Professional Baseball to the US Major League Baseball, exceeded his 3,085th hit in his career, which is the greatest number of hits by a Japanese professional baseball player. We eagerly look forward in seeing how far his record will grow.

 

We recently took a peak at a recruiting fair that targeted international students in Japan. Amid the global recession, the companies were trying to hire a broad range of talented individuals and the international students were eagerly gathering information. International students might struggle in Japan’s unique job hunting environment. However, during times of hardship, let’s try and remember Ichiro’s words.

 

“Achieve what you now can.
Do things you think you can do if you strive toward it.
Without these constant and diligent efforts,
You won’t get closer to your long-term goals.”

 

Beginning with this issue, we introduce "Job Hunting Reports from Former International Students”; hopefully you’ll find them informative.

 

Opinions and ideas, as well as memories and photos of your days in Japan are welcome. We would be delighted to hear any feedback from you!

The 13th issue of Japan Alumni eNews is scheduled for issue on July 10, 2009.
Don’t miss it!

 

 

Opinions and ideas as well as memories and photos of your days in Japan are welcome. We would be delighted to hear any feedback from you!

 

The 13th issue of the newsletter is scheduled to issue on July 10, 2009.
Don’t miss it!

 

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Follow-up Services Unit
Exchange and Follow-up Division, Student Exchange Department
Japan Student Services Organization (JASSO)
2-79 Aomi, Koto-ku, Tokyo 135-8630 JAPAN
Tel: +81-3-5520-6033
Fax: +81-3-5520-6034
E-mail: alumni-newsletter@jasso.go.jp

 

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