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Japan Alumni eNews (Vol. 17) 
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Japan Alumni eNews Vol. 17 Mar 10, 2010
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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!
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.
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1) 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.
-Shinshu University / Hirosaki University
2) 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.
- Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology (China) /
Shimane University (China) / OTSUMA WOMEN'S UNIVERSITY (China)
3) Japan Education Fairs / Japan Education Seminars
Fairs / Seminars are scheduled on
Mar 27-28 in China (Guangzhou)
Reports of Japan Education Fairs / Seminars in FY2009
4) Examination for Japanese University Admission for International Students (EJU)
- Change of Mailing Date for Examination Voucher (for reissue) and EJU Certificate of Scores
5) Scholarships by JASSO (PDF: 221KB)
- Honors Scholarship for Privately Financed International Students (In Japanese Only)
- Student Exchange Support Program (Scholarship For Short-Term Study In Japan)
6) International University Exchange Seminars
- Kagoshima University
"Studies on Marine Environmental Changes in Japan and Malaysia by Economic Development"
- Fukuoka University of Education
"Towards Establishing an International Cooperation Framework for Future Teacher Training Colleages: From the Perspective of Japanese and Taiwanese Students"
- Hokkaido University
"Traffic Safety in Thailand:What we should do for Traffic Accidents"
7) Reports on International Students' Local Exchange Activities Supported by the Nakajima Foundation
- International House, Osaka
- Mothers and Students Association
- Nagasaki Region International Student Exchange Promotion Committee
- Ishikawa Foundation for International Exchange
- Wakasa-Mikatagoko Tourism Association
8) JASSO Overseas Representative Offices
Malaysia office: "What You Should Know Before Studying Abroad: Research Plan"
9) JASSO Public Facilities to Access Information on Study in Japan
Japanese Studies on Multicultural Society in Indonesia (JASMIN)
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1) News on International Students
2) Photo Gallery: Memories of Japan
Send us some of your memorable photos from your days while studying in Japan.
Dr. Ghanwa Afach (Syria)
Mr. Himanshu Kapoor (India)
Dr. Dai Thi Xuan Trang (Vietnam)
- Japanese Universities Alumni Association in Bangladesh (JUAAB)
- Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine Alumni Association (In Japanese Only)
- Mie University Alumni Association (In Japanese Only)
- Kwansei Gakuin Alumni Association (In Japanese Only)
- Sophia Alumni Association (In Japanese Only)
- Senshu University Alumni Association (In Japanese Only)
7) The Japan Foundation (JF Worldwide)
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1) Scholarships/ Grants/ Invitation/ Awards, etc.
- East Asian Circle of Applied Technology (Foundation) (In Japanese Only)
Scholarship for International Students
- Executive Committee of Column Contest of “Global Voices from Japan”
Global Voices from Japan Column Contest: “Japan through Foreign Eyes”
- Fuji Sankei Business i.(In Japanese Only)
Advanced Technology Award
- Mie International Exchange Foundation (In Japanese Only)
Scholarship for Self-Supporting International Students
- Japan International Research Center for Agricultural Sciences (JIRCAS)
Visiting Research Fellowship Program
- Yonex Sports Foundation (In Japanese Only)
Sports Scholarship
Scholarships for International Students in Japan 2008-2009
- Sakigake Forum "Frontier and New Prospects in Optical Science" (PDF: 228KB)
- 1st MLF Symposium (In Japanese Only)
- 12th International Symposium “Nano-Biomedical Engineering in the East Asian-Pacific Rim Region”
- GRACE International Symposium on Advanced Software Engineering 2010
- Japan Union of Chemical Science and Technology & Catalysis Society of Japan Symposiums 2010 (In Japanese Only)
<Literature, Philosophy, Education, Psychology, Sociology, History >
Japanese Association for Religious Studies
<Law, Politics>
The Japanese Society for Public Administration (In Japanese Only)
<Economics, Commercial Science, Management>
Society for the Economic Studies of Securities (In Japanese Only)
<Science>
The Japanese Society for Planetary Sciences (In Japanese Only)
<Engineering>
Japan Society of Erosion Control Engineering
<Agriculture>
The Japanese Society of Sericultural Science (In Japanese Only)
<Medicine, Dentistry, Pharmaceutical Sciences>
The Japan Society for Transplantation (In Japanese Only)
<General Education>
Japan Society of Material Cycles and Waste Management
4) Japanese Language Test
-The Japanese-Language Proficiency Test (JLPT)
July and December in 2010
There will be changes in test level and test sections this year.
New Japanese-Language Proficiency Test Guidebook and Sample Questions
-BJT Business Japanese Proficiency Test
Date: Jun 20 and Nov 21, 2010
-Test of Practical Japanese (J.TEST)
Date: Mar 14 and May 9, 2010
5) Research Infomation (Researchers, Research Subjects)
- GeNii -NII Scholarly and Academic Information Portal- (National Institute of Informatics)
- GeNii Help > Copyright and linking
- Read -Directory Database of Research and Development Activities- (Japan Science and Technology Agency)
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Japan-Asia Research Community Network (JARC-Net)- (Japan Society for the Promotion of Science)
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2) Job Hunting Reports from Former International Students
Ms. Piao Yinhua (China)
3) Guidebook for International Students in Preparation for Job Hunting
(In Japanese Only)
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Let's see about Toyama Prefecture this time!
Please come and see JASSO!
Country: China (Shanghai) / Australia (Brisbane, Melbourne) / Canada (Banff) / Australia (Melbourne) / Korea (Daegu) / Australia (Brisbane)
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"Japanese tendency -- "Go with the flow"
"Japan -- a kingdom of railways"
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* Thank you for keeping my memories of Japan alive. I have come to Japan again for Postdoctoral study. Thank you for your effort in helping me remember the beautiful past.
Dr. Dayanidhi Sarkar (Bangladesh)
* Thank you for always sending me the Japan Alumni eNews. It always keeps me updated and I enjoy reading it very much.
Dr. Mohammad Asim Farooqi (Pakistan)
* How are you all. I wish everyone the very best.
Ibrahim mohammed hasan (Ethiopia)
* Thank you very much for sending season’s greetings. Your continuous efforts are highly appreciated.
Dr. Wakil Ahmad Sarhadi (Afghanistan)
[From the Editor]
(1) Somewhere spring is born
Somewhere a stream flows
(2) Somewhere a lark sings
Somewhere a sprout rings
(3) March, a soft mountain wind blows
Somewhere spring is born
This is a nursery song I learned in childhood.
March is called yayoi in the Japanese lunar calendar. It is written with two kanji, iya, which means “at last” or “increasingly,” and oi, which expresses “healthy growth.” The combination has evolved to represent the month plants gradually come into bud – March.
Somewhere snow is melting, slowly descending the mountain, and flowing into a brook, bearing new life in its journey. Though we may not notice all this, March does hint at a breath of spring.
One parting leads to the next encounter, and new ties are born. Spring reminds me of the sweet-sour memories of graduation even decades after I’ve been in school.
Winning the Winter Olympics medal made some athletes cry and some athletes smile. Those of you to whom spring means graduation, a new university, or a new job, I wish you the best in aiming for your unique gold medal.
Have you enjoyed the 17th issue of our eNewsletter?
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!
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