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JASSO eNewsletter for International Students who studied in Japan   Nov 10, 2008
                                                   No.9
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1. JASSO News -- JASSO activities and services

2. Former International Student News --- Introducing former students and Japan alumni associations

3. Academic Support News -- Scholarships, Grants, Invitation, Awards, and symposiums

4. Work and Business News -- Business support and employment information

5. Visit Japan News -- Tourist information

6. NIPPON Time Machine -- A journey from the past to the future of Japan

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1. JASSO News

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1) Message from Mr. Natsuki Omi, 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. Njoroge John Bosco Mukundi (Kenya, Hosted by: Kyoto 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:

- Nippon Veterinary and Life Science University:
Research advisor / Faculty of Veterinary Science Professor HATAI Kishio
Former international student / Dr. Kanit Chukanhom (Thailand)

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

 

4) Japan Education Fair / Japan Education Seminar

Reports:
- Indonesia

http://www.jasso.go.jp/study_j/info_fair_indonesia_2008_e.html

- Republic of Korea

http://www.e-studyjapan.co.kr/ (In Korean)

 

Details of Japan Education Fair in FY2008

http://www.jasso.go.jp/study_j/2008fair_e.html

Fairs are scheduled on

Nov 15 in Vietnam (Hanoi), 16 (Ho Chi Minh City),

Nov 20 in Thailand (Chiang Mai), 22 (Bangkok),

Dec 6-7 in Malaysia (Kuala Lumpur).

 

5) Examination for Japanese University Admission for International Students

(EJU)
http://www.jasso.go.jp/eju/index_e.html

 

6) Honors Scholarship for Privately Financed International Students

http://www.jasso.go.jp/exchange/documents/scholarship_2008_e.pdf (PDF: 168KB)

 

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

Nagasaki University: “The 2008 International Exchange Seminar on the Environment and Resources of the East China Sea”

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

 

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

Akita Inter-regional Council for Promotion of Foreign Student Exchange: Project for Revitalizing the City by International Students and Local Residents (for the central region of the prefecture)

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

 

10) JASSO Japan Educational Information Center

Malaysian office: "Close to Dream Come True"

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

 

 

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2. Former International Student News

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1) News on International Students
http://www.jasso.go.jp/exchange/magazine_news_h20_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/magazine_album_e.html

 

3) An Alumnus / Alumna

Mr. Dhruva Atre (India) and Mr. Abebe Ejigu (Ethiopia)
http://www.jasso.go.jp/exchange/magazine_obog_h20_e.html

 

4) Dear Professor
Mr. Ibrahim Ibrahim from Egypt writes to Professor Kumano.
http://www.jasso.go.jp/exchange/magazine_letter_e.html

 

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

Click to access each school alumni!

NEW!!
- Shinshu University Federation of Alumni Association
  http://jimuwww.shinshu-u.ac.jp/sufaa/index.html (In Japanese Only)

 

- Akita International University Alumni Association "Global Arch"
  http://www.aiu.ac.jp/~global-arch/en/index.html

 

- The Alumni Association of Tama Art University
  http://www.tamabi.ac.jp/alt/ (In Japanese only)

 

Other schools

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

 

6) The Japan Foundation (JF Worldwide)

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

 

 

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3. Research Activity Support News

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1) Scholarships/ Grants/ Invitation/ Awards etc.

(http://www.jasso.go.jp/exchange/magazine_dantai_h20_e.html)

- National Institute of Health and Nutrition
  NIHN Fellowship Program for Asian Researchers 2009-2010
  http://www.nih.go.jp/eiken/english/info/info_fellowship.html 

 

- Society International Education and Cultural Exchange (SIENCE)

  http://www.sience.or.jp/p01-2008.html (In Japanese Only)

 

- Takaku Foundation

  Scholarships

  http://www.takaku-foundation.com/ (In Japanese Only)

- Honjo International Scholarship Foundation

  Scholarships

  http://www.hisf.or.jp/ (In Japanese only)

- Japan International Cultural Exchange Foundation (JICEF)

  http://www.jicef.or.jp/ (In Japanese Only)

- National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT)

  Foreign Researcher Invitation Program

  http://www.nict.go.jp/index.html

  http://www2.nict.go.jp/r/r313/en/content/section/3-7.htm

- Tateishi Science and Technology Foundation

  http://www.tateisi-f.org/01_01-1.html  (In Japanese only)

- Yazaki Memorial Foundation for Science and Technology

  http://www.yazaki-group.com/zaidan/page3.html (In Japanese only)

Scholarships for International Students in Japan

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

 

 

2) Academic Symposiums

(http://www.jasso.go.jp/exchange/magazine_sympo_h20_e.html)

- 5th International Symposium

  http://acsuf.zhan.cn.yahoo.com/

 

- International Symposium on Contemporary Development Issues and Nepal-Japan Cooperation

  http://www.jasso.go.jp/exchange/documents/symposium_nepal_japan.pdf (29KB)

- 19th International Acoustic Emission Symposium
  http://wwwsoc.nii.ac.jp/jsndi/english_pages_web/

 

- 14th Asia and South Pacific Design Automation Conference ASP- DAC 2009

  http://www.aspdac.com/aspdac2009/

 

- 2009 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA2009)
  http://www.icra2009.org/

 

- 27th International Symposium on Space Technology and Science (ISTS)
  http://www.ists.or.jp/

 

- The 13th Asia-Pacific Conference on Non-Destructive Testing (APCNDT2009)

  http://wwwsoc.nii.ac.jp/jsndi/english_pages_web/

 

3) Academic Societies

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

 

<Literature, Philosophy, Education, Psychology, Sociology, History>
- The Japan Association of College English Teachers (JACET)
  http://www.jacet.org/index.html

 

<Law, Politics>
- The European Union Studies Association - Japan (EUSA - JAPAN)
  http://wwwsoc.nii.ac.jp/eusa-japan/index-e.html

 

<Economics, Commercial Science, Management>
- Japan Society for Information and Management (JSIM)
  http://www.tku.ac.jp/~osamsato/jsim/

 

<Science>
- The Japanese Society of Microbial Ecology (JSME)
  http://wwwsoc.nii.ac.jp/jsme2/homeE.html

- International Society for Mangrove Ecosystems (ISME)
  http://www.mangrove.or.jp/index.html

 

<Engineering>
- The Japanese Society of Microscopy (JSM)
  http://wwwsoc.nii.ac.jp/jsm/

<Agriculture>
- Japanese Society of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition
  http://wwwsoc.nii.ac.jp/jssspn/eng/e-index.html

 

- Japanese Society of Grassland Science (JSGS)
 http://grass.ac.affrc.go.jp/index-e.html

 

<Medicine, Dentistry, Pharmaceutical Sciences>
- The Japanese Society of Nuclear Medicine (JSNM)
  http://www.jsnm.org/english/overview

- The Japanese Society of Nephrology
  http://www.jsn.or.jp/jsn_new/eng/index_e.html

- Japanese Society of Tropical Medicine
  http://www.tm.nagasaki-u.ac.jp/society/jstm/indexe.html

 

<Comprehensive Science>
- Association for the Study of Failure
  http://www.shippai.org/eshippai/html/

 

Other Academic Societies

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

 

 

4) The Japanese-Language Proficiency Test (JLPT)
There will be changes in test level and test sections next year.

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

 

 

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4. Work and Business News

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- JETRO’s business support

  For foreign firms planning to enter the Japanese market: Information on investment in Japan

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

- Job Information

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

 

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5. Visit Japan News

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This corner introduces various parts of Japan, under the slogan, “Beautiful Country-Japan,” under the auspices of Japan National Tourist Organization (JNTO).

Let's see about Tochigi prefecture this time!

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

 

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6. Nippon Time Machine

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“Brazil, a country far away and yet near - Japan within Brazil” and “Sanuki Udon - aspiring to be the Noodle of the World?”

http://www.jasso.go.jp/exchange/magazine_japan_s_h20_e.html

 

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7. From the Reader

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* Many many thanks for refreshing my Japan stay memories. Great experience, great people & great country. Thanks Japan.
JaiGopal (India)

 

* I was in JAPAN from October 2005 to March 2007 for course of teacher training in Kumamoto University. These days are the most lovely days in my life, I hope I can go back again to JAPAN. JAPAN is a beautiful country, nice and respect peoples...everything is great.
Mohamed Khairy Mohamed (Egypt)

 

* It has been a year since I studied in Yamagata University. The memories are still fresh in my mind. Sometimes I long to eat those delicious Japanese foods and walk on snow! How I wish I can go back to Japan again. Thank you for giving me this wonderful chance to study and learn in your country!
Elmer A. Irene (Philippines)

 

* I remember the autumn days in Japan, I would like to see again beautiful Japan.
Dai Naw (Myanmar)

 

 

[From the Editor]
The “stationmaster” at Kishi Station on the Wakayama Electric Railway Co. Ltd.’s line is popular among tourists and local people. Its name is “Tama,” a calico cat who has been appointed to the post by the railway company’s president. This appointment saved the cat from being evicted from the station. This local line was on the brink of abolishment, but, thanks to Tama’s popularity, the number of passengers increased by about 55,000 in the past year from the previous year. With the sales of Tama’s photos and goods, the economic effects from Tama’s presence are said to total 1.1 billion yen. Tama the stationmaster is indeed a lucky charm. The cat also drew the interest of overseas media; she is set to appear in a French movie next month. As the cold winter approaches, Tama the stationmaster is a heart-warming story.

(Wakayama Electric Railway Co. Ltd.)
http://www.wakayama-dentetsu.co.jp/

Have you enjoyed the 9th issue of our eNewsletter? It has been a year since we first began the distribution of this e-mail newsletter. Your ideas and opinions are welcome to make the newsletter more interesting and useful. We would also love to know your memories during your stay in Japan, your updates or news.
The 10th issue of the newsletter is scheduled to issue on Jan 9, 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)
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Tel: +81-3-5520-6033
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E-mail: alumni-newsletter@jasso.go.jp

 

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