TOKYO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Fifteen high school students from Papua, Indonesia are scheduled to visit Japan from November 5th to 13th as part of the Japan’s Friendship Ties Programs “JENESYS 2019” promoted by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA).
Under the theme of “Learning Japanese Language (Disaster Prevention/Technology)”, through visiting Tokyo and Nagano prefecture, they will experience the international exchange program. They will interact with local students through school exchange, and with local people at homestay so that they have a better understanding of Japan and motivated on sustainable Japanese Learning.
Furthermore, through the experience of visiting facilities related to the subtheme of disaster prevention and technology, the program promote to understand Japan and deepen the relationship between Japan and Indonesia.
Through this program, we hope the participants proactively share the appeals of Japan and other information after returning to home country and it ties the relationships between Japan and Indonesia.
[For reference]: Japan Exchange Program JENESYS 2019
People with the ability and future mission to deliver messages between Japan and the countries and regions of Asia and Oceania are invited and dispatched in order to promote an understanding of Japan with regard to politics, economics, society, culture, history, foreign policy, and the like, and pro-Japanese people and experts on Japan are discovered in order to strengthen Japan’s message to other countries and expand Japan’s diplomatic foundation by having the guests and dispatches take the initiative to spread information about the diplomatic stance, appeals, and other facets of Japan.
Indonesia (Schedule)
Tuesday, November 5
[Arrival]
Wednesday, November 6
[Orientation]
[Courtesy Call] Embassy of Indonesia in Japan
[History/Traditional Culture observation] Edo Tokyo Museum
Thursday, November 7
[Theme-related observation] Sona Area Tokyo (Disaster Prevention)
[Theme-related observation] Kawasaki Robostage (Technology)
[Move] Move to Nagano prefecture
Friday, November 8
[Courtesy Call] Mayor of Iiyama City,
[Exchange] Iiyama High School
[Homestay] Iiyama City, Nagano Prefecture
Saturday, November 9
[Homestay] Iiyama City, Nagano Prefecture
Sunday, November 10
[Homestay] Iiyama City, Nagano Prefecture
[Theme-related observation] Nagano Olympic Museum
[Move] Move to Tokyo
Monday, November 11
[Exchange] Hosei University (Ichigaya Campus)
[Lecture] The Japan Foundation, Japanese-Language Institute
Tuesday, November 12
[Workshop]
[Reporting Session]
Wednesday, November 13
[Departure]
