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Japan Exchange
and Teaching Program
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The Japan Exchange and
Teaching Program (JET) seeks to help enhance
internationalization in Japan by promoting mutual
understanding between Japan and other nations. The program
aims to enhance foreign language education in Japan, and
to promote international exchange at the local level by
fostering ties between Japanese youth and foreign youth.
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Hawaii-Okinawa Student Exchange Program
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The official purposes
of the Hawaii-Okinawa Student Exchange program are to:
- Provide students
with the opportunity to learn, first hand, about the
diverse cultures of other countries of the world.
- Foster and
sustain good relationships and cultural exchanges
between foreign countries and the State of Hawaii.
- Foster a sense of
global awareness in today's youth.
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| High school students home stay (9th through 10th grade) |
| Program period |
2 weeks in June |
| Approximate costs |
Airfare $1000 + personal spending money |
| Further information |
The
Hawaii-Okinawa Student Exchange program website State of Hawaii Department of Education
Attn : Mr. Blain Shinno
phone 733-9141 ext) 321 |
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Fulbright Memorial Fund |
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Every
year since 1997, school teachers and administrators
representing each of the fifty states and the District of
Columbia visit Japan as participants on the Fulbright
Memorial Fund Teacher Program. Six hundred program
participants are divided into three groups and each
200-member-group visits Japan for a few weeks in June,
October or November every year.
For further
information and an application form, please visit
http://www.iie.org/Template.cfm?&Template=/programs/fmf/default.htm |
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| For teachers or administrators (1st through 12th grade) |
| Program period |
3 week study trip to Japan
Includes short homestay with a Japanese family |
| Further information |
Fulbright Memorial Fund
41 Sutter Street, Suite 510
San Francisco, CA 94104
phone (415)362-6520
(1-888) JAPAN-FMF
[Toll free]
website http://www.iie.org/pgms/fmf |
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