Season’s Greetings
Dear Alumni,
Season’s Greetings from Center for Promotion of Internationalization & International Office (former Center for International Education and Exchange and Office of International Affairs), University of Yamanashi!
We value the connection with our alumni.
Here’s our latest public relations magazine, “Vine”. Please check out recent University of Yamanashi!
University’ website: https://www.yamanashi.ac.jp/en/
Vine: https://www.yamanashi.ac.jp/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/Vol.43.pdf
Center for Promotion of Internationalization’ website: https://www.ciee.yamanashi.ac.jp/en/
We wish you a very happy new year!
Japanese Government Scholarship for 2024 Teacher Training Program
This is the scholarship program for foreign students to conduct research on school education at Japanese universities under Japanese government (MEXT) scholarship.
Please see the attached file for details.
Course Guide of TEACHER TRAINING STUDENTS PROGRAM 2024
The International Student Exchange Partner Program held one-day bus trip
On Saturday, December 2, 2023, Center for Promotion of Internationalization held a one-day bus trip as a part of the International Student Exchange Partner Program. The destinations were Oshino Village and Fujikawaguchiko Town, and seven international/Japanese students participated.
On the day of the trip, the group departed from the University of Yamanashi by bus and went to Oshino Village to experience making Hoto(a popular regional dish in Yamanashi), followed by a walk around “Oshino Hakkai”. Afterwards, students joined a guided tour of the flora and fauna of Jukai (the Sea of Trees) at the “Lake Saiko Nature Center” and finally visited “Ryugu Cave”. The participants got impressed deeply with Japanese culture during this trip.
Three international students and four Japanese students who enrolled at University of Yamanashi this year took part in this bus trip. This trip was a great opportunity for both international students and Japanese students to deepen their understanding of Japanese culture and each other.
Hoto making At “Oshino Hakkai”
The guided tour of Jukai Ryugu Cave
CSC-University of Yamanashi Scholarship
University of Yamanashi (UY) and China Scholarship Council (CSC) jointly provide CSC-UY scholarship to Chinese students who are pursuing a doctoral degree or studying as an exchange student at the doctoral program at UY.
○Call for applications for the 2024 academic year. Please refer to the following application guidelines for your application.
・Application Guidelines for CSC-UY Scholarship
・Application Form for CSC-UY Scholarship (Word)
・Guidelines for submitting List of Research Achievements
○Application deadline: Friday, January 26, 2024 (strict deadline)
○Submission to: International Office (Room B1-225) , kokusai-jimu@ml.yamanashi.ac.jp
Inquiries:
Room 225, Building B1
International Office, University of Yamanashi
4-4-37 Takeda, Kofu City, Yamanashi, 400-8510 Japan
Telephone number +81-55-220-8373/8703
Email kokusai-jimu@ml.yamanashi.ac.jp
For your information :Scholarships for international students
Professor Kazuko Miyamoto was awarded by the Government of Cambodia.
Professor Kazuko Miyamoto of the Center for the Promotion of Internationalization was awarded by the Cambodian government for her work with the Pidan Project Team, a group of Japanese volunteers in Cambodia to preserve the traditional textile called pidan.
Professor Miyamoto has been conducting various research studies and health measures in Cambodia. Since 2000, she has been engaged in community health activities in Cambodia. In 2006, she discovered the first Opisthorchiasis endemic area in Cambodia, and has been continuously involved in clarifying the actual situation and taking preventive measures in Cambodia since then.
While conducting her research, she has also been involved in the preservation of Cambodia’s traditional textile, Pidan, since 2003, and have collected and preserved traditional patterns.
The photos below show the Pidan Project team donating the Pidan they have collected to the National Museum in the presence of the Cambodian Minister of Culture and Fine Arts.
The National Museum plans to hold an exhibition of the 41 donated Pidans in four stages over the course of a year.
(photo from National Museum of Cambodia Facebook) (Photo from B Tv Cambodia) (The medal being awarded to Prof. Miyamoto)
・Facebook of National Museum of Cambodia (ការប្រគល់ហូលពិ… – សារមន្ទីរជាតិកម្ពុជា)https://www.facebook.com/nationalmuseumcambodia/posts/pfbid0axjygD4tDe6MZLZ9yfZToSo3o2Tp4mKWvVuFPmkAGPXoFEwz6SLyBYZ39SJMqF5Sl
・Cambodian National News https://www.btv.com.kh/article/27967?fbclid=IwAR3L-6CqIntyjqoLnqOqVjLCTVWIpRzGvdWUjp4UNEt-TmO9CPU8ABeRJMg
International students participated in the kick-off event of the international exchange “World Forest Yamanashi” organized by Yamanashi Prefecture
On October 19, 2023, 11 international students from our university were invited to Yamanashi Prefecture to participate in the “International Exchange ‘World Yamanashi’ Kick-off Event.
This event was a kick-off for establishing “International Exchange ‘World Forest Yamanashi'”, an area for commemorative tree planting in Narusawa Village, Yamanashi Prefecture, at the foot of Mt. Fuji.
The event was attended by about 250 people, including ambassadors from 40 countries and international students in the Yamanashi Prefecture.
The day of the event was blessed with clear skies, and our students enjoyed planting trees with the other participants at the National Tree Planting Festival Memorial Plaza, where they could see Mt. Fuji up close.
Event venue Group photo at the tree-planting site Tree planting
Field Trip for International Students in 2023
On Tuesday 12 and Wednesday 13 September, 35 international students participated in a field trip in Yamanashi and Shizuoka prefectures. The field trip has been canceled since 2020 due to the outbreak of COVID-19 and was able to resume this year for the first time in four years.
On day 1, the students observed a test run of the Linear Motor Car at the Linear Observation Centre, had lunch at the Izu Fruit Park, experienced indigo dyeing of handkerchiefs at the Traditional Hand Craft Arts Center, and toured one of the World Cultural Heritage Sites, “Miho no Matsubara”.
On the second day, they visited “Kunouzan Toshogu Shrine” by ropeway from Nihondaira Yume Terrace and had a green tea B.I.Y. experience at “KADODEOOIGAWA” in Shimada City.
Through the Japanese cultural experience and the places visited on this trip, students seemed to have had a fulfilling two days.
For this trip, four Japanese students prepared booklets in advance introducing the places they would visit, and three of them joined the trip to interact with the international students. The trip was a great opportunity to deepen exchanges with Japanese students new contacts between international students and new friendships among international students.
Lunch at Izu Fruits Park Handkerchief Dyeing Experience at Traditional Hand Craft Arts Center
Group photo at Miho no Matsubara Pine- Grove Group photo at Nihondaira
Crime Prevention Lecture for International Students
On Tuesday 20 June 2023, a crime prevention lecture for international students was held at the Kofu Campus, organized by the Centre for the Promotion of Internationalization and the International Office. About 40 international students attended the lecture.
This event is held every year with the cooperation of the Kofu Police Station to ensure that international students can lead a safe student life without being involved in any incidents, accidents, or crimes. Due to the impact of the spread of the new coronavirus infection, the lecture was held face-to-face for the first time in three years.
Three members of the police station were invited to give a lecture, with English translations, on what to do in the event of a traffic accident or trouble. They reminded international students that even in Japan, which has the image of a safe country, they need to be very careful not to get involved in crime.
International exchange class with the University of Ljubljana in Slovenia!
On Tuesday, May 16,2023, University of Yamanashi held a long distance, international exchange class with the University of Ljubljana, with which we have an exchange agreement.
The class was based on the theme “World Issues through the Lens of SDGs” from the general education course “Introduction to Global Health,” taught by Professor Kazuko Miyamoto of the Center for Promotion of Internationalization. A total of 16 students participated, including students from our university who were taking the same course and students from the Japanese Language Research Department of the University of Ljubljana.
In the class, each student chose a country that they think is a good place to live in the world from the perspective of the SDGs and presented reasons for the selection. They also exchanged opinions on the attractions and livability factors of each other’s countries, providing a meaningful opportunity for both groups of students to rediscover the goodness of their own countries and learn about other countries.
Professor Miyamoto who was in charge of the class, commented the following: “Through this class, I hope that students from both sides will be inspired to think about various global issues such as gender equality, health disparities, and environmental problems. I would like to continue the exchange classes with the University of Ljubljana in the future.”
Professor Miyamoto International exchange class Students from both universities
Assistant prof. Nunomura, Center for Promotion of Internationalization, appeared on FM-FUJI radio
On May 10, 2023, Assistant Professor Takeshi Nunomura of the Center for Promotion of Internationalization appeared on the FM-FUJI radio program “Yamanashi Radio Campus” broadcasted around 17:36 every Wednesday.
In the broadcast, he introduced the Center for the Promotion of Internationalization and talked about how he started his career in Japanese language education,
To check the broadcast, please click below:
http://fmftp.lekumo.biz/bumpy/07_yamanashirc/ (Available in Japanese only)
He will be on “Yamanashi Radio Campus” again, on Wednesday, May 17. Please take a listen!!
【website of FM-FUJI radio program “Yamanashi Radio Campus”】
http://fmftp.lekumo.biz/bumpy/07_yamanashirc/