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Students bring Asia knowledge to tackle Japan's plastic challenge

How to encourage Japanese consumers to reduce plastic waste was the theme of this year's Asia Savvy Student Challenge, which drew on participants' knowledge of Japanese culture to find solutions.

Education / News
Students dazzled by Japan's neon lights, shrines and... melon soda

Awatapu College's visit to Japan took in many famous sights, from Shibuya Crossing to Kyoto's Golden Temple, but it was something unexpected that stole the show.

Education / News
Japan exchange expands Waihi school's whānau

Waihi College's expanded whānau now encompasses Kyoritsu Girl’s College in Japan, thanks to a reciprocal exchange programme that enables students from both schools to experience the other's culture.

Education / News
Kapiti exchange student gets a taste of Japanese high school

Varenica Gunawan describes the two months she spent living the life of a first year Japanese high school student and living with a local family.

Education / News
Japan 'like second home' following class visit

Travelling through Japan and seeing first hand the country she had been learning about for so long was an inspirational journey writes Year 13 Cashmere High School student Rachel Batzloff.

Education / News
Language exchange opens doors to Japanese culture

A fascination with Japanese history and culture inspired Yalu Zhou to travel to Japan to study Japanese language. She says to truly know a culture you must understand its language, and vice versa.

Education / News
Action-packed Japan trip for Dunedin girls

Otago Girls High School teacher Bronwyn Thomson recounts her school’s action-packed three-week trip to Japan for a class of 10 Japanese language students. The Foundation assisted to make the it possib

Media / News
The Hui follows a daughter's journey to find her Japanese father

The Hui producer Ruwani Perera recounts travelling to Japan with Migoto Eria (Tūhoe, Ngāti Kahungunu) as she embarks on a quest to reunite with her Japanese father after four decades of separation.

Leadership Network / News
Teaching in Japan a dream come true for Leadership Network member

Wanting to communicate better with exchange students at her high school was the spark that started Leadership Network member Megan Wilson's Japanese language-learning journey.

Media / News
Visit provides insights into Japanese tourism

Journalist Juliet Speedy travelled to Japan recently to investigate why tourist numbers to New Zealand have been steadily falling since the early 2000s and have failed to return to pre-Covid numbers.

Sports / News
Artistic swimmers immerse themselves in Japanese culture

Co-captain of the New Zealand Artistic Swimming team, Eden Worsley, describes visiting Japan and learning about Japanese culture while there for the world championships.

Sports / News
NZ Water Polo Team fascinated by Fukuoka

In Japan to compete at the world championships, the NZ Women's Water Polo Team found time to explore the streets of Fukuoka, visit the sights and get a taste of the local culture.

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