Saint Mary’s College Seven’s Rugby Team travelled to Fukuoka, Japan, on Wednesday to take part in the Sanix World Rugby Youth Tournament. Before leaving, they tested out their chopstick skills, practi
Business/News
Business intern soaking up Japanese culture in Tokyo
Celia Stokman says she has thrown herself into Japanese culture on her "once in a lifetime" experience developing software for e-commerce company Rakuten on a three-month Asia New Zealand Foundation b
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Japan study trip experience of a lifetime for Christchurch student
Year 13 Burnside High School student Alice Li describes her school trip to Japan, where the students immersed themselves in the local culture and also had a chance to practise their Japanese language
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Japan Study Grant helps fulfil childhood dream
Abbey Watt describes how an Asia New Zealand Foundation Japan Study Grant helped her fulfil a childhood dream.
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Upper Hutt College students experience Japan
A group of Year-11-13 Upper Hutt College students put their Japanese language skills to the test and learnt about Japanese culture during the school’s annual Japan field trip in July.
Sports/News
Floorball team get pre-trip taste of Japanese culture
The New Zealand Men’s Under 19 Floorball Team learnt about Japanese culture and picked up some useful words and phrases at the Foundation’s inaugural Pre-departure Cultural Competency Workshop for spo
Media/News
Reporter Carmen Parahi discovers cultural connections in Japan
Reporter Carmen Parahi and cameraman Phillip Davis travelled to Japan to cover stories for TV One's Marae programme. Parahi describes the trip and the stories they covered.
Arts/News
Curators tour Japan and China
Three kiwi curators visited leading art museums, galleries and artist spaces in Japan and China. The trip was to build their networks and explore future collaborations and artist exchanges.
Media/News
Lessons from Japan - earthquakes and tsunamis
Supported by an Asia New Zealand Foundation media travel grant, Newstalk ZB journalist Tyler Adams travelled to Japan to compare its earthquake and tsunami reconstruction methods to Christchurch’s.
Resources/Report
Japan's expectations of how New Zealand can contribute to Asian security
Despite New Zealand’s remoteness from the rest of Asia, diplomatic relations, educational exchanges, tourism, business relations and immigration have linked the security of New Zealand with the securi
