2021.07.27
Ten students who were accepted to “TOBITATE! Study Abroad Initiative for high-school students” visited the president on Thursday, June 3. They reported their acceptance and made a presentation to the president.
President Yamakawa congratulated the acceptance and he said that ten students acceptance was the greatest number among Kosen schools, also Ube Kosen was the fifth from the top number among all Japanese high-schools. He also gave some suggestions for the preparations before they go overseas such as finding out what they want to learn is like in Japan in order to research in other countries, obtaining information that is a benefit to the other party as everything is give-and-take.。
It was originally planned to go overseas this summer, but it was postponed to sometime after next spring. The students will work hard toward the next year, for when the COVID 19 pandemic settles, by learning foreign languages, participating in international exchange activities at school.
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 Students explaining their study-abroad plans② |
Student’s Comments
AOKI Miyuu(1st year of the Department of Business Administration, Academic Takeoff, Korea)
I will go to study at Yeungjin University in Korea that is Ube Kosen’s partner school. I have two reasons that I chose Korea as my study-abroad destination. The first reason is to learn what the Korean TV industry is like. I want to research mainly K-POP which is recently popular among young people, and I want to find out the difference in promotion between the Japanese entertainment industry and K-POP groups and the reason why K-POP are more popular than Japanese pop idol groups. The second reason is to research the difference in trends between Korea and Japan. Japan had Korean entertainment booming four times in the past. I am curious if it was popular indeed in Korea that what was popular in Japan. If so, I want to research how long and when they were popular in Korea by asking local secondary students and university students. I would like to use this opportunity to learn my favorite K-POP better as it is the best chance.
AKASAKI Momose(1st year of the Department of Business Administration, Academic Takeoff, Singapore)
I will go to study in Singapore for three weeks. I will work to achieve two goals in Singapore. The first goal is to research tourism in Singapore. I will check what kind of policies Singapore has for the tourism under COVID 19 pandemic since the tourism industry all over the world has been affected by the pandemic as Singapore depends on tourism. I also want to interview what kind of tourism content is popular with international students and tourists, and what local people want the foreigner to know. The second goal is to learn languages and culture. Singapore is a multinational country, and they have various cultures, food, languages, traditions, and religion. I will learn English mainly, but I am willing to experience their culture and traditions that are different from Japan. I want to do many things enthusiastically and obtain skills for action, interview, marketing, and communication. I also want to make many friends and make this experience fulfilling in various way. I am so excited to learn now.
YOKOGAWA Rumi (1st year of the Department of Business Administration, Academic Takeoff, Korea)
My theme for study-abroad is “Let’s learn Korean promotion techniques targeting to the world! -First step to the world-“. I will learn English that I can communicate worldwide and Korean promotion techniques targeting the world in Korea. Currently, I communicate with a student of Yeungjin University where I will go to study once a week online. In addition, I have registered DMM English conversation and been improving my English skills. I want to contribute to international exchange activities while I am in Japan, as I cannot go to Korea due to COVID 19 pandemic, to have higher English skills when the time I can go to study. I would like to get a high score in TOEIC and GTEC with English skills and promotion skills I will obtain in Korea under the TOBITATE! Study Abroad Initiative opportunity. That will be the first step to make my dream come true.
YAMAMOTO Suzune (1st year of the Department of Business Administration, Academic Takeoff, Singapore)
I will go to study in Singapore under the TOBITATE! Study Abroad Initiative program. I want to get a job related to global information, so I will do two things in Singapore for my future job. The first thing is to improve my English. I plan to talk to local people in Singapore so that I can improve my speaking and listening skills. Also, I want to obtain communication skills that I can talk to people I do not know. The second thing is to know information technology. Singapore has the best advanced information technology worldwide, so I want to have experiences toward my dream that can come true by seeing the actual technology. I would like to do my best with this opportunity for my future dream.
NAGAO Miyu (2nd year of the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Professional Course, Australia)
My dream is to have “sustainable agriculture”, and I want to become a researcher-farmer that researches agricultural development as well as involve in agriculture. I will go to study in Australia for two months to make my dream come true. I will learn “pesticide transmission using nanoparticles” and “Australia’s unique crop rotation system” in Australia. “Pesticide transmission using nanoparticles” is a method to spray pesticides called “pest resistance inducer” with less impact on ecosystem and environmental load. It is a technology I am interested in that I want to use when I do sustainable agriculture in the future. I want to have many experiences and grow myself with English skills I obtained through online international exchange activities and specialized knowledge I obtained through experiments/ training since I was the first-year student while I am in Australia. I want to use my learned specialized knowledge and English skills for internal international exchange activities and graduation research after I return to Japan. I would like to have agriculture that is high productivity and good for the environment.
HORIBE Yuki(2nd year of the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Professional Course, Malaysia)
My future dream is to be a “global engineer related to water environment conservation”. So, I will go to learn water environment problems at MARA University of Technology in Malaysia. I will obtain specialized knowledge related to the environment by understanding Malaysia’s standard value under my supervisor, Ms. HASHIMA who I met through Mala Online English that Ube Kosen organized. Currently, I have been working to obtain knowledge of Malaysia and specialized knowledge related to the environment to be able to discuss smoothly in Malaysia. I also try to improve my language skills by communicating more often with my Malaysian friends. I would like to make further efforts to come closer to make my dream come true with study-abroad.
MUTSUO Kaho(2nd-year of the Department of Business Administration, Professional Future Technology, Philippines)
My dream is to be an IT engineer who can save the super-aging society with the most advanced technology. I will go to study in Cebu Island in the Philippines to make my dream come true, and I will learn English and IT for two months. I will learn IT English that is necessary for learning IT mainly, but at the same time, I want to make communicate with local people actively and improve my English skills comprehensively. For IT learning, I will obtain a basic knowledge of HTML and CSS mainly and I should be at the level that I can create a website by myself. After I go back to Japan, I would like to contribute to making Ube Kosen international exchange more active with the learned outcome and experiences I will gain in Cebu.
SATO Ayaka(3rd year of the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Professional, Taiwan)
I will go to study at Taiwan National United University. I have three main purposes. The first purpose is to research rubber cleaner for table tennis. In Taiwan, I will learn research skills and research “surfactant” that is the major component of rubber cleaner. I also research a cleaner in the local table tennis team. The second purpose is to gain the Chinese language. I want to be able to make simple conversation by learning Chinese that is the mother language of Taiwan. The third purpose is table tennis training. I am a member of table tennis club and I want to improve my skills by playing table tennis with local people in Taiwan where is the strongest country for table tennis. I want to challenge various things based on three purposes that are research, languages, and table tennis in Taiwan. I would like to improve my skills and it leads me to the future.
TAKAGI Yui(3rd year of the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Professional, Malaysia)
I will go to study at MARA University of Technology, Malaysia for one month to make my dream come true that is to be an engineer for skincare products and work worldwide. I will challenge three things mainly in Malaysia. The first challenge is to learn basic technology and knowledge of cosmetic development and research a medical plant of Malaysia, mainly moringa. I will learn basic technology and knowledge of cosmetic development as well as research moringa component analysis and effects and search for a hint of skincare products development. The second challenge is to join a language training to improve English skills. I want to learn Malay in addition to aiming to improve English skill of course. The third challenge is to communicate with local people through martial arts. I would like to have better communication with local people through Judo that I have been practicing since I was an elementary school student and local traditional martial arts.
NISHIYONE Rika(3rd year of the Department of Business Administration, Professional, Taiwan)
I want to start a tourism business and contribute to revitalizing the community in Yamaguchi prefecture in the future. So, I will go to study tourism in Taiwan. The reason why I chose Taiwan is its similarity to Yamaguchi prefecture such as the successful tourism industry, the richness of nature, delicious local special food, many historic buildings. I will learn tourism marketing, a method of research for Taiwanese needs, and a method of promotion for inbound tourists. I will do fieldwork in local tourist spots. Also, I am interested in learning the Chinese language to understand more about the different cultures, visiting tourist spots such as night markets. I will do my best to prove that I can make my dream come true with motivation, efforts, and continuation through this study-abroad.