2026.07.22
On Wednesday, May 20, 2026, the kickoff meeting for Ni-Halo Taiwan 2026 (First Semester) was held. The program is designed to facilitate online exchanges in Japanese with high school students from partner schools in Taiwan.
Ni-Halo Taiwan is an online exchange program that connects students in the Japanese Language Department of the Five-Year College Division at Wenzao Ursuline University of Languages in Kaohsiung, Taiwan, with Taiwanese high school students. This international exchange program is designed to facilitate communication in Japanese among students of the same age group. The first session was held from October 2020 to February 2021 during the COVID-19 pandemic. Since then, the program has been offered twice a year, in the first and second semesters, with new participants joining each session.
Group photo after the kickoff meeting
This semester, 38 students from Ube KOSEN and 13 students from Niihama KOSEN are participating from Japan. Together with 19 students from Wenzao Ursuline University of Languages in Taiwan, a total of 70 students will be divided into groups, with group members rotating each week. The program is scheduled to continue until the start of the summer vacation.
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Participating students from Ube KOSEN
During the exchange activities, we will hold discussions in Japanese—and sometimes in Chinese—on topics such as popular music and food in Taiwan and Japan, as well as English and manga. These exchanges deepen participants’ understanding of each other’s cultures while supporting the improvement of the Taiwanese students’ Japanese language skills. Many students who have previously participated in training programs at Wenzao Ursuline University of Languages of Foreign Languages, as well as those who will be participating this summer, are taking part in this exchange program. We look forward to witnessing lively interactions both in person and online.
Participating students from Niihama KOSEN |
Screenshot of all participants |