On Thursday, March 12, 2020, the Japanese Literature Program received a visit from the Education Attaché of the Japanese Embassy in Indonesia, Mr. Takahashi Yusuke. The visit was received by the Vice Dean for Academic and Student Affairs of the Faculty of Cultural Sciences, Dr. Nur Saktiningrum, M.Hum., along with the Head, Secretary, and several lecturers of the Japanese Literature Program. This visit was conducted not only to strengthen the cooperation between the Japanese Embassy and UGM, but also to introduce the new Education Attaché, Mr. Takahashi Yusuke, who will have been in the position for a full year this coming April.
In this meeting, a sharing session was conducted, discussing, among other things, the student exchange program through the Government to Government (G to G) route, both for Indonesian students studying at universities in Japan and Japanese students studying at UGM. The Japanese Literature Program itself provides its students with the opportunity to study in Japan every year. The common pathways for student exchange activities include the G to G program (government-to-government) by participating in the national Monbukagakusho exam, and the U to U program (university-to-university collaboration between UGM and universities in Japan). Mr. Takahashi Yusuke also mentioned that the number of foreign students studying in Japan continues to increase each year. He also shared that this year, three alumni of our program were accepted into the Research Student program.
Regarding the COVID-19 outbreak, the Japanese embassy will facilitate students wishing to postpone their exchange departure to Japan from April to October.
