To celebrate 40 years of the Sister Province relationship between Yogyakarta and Kyoto, Japan, Universitas Gadjah Mada (UGM) organized a Japanese Speech Contest with an open theme. This allowed participants, who were active UGM students, to deliver speeches on a variety of topics. The competition took place on November 15, 2024, in Multimedia Room 1, located on the 3rd floor, North Wing, of UGM’s Central Building.
Putri Mega Asmarani, a student studying Japanese language and culture in the Bachelor Program in Japanese Language and Culture of Cultural Sciences at Universitas Gadjah Mada, won second place in the Shodo (Japanese calligraphy) competition held during the Unsoed Japanese Festival. This festival was organized online by Universitas Jenderal Soedirman, with the winners announced on October 20, 2024.
On Saturday, October 19, 2024, Evelin Oktafianny, a student of the Bachelor Program in Japanese Language and Culture at the Faculty of Cultural Sciences, Universitas Gadjah Mada, won first place in the 21st Kanji Cup competition held at the LP3M Building of Universitas Negeri Surabaya. This competition was aimed at Japanese language learners, particularly those in higher education institutions or general Japanese language schools.
On Sunday, November 15, 2015, students from the Japanese Literature Program, Faculty of Cultural Sciences, Universitas Gadjah Mada, won first, second, and third place in the general level Shuuji Contest (Japanese Calligraphy Competition) organized by the Japanese Language Education Student Association of Universitas Muhammadiyah Yogyakarta (Nikkigakka) as part of the Japanese language skill competition titled NihonGO!3. The three winners were Ratih Dewi Alan, Astuti Puspariani, and Aulia Ilmi Mardhotillah. In the one-hour competition, all three successfully produced their best calligraphy
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.
