The University of Tsukuba was selected as a core organization of “The Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) Core-to-Core Program, B. Asia-Africa Science Platforms”, and Prof. Ono Masaki (Faculty of the Humanities and Social Sciences) was selected as the coordinator of this project.
On April 10, 2020, Prof. Ono explained the aim of the project “Formation of a base for training Japanese language teachers who can respond to social demands” to faculty members of Al-Farabi Kazakh National University, Cairo University, Uzbek State University of World Languages, and Vietnam National University Ho Chi Minh City.
As part of this research project, the challenges of Japanese language education in Egypt, Uzbekistan, etc. were presented. On June 19, 2020, Takashi Ninomiya (University of Tsukuba, Almaty Office Coordinator) gave a presentation about the status and future vision of Japanese language teachers in Kazakhstan.
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(Contributors: Takashi Ninomiya)