August 2023

International Offices

Newsletter

NAIST SPORTS DAY#22023.6.9

A sports day event was held on June 9th for all NAIST faculty, staff and students. This event was proposed and held by a NAIST Ambassador, with the help ofCISS, to facilitate interaction between international and Japanese students, faculty and staff and promote mental and physical health through outdoor exercise.
Over 40 students, both Japanese and international, and a few faculty members had fun throughout the event!
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Delegation Visit

Event ReportsMay
One-day Excursion to Hikone for International
Students May 21, 2023A one-day excursion to Shiga prefecture for international
students was held on Sunday, May 21, to offer an opportunity
for students to deepen their knowledge of Japanese history
and culture, and to strengthen ties within the international
community.
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Templish on campus May 28, 2023

・Université Toulouse Ⅲ-Paul Sabatier (France)(April 10, 2023)
・Kyungpook National University College of IT
Engineering (Korea) (April 14, 2023)
・Botswana Embassy (May 18, 2023)"Templish", coined from "Temple" and "English", is a program
where local children experience Japanese and other cultures inEnglish. NAIST international students and volunteers often
participate in Templish, interacting with the children to help
them in getting accustomed to English as a tool.
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NAIST accepted University of Trento
staff member under Erasmus+ ICM
July 10-14, 2023
programJune
Travel the World through Books Special
Festival at ISTA Habataki June 4, 2023
NAIST students and staff participated in the "Travel the Worldthrough Books Special Festival”, an event organized by theIkoma City Children's Book Club, at the north branch of theIkoma City Library in ISTA Habataki.
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3rd book reading and culture event at thenorth branch of the Ikoma Library June 24, 2023
In 2019, NAIST concluded an inter-institutional
agreement with the University of Trento (Italy) forthe exchange of students and staff within theframework of the EU's Erasmus+ ICM program.
Since then, NAIST has sent 9 students, 1 faculty
member and 2 staff members under this program.
As a part of the Staff Mobility Program, weaccepted Ms. Chiara Fondriest, a staff member of
the International Mobility Office of the Universityof Trento, for a 1 week training program.

The 3rd book reading and culture event was held incooperation with the north branch of the Ikoma Library on June
24th at ISTA Habataki introducing the United States and itsculture.
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July
NAIST Tea Time “Nagashi Somen”

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July 13, 2023

On July 13th, the CISS hosted the 21st NAIST Tea Time for
NAIST students, faculty and staff. Tea Time events, establishedunder the NAIST TGU project plan, are held as part of NAIST's
mission to maintain a globally-open campus and offer a wide
variety of experiences to our diverse community.
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3rd Shijonawate High School ResearchPresentations July 27, 2023

On July 27th, 18 students and 3 teachers from Shijonawate HighSchool visited NAIST to give presentations in English and tour
labs on campus. This is the 3rd time we have hosted students
from Shijonawate High School.

▲Matcha experience at tea whisk workshop

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CISS will call for
new International Ambassadors!!
▲Nagashi-somen with students

Contact us if you are interested!!

INTERNATIONAL ACADEMIC PARTNERSHIPS

104

institutions from27

countries/regions as of August 1, 2023

International partner list

Division for Global Education▲Visit to Hozanji Temple

International officephone numbers
0743-72-6243

CISS0743-72-6240

International Affairs

0743-72-6245

International Student Affairs Section

0743-72-5909