JENESYS2.0 Project Showcase

  From 8th June to 22nd June 2013, 24 students from UPNG and their supervisor were invited to Japan as participants for JENESYS 2.0 Programme(※).
  The PNG delegation spent their first few days in Tokyo where they visited Edo Tokyo Museum, the city of Akihabara and Asakusa, and Tokyo Sky Tree etc.
   Afterwards, the delegation was divided into 2 Groups, one group visiting Niigata prefecture where they stayed with local families and participated in the summer festival, and the another visited Iwate prefecture where they experienced farming and visited the disaster area of Great East Japan Earthquake.

  Upon returning, on 7th August, the UPNG Participants organized the JENESYS 2.0 Project Showcase at the University. In this showcase, female students demonstrated Japanese kimono wears while other students showed beautiful photographs of Japan using Power Point and others displayed the art of Japanese calligraphy and demonstrated on how to use the Japanese chopsticks.

・ Photos of JENESYS 2.0 Project Showcase(link) 

※JENESYS(Japan-East Asia Network of Exchange for Students and Youths) 2.0 is a new youth exchange programme which Prime Minister Abe announced during his visit to Indonesia last January. Approximately 30,000 youths from Asia/Oceania region will have an opportunity to visit Japan this year.

   The aim of JENESYS 2.0 is to revitalize the Japanese economy through introduction of Japan's attractions to foreign tourists and consumers by promoting international understanding on the nation's potential strength, allure and values, including the "Cool Japan" concept.