{"id":19728,"date":"2011-06-01T10:54:35","date_gmt":"2011-06-01T14:54:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/?p=19728"},"modified":"2011-06-01T10:54:35","modified_gmt":"2011-06-01T14:54:35","slug":"japan-times-u-s-students-invited-in-memory-of-jet-victims","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/2011\/06\/01\/japan-times-u-s-students-invited-in-memory-of-jet-victims\/","title":{"rendered":"Japan Times: U.S. students invited in memory of JET victims"},"content":{"rendered":"

Via Japan Times\/Kyodo News Service, June 1, 2011:<\/em><\/p>\n

U.S. students invited in memory of JET victims<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Kyodo<\/p>\n

Japan will invite 32 U.S. high school students who are studying Japanese to take part in a program in July to study the language and culture in memory of two American teachers killed in the March 11 earthquake and tsunami.<\/p>\n

Foreign Minister Takeaki Matsumoto, during a speech at a symposium in Tokyo on Monday, referred to the program intended to nurture people who will serve as a bridge between Japan and the United States in the future.<\/p>\n

The program is in commemoration of Taylor Anderson, 24, and Montgomery Dickson, 26, who were taking part in the Japan Exchange and Teaching Program.<\/p>\n

Anderson of Virginia was found dead in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, and Dickson of Alaska was found dead in Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture.<\/p>\n

According to the government-linked Japan Foundation, the organizer of the program, the 32 students selected from about 250 applicants in the United States will attend Japanese-language lessons, take part in cultural events, including a drum performance and wearing kimono, and have exchanges with high school students in Osaka.<\/p>\n

They will stay at the homes of the Osaka high school students during the two-week program. It will run for five years starting this year, the Japan Foundation said.<\/p>\n

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Via Japan Times\/Kyodo News Service, June 1, 2011: U.S. students invited in memory of JET victims Kyodo Japan will invite 32 U.S. high school students who are studying Japanese to take part in a program in July to study the language and culture in memory of two American teachers killed in the March 11 earthquake […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[378,30,318,319],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19728","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-earthquake-tsunami","category-japan-trends","category-jets-in-the-news","category-local-government"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t