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19th October, Vijayadashami 2018 is a red-letter day for all of us at Hayakawa Japanese Language School. On this day, what we had all been looking forward to and what all learners of Japanese yearned for came into being.

Hayakawa Simply Japanese Textbooks for C-JAT III were formally released today by the Hon. Consul General of Japan at Chennai, Mr. Kojiro Uchiyama. These text books cover every aspect of proficiency attainment and are probably the only text books of their kind that will help any learner of the language to reach an advance level proficiency. The Consul General also inaugurated the first session of Japanese language classes for the year 2018-19, and in his presidential address while expressing happiness over the growing interest people are seen to be evincing, exhorted students of Hayakawa to cultivate the most important quality any learner of a foreign language needs to foster, which is Patience. What is important is to work patiently and not give up. He also stressed on the importance learning Japanese had in building and improving Indo-Japan people to people relations.

Mr. Ichiro Oguma and Ms. Miwa Sasaki Senior Manager, Global Marketing Universal Sompo General Insurance Co Ltd and Mr. Tatsuo Kishi, Director GSS Quick Garage India Pvt Ltd also graced the occasion

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Hayakawa Japanese Language School & Cultural Center had entered into an MOU with Hiroshima Kokusai Gakuin University for student exchange, higher education and intern ship for Japanese and Indian students.

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We conducted an Origami & Shodo workshop at Hayakawa Japanese Language School and Cultural Center.

Origami is Japanese paper folding art. ‘Ori’ means folding and ‘Kami’ means paper in Japanese Language. Different art forms were demonstrated during the workshop by Native Japanese professionals.

Shodo is Japanese Calligraphy it’s an artistic way of writing Japanese scripts. The students obtained an essence of actual Japanese style writing with traditional Japanese calligraphy paper, ink and writing brush.

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We had conducted a "Japanese Anime Show" for our student at our center, Hayakawa Japanese Language School and Cultural Center, Chennai on Thursday, the 21st May 2015.

The name of the anime we had shown is "Kaze no Tani no Naushika, a sci-fi action/adventure movie. The Anime movie was shown in Japanese with English Subtitles. This show was for all the current/old students of Hayakawa Japanese Language School and Cultural Center.

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The Japanese language speech contest was held at the residence of Consul-General of Japan, Chennai on March 7th 2016, with acting Consul- General Mr. Sugiyama Kouji being present at the premises. Participants from various Japanese Language schools who have made it through the preliminary round, assembled at the Consul- General’s residence with excitement and anxiousness. When it was time, the battle of tongues began. There were three categories such as Basic, Intermediate and Advanced with 8, 7 and 4 participants each. Five judges were present at the event to assess the participants’ performances that included new information, interesting facts, and fun filled moments that kept the audience awestruck throughout the event. The Judges are as follows: • Mr. Suenaga Kazuhiko – Principal of Japanese School in Chennai • Mr. Matsuura Masaru – Teacher of Japanese School in Chennai • Mr. Hirano Tomohiko – President of the Japanese Association of Chennai • Mr. Tsujita Isao - Chairman of the Japanese Chamber of Commerce & Industry, Chennai • Ms. Kyoko Ogawa - Japanese Adviser, Japan Foundation It was great to see students showing their Japanese language skills by delivering their speeches in their own style and answering the questions asked without nervousness. Then after a small break, the results were announced. It was quite an exciting evening to see students of Hayakawa win top prizes in two of the categories. Ms. Aishwarya, who is pursuing her C-JAT I Course at our school won second prize in the Basic Category. Ms. Narayani and Ms. Sumitra who are pursuing their JLPT N2 courses with us, won the first and third prize in the Intermediate Category. The event was coordinated by Ms. Kayoko Furukawa, Consul, with the assistance of the Representatives from each organization. The event ended with the distribution of certificates and trophies to the winners followed by the comments from the judges.

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Hayakawa Japanese Language School & Cultural Center in Chennai felicitate its students who scored high marks in the recently held Japanese Language Proficiency Test (JLPT) on July 2016. Ms. Priyanjali Ray scored first in JLPT N2 level, Ms. Divya Narayanan scored first in JLPT N3 level, Mr. Sanjay ATJ scored first in JLPT N4 level (60/60 in listening) and Mr. Sunil Tukaram Karath scored first in JLPT N5 level (A perfect 180/180). Hon. Ms. Kayoko Furukawa, Consul, Culture/Information & Development Affairs, Consulate-General of Japan at Chennai distributed the prizes for the toppers and Hon. Ms. Kyoko Ogawa, Japanese Language Advisor (South India), The Japan Foundation, New Delhi, graced the occasion and addressed the audience.

NOV

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Hayakawa Japanese Language School and Cultural Center, Chennai launched their C-JAT course today, the 22nd October 2015, on the auspicious occasion of Vijayadasami. Mr. S.P.Chenthil Kumar, Director, Hayakawa Japanese Language School introduced C-JAT and spoke on its salient features. Ms.Kayoko Furukawa, Consul, Culture/Information & Development Affairs, Consulate of Japan at Chennai, presided over the function and formally inaugurated C-JAT. Ms. Kyoko Ogawa, Japanese Language Advisor (South India), Japan Foundation, New Delhi, graced the occasion and addressed the audience. It has always been our endeavour to impart Japanese education of the highest standard. Towards this end we, at Hayakawa, have constantly attempted to improve the content of our courses, keeping in mind the aspirations of our students and the expectations of our Japanese clients. We take the feedback that we receive from our students and our clients seriously and factoring in the strongly felt need for a course that enables comprehensive proficiency in Japanese, we have embarked on a reorientation of our courses to address precisely these needs. Our focus from today, with the launch of C-JAT will be to empower Japanese learners with comprehensive skills for effective communication in Japanese. While the emphasis will be on areas like writing and speaking where Japanese learners in India are now found sadly wanting, the C-JAT (Comprehensive Japanese Test) has been designed to test the all-round proficiency of a Japanese learner in Grammar, reading, writing, listening and speaking and the courses leading to the C-JAT have been designed to impart these skills. The C-JAT examination will be conducted online and offers students the advantage of taking it anywhere, anytime, 24x7, throughout the year. One of the many advantages of undergoing C-JAT training in Hayakawa is that our students will be able to face the popular JLPT or any other Japanese examination conducted anywhere with total confidence. We look forward to the day C-JAT will be a standard by which Japanese skills will be measured by recruiters in India and overseas where Japanese services are required. Hayakawa Japanese Language School and Cultural Center planning to offer Japanese language courses across various levels throughout the year both under regular and distance streams and they will be popular among students for the innovative learning aids which include live broadcast of classes, multimedia learning CDs, web-based learning, mobile apps, textbooks and workbooks aimed at the Indian learner. The classes are conducted by professional native Japanese and Indian teachers.

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Tokyo International Language Academy is a Japanese Language School in Tokyo, Japan is offering Japanese Language Course for Indians and other foreign nationals at Tokyo. This course is comprised of 20 classes in a week for intensive learning of the Japanese language. Students will acquire Japanese language skills required for entering a university, college, or graduate school. Eligibility : Japanese Language Proficiency Test N4. Term of study: 1.5 Years / 2 years

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We are glad to inform you that we have received information form the Consulate-General of Japan at Chennai about the offer of scholarship by MEXT (Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology) to international students who wish to study at Japan under the Japanese Government (MEXT) Scholarship Program. The term of the scholarship includes one-year preparatory education in the Japanese language and other subjects. The Scholarship is available for the following courses: 1. “Gakushi” (Bachelor’s Degree) - 5 years course 2. Diploma and an Associate Degree - 4 years course 3. Diploma - 3 years course Kindly contact us for the copy of the outline of this Scholarship, application form, attachment form, recommendation form and the form for certificate of health. After we receive the application documents, the candidates will be requested to sit for the examination at the premises of the Consulate-General of Japan at Chennai. The date and time of the examination will be informed to the candidates accordingly. Please note that Japanese language skill is not compulsory for this examination. The final selection will be made by MEXT and its result will be forwarded to the selected students by February 2014, along with the name of the University. To view previous question papers login http://www.studyjapan.go.jp/en/toj/toj0308e.html.

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Hon. Ms. Kayoko Furukawa, Consul, Consulate-General of Japan, Chennai had inagurated the function and released the Hayakawa Learn Japanese JLPT N4 Text Book & N4 Kanji Practice Book. The first copy was received by Mr. Tetsuo Suzuki, Sr. General Manager, Kubota Agricultural Machinary India Pvt Ltd. The Chakura Times a bilingual Newsletter of Hayakawa was also released by Furukawa Sama.

NOV

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An hour-long Japanese food demonstration was organised by the Consulate-General of Japan at Chennai as part of the Japanese Night feast on 30-March-2012. Ms. Takako Fujita, a famous Japanese Sushi master from Tokyo, spoke in her mother tongue at the Consulate-General of Japan's residence on Friday, there was still no issue among the audience because the majority of who were students and teachers studying in various Japanese language schools including Hayakawa Japanese Language School, Chennai. “Nowadays, all ingredients are available throughout the year but back then only certain substances were available at a particular time of the year. For example, bamboo sprouts in spring and shiitake mushrooms were available in the autumn,” explained Ms. Takako Fujita. “In India, cooks add flavour by adding spices but in Japan, the taste of the base ingredients is most important,” she explained, following a demonstration of ‘Aemaze (cucumber and mushrooms)', ‘Gomoku Gohan (vegetable rice)', ‘Tori no sansho teriyaki (grilled chicken)' and ‘Oshiruko (sweet bean paste soup)'. For 13-year-old J. Ashwita, a JLPT N4 student of Hayakawa Japanese Language School, the event was an opportunity to put her Japanese to good use. “I started learning Japanese because I am crazy about Anime and Manga comics. I grew up watching Pokemon and Naruto,” she reeled out a list of her Japanese influences.

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Japanese delegation from Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan which comprises the following members visited Hayakawa, Chennai and interacted with our students. Dr. Ken Sasaki Dean, Graduate School of Engineering Hiroshima Kokusai Gakuin University Ms. Hiroko Nakano Co-ordinator for Industry-Academia Collaboration Hiroshima University Mr. Tsuneyoshi Kurisu Senior Staff International Business Group, Corporate Investment Division Commerce, Industry and Labor Bureau Hiroshima Prefectural Government Dr. Ken Sasaki informed that Hiroshima Kokusai Gakuin University’s educational goal is that, “the university is for the students, and we are here to educate them”. This stems from the founding spirit of “education is love”, and the educational principle of “trust, cooperation and practice”. Their aim is to make their school “small but outstanding”. They offer an educational service that fits the students, carefully attending to their needs, until they find formal employment after graduation. They continue their efforts in order to maintain the good reputation of their education. Especially, they focus on providing students with the skills to further develop themselves after graduation: “communicative ability”, “basic social manners”, “basic academic knowledge” and “health and physical fitness”. At the same time, emphasis is on an educational system that allows students to gain “specialized skill and knowledge” so that they will become key players in the local community. They intend to further expand their collaborative network with local private companies, government offices and schools. At Hiroshima Kokusai Gakuin University, they have four departments: Engineering, Information Design, Contemporary Sociology and Automotive Engineering (Junior College). Under the spirit of “study hard, play hard”, they have a number of club activities that await student participation. The school will surely be the ideal place for students to become more sophisticated, humane and charming. Engineering The graduate school of Engineering offers a Master’s course (2 years) and a Doctorate’s course (3 years) for those pursuing the skills to the leadership of enterprises and research institutes of excellence. The school has turned out many competent graduates highly skilled in research and development in the field of industrial technology, and possessing the qualities requisite for an educator. The majors and subjects studied in the school include: (Doctorate degree) Materials Engineering - ultra pure materials, electronic materials/elements, smart (functional) materials, structure materials/processing Instrumentation and Control - instrumentation engineering, control systems, information systems (Master degree) Materials Science and Engineering - materials science, materials engineering, biomaterials, mathematical engineering Electrical and Electronic Engineering - solid state electronics, surface and interface structure, quantum electronics, instrumentation engineering, computer engineering, energy conversion engineering, applied laser engineering, applied system engineering, applied instrumentation engineering, solid state physics Mechanical Engineering - material strength, thermo and fluid dynamics, instrumentation and control engineering, mechanical materials and processing, mechanical design engineering Information and Knowledge Engineering - basic information and knowledge engineering, applied information and knowledge engineering Japan now offers Post Graduate and Research studies in English medium and the young Engineering Graduates from India can aspire to continue their higher education in Japanese Universities. Japan offers excellent scope for research activities as they provide sophisticated laboratories and facilities for the students pursuing higher studies in Japan to do their research activities. However, the students should have Japanese language skills when they go outside for their routine shopping and other activities to communicate. Ms. Hiroko Nakano, Co-ordinator for Industry-Academia Collaboration, Hiroshima University informed that the students are placed in respective Industry to do their in-terns and this actually helps the students to understand the work environment and the demands from the Industry from the students. This helps the students doing a particular branch of study in the University to position them for the right type of employment by the time they complete their University education. Mr. Tsuneyoshi Kurisu, Senior Staff, International Business Group, Corporate Investment Division, Commerce, Industry and Labor Bureau, Hiroshima Prefectural Government informed that they are facilitating for a discussion by the Japanese University and Industry representatives with the University students and Industry in India to have a bilateral relationship in the Education and Industry. The students by studying in Japanese University understand clearly the expectation of Japanese Industry standards and look forward to meeting their expectation in the field they choose. For more details about higher education, university collaboration and business in Hiroshima Japan, kindly contact us.

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Anna University has provided facilities in its campus for students to learn foreign languages starting with Japanese, German and French. These optional courses are being offered after college hours with faculty approved by the concerned embassies. The inaugural function of the foreign language courses was held on January 25 at the CEG campus, Anna University. Vice-Chancellor D. Viswanathan, while inaugurating the courses, emphasised that learning a foreign language would give a competitive edge to students in their search for good employment. He also reiterated that knowledge of foreign languages would enable students have direct interaction with academicians from those Universities and get access to state of the art technology available there.Sakura Ozaki, the Vice-Consul of the Japanese Embassy; Gabriele Landwehr, Director, Max Mueller Bhavan and Hema Parthasarathy, Head-Translation Cell from the Alliance Francaise de Madras, briefed the students on the value of such foreign language courses.

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Hayakawa Japanese Language School is an organisation established to promote Japanese language and culture in Chennai. The organisation has been approved as a Japanese Language School by Electronics & Computer Software Export Promotion Council (ESC), Government of India. They are approved teachers for Japanese as a Foreign Language at Anna University, Chennai, as recommended by Embassy of Japan, New Delhi. The company conducts a summer vacation course in Basic Japanese for one month, Monday to Friday 10 a.m. to 12 noon for the benefit of school students. The classes are conducted by experts including native Japanese teachers using animated audio-visual presentations for effective training in reading, writing and communication. The study material is specialised for Indian-Japanese learners. Certificates will be issued at the end of the course. Students finishing this course will be able to take the Japanese language Proficiency Test (JLPT) Level 4 conducted by the Government of Japan in December after taking the Advanced Japanese course. The Advanced Course will be conducted during Saturdays and Sundays after the basic course. For details and registration contact us