Visit to Japan by Chinese Education Delegation

April 14, 2009
Japanese

As the first group from the People’s Republic of China to visit Japan under “the Teachers Exchanges Initiative for Creating the Future”, a 28-member delegation of Chinese educators will visit Japan from April 15 (Wed) to 22 (Wed).
The Initiative, proposed by Mr. Hirofumi Nakasone, Minister for Foreign Affairs, at the Japan-China foreign ministerial meeting held during his visit to China in February 2009, and agreed to by the Chinese side, will see the exchange of 1,500 teachers over a period of three years starting in 2009.
The delegation will attend a welcome reception on the evening of April 15 arranged by the Japan-China Friendship Center, who will host the delegation’s Japan visit. On April 16 (Thurs), the delegation is scheduled to make a courtesy call on the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and visit an elementary school and a junior high school in Suginami city as well as visit Kyoto, Osaka, and other places in Japan.

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