Applications now being accepted for overseas schools for the 12th Japan Exchange Program for overseas children from the Hakuhodo Foundation.

 This is a brilliant opportunity for Japanese teachers and pupils learning Japanese between the ages of 12 and 16 to experience Japan. Through the Preparatory Training in Japan for Overseas Teachers, teachers of Japanese language are able to train and develop their skills in Japan. Pupils on the Japan Exchange Program are able to not only travel to Japan but to also experience what life is like in a Japanese school and make friends with Japanese pupils their age.

• Application deadline: March 6, 2020 (applications must arrive by this date)


• Preparatory training in Japan for overseas teachers: November 16, 2020 – December 5, 2020 (tentative)


• Japanese language exchange program period: May 19, 2021 –June 3, 2021 (tentative)

If you are interested, you need to send your application to JF London:

The Japan Foundation, London, 101-111 Kensington High Street, London, W8 5SA

You can find further information here: https://www.hakuhodofoundation.or.jp/en/globalnetwork/ 
And see the application guide here: https://www.hakuhodofoundation.or.jp/download/pdf/gn12_oubo_en.pdf