{"id":213614,"date":"2015-11-03T06:06:22","date_gmt":"2015-11-02T20:06:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=213614"},"modified":"2015-11-03T06:06:22","modified_gmt":"2015-11-02T20:06:22","slug":"28-students-from-japan-visit-the-cnmi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/28-students-from-japan-visit-the-cnmi\/","title":{"rendered":"28 students from Japan visit the CNMI"},"content":{"rendered":"

Students and teachers from a high school in Japan visited the CNMI for a three-day tour last week.<\/p>\n

Twenty-eight students in 11th grade and six teachers from Johoku All-Boys High School from Hiroshima were on island from Oct. 27 to 30.
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Twenty-eight students from the Johoku All-Boys High School from Hiroshima, Japan, have their picture taken with Saipan Mayor David Apatang, second from left. (Frauleine S. Villanueva-Dizon)<\/figcaption><\/figure>
\nThe visitors, who usually stay with host families weren\u2019t able to do so this year, according to Yuki Kishimoto, student cultural exchange program coordinator of the Saipan Mayor\u2019s Office.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis year they weren’t able to stay with the host families due to the aftermath of Typhoon Soudelor but they are hoping to be able to stay with the host families next year,\u201d Kishimoto said.<\/p>\n

The students, however, participating in educational as well as cultural and recreational activities.<\/p>\n

\u201cOn the first day of the visit, they went sightseeing and attended a \u2018career education presentation\u2019 which was held at Grandvrio Hotel,\u201d Kishimoto said.<\/p>\n

On their second day, the Johoku students visited Marianas Baptist Academy and taught the students Japanese-style calligraphy. They also had a basketball game and had lunch at school.<\/p>\n

The Japanese students also joined the MBA students for a cleanup from Hopwood Jr. High to the Pacific Islands Club in San Antonio, the stretch that the Saipan Mayor’s Office has adopted under the Department of Public Works Adopt-A-Highway program.<\/p>\n

For their last day, the students made a trip to Managaha for recreational swimming and also held a farewell party. Liberation Queen Zolenska\u00a0Yaroitemal also came to greet the visitors.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cThey are planning to visit once again next year in October and are expecting 120 students to participate,\u201d Kishimoto said.<\/p>\n

Last year, about 127 Japanese students from the same school visited the CNMI.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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