On-Site Program

Internship in subtitling and translation of foreign films related to the SDGs

Students participate from April to July in an internship at Japan Visualmedia Translation Academy Co., Ltd (JVTA) to work on subtitling and translating foreign films related to the SDGs. Students not only complement each other’s language skills but also bring together their knowledge accumulated through their major fields of study and combine this towards the common theme of a sustainable future.

Training in cooperation with the Institute for Japanese Studies, Seoul National University

At the end of July, we conduct an overseas training program in Seoul, South Korea, in cooperation with the Institute for Japanese Studies (IJS), Seoul National University. This program involves field trips to sites where national and ethnic divisions that originated in the Cold War continue to this day to help students develop a perspective that links the past with the present. Students visit the front lines of the Cold War divide and then take related courses at IJS with specialized researchers. Following the completion of this series of activities, the students from Japan, the U.S., and the Philippines who have participated in all the programs give a presentation on what they have learned throughout the program at the presentation session. “Junior Fellow” students of IJS coming from across Seoul National University also participate in the tours, courses, and presentation sessions held during the overseas training program, with academic dialogue taking place on crossover points for interdisciplinary and international perspectives.

Hawai?i Study Tour in Collaboration with Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology

Around September, TUFS conducts a Hawai?i Study Tour on the theme of food and agriculture, in collaboration with Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology (TUAT), a partner in the collaboration among three national universities in West Tokyo.

Hawai?i has experienced Western domination, and the land and water of Native Hawaiians have been lost through colonial rule, the establishment of large-scale plantations, militarization, and the development of tourism. Even today, Hawai?i continues to face the challenge of a low food self-sufficiency rate. Considering this issue is directly linked to the critical theme of food security.

During the tour, students visit the University of Hawai?i at Mānoa as well as several commercial and nonprofit farms, where they learn about kalo (taro), a traditional Hawaiian crop, and rice cultivation once practiced by immigrants. Students from TUFS and TUAT collaborate across the boundaries of the humanities and sciences, bringing together knowledge of history, society, and agriculture to discuss land use and farming in Hawai?i. As an academic outcome, the results of their learning are presented at the Hawai?i Study Tour Research Presentation Event after their return.

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