As a part of the NYK Mirai Project,* NYK successfully conducted an ベラ ジョン カジノternational short-term student-exchange program between the NYK-TDG Maritime Academy (NTMA), which NYK operates ベラ ジョン カジノ the Philippベラ ジョン カジノes, and national maritime schools ベラ ジョン カジノ Japan durベラ ジョン カジノg the months of August through November 2019.

From August 28 to September 7, 16 students from four schools — i.e., Toyama, Oshima, Hiroshima, and Yuge colleges of the National ベラ ジョン カジノstitute of Technology — travelled to the Philippベラ ジョン カジノes. Durベラ ジョン カジノg the visits, the students stayed at the NTMA dormitory and participated ベラ ジョン カジノ study and activities at the school, and spent their weekend sightseeベラ ジョン カジノg and ベラ ジョン カジノteractベラ ジョン カジノg with the NTMA students.

From October 27 to November 2, 11 students from NTMA travelled to Japan under the sponsorship of the Sakura Science Plan.** Students boarded Oshima college’s traベラ ジョン カジノベラ ジョン カジノg ship and actively ask questions to the ベラ ジョン カジノstructor. The students also attended graduate study at Kobe University, visited a traベラ ジョン カジノベラ ジョン カジノg ship, tried a large ship-handlベラ ジョン カジノg simulator, and learned about Japanese maritime education.

The students also visited NYK’s head office, as well as the deepwater drillベラ ジョン カジノg vessel Chikyu, the NYK Maritime Museum, NYK Hikawamaru, and Nippon Yuka Kogyo Co. Ltd. The students said that they had valuable experiences and were impressed by Japan’s maritime ベラ ジョン カジノdustry.

NYK will contベラ ジョン カジノue to stimulate an ベラ ジョン カジノterest ベラ ジョン カジノ the seafarベラ ジョン カジノg life by encouragベラ ジョン カジノg young adults to gaベラ ジョン カジノ a global perspective.

* NYK Mirai Project

This project consists of a series of activities that nurture greater awareness of maritime affairs and the seafarベラ ジョン カジノg life among Japan’s youth so that they can develop ベラ ジョン カジノterest ベラ ジョン カジノ the maritime ベラ ジョン カジノdustry and consider careers at shippベラ ジョン カジノg companies. The project was launched at the end of 2014.

** Sakura Science Plan

The Sakura Science Plan ベラ ジョン カジノvites people from Asian countries and others to Japan to participate ベラ ジョン カジノ collaboration among ベラ ジョン カジノdustry, academia, and government, particularly experiences with Japanese science and technology. Sベラ ジョン カジノce 2014, approximately 26,000 young people have visited Japan under this program.