No.194-8
■ Japanese Language Education Committee
UNESCO Japanese Language Classes (Spring Term, 2003)
(1) 10:00 - 11:45 Tue. & Thu. (Apr. 8 〜 Jul. 17)
(2) 10:00 - 11:45 Sat. (Apr. 12 〜 Jul. 19)
(3) 18:30 - 20:15 Tue. (Apr. 8 〜 Jul. 15)
(No classes on public holidays.)
Grade: (1) (2) (3) Beginner’s - Advanced
“KANJI” class is also available. (Sat.)
Place: Moriya Kyoiku Kaikan (2-20-17 Gohongi) and others.
Eligibility: Foreign residents 16 and over who live, work, or go to school in Meguro-ku
Instructors: Members of Meguro UNESCO (Japanese language instructors)
Cost: \1,000 for enrollment in Meguro UNESCO
\1,000 as an annual membership fee
Tuition - \8,700 for Class (1), \4,200 for Class (2), \4,200 for Class (3)
Others - Cost of textbooks
Inquiries & Application:
S. Yokoyama (Tel: 3724-9208)
S. Kiriyama (Tel/Fax: 3717-0339)
■ Training Program Committee
UNESCO Lecture
“Japan’s Policy for International Cooperation in Education”
Lecturer: Prof. Takao Kamibeppu, Tokyo Jogakkan College
Date: Mar. 24 (Mon.) 18:30 - 20:30
Place: Nakameguro GT Plaza
Inquiries: Shimizu (Tel: 3761-9561)
■ Youth Activity Committee
UNESCO Youth Seminar 2002 in Osaka
Four of the Meguro UNESCO youth members, T. Fujiwara, G. Atoji, M. Morita, and T. Kusuhara are going to take part in the seminar that will be held on Mar. 21 through Mar. 23.
Invitation to our “Welcome Party”
We will have a party to welcome young people - college students, foreign students, working members of society (both Meguro UNESCO members and non-members). We’d like many of you to come and have a good time. Please bring your friends!
Date: Apr. 20 (Sun.) 13:00 - 17:00
Place: Nakameguro Square, 1st Recreation Hall (6F).
■ International Exchange Committee
Why not enjoy Bunraku - Japanese classical puppet plays - at the National Theater?
Date: May 10 (Sat.)〜25（Sun） 11:00 〜
Place: Kokuritsu Gekijou (Small Hall)
Inquiries: Kokuritsu Gekijou Ticket Center (Tel:03-3230-3000)
■ International Support Activity Committee
We need volunteers who can spare a day (at a time convenient for you) to help sort miswritten and unused postcards collected in the campaign for the World Terakoya Movement. Volunteers are expected to work at NFUAJ Office in Ebisu. Please contact J. Ashida (Tel: 3307-3345)
★ Wiener Philharmonia Kapelle
Charity Concert by members of Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra and Keiko Shiraishi (soprano) to help Peace Winds Japan support Kurds
Date: Mar. 18 (Tue.) 19:00 〜
Place: Tokyo Opera City Concert Hall
Program: Mozart, Beethoven, J. Straus, etc.
Tickets: S \8,000; A \6,000; B \4,000
Inquiries: Tokyo Opera City Ticket Center (Tel: 5353-9999)
■ Scholarship Program Committee
If you kindly donate 1,000 yen or so to support our scholarship program,
we’ll give you a CD of UNESCO Peace Concert 2002.
Inquiries: Meguro UNESCO
(Tel:03-5725-6150 Fax:03-5725-6160)
■ Welcome, new members!
TASUKU YAMANOUCHI, SACHIKO ITO
Friendship members: SARAH PAPALI’I (New Zealand), CHENG BOON FOOI (Malaysia), JENNIFER
MOOTS (U.S.A.), HADI PURWANTO (Indonesia), KIM EA KYUNG (Korea), DENIESE MOORE
(New Zealand), SARTELET KARINE (France), BYUN KYUNG HEE (Korea)
■ Members’ News
Yoshihiro Nakano (PhD student, CDE center, University of Sussex) participated in World Education Forum (WEF) and World Social Forum (WSF) that took place in Porto Alegre, Brazil, on January 19 through 28. The forums, aiming at posing a question on neo-liberal globalization conducted by international financial institutions such as the World Bank and IMF as well as multinational corporations from the US, Japan, and other advanced industrial countries, mobilized more than 100,000 participants from different parts of the world - Latin America, Europe, Africa, and Asia.
Since 1954, Meguro UNESCO Association, Website:http://www.unesco.or.jp/meguro/
2-24-3 Gohongi,Meguro-ku,Tokyo 153-0053 Tel:03-5725-6150 Fax:03-5725-6160
opens Monday through Friday 13:00-16:00
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