An Olympic medalist, an astronaut and other professionals have talked about their experiences of studying abroad to encourage more Japanese students to go overseas.
The education ministry held an event on Monday at Tokyo's Haneda Airport as part of a campaign to double the number of people studying abroad.Speakers included London Olympics fencing silver medalist Yuki Ota, freelance announcer Christel Takigawa and astronaut Soichi Noguchi.
Ota went to Germany as a university student to brush up his fencing skills. He said he learned a lot by communicating with other students.
Source: NewsOnJapan
Ota went to Germany as a university student to brush up his fencing skills. He said he learned a lot by communicating with other students.
Source: NewsOnJapan
