Japanese students get taste of Oklahoma

 
By Judy Gibbs Robinson   
Published: August 10, 2006

NORMAN - Three dozen Japanese college students are getting a taste of Oklahoma this week during a first-ever trip to America's heartland for a 72-year-old cultural exchange program.

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Japan-America Student Conference

Founded in 1934.

A nonprofit educational and cultural exchange program for university students from the United States and Japan.

Held in Japan one year; the United States the next.

36 Japanese and 36 American college students are selected each year.

Students travel to several universities and cities in the host country, where they participate in roundtable discussions on issues of importance to both countries.

Alumni include former U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger and former Japanese Prime Minister Kiichi Miyazawa.

Source: www.jasc.org

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