It’s the second quarter of the year now. It’s getting hotter, the cherry trees have bloomed, and I have begun working on several new projects.

One of the projects that I am currently working on involves the information sessions that Youyou conducts regularly. We have information sessions for Japanese-language programs frequently, and last year we began doing them for English-language programs, as well. Over the past year, I have been giving these information sessions about Japanese universities’ English-language programs in order to disseminate information about those programs and build interest in them, and Youyou offers support for students who wish to attend these schools’ programs, but parents and guardians are welcome to attend, as well.

As my native language is English, I have been giving these information sessions in English, but I feel that it is possible to also conduct these information sessions in Japanese, as well, as that will allow more parents of students to attend the information sessions, thus helping more parents attend and benefit from our knowledge. This is something that my colleague and I will work on together this week, and we hope to expand the number of people who can benefit from this. If, for example, a student is occupied during the time of my presentation, their parents can attend instead. Having a Japanese version of the same presentation, or perhaps a two-person presentation with an English speaker and a Japanese speaker, will help more people than having just one language.

Hopefully this will allow more people to attend our information sessions and gain the information that they seek, and also to be able to benefit from our knowledge. My colleague and I will work together to bring this information to students and parents in the best way possible.