29 RI youths travel on Nippon Maru Ship

29 RI youths travel on Nippon Maru Ship

SURABAYA: A total of 29 Indonesian youths will join the
Southeast Asia Ship Travel program, organized by the Japanese
government from Sept. 9 through Oct.13.

They be among 300 youths from 10 countries in Southeast Asia
and Japan.

Spokesperson for the Japanese embassy Sachiko Furuya said
Friday that the 29 youths were selected from provinces across
Indonesia.

The Nippon Maru Ship would call off at the Tanjung Priok
seaport, North Jakarta, from Sept. 16 through Sept.19.

Sachiko said the ship would stop at ports where participants
would be involved in cultural discussions.

The ship travel program has been regularly conducted since
1974 based on an agreement between Japan, Malaysia, the
Philippines, Singapore, and Thailand. -- Antara