40 students off to Japan

40 students off to Japan

JAKARTA: Forty Indonesian students and teachers will leave for
Japan next week to conduct research and studies in various
fields, the Japanese embassy here announced.

They are the second batch of students to obtain Japanese
government scholarships this year. The first group of 58 students
left in April.

The second group will study in Japan for between one year and
three and a half years.

In his farewell speech on Friday, Japanese ambassador Taizo
Watanabe expressed the hope that the program would help
strengthen Indonesia-Japan relations. (pan)