Japanese taught in Bali

Japanese taught in Bali

DENPASAR, Bali: As many as 115 senior high schools in the province have included Japanese in their curricula in anticipation of the rush of Japanese tourists to the island.

"Students can take Japanese as one of the two foreign languages taught in senior high schools in the province," Ketut Sudiarso, chairman of the forum of foreign language teachers in Bali, said here on Saturday.

He said most students in the province were very interested in learning Japanese and that many qualified teachers of Japanese were available.

Director of the Japanese Foundation in Jakarta, Motohiza Shimizu, stated his appreciation of the high student interest in Japanese.

He said around 50,000 senior high schools in Indonesia have added Japanese as the second foreign language taught to their students, Antara reported yesterday. (rms)