A collection of reports on evaluation of JASMIN Seminar by participants

Date:　29 September 2005

Name: TRAN HOANG NGA

Country: Vietnam

1. What is your overall impression of the program you participated in?

This program gives us great opportunities to discover and learn many useful lessons on culture and legal profession of other countries, especially of Japan. The program is organized perfectly. In two weeks, we have chances to understand how ordinary Japanese people’s lives are, and how professional Japanese people work. You live with warm and friendly hearts. You work with serious, effective and scientific spirits. Now I understand why Japanese people can make their country become one of the most developed countries in all over the world.

2. What do you feel were the most useful/valuable activities of the program? Give reasons why.

Like above I said, I think this program is perfect. There are many different activities and each of them has useful meaning. These activities combine together to an all-sided view. However if you ask me what I feel the most useful activities of the program, personally, I think they are home-stay program, field-trips to prison and court, and discussions of students. These activities help us in close observation and getting real practical information, besides, they help us in “understand others to understand ourselves”.

3. What were your objectives in participating in this program? Please tell us whether or not your expectations were met and the reasons why /why not.

Participating in this program, I have only 1 objective. It is to exchange knowledge and information about tradition, culture, laws and legal education in Japan, Cambodia, Uzbekistan and Vietnam. Now, when the program is going to finish, I can say that my objective is met.

4. To maximize the benefit of the program, how do you plan on applying ideas and skills you obtained through your participation in the program upon your return?

Upon my return to Vietnam, I will bring sufficient information or experience obtained here into my lectures. I will try my best to live and work with “Japanese spirit”.

5. Please give us your suggestions on how to improve the Program in the future.

To improve the Program in the future, I would like to give 2 suggestions. First, if the participant universities are not new, we may not need lectures on “current issues of legal education…” (For example, I have learned that last time the Royal University of Law and Economics of Cambodia also participated and gave a report on that. This time they give almost the same report. If next time my HCMC University of Law can participate, we would like to give lecture on other issues.) Second, I would like to have more time for our students’ discussions.

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Date: 29 September 2005

Name: MANG Samnieng Muni

Country: Cambodia

1. What is your overall impression of the program you partiipated in?

I really enjoy participating in this program very much that there were many activities and also lead to a friendship relation between our countries even our visit lasted only 2 weeks.

2. What do you feel were the most useful/valuable activities of the program? Give reasons why.

I feel that the dicussion section and homestay program were the most useful activities of this program because this give me a chance to know other participant countries' problem about status of women in employment and the suggestions and as well get to know all participant countries' culture and tradition especially japanese culture and food. Moreover, lectures were also very interesting and useful for our study.

3. What were your objetives in participating in this prgram? Please tell us whether or not your expectations were met, and the reasons why /why not.

Even i appriciated about this program, before coming to Japan i thought that there would be a divided discussion group from different countries because it would work well within a small group of people and easy to find a solution.

4. To maximize the benefit of the program, how do you plan on applying ideas and skills you obtained through your partiipation in the program upon your return?

After coming back to Cambodia, i have a plan that if there are others Cambodian students joining the next program, i will tell them every thing that they should know clearly about our culture, food, our society, how to dance Cambodian songs and so on because we came to Japan not only to exchange our study but also our culture or tradition. Especially they should learn japanese before hand because it's easy to communicate with Japanese people. Furthermore,

5. Please give us your suggestions on how to improve the Program in the future.

Firstly, i think that this program was well organised because we have a fixed schedule. However, i think that next time if the named of the participants is known, they should know the topic of discussion immediately because it's easy for them to be prepared like to get survey or others information. Moreover, all the participants should walk or have meal in mixed countries like we have japanese, cambodian, vietnamese and uzbekistan students in a group. Also, the dicussion group as well in order to share our experience, culture, ideas and get to know each other more closely.

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Date:29 September 2005

Name: Kong Davy

Country: Cambodia

1. What is your overall impression of the program you partiipated in?

I feel this program lasts very usefully and prosperiously for me because I have a lot of chance to show culture, friendship, my opinions. More importantly, I can get a lot of knowledge from all the lectures and field trip to some of improtant places in Nagoya city.

2. What do you feel were the most useful/valuable activities of the program? Give reasons why.

The most useful activities of this program were getting to know each other from all the participants, showing some of our culture and gaining knowledge from lectures, field trip and group discussion. The reason is that we could build up our relationship more friendly especially when we had field trip and student activities to some of important places in Nagoya city; especially, we could get a great deal of knowledge about each country's women status.

3. What were your objetives in participating in this prgram? Please tell us whether or not your expetations wer met, and the reasons why /why not.

I do not have any objectives. On the other hand, before arriving to Japan, I thought that we would work in group of mix country participants all of the time, for example in 1 group we have Japanese, Cambodian, Uzbek and Vietnam, because I think if we had this program, we could tie up our relationship more friendly. However, we had working group in such a mixed one, it was enough since it was too short a time for us.

4. To maximaize the benefit of the program, how do you plan on applying ideas and skills you obtained through your partiipation in the program upon your return?

According to my experience that is not an easy task to get, I will use it a very useful way by sharing to my family, friends and to those i know. The main reason is that most of the things i got from the seminar are very valuable, particularly group discussion, field trip and crucial lecture related to legal system and reality. I hope this knowledge will be provided effectively.

5. Please give us your suggestions on how to improve the Program in the future.

I would like to suggest that we should prepare a group which has all country participants for the half of the seminar by going somewhere or doing something together in order to strengthen our relationship and understanding.

We should be open to each other especially when we have problem and misunderstanding so it is easy for us to help and solve the problem.

I would like this seminar organizers to inform the changing of the theme the seminar at least one month before it starts or when there is an important change in the program or schedule, they should inform us in advace so that we can have sometime to prepare. At the same time, the program as well as the schedule should be much clearer and detail in case we misunderstanding. For example, should we prepare a performance or any special thing for the opening or closing cereTmony.

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Date:29 September

Name: Khem Vansok

Country:Cambodia

1. What is your overall impression of the program you partiipated in?

I am very enjoy with this program. The first day, I arrived at Nagoya University, I felt very homesick. I miss my family and my friends. However, at the same day, I move to my host family. During the two days of my home stay, I found out many things from my host family. Besides from the culture and daily life of Japanese people, i was provided a great love and care from my host family. At the day i left my host family, i felt like i was one of their family. On the other hand, at university, I have Japanese students who take a good care of me. I feel very impress about their kindness toward s me. Even though, sometimes we find it alittle bit hard to connect with each other in English, we still can improve our relationship. Moreover, the lectures provided by Nagoya university professors are very intersting and useful for me. I have learnt alot of things those lectures. I sometimes even wish i can study more with those excellent professors. All in all, I am greatly pleased with this seminar, Jasmin seminar. But I want the most is to continue and improve our relationship between each other among the 4 participant countrys.

2. What do you feel were the most useful/valuable activities of the program? Give reasons why.

I have found two useful activities in this program. Firstly, home_stay program is a good chance for me to learn Japanese culture and people that i had only learnt through the books. Not only i could learn about Japanese culture, but my host family could also learn about Cambodian culture and the characteristic of Cambodian people through this program.

Lastly, the discussion and presentation among the four participant countrys provided me a load of knowledge about the situation of each country on the topic of gender issue. Moreover, I obtain a knowledge how religion affected the legal system of each country.

3. What were your objetives in participating in this prgram? Please tell us whether or not your expetations wer met, and the reasons why /why not.

I think that every participant should have more chance to talk, or to exchange their idea between each other. I do object the activity that divided the participants into 3 group according their country. Even though all the participants group were accompanied by Japanese students, this could hinder the development of the friendship between all students. Because each participant group only get close with the group of Japanese students that responsible for them; and they may find it hard to talk to other participants since eveyone seems to have their own partner.

My expectation were met. I expected to make a good friend with all the participants, and now i succeed. Even though I am not really active with the men participants, i think we still can continue our relationships.

4. To maximaize the beefit of the program, how do you plan on applying ideas and skills you obtained through your partiipation in the program upon your return?

I have gained alot of knowledge from this program, I`ll apply it usefully to my studying as a law student. But what i want to do the most, is that i will inform what i get from here to my family, my friends, and especially to the next students that will join in this seminar. There were many things that I first did not know about Japan, so I think it would be a good idea, if those students can learn in advance about those things in order to avoid culture shock. 　

5. Please give us your suggestions on how to improve the Program in the future.

As i have mentioned in my objective, all participants should not divided into group. They should work together, have lunch or dinner together, and so it will be a great chance for everyone to learn about each other. Moreover, I do enjoy the lectures here very much, and I think there should be a kind of this lecture more in the next program.

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Date:29.09.05

Name: Alisher Umirdinov

Country:Uzbekistan

1. What is your overall impression of the program you partiipated in?

I really relaxed during this programm.because I find a lot of friends and got a lot of information. I learnt foreign nations culture, language and tradition.We exchanged our opinion and be corrected our faults.

2. What do you feel were the most useful/valuable activities of the program? Give reasons why.there are many representatives of nations and it caused to got alot of information.

3. What were your objetives in participating in this prgram? Please tell us whether or not your expetations wer met, and the reasons why /why not. I expected a different things and I am sure i got them.

4. To maximaize the beefit of the program, how do you plan on applying ideas and skills you obtained through your partiipation in the program upon your return? I am planning to write an article and hold seminars among students.

5. Please give us your suggestions on how to improve the Program in the future.I invite to increase the number of seminars. And we should begin these seminars more early.

Date:29 September

Name:Jurabek

Country:Uzbekistan.

1. What is your overall impression of the program you partiipated in? It was really big chance to develop my mind and knowladge about participant countries. I exchange not only my opinion but also tradition, custums and friendship. The most important thing is that I was very pleasured about kindness of Japanese.

2. What do you feel were the most useful/valuable activities of the program? Give reasons why.

The most important thing for me was making friend with Japanese and other countries also. I thing program was only way to make friendship with others. Maybe program will more continue if we will be friends and exchenge forever.

3. What were your objetives in participating in this prgram? Please tell us whether or not your expetations wer met, and the reasons why /why not. My aim was to make friends, to give information about my country and learn more about Japan and other countries, to develop my Japanese. Yes, I met. I already have many friends and we will continue our relation, I give many information about my country and I learned many about Japan. And also I had chance to speak in Japanese.

4. To maximaize the beefit of the program, how do you plan on applying ideas and skills you obtained through your partiipation in the program upon your return? I am planning to speak about Japan to all my relatives, and I will give some seminars about this proggramm in my Institute.

5. Please give us your suggestions on how to improve the Program in the future. I would like to have such proggramms in participant countries also. And I would like to do such chanses that would suppose us to make more and more Friends.

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Date:29.09.2005

Name: Bunyodbek

Country:Uzbekistan

1. What is your overall impression of the program you partiipated in?

First is home stay was very great and I have improved my english and japanese skills.

And I have learnt about culture,tradition and law.Most is we discussed our problems with four country and some solutions took for them.It means if we(our states) corporate in future we can solve our problems easily.

2. What do you feel were the most useful/valuable activities of the program? Give reasons why.

Homestay,visit to court,prison,toyato.The most is discussion was great.I didnot wait such intresting discussion.

3. What were your objetives in participating in this prgram? Please tell us whether or not your expetations wer met, and the reasons why /why not.

The first it was very good practice my japanese language.I ecpected to learn only jaanese law,culture and education system.But I have a information about there counties.

4. To maximaize the beefit of the program, how do you plan on applying ideas and skills you obtained through your partiipation in the program upon your return?

In little time we make many friends and we dont want lose them.And In Uzbek culture we mustnot forget that people who taught us one lettter.Thats why I think about participent students we talked about it but It willbe good if we can relations with Nagoya universities teacher to ask and learn fromt them.

5. Please give us your suggestions on how to improve the Program in the future.

Its better to invite more countries because in one tome we can learn more countries.

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Date:29/9/2005

Name:Nguyen Lam Tram Anh

Country:Viet Nam

1. What is your overall impression of the program you partiipated in?

I think that the program is very useful and interesting.

Why? Useful because I get much knowledge

Interesting because I have many kind of feeling: nervous, happy...

2. What do you feel were the most useful/valuable activities of the program? Give reasons why.

Dicussion from each countries. Why? Interesting, useful to get much knowledge; You don't understand,you can ask; You don't agree, you can talk talk and talk...

3. What were your objetives in participating in this prgram? Please tell us whether or not your expetations wer met, and the reasons why /why not.

My objective is to learn about the law system from other countries, know about Japanese universities, the way to teach in Japanese universities, And now,I have all.

4. To maximaize the beef it of the program, how do you plan on applying ideas and skills you obtained through your partiipation in the program upon your return?

Much talk more, don't afraid of you are wrong or right. It's OK. Because, you discuss with your friends.

Ask many questions and express your opinion if you don't understand anything.

5. Please give us your suggestions on how to improve the Program in the future

Developing the cooperation between the different countries. I always hope that my university will have good cooperation with Nagoya University like Campodia and Uzerbekistan so that we can know each other and develop the relationship, develop the Program. And, Nagoya university can help the other countries to hold the program like this.

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Date:29

Name: dao anh tuan

Country:viet nam

1. What is your overall impression of the program you partiipated in?

tell the truth, i have many impressions about the program. it was prepared many day before started. i think it is showed determination of evrybody who hold the seminar. and when i came and stayed at here i felt so much about it. erything is prepared thoughtful. the treatment of japanese is wonderful. and i respects so much about it.

2. What do you feel were the most useful/valuable activities of the program? Give reasons why.

The purpose of seminar is exchanging lagal information of another countries (japan, Vietnam, Cambodia, uzobekixtan). So I think the trips to Toyota coporation, Nagoya prisoner, Nagoya district court, aichi bar asspciation which is very useful for my knowledge. When I came that places, I known many valuable thing about the high technology and science, the legal system of japan. Emple: when I saw the largest trial room in the bulding of court, I was very surprise . because it have 80 chairs inside and many modern communication which can connect winh outside to servicing for communication . it is bigger and more modern than the bulding courts in Vietnam. inside, it is designed and decorated nearly between judge and accused but it is still serious, so it is the thing that I like best when I came there. Or when visited the Toyota coporation, I felt interesting because all thing are automatic and one new car is made about twenty hours , so now I van understand clearly why japan are one in top countries about export car… generally, the things which I saw in that places, are very strange. The trips are wonderful.

3. What were your objetives in participating in this prgram? Please tell us whether or not your expetations wer met, and the reasons why /why not.

Before I came here, I heard many thing about history, cultural, traditional, developed legal and strong mental of Japanese. And when I came here and stayed 14 days, I discovered many more thing about japan and Japanese. The main purpose of me that research about legal system of japan, is successful. I can say that because I studied many knowledges about organizating trial. They are very useful for my study when I come back my university because there are many similar things in legal system between Vietnam and japan.

4. To maximaize the beefit of the program, how do you plan on applying ideas and skills you obtained through your partiipation in the program upon your return?

when i come back my university i will talk with my friends about the things which i feel about japan. and with ability and position of me, i can hold some activities to get information about legal system of japan with internet. beside i will suggest my teachers in my university about holding more seminar of student to discuss about popular problems in society and some practical trips to service for our stydy

5. Please give us your suggestions on how to improve the Program in the future.

i think it is very difficult to say one thing that is all sides but i can say the program is very wonderful and i do not have suggestion about it. but i hope that we must have more exchanging student programs one year.

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Date: 29 September

Name: Nguyen Viet Tuan

Country:Vietnam

1. What is your overall impression of the program you partiipated in?

It is very pantastic.

2. What do you feel were the most useful/valuable activities of the program? Give reasons why.

The discussion of students who comes from Japan, Vietnam, Combodia, Ubekistan. Through this discussion I study a lot of thing about every country `s lygal system that provides the equality between male and female.

Beside that, the homestay program is very excited to me. It seems I stay at my house although I stay oversea.

3. What were your objetives in participating in this prgram? Please tell us whether or not your expetations wer met, and the reasons why /why not.

To broaden my knowledges at law and get information about one of the ,most develop countries. My expetation wer met because I find some strange things from your country with my country.

4. To maximaize the beefit of the program, how do you plan on applying ideas and skills you obtained through your partiipation in the program upon your return?

I will apply the method in working of Japanese people in the future if I control some programs. I also change my method in working from now. Beside that, I will let my friends in Vietnam know something I have just dtudied in Japan

5. Please give us your suggestions on how to improve the Program in the future.

The schedule of this Seminar is longer. You should not change some working time that infromed us before.

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Date:29/09/2005

Name: Akane Makino

Country: Japan

1. What is your overall impression of the program you partiipated in?

The general impression I had from the program was pleasant. Although we are from different countries and different cultures, we tried hard to know each other. This is the most important thing when you communicate with people from foreign countries. Of course, it is difficult for everyone, because some cultural aspects may against the others. When I joined the program, I was able to sense every student’s willingness to understand the different cultures and the different way of thinking. I strongly believe that this fundamental mutual understanding will benefit all of us in both small and large scale of the world.

2. What do you feel were the most useful/valuable activities of the program? Give reasons why.

The most valuable activities were presentations and discussions. Here we made lots of questions in order to comprehend each group’s social status. It was beneficial and a good opportunity to exchange our ideas.

3. What were your objetives in participating in this prgram? Please tell us whether or not your expetations wer met, and the reasons why /why not.

My objective was to know many different ideas from different countries. In that sense, as I mentioned before, the expectation I had was met.

4. To maximaize the beefit of the program, how do you plan on applying ideas and skills you obtained through your partiipation in the program upon your return?

I hope I will be able to use the ideas in my daily studying life.

5. Please give us your suggestions on how to improve the Program in the future.

In order not to make the same mistakes or failures, the future participants should read and make use of the suggestions or the things that should be improved by the participants of this program.

Date:2005.10.1

Name:Eri Kumada

Country:Japan

1. What is your overall impression of the program you partiipated in?

I'm satisfied with this JASMIN seminar. I learned much about four countries legal systems and cultures. When I found the diffrences between Japanese legalsystem&culture and those of other countries, I was surprised and very interested in them. I could learn about not only other countries, but also Japan, too. I live in Japan, so usually, Japanese system and culture is too natural to hold questions.

Field trip to TOYOTA motor companies, Nagoya Prison, Nagoya District Court and Bar association were also fruitful. Exchange students had differnt view points, so I also could find new things there.

And I could get wonderful friends in three countries. This is the second time for me to participate in this kind of seminar. Now, I'm very glad to have many friends in various countries. At the beginning of the seminar, relationshop between Japanese students and exchange students are like "Host & Guests". But at the end of this seminar, we became real friends and could talk what we really think or feel. Especially discussion grew heated very much. All participants got excited, but I believe that it was great experience for all participants.

All the participants were very passionate and punctual, so I could enjoy this seminar without anxiety.

We decided to have mailing-group system and BBS for JASMIN seminar. So our friendship will continue from now on. I hope that we will deepen and develop our relationship and get together again in the near future.

2. What do you feel were the most useful/valuable activities of the program? Give reasons why.

Discussion on "Female employment" was the most impressive activity for me. I was very surprised at the differences between four countries, especially between Japan and Uzbekistan. I'm interested in legal assistance and relationship between law and culture. Because I've been thinking that legal assitance can be pushy if we take wrong way, and law can't be adjusted to society without considering about cultures.

The discussion heated very much. During the discussion, I sometimes worried if the heat was too much. But after finishing discussion, I felt it was wonderful experience for me. By comparing our situations, I could see situation in each countries much more clearly. I understood that no one can sey what is completely true or completely wrong, but first of all, we should know each others.

3. What were your objetives in participating in this prgram? Please tell us whether or not your expetations wer met, and the reasons why /why not.

One of my objects was knowing each other's culture, thoughts and legal system. I could achieve this goal though discussion and spending time together with exchange students every day.

The other object was to make friends with them. Now, our friendship were more than expected. I'm very happy about it.

4. To maximaize the beefit of the program, how do you plan on applying ideas and skills you obtained through your partiipation in the program upon your return?

First, I'll learn much about Japan. Through preparation for discussion presentation, I recognized that I didn't know much about my country. And during this seminar, exchange students often asked me Japanese system and law, but I couldn't answer cleary.

Second, I'll brush up my English. I could communicate with exchange students in English, but it was not enough to tell my thought and feeling fully.

Thirdly, I could learn how to organize and create something with friends. This is ths second time for me to take part in exchange seminar, so I think I could develop my ability to set forward one program.

5. Please give us your suggestions on how to improve the Program in the future.

First, I wanted much more time to spend with exchange students. Term of this seminar was 2 weeks, but three days were for home-stay program. Home-stay could be great experences for exchange students, so I think the seminar term itself shoud be much longer. And during this seminar, we had many holidays(Saturday, Sunday and special holiday on 9/23). That made difficulty for us to make the best of our precious time.

Second, at this seminar, we had homestay program at the beginning of the seminar. But I think it shoul be the middle of the seminar because I wanted to make friends at the beginnign of the seminar.

Third, I wanted much more time to prepare for this seminar. I wanted to tell exchange students about schedule and discussion theme more concretely. This problem could be my fault, but it was difficult for us to prepare all things in short terms, especially for students who took part in exchange sminar for the first time.

At last, exchange students should know each other much better beforehand. Especially when they have sprcial custom. In this seminar, some students have special religious habits. But Japanese students didn't know much about it, and couldn't prepare enough for them. I felt very sorry for that.

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Date: 2005,09,29

Name: Yuko Takada

Country: Japan

1. What is your overall impression of the program you participated in?

JASMIN seminar was excellent. I learned and experienced much in two weeks. The program had a pretty tense schedule eachday that I feel I have done, what I would spend a year, in two weeks. Sertainly it was a great experience for me to communicate with students from overseas, and also to build a friendship between them. We were all busy in this program, but as a recognize, everyone seem to learn a great deal in this seminar through field trips, lectures, and discussions.

2. What do you feel were the most useful/valuable activities of the program? Give reasons why.

Of course the presentations and the discussions were the most valuable activities, since I understand that is the main activity of this seminar. I think we all participated in this seminar to actively exchange our ideas premising our cultural differences.

Other than the discussions, the most valuable activity for me was visiting the prison. It was a good experience for me to see what prison in my country is like. I think this is a kind of an experience that not anyone can do. Although it was a short stay, I learned many things from the instructor through Q&A. We were not able to see the whole prison, but I was pleased to have a chance to see a prison in reality. It changed my perception in some way.

3. What were your objectives in participating in this program? Please tell us whether or not your expectations were met, and the reasons why /why not.

My objective of this program was to make good friends from foreign countries through English communication and various activities. I think my expectation was met, and I am very satisfied concerning with that aspect.

In a wider view, however, I understand the objective of this program was to have good discussions, and I was not able to participate many in the discussions. I feel, I should have asked more questions toward other countries.

4. To maximaize the beefit of the program, how do you plan on applying ideas and skills you obtained through your partiipation in the program upon your return?

I think applying wiki to this program was a good idea. We can see how other people thought about the activities. It was a good tool for exchanging ideas. To make it more efficient, we may had have more time to use computers because our schedule in this program was so tight that we did not have much time to update our diaries.

5. Please give us your suggestions on how to improve the Program in the future.

As I wrote above, I think it was better if we had more time to manage our diaries.

Other than that, I don’t have many suggestions. I think the program went pretty well.

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Date:September 29 2005

Name:Natsumi Ichikawa

Country:Japan

1. What is your overall impression of the program you partiipated in?

The program was wonderful that we could have very interesting discussion over improving status of female in our society. We could exchange ideas of each person, each country. The participants became good friends by the end through field trips, discussions and free times. This program was very fruitful and we have to go on doing programs like this one.

2. What do you feel were the most useful/valuable activities of the program? Give reasons why.

I think field trips are important in this program, although discussion is the most important activity in this program. It is because the members of the program can talk over and ask questions about the place we visit. By going through that experience we are able to communicate and get together lot faster and better.

3. What were your objetives in participating in this prgram? Please tell us whether or not your expetations wer met, and the reasons why /why not.

I joined this program to know and study about cultural, historical, and legal backgrounds of the four countries, Japan, Uzbekistan, Cambodia and Vietnam. My goal was met in this program very much, through hot discussion and exchange of our opinions.

4. To maximaize the beefit of the program, how do you plan on applying ideas and skills you obtained through your partiipation in the program upon your return?

First, I would like to study more about systems in Asian countries. The another plan I am thinking of is to develop my skill of speaking and discussing in English.

5. Please give us your suggestions on how to improve the Program in the future.

I think dividing us into 3 groups of mixed nationality is very good idea. We tend to hang around with the members from the same country. Divided in 3 groups, we can do some recreation in the groups like cooking one dish for each group and compete against another.