Current Projects (Fiscal Year 2008)

◆Websites (Production and Server Operation)

Study in Japan: Comprehensive Guide website http://www.studyjapan.go.jp/ This is a website that provides comprehensive information on studying in Japan and other related matters to prospective students, foreign students in Japan and former foreign students. The site is available in Japanese, English, Chinese and Korean with some pages also in Arabic, French, Indonesian, Russian, Spanish, Thai and Vietnamese. (Launched in March 2001) Approximately 3.8 million site visits per month Commissioned by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan

◆Email Magazine (Editing, Production and Distribution)

	Email magazine for Former Study-in-Japan Students http://www.studyjapan.go.jp/jp/mail/index.html This email magazine provides a variety of information on Japan to students who have completed their studies in Japan. (Inaugurated in March 2007) Japanese and English versions available Distributed as HTML or text versions Commissioned by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan

◆Radio Program (Program Production and Shortwave Broadcast)

Government Shortwave Radio Program related to the Abductions of Japanese Citizens by North Korea http://www.rachi.go.jp/jp/shisei/radio/index.html (Link to information in Japanese on the Headquarters for the Abduction Issue, Government of Japan website) Shortwave radio programs are broadcast with the objective of resolving the issue of the abduction of Japanese citizens by North Korea Programs are broadcast in Japanese for abducted Japanese citizens in North Korea and in Korean for the general North Korean public Broadcast daily (new program broadcast every Monday with reruns broadcast for one week) Broadcast launched in July 2007 Commissioned by the Headquarters for the Abduction Issue, Government of Japan