Japanese students on a newly-resumed high school exchange program in Palm Beach County have spoken of their concerns for Japanese victims as tremors continue to hit their home country following a ...

Blaine Tamaki has visited Japan once in his 67 years. He traveled to the country of his ancestors when he was a student at Davis High School in Yakima. His trip was part of the Yakima School ...

For 35 years, Elk Grove High School (EGHS) has been providing students with a “once-in-a-lifetime experience.” The Japanese Exchange Program has been a cornerstone of EGHS’s language program for a ...

A group of 17 Los Gatos High School students made their way across the world this summer to just outside of Tokyo for an immersive 12-day exchange program with Sakuragaoka High School. For the second ...

Growing up in Modesto, Mimi Whang never gave much thought to the McHenry Mansion, but seeing Japanese exchange students interested in it made her appreciate it more. Whang, who is half Japanese, had ...

Japanese exchange students from Kansai University in Osaka, Japan, are pictured in downtown Lawrence in August of 2020. Students who study abroad are often faced with adjusting to a new culture, ...

The Yakima-Yamate Japanese Exchange Program has been in operation for more than 50 years, continuing to promote mutual understanding and lasting friendships between students from the Yakima School ...

Japanese students from Yamate Gakuin High School participated in a two-week homestay program at Bloomington High School North. The students experienced American culture, attended events, and went on ...

After a three-year hiatus because of COVID-19, Pensacola and its Japanese sister city, Gero, have resumed student exchange visits just in time to mark the program's 30th anniversary. The ...

Survivors of 2011 deadly earthquake, tsunami offer valuable life lessons. Students from Hawaii who were impacted by the wildfires on Maui traveled 4,000 miles to Japan to learn from the community ...

Do you know that “taco” means “octopus” in Japanese? You can bet by the time four Santa Barbara area teenagers return from an August visit to the Land of the Rising Sun that they’ll know that ...