Cancer Haiku” was held at Nanto Municipal Taira Junior High School in Toyama Prefecture as part of cancer education.

A special class was held at Taira Junior High School in Nanto City, Toyama Prefecture, to convey the appeal of haiku to junior high school students. Kiwa Hotta, artistic director of the organization, took the podium as instructor, and together with the Tonami junior high school students learned the depth of haiku. The purpose of…

The children who were elementary school students are now junior high school students while we missed them in COVID-19.

On the 29th of November there will be the first Steering Committee meetingbetween Japan and China.It will be a gathering of primary school staff. Through cancer education, wewill learn about the challenges of cancer in a local context and foster asense of support for each other in Japan and China.The first session will be an…

　What does cancer mean to children? In Japan, cancer education has been provided in many schools in recent years, but it has been somewhat adult-oriented and not always from the children’s perspective.  　This is a reflection of our involvement in the field of education in Japan and China through JICA grassroots projects. By learning about…

We went to Kamidaira Primary School, where we will be doing an exchange with a primary school in Suzhou. Straight corridors made of Gokayama cedar, classrooms with the belief that no one is left behind. It is a place where Equity is realized. Outside the school, the world is a wonderful place!