We held a meeting of representatives (managers) of foreign language courses sponsored by AIRA (No. 23-19).
Date and time: Sunday, February 18, 2024, from 2 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.
Venue: Civic Plaza, Room 1
Attendants: 21 people (17 managers and 4 AIRA secretariat members)
The Cross-Cultural Lecture was held to promote multi-cultural understanding. The theme of the second session of this fiscal year was “Iran”. There is little and limited information about the people living in Iran, so that AIRA held this lecture to shed light on how Iranian people really live. (No 23-18)
The 31st Abiko International Festival took place for the purpose of promoting international friendship among people living in Abiko. This festival has been held every autumn except for 2020, when it was cancelled due to the pandemic. (No.23-16)
A party was held to deepen mutual exchange and friendship among AIRA members, and look back on the passing year. (No.23-17)
The Japan Bird Festival (JBF), of which AIRA is one of the supporters, was held at the same site as in 2019, before the Corona pandemic, and AIRA dispatched interpreters to the booths for overseas participating organizations. (No.23-15)
Date : Saturday, November 4 and Sunday, November 5, 2023
Venue and time : Ooban (coots) Square, 10:00～16:00 (～15:00 for Sunday)
Dispatched interpreters
a)Thailand Booth : Ms.HAMA Rie(Nov.4), Mr.OSAKI Hiroshi and Mr.NAKJIMA Katsumi
and Mr.SARUWATARI Hiroshi(Nov.5)
b)Shanghai Booth : Ms.Liu Peng (Nov. 4), Mr.Xing Kai Jun(Nov. 4 and 5)