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MEXT E-mail Newsletter Focusing on Schools for Foreign Students
7th issue：February 1st, 2021
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（１）Enrichment of education for foreign students
MEXT is updating its CASTA-NET educational information search website in order to support Japanese language and other course instructions at schools.
You can access a rich variety of learning materials on the website as well as tools for creating school academic calendars in various languages. Please make use of this very useful website.
CASTA-NET
https://casta-net.mext.go.jp/
*The site provides a Top 10 list of the most common teaching materials and other updates for making the site easier to use.
The draft fiscal 2021 budget for promoting school attendance and enhancing school education has been approved by the Cabinet. Boards of education and school officials can confirm it at the site below.
https://www.mext.go.jp/content/20210113-mxt_kouhou1-000012135_06.pdf
*Budgeting for foreign students is shown on pages 21 and 25.
Education Policy Bureau, International Education Division
(2) Japan Cultural Expo — Let's experience Japanese culture and arts in the real and the virtual worlds!
Under the theme of "Humanity and Nature in Japan," the Japan Cultural Expo features a series of programs taking up Japanese culture and arts in a wide range of fields, including food culture and nature. These special programs showcasing exhibitions, performing arts productions, arts festivals, and much more are being held at various museums, cultural facilities, and other venues throughout Japan.
Moreover, with COVID-19 still prevalent, the Japan Cultural Expo is also holding programs online, enabling many people in and outside Japan to experience Japan's culture and arts from their homes. You will be able to enjoy a range of culture and arts, from traditional performing arts to digital art, through computer or television screens.
Please enjoy these multilingual video contents and VR at the Digital Gallery on the Japan Cultural Expo's official website.
Digital Gallery (in the Japan Cultural Expo official website):
https://japanculturalexpo.bunka.go.jp/gallery/
Japan Cultural Expo official website:
https://japanculturalexpo.bunka.go.jp/
*You can access Japan Cultural Expo official SNS accounts near the bottom of the website.
Agency for Cultural Affairs
（３）Others
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To check the previous newsletters, please follow the steps by clicking the specified link below;
https://www.mext.go.jp/magazine/backnumber/symel_00001.htm
The website focusing on the schools for foreign students was launched in Plain Japanese on the MEXT's official website;
https://www.mext.go.jp/a_menu/kokusai/gaikoku/
Useful information for everyone at the schools for foreign students focusing on anti-COVID-19 measures will be provided in several languages, for the time being, so please regularly check our updates.
Thank you for reading this e-mail newsletter.
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文部科学省大臣官房国際課
「外国人学校・インターナショナルスクール メールマガジン」担当
E-mail Newsletter Focusing on Schools for Foreign Students
International Affairs Division, Minister's Secretariat, MEXT
Tel：03-5253-4111（Ex. 3222） E-mail：gaikokuzingakkou@mext.go.jp
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電話番号：03-5253-4111（内線3222）
メールアドレス：gaikokuzingakkou@mext.go.jp