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MEXT E-mail Newsletter Focusing on Schools for Foreign Students
45th issue：May 30th, 2022
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（1）The Administrative Notifications regarding Countermeasures against COVID-19 in Schools 

     We would like to announce that the following administrative notifications regarding countermeasures against COVID-19 in schools issued by MEXT.

  i) The revised Basic Policies for Novel Coronavirus Disease Control (PDF:398KB)
  ii) Wearing Masks by Children and Students at Schools (PDF:1097KB)
  iii) Leaflet about Wearing Masks (PDF:522KB)

      We kindly share these with you because it could be utilized as a reference for your consideration on your responses to COVID-19.

（2）[Announcement] Release of Video Contents to Introduce School Life in Japan to Foreign Children and Parents in Additional 8 Languages
(International Education Division, Educational Policy Bureau)
 
     MEXT released animated video contents to introduce school life in Japan to foreign children and parents, “Nice to meet you. Let’s be friends!" and “I’d like to find out more about Japanese elementary schools” in additional 8 languages (Cambodian, Indonesian, Korean, Mongolian, Myanmar, Nepali, Thai, Ukrainian).
 
       “Nice to meet you. Let’s be friends!" (movie)
       “I’d like to find out more about Japanese elementary schools” (movie)
      All 15 languages: Japanese, English, Portuguese, Spanish, Chinese, Filipino, Vietnamese, Cambodian, Indonesian, Korean, Mongolian, Myanmar, Nepali, Thai, Ukrainian

(Publication on the MEXT website)
  Video content on education for foreign national children

(contact)
   International Education Division, Education Policy Bureau
　Phone: 03-5253-4111 (ext. 2035)
　E-mail: nihongo-shidou@mext.go.jp


（3）Others
       To register or de-register to this newsletter, please send an email to the following e-mail address at MEXT. In the case of register, please describe your e-mail address and affiliation in your e-mail.
       For schools for foreign students, please describe the school name and representative e-mail address.
       E-mail address: gaikokuzingakkou@mext.go.jp

      To check the previous newsletters, please follow the steps by clicking the specified link below;
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      The website focusing on the schools for foreign students was launched in Plain Japanese on the MEXT's official website;
     -To All at International Schools-

      Useful information for schools for foreign students focusing on countermeasures against COVID-19 will be provided in several languages, so, for the time being, 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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