The theme of this ST is“The new discovery which we have never had and the continuousfriendship for the future.”All of your countries are achieving splendid economic growth. Therelationship between Japan and the Southeast Asian countries will become much more important inthe future. And it is us who will shape the future. We think that it is necessary for us to discuss variousissues while we are in university since we don`t have to consider our own profits. Each of us has ourown background. We can discuss the topics without considering our own profits only when we arestudents.

Of course, only discussion is not only the program during the ST. We are also planning many kinds ofinteraction programs such as welcome party, cultural night, and farewell party. At the cultural night,the participants will show each other their own country`s culture. You can also enjoy sightseeing inOsaka and Kyoto where you can have delicious foods such as Takoyaki, Kushikatsu, and Tempura.

Through these programs, we believe that we can cherish our friendship during the ST. Therefore wewould like you to the Study Trip in Japan 2013. We guarantee that this ST will be memorableexperience for you. We wish we can see you in Japan this summer!