Panasonic Scholarship

For Highly Educated Experts in Asia of the 21st Century

• Foundations and Scholarships

Summer Seminar was organized for two nights and three days from July 9 to 11, 2008. This seminar allows all the scholars to meet together once a year and to gain different opportunities which they can't experience from their daily works at laboratory. In addition, the seminar promotes the friendship among the scholars, regardless countries and ages. This year's summer seminar was attended by 63 scholars enrolled at 15 universities in Japan and the staff members of Panasonic Scholarship's overseas offices.

Kiso Arts & Crafts

PS Scholars visited "Kiso Arts & Crafts" and observed lacquer crafts which are not familiar among foreign students. They watched the video on the manufacturing process of lacquer crafts and learned the experiences of a professional lacquer artist. Then, the scholars worked on producing lacquer crafts, instructed by the artist.

Walking in Narai-Jyuku

The scholars walked around Narai-Jyuku, a post town with the atmosphere of old Japan, which used to be crowded with the people traveling along the highway called "Nakasen-do" between Tokyo and Kyoto at a time in the past.

Sports Festival

PS Scholars enjoyed "Sports Festival" which was the first planning for Panasonic Scholarship. The prepared sports games are all familiar for Japan people, but the games seemed to have been the first experiences for many of the scholars.

Asian Festival for multicultural communication

"Asian Festival" is the most popular program of Summer Seminar among the scholars. We organized the "Asian Festival" wherein all scholars were divided into eight teams and presented their respective production numbers through singing, dancing and drama. Team Philippines won the first prize with a fantastic performance, "A Glimpse of Filipino Highlanders." It is the third time for Team Philippines to win the first prize, following the previous two years!

Walking around Kirigamine-Kogen Plateau

Panasonic Scholarship Students enjoyed walking around Kirigamine-Kogen Plateau.

Lake Suwa

Panasonic Scholarship Students rode a pleasure boat at Lake Suwa. Surrounded with the beautiful sky and grand mountain scenery, they enjoyed talking with each other and taking pictures.