MIT Professor Ian Condry, who is lecturing to a FGLP group in January, has been organizing the MIT "Cool Japan: Media, Culture, Technology Research Project" since January 2006. This project works together with the Harvard community to host activities including international conferences, live music events, lectures, academic discussions and movie screenings. Members of Cool Japan examine popular culture and work to encourage debate and research between people interested in media and modern Japan.

Thank you to all the chaperones, participants and trip leaders who made 2014 Fuji Municipal HS FGLP Boston such a success! We are still collecting photos so please send any others to derek.smallwood@adzgroup.net You can find them on Facebook

My name is Kaori Ono-Lemire and I am a Program Coordinator at Adz Group. Last week I went to "Learning to Lead: Lessons from Japan” organized by the Japan Society Boston. The speech was quite interesting and the two hours passed quickly. The speaker, Dr. Tobin, has been teaching at Keio University in Japan and he is also a consultant and a conference speaker. His book “ What Do You want to Create Today ” was just released.

According to a study on the website Mapping the Nation, Massachusetts ranks highly as a globalized state and is working hard to prepare students for a global perspective. Since 1992 there has been a 121% increase in jobs tied to international trade and more than one out of every five jobs in the state is now related to international trade. Higher education foreign language enrollment increased 25% between 2002 and 2009 and 24% of Massachusetts K-12 students study a foreign language.