Japan Radio Wellington
Past and Current Programmes
29 March and 5 April 2019: Interview with silent comedy group performers Masatomi Yoshida and Hitoshi Ono. This group performed 9 and 16 March in Wellington in the Capital E National Arts Festival 2019 for young people. The performance is for children under 13. You can learn more about their performances in various countries at http://www.gabez.jp/. 22 February and 1 March 2019: Interview with Yuki Sugito, a Japanese high school student who participates in Kapa Haka and whose team won 2nd place in the Wellington Regional Kapa Haka Competition in 2018. This is a repeat programme from July 2018. 8 and 15 February 2019: This week's interview is with Jos Coolen, a taiko drummer from Taikoza Wellington, talking about the history of taiko drumming in Japan and his involvement in the Taikoza activities in Wellington. 11 and 18 January 2019: This week's interview is with Kohno Fumitaka, a rugby referee and rugby referee trainer. He will talk about his stay in Wellington and about rugby in NZ and Japan, including rugby refereeing education and forthcoming rugby World Cup in Japan. This is a repeat programme from August 2018. 28 December 2018 and 4 January 2019: Today’s interviewees are Ms Tomoko Nishikawa from Tobitate project and Mr Suguru Nakatake, a high school teacher from Japan. This is the second part of two programmes on this topic. Ms Nishikawa will introduce the new Japanese Government initiative to promote Japanese students to study abroad. It is a Public-Private Joint Scholarship program collaborating with foreign schools and universities. Its flagship project “TOBITATE Young Ambassador Program” aims to send 10,000 students by 2020 abroad as Young Ambassadors. 14 and 21 December 2018: Today’s interviewees are Ms Tomoko Nishikawa from Tobitate project and Mr Suguru Nakatake, a high school teacher from Japan. This is the first part of two programmes. Ms Nishikawa will introduce the new Japanese Government initiative to promote Japanese students to study abroad. It is a Public-Private Joint Scholarship program collaborating with foreign schools and universities. Its flagship project “TOBITATE Young Ambassador Program” aims to send 10,000 students by 2020 abroad as Young Ambassadors. |
This radio programme is organised by the Japan Society of Wellington.
The Japan Society of Wellington promotes understanding of Japanese language, culture, and technology in the Wellington region. It holds monthly meetings at the Japan Information and Culture Centre on Willis Street. We wanted to reach out to a wider audience via radio and podcasts to inform about Japanese related events, associations, and businesses in Wellington, and to link together people interested in Japan, including Japanese living or studying here. The show's content is mostly easy listening Japanese, with English explanations added, lots of traditional and modern music and often a specific theme per episode. Different episodes will feature different amounts of Japanese and English, and music. Listeners can contact us for comments and suggestions at japanradiowellington@gmail.com The programme broadcasts fortnightly on Fridays, 6-6.30, with each episode repeated the following week. Programme Producer: Ilkka Havukkala Announcer, Interviewer, Theme Producer: Jerry Jewett Interviewer, Theme Producer: Daiji Kataoka We are grateful to Wellington City Council Arts and Culture Fund to have funded this pilot stage of the radio programme. We also want to thank Wellington Access Radio for their generous help. |
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