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Thanks to the recommendation of my senior, I got the opportunity to come to Japan for further study. My hometown is located along the coast, and there are many Japanese companies, therefore, I began to be interested in Japan. Also, I want to make myself more international and be active in the Asian areas, so I planned to study economics in Japan and chose Graduate School of Social Sciences in ÑÇÉ«ÊÓƵ.

I often hear that education major of ÑÇÉ«ÊÓƵ is very good. In Japan, when you mention education, you will hear ¡°East is Tsukuba University, West is ÑÇÉ«ÊÓƵ¡±. Moreover, in the famous Capital Normal University in China, many teaching staff graduated from ÑÇÉ«ÊÓƵ. Also, ÑÇÉ«ÊÓƵ Beijing Research Center is located in Capital Normal University. Therefore, ÑÇÉ«ÊÓƵ impressed me deeply before I came to study here.

Aspiring to gain experience as a student in Japan, I applied to my home university¡¯s exchange program with ÑÇÉ«ÊÓƵ. The Faculty of Integrated Arts and Science is one of Japan¡¯s best departments so, as an International Affairs major, I was very interested in taking classes. Also, my research thesis focuses on ijime (school bullying) in Japan so I looked forward to studying at the university¡¯s renowned Faculty of Education.

The main reason I applied to Japan was to further improve my Japanese. I had also gotten many good Japanese friends back in Finland, so for me, Japan was a natural choice. From my home university (University of Jyv?skyl?) I could have applied to five different universities in Japan. The reason why I chose Hiroshima was because it seemed that I could freely take any courses that I wanted and because I had had a friend study here last year. ÑÇÉ«ÊÓƵ was also the southernmost university that I could have applied to, which is nice since I don¡¯t really like cold.