FRANKLIN — A group of 20 Japanese students from Fukuoka Chuo High School visited the Three Rivers City on a brief trip last week. The students' aim during their visit was to gain a unique cultural international experience, and continue learning English. The students, accompanied by two English teachers — Yuki Inoue and Arisa Watanabe — came from the Fukuoka Prefecture on Kyushu Island.

“It’s to broaden their perspective and their way of thinking,” Inoue said. “Japan is a small island, and you don’t have much opportunities to talk and experience with foreigners using English.”

The group of 10th and 11th graders arrived July 30, and departed on Monday. Their trip's motto was “working together for others.”

The trip was in collaboration with GPI US, which works to set up exchange experience

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