{"id":8014,"date":"2019-01-10T09:25:41","date_gmt":"2019-01-10T00:25:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/seinan-jo.com\/english\/?p=8014"},"modified":"2019-01-29T10:11:15","modified_gmt":"2019-01-29T01:11:15","slug":"jica-visitors-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/seinan-jo.com\/english\/2019\/01\/jica-visitors-2\/","title":{"rendered":"JICA Visitors"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On January 7, we had a visit from seven JICA (Japan International Cooperation Agency) trainees who are in Kitakyushu for 45 days. During their visit, students from Ms Tsukamoto and Mr Swanson&#8217;s seminar classes taught some calligraphy, origami, about &#8216;osechi&#8217;, and a simple dance. 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