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Aimi Fukuhara (left) and Ayumi Miyachi are students in the Japanese-language classes supported by NGK Insulators. (© Tanaka Keitarō)
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The NGK Insulators dormitory (left) and study materials stored in the room set aside for the class. (© Tanaka Keitarō)
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Hirasaka Reiko leads the Ishiki Cosmos Support Learning Center. In addition to the class at the NGK Insulators facility, the Center offers daytime weekday learning support for foreign 12- to 15-year-olds not currently attending school. (© Tanaka Keitarō)
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Iwahara Akihiko of the Aichi Employers’ Association stresses the need to improve foreign schoolchildren’s access to Japanese language instruction. (© Tanaka Keitarō)
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“We had been considering supporting foreign children’s education since 2019,” says Moriwaki Takahiro of NGK Insulators. (© Tanaka Keitarō)
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A display of photos of children studying and taking part in classroom events. (© Tanaka Keitarō)