At a symposium in Tokyo on Sunday, 12 people between the ages of 17 and 25 from a dozen different countries exchanged views about their cultures and the things they experienced during a one-month stay in Japan.
The symposium was the final event of the 2012 Nihongo Summit (Japanese language summit), which brought young Japanese-language students from overseas to learn about and experience the country first-hand.
The young envoys arrived in early July and traveled to Oita and Miyazaki prefectures in Kyushu, where they held symposiums and engaged in home stays to learn about the Japanese lifestyle and indulged in sightseeing.