October
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Internships at Japan Consulate in Boston
This past summer two Suffolk students had internships at the Japan Consulate here in Boston.
Yuko Arai was an exchange student at Suffolk from her home school Ritsumeikan University in Kyoto. It is one of Suffolk’s partner schools in Japan. Yuko worked from May to July doing work that assisted the consular officers. Among her duties: Act as intermediary between Japanese and American companies; Translate documents and E-mails; Make advertisements and posters; Secretarial work ; Research Assistant. She has returned to Ritsumeikan where she is a junior majoring in international relations.
Rinzaburo Ogawa is a junior majoring in Accounting and Entrepreneurship here at Suffolk. He interned at the Consulate from June to August. Among his duties were: Processed travel documents, passports, marriage and birth certificates for Japanese citizens; Created Excel documents for financial aid of Japanese schools in Massachusetts; Translated documents (from English to Japanese); Supported setting up a reception for the Consul General.