 My name is Madison and I'm a Griffith University student. I'm studying for one year at Seike University. I'm really excited to have the chance to study in Japan because it gives me the opportunity to broaden my horizons and open myself up to a different culture in a different language and make new friends so I can keep the life. I'm from Monash University in Melbourne and I'm studying one semester at Hitotsubashi University in Tokyo so I'm hoping to teach more, make lots of friends with Japanese students who are like-minded students who are in the law faculty at Hitotsubashi University and keep in contact with them and hopefully be involved in business with them in the future. I hope to be able to make long-lasting relationships and teach them more about Australia and learn more about Japan and become just best friends for life. My name is Erin McCullough and I come from Australian National University and I'm studying at Akita International University in Akita, Japan. I would tell other Australian students thinking of applying for the New Colombo Plan that this is a really important opportunity and not one that comes very often. I think that Australians learning about other countries in Asia and about their surroundings is really, really important. I think learning other languages especially is very important. Being bilingual is a very important aspect to have in this Asian Century. My name is Jack Baker. I study at the University of South Australia and I am doing a five-month internship at Japan Display Inc in Moabara City. I think I would tell other students applying for the New Colombo Plan program that the language barrier shouldn't deter you from applying for a program like this. I didn't have any knowledge of the Japanese language before travelling to Japan and I've been able to fully immerse myself in the culture and the amount I've learnt and the experience I've gained over the past two months of being here is just amazing. My name is Megan Singh and I'm from the University of Melbourne currently studying at Shibashi University. In terms of improving my future it's definitely going to go a long way in terms of enabling me to make contacts and have that mobility in terms of travelling across the whole of Japan because even within the one country the culture is so diverse and rich that making the contacts from different places means that in the future having that vast network is very beneficial and very handy to have, I think. Hi, I'm Ian Sokno. I'm studying at UTS in Sydney and here at Japan I'm studying at Niigata University. I hope to become fluent in Japanese by the end of this year. It may be a bit of an optimistic dream but I hope I can achieve it by the end being immersed in Japanese culture and language at Japanese University. I hope to make lots of good Japanese friends that I can say and touch with once I get back to Australia maybe come back to Japan sometime in the future come up and meet them again. My name is Caitlin Cotterlin. I'm from University of Technology Sydney and I'll be studying at Niigata University in Niigata. I think it's very important to commit to your studies right from high school through university. A lot of people tend to drop out but I think it's really important to really commit and make the most of your time when you get here and you get to actually apply what you've been learning in the classroom. It's just the best feeling so get through it. Ganbarit. And try your hardest.