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Will.Barker

Will Barker is a lawyer in the Brisbane offices of a global law firm. He has studied abroad in Japan and the UK and represented Australia at a number of international youth diplomatic conferences.

Brittany Arthur on Japan and BeliefXchange

October 29, 2021May 15, 2015 by Will.Barker

Young Australians who spend time in Asia on university exchange are sometimes unsure how to utilise their new cultural and language skills upon returning home. It is easy to be Asia-engaged when an educational institution or other organisation is willing … Read More

Categories Japan, Japan: Work Tags BeliefXchange, Brittany Arthur, business exhange, innovation, Japan, Monbukagakusho Scholarship

Emma Nicholls on teaching Japanese in Australia

November 6, 2021August 24, 2014 by Will.Barker

Discovering Japan and my path to teaching Japanese I still remember the moment that I first became interested in Japan. I was about nine years old, in a bookshop where I discovered a Japanese phrasebook. The words seemed so strange … Read More

Categories Japan, Japan: Work Tags Japan, language, study, teach japanese, teaching

Attending a Model UN Conference in Japan

February 12, 2015August 13, 2014 by Will.Barker

  You’ve probably heard about Model UN Conferences, more often known as MUNs. At MUNs, participants (typically university students) role play delegates to the United Nations and simulate UN committees. Sounds geeky? You betcha. But it’s also a lot of … Read More

Categories Japan, Japan: Lead Tags Japan, Model UN Conference, Tokyo

The golden ticket: Japan’s Monbukagakusho scholarship

April 22, 2018August 3, 2014 by Will.Barker

  If you’re interested in studying in Japan, it pays (literally) to look at the Monbukagakusho scholarship. The Monbukagakusho scholarship is usually referred to as the Monbusho scholarship, although you also might hear it called the Monkasho scholarship or the … Read More

Categories Japan, Japan: Study Tags Japan, Monbukagakusho, scholarship, study

Kate Stevenson and life as a Japanese student

May 1, 2018May 25, 2014 by Will.Barker

When it comes to being an exchange student in Japan, I would be the first to admit that I am a repeat offender. My first experience was as a Year 11 high school student, with the Iwasaki Sangyo Japanese Bursary … Read More

Categories Japan, Japan: Study Tags Australian, Australian Embassy, DFAT, Endeavour scholarship, internship, Japan, Kate Stevenson, Monbukagakusho Scholarship, Nanzan University, Tokyo

Dallan Pitman and life at a Japanese law firm

April 21, 2018May 22, 2014 by Will.Barker

  I moved to Tokyo in January 2014 to take up a 12-month long role as a Foreign Legal Trainee with one of the “big four” law firms in Japan.  I confess that, prior to moving, I hadn’t properly thought … Read More

Categories Japan, Japan: Work Tags Australian, Dallan Pitman, foreigner, Japan, lawyer, Tokyo, work

Tips for learning Japanese or any foreign language

November 6, 2021May 15, 2014 by Will.Barker

Language learning is a long process. I have been learning Japanese on and off for about ten years. Over this period I have been to Japan four times, spending eight months there in total. I was last in the country … Read More

Categories Japan, Japan: Study Tags foreign language, Japan, Japanese, tips

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