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Canon Europa NV has inaugurated the Canon 400 Programme through which
ten Japanese graduates, aged 20-29, will be offered a unique cultural experience in the
Netherlands. The students will spend a training period up to a year in a Dutch-based
organisation in celebration of four centuries of Japanese-Dutch relations. The programme will
run annually from 1997-2000. It consists of an intensive introductory course to the
Netherlands and Europe, including a period of home-stay with a family in the Netherlands.
After the introduction, Dutch companies and institutions will host the trainees for seven
months.
For further information, contact: Canon 400 programme, Rijnsburgerweg 3, 2334 BA
Leiden, The Netherlands. T. +31-71-5156555, F. +31-71-5157027, Email:
foundation@cenv.canon.nl.
Professor Tae-Jin Kim (see photo) of Chonnam National University in Kwangju, Korea has
made a Korean translation of Hendrik Hamel's Journal of the Unfortunate
Voyage of the Ship the 'Sparwar'.
The book can be obtained from
The Korean Trade Club, P.O. Box 73, 2000 AB Haarlem, the Netherlands,
tel: +31-23-5159141.
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