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Spring 2025 DEALL Graduate Selected as Osaka World Expo Youth Ambassador

Piper Harrell, a double major in Japanese and International Studies, has been selected as a U.S. Department of State Youth Ambassador for the 2025 World Exposition in Osaka, Japan. Piper will…

Congratulations DEALL Graduates!

The Department of East Asian Languages and Literatures was thrilled to celebrate student graduations on May 4, 2025 as part of Ohio State's 2025 Spring Commencement. In addition to scores of…

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Graduating DEALL Senior accepted to the Japan Exchange and Teaching Program!

DEALL’s graduating senior Lexi Strickland has been accepted to the Japan Exchange and Teaching program (JET). As an Assistant Language Teacher, Lexi will be engaged in language instruction and…

DEALL's Japanese program ohanami picnic

DEALL's Japanese program hosted an ohanami (cherry flower viewing) picnic on April 16. Students, graduate students, and teachers in the program gathered, ate ohanami essentials inarizushi (…