Our History &  Basic Concept 
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We celebrate the 10th anniversary of GSS!
Since 2009, we have experienced so many things with children, and all experiences are very special not only for children as participants but also for us as GSS staffs! Thank you for all volunteer staffs, teachers, guest lecturers, and parents who have supported our activities! We can't express our gratitude enough to you! We hope to keep challenging for the next generation with our appreciations to you. 

We will keep working for the next generation!
We keep our basic concept which created in 2009, and conduct new programs based on an educational concept of positive identity development*. Those programs are designed for four groups, children, teens, parents/teachers, and business companies. We also continue to organize student oversea tours. 

​Our Past Programs
​Intercultural Program:
Collaborating with foreign embassies of Fiji, Latvia, Peru, Thailand, Sweden and more, and with international students from over the world, children had great opportunities to learn many different cultures through lectures, cultural activities and so on.

Japanese Cultural Program:
In Tokyo and Kyoto, children experienced traditional cultures through special lectures by Japanese masters of Kabuki, Nou, Sado (Tea Ceremony), Zen, and Bushido (Sprits of Samurai).

Oversea Tours:
Children visited Saipan, Guam and Fiji, and enjoyed cultural exchanges with local children beyond language barriers. Also, they experienced home-staying, sports camps and summer camps in Oregon, USA.
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Leadership Program:
Children learned about leadership from professionals such as a diplomat, a TV anchorperson, a medical doctor, and an economy analyst, who work internationally.

Seminars & Workshop for Parents/Teachers:
We organized educational seminars for parents in Tokyo and other cities. Also, we were invited to a teacher training program and learned together about education in a cultural diversity.

​Our Basic Concept since 2009
     Our goal is simple: to cultivate the joy of making friends around the world. We believe that international friendships can contribute to world peace. For that, we assist children to find their own ways to make a difference through our various programs. We will keep working until the seeds of their friendships come into bloom as beautiful flowers of peace over the world.

Three keys concept of GSS:
- ​Discover yourself
- Explore the world
- Make friends around the world
*Satoko Kawai (2019). Positive Identity Development based on Culturally Responsive Pedagogy

Our Team
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Satoko Kawai, Portland, Oregon, USA / Satoko believes that intercultural experiences lead children to create a harmonious world in their future, allowing them to look beyond differences. She has over 20-year experience organizing intercultural programs and oversea tours for children and developed GSS's educational programs, based on her research about Positive Identity Development. MA in Education at Portland State University.
Chizuko Aizawa, Tokyo, Japan / Chizuko worked in both Japanese and international companies and experienced many different types of cultural differences. She mainly directs GSS's Kids Project based in Tokyo. Her experiences in a diversity support her special interests in education and high motivation to provide variety of educational programs for children.
Mari Adachi, Tokyo, Japan / Mari worked for 27 years as a journalist as well as NY correspondent. She mainly wrote about global economy and business, and also reported on the financial market via Japanese TV news programs. From her experience living in the U.S. for 9 years, she learned about the importance of diversity. She works as a journalist and currently teaches at two universities as a part-time professor.
Hiro Tanabe, Austin, Texas, USA  / Hiro lives and works in the semiconductor industry in Austin, Texas, after working in Silicon valley, CA. He emigrated to the U.S. at the age of 15 and has a passion to change education as a person who experienced both American and Japanese educations.

​Global Study Support (GSS) was established in 2009, Tokyo, Japan. 
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