Celebrating 150 years with STEAM workshops in Japan

The MIT-Japan Program and the MIT Club of Japan, the MIT alumni association in Japan will hold a series of STEAM workshops in Japan to celebrate the 150th anniversary of MIT's first Japanese graduate from Fukuoka, Japan. Mr. Eichiro Honma graduated from MIT in 1874 in Course 1 (civil engineering), and after returning to Japan worked for the Ministry of the Navy, the Railway Bureau of the Ministry of Industry, as well as for various railway companies, where he served as chief engineer and advisor to the president and director.

The STEAM workshops will be held during the summer, staring in Fukuoka on June 23rd and will also be held in Osaka, Tokyo, Usuitogei (Gunma) and Kesennuma. Participants of the workshop will be selected from an application of students from 5th, 6th and 7th grade. Our MISTI / MIT-Japan Program interns who will be doing their internships at Japanese companies and universities will be helping to lead the workshops at these five locations in Japan. 

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We will also celebrate at MIT! We will have an exhibit about the First Japanese students who graduated from MIT during the Fall 2024 semester in Hayden Library and will have a panel discussion with Professor Hiromu Nagahara and his collaborators from Keio University on September 25, 2024. Come learn about these SAMURAI turned ENGINEERS! Please save the date and stay tuned for more details soon!