CONTACT: Colby Turner
731-609-5507 cell
colbyrturner@gmail.com
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Oct. 6, 2020
History
MTSU Japan Club was established after rebranding in August 2019.
MTSU Japan Club grew from being just a language club to a culture club so that it could accommodate more students.
Membership numbers rose dramatically following the rebranding of the club.
Mission
Japan Club is intended for people who have interests in all ways of Japanese culture.
Japan Club membership numbers grew greatly from the Spring 2019 to the Fall 2020 semester.
Japan Club connects foreign exchange students from Japan and other East Asian countries with MTSU students so that they can become friends and exchange culture and language.
Japan Club holds information sessions and panels about study abroad to educate its members who may be interested.
Japan Club recently opened a Discord server so that its members can communicate freely and make new friends.
On the Discord server, multiple different chat rooms exist: Japanese music rooms, Japanese conversation rooms, Japanese culture rooms and game rooms.
Events
Japan Club holds cultural events that occur in Japanese culture.
Japan Club is known for its movie days, game days and cultural discussion days.
Japan Club still holds meetings virtually every Friday.
Meetings are held on Fridays at 4 p.m.
The club will often collaborate with Shodo Club and Asian Student Association.
Presence
Japan Club is present on Instagram.
The Discord is active and being used often.
The club plans on creating more social media profiles.
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Middle Tennessee State University’s Japan Club was established by a group of friends in 2019 after rebranding from its old identity as Japanese Language Table, originally established in 2014. The club encourages students to share Japanese culture. It hosts information sessions regarding study abroad, educational movie nights and fun game nights. Japan Club grew very quickly, with numbers going from under 10 to over 30 within one semester. Visit the club on @mtsujapanclub.
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