AOTS Journal 2019 SPRING No.14 (ENGLISH)

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JOURNAL16AOTS in Motion (September to December 2018)September 29Seventh ‘Japanese Speech Contest for Foreigners Engaged in Nursing or Long-term Care’ was held. (See page 10.)October 1Acting Director of U.S. Trade and Development Agency (USTDA) Mr. Thomas R. Hardy visited Tokyo Kenshu Center. November 13 and 21 Large sized disaster drills were held in Kansai and Tokyo Kenshu Centers. December 6MOU signed with Panyapiwat Institute of Management in ThailandGroup photo with training participants; Mr. Hardy is second from the right in the first row.Third from the left, AOTS managing director Joji Tateishi. Third from the right, Associate Professor Sompop Manarangsan, President of the Panyapiwat Institute of ManagementTrainees taking part in a drill at KKCAOTS had the pleasure to welcome a visit by Mr. Thomas R. Hardy, acting USTDA director, at the opening ceremony of its training course “The Program on Technical and Management Knowledge of LNG Value Chain for ASEAN Countries” in October. His visit was materialized after the signing of an MOU between USTDA and the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry on Japan-US cooperation in energy infrastructure. AOTS appreciated USTDA giving a lecture titled ‘USA’s Efforts in the LNG Market’ to the participants of the training program.As a part of the AMEICC program, AOTS commenced an endowed course on articial intelligence (AI) with the support of Japanese afliate corporations in Thailand. Providing lectures on AI-related subjects to Thai students, followed by their internship at AI-related businesses, this endowed course aims to serve the needs of those Japanese afliated corporations wishing to hire young and aspiring personnel in accordance with the increasing sophistication of Thai industries.