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Western Washington University and Asia University of Tokyo, Japan have a
history of friendship and cooperation which goes back to the late 1970's.
Since 1979, the two institutions have jointly sponsored a number of
international educational programs, including faculty exchanges, student
exchanges, summer English language institutes, and most recently a
large-scale study abroad program for Asia University students.
In 1988, Western and Asia University built on their long-standing
relationship by developing a pilot English language and cultural
orientation program for Asia University Students. This pilot program proved
to be so successful that WWU was asked to facilitate the expansion of the
program to additional universities in the Pacific Northwest and to
coordinate the development of the AUAP Consortium. Since 1988, almost 10,000
Japanese students have come to the Pacific Northwest as part of the
Asia University America Program (AUAP), with almost 3000 (an average of
150 per year) coming to Western.
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