The program is through Michigan University at the Japan Center (JCMU) in Hikone which is several hours from Tokyo to the east on the main island. It is called Environmental Sciences in Japan (ESJ for short) and, as it was explained to me, deals with everythign from ecological concerns to environmental toxins and biological concerns, diseases and such.
I am hoping to gain experience in environmental toxicology and how these toxins affect human biological processes. I have done research in a lab at Texas A&M where we studied how industrial chemicals got into the environment and acted as estrogens in humans and how that brought about various problems with breast and ovarian cancers, and lowered sperm counts. I found it very interesting and hope to broaden my knowledge along these lines
Another thing that I couldn't feel complete wihtout is the prospect of international travel. Ideally, I will find a venue through which the studies I mentioned coincide with internation travel and research. Perhaps I can find a Japanese research company to work for later or university to go to for graduate school.
Of course, it won't be all work. ^_^ Becoming bilingual will kick ass. And I also plan to go to dance studios, continue studying judo, and I want to learn their cooking and calligraphy. I'm an egg, and traveling to Asia has been a dream to me for so long now.
~Me
