KONO Taro is pleased to accept Japanese-speaking foreign students as
non-paid interns in the Parliamentary office or district offices.
Interested students should be at least proficient and able to work with
others in the Japanese language. It is highly recommended for you to
fix your schedule so that you can come to the office from Monday to
Friday for at least a month. You should definitely do your internship
during the Parliamentary session. The regular session lasts from
January to at least June. There will be a fall session, but the dates
will not be fixed until just beforehand. The office will provide a
train pass for your commute and you lunch during the internship. Please
contact the office of KONO
Taro for further information.
Current Interns
Sun Xiaonni
Sun
Xiaonni is entering her fourth year as a student of Economics at Waseda
University. She translates the material for Kono’s Chinese homepage as
well as taking care of the Chinese blog and contributions to the
popular Chinese newspaper Nan Fang Zhou Mo (online at inzfm.com). She
plans to continue her studies in Economics at a university in the US or
the UK.
Lee Sujin
Lee
Sujin is in her fourth year of a Bachelor’s degree in Politics at the
Law Department of Keio University. She manages the Korean homepage and
the office’s Korean media relations as well as eating all the sweets.
In the future she hopes to become a teacher.
To see the profiles of former interns click
here
