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Nippon Club is a non-profit organization dedicated to the study and enjoyment of Japanese language and culture for students at Bina Nusantara University, Jakarta, Indonesia.
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History
Founded in June 16, 1999, Nippon Club is a student organization of BINUS University focusing on Japanese language, art and culture. The club was founded by Ricky Yunata Hartanto as the first President, Leonardo Adam Pangkerego as the Vice President, Johan Wijaya as the Teaching Coordinator, Mahidin as the Publications Coordinator, Elis as the Secretary and Maria Sugiarto as the treasurer .
The club has an aim to promote Japanese language and culture to Indonesian community (especially students of BINUS University) who shared common interest in Japanese or who wish to deepen their knowledge regarding Japanese culture, language and activities. It also has an aim to strengthen the diplomatic ties and friendship between Indonesia and Japan.
In the first year of operation, Nippon Club has 550 members and it gradually increases over the years. In its initial years, the club's major activity was to teach Japanese language with different levels, even starting from the basics like learning Hiragana and Katakana. It has a concept of learning Japanese in a fun way, therefore in addition to that, several Japanese related activities were then added like for example paper folding (origami), making of dolls using Japanese traditional paper (washi ningyou), and drawing of Japanese style cartoons (manga).
The activities within Nippon Club were expanded during the years, today Nippon Club offers Japanese chess class (shougi), Japanese strategic game class (Igo), Japanese calligraphy (Shodo), Japanese paper art dolls picture (kurumi-e), Japanese martial art (Kendo), wearing of Japanese traditional clothes (yukata/kimono) and many others. The club also organize Japanese culture festivals once a year which is opened for public.
Leadership
The Presidents of Nippon Club: