Kirk here with a footnote to my post about free online Japanese language classes:
The press release you see says that the classes are free because the company is providing the service at the request of the prefecture (熊本県の委託を受けて). In my previous post, I complained a bit about the failure of the prefecture to promote this opportunity. After doing so, I found myself thinking “Could it really be the case that no one has tried to get the word out about this in English?” So, I did a Google search with “Attain Online Japanese Kumamoto.” But, even though all of the words I used for the search are English, the only information I was able to find about the opportunity was in Japanese (e.g. the press release in this post). It’s only been a day since the official press release came out so perhaps the prefecture is planning to follow up in the coming days. I guess I’ll just have to wait and see – before I call them ask them to ask about it.
