Leadership and volunteering · In person
Fukuoka Prefecture's selective short-term overseas programme for high school students: a Silicon Valley tech and entrepreneurship course and work-experience courses in Hawaii, Australia and Singapore, with travel and lodging paid by the prefecture.
Run by the Fukuoka Prefectural Board of Education to spark high school students' interest in working globally. The Silicon Valley course (15 students) visits leading tech companies around San Francisco, includes entrepreneurship activities and training by Stanford University and others. The overseas work-experience course (20 students each in Hawaii, New South Wales and Singapore) covers One Health lectures at the University of Hawaii, farm and vocational experiences, startup visits and tourism work experience. In 2026, 603 students applied and 75 were selected.