Notre Dame cancels Japan undergraduate program | News | Notre Dame News | University of Notre Dame Skip To Content Skip To Navigation Skip To Search University of Notre Dame Notre Dame News Experts ND in the News Subscribe About Us Home Contact Search Menu Home › News › Notre Dame cancels Japan undergraduate program Notre Dame cancels Japan undergraduate program Published: March 18, 2011 Author: Michael O. Garvey A spring semester program for University of Notre Dame students in Tokyo, Japan has been canceled by Notre Dame’s Office of International Studies due to the situation following that country’s March 11 earthquake and tsunami and its subsequent nuclear crisis. The three students enrolled in the canceled program had been scheduled to leave for Japan March 27. “Given the current and future uncertainty in Japan, the University has decided to cancel the spring semester abroad program,” the students were told in a letter from the office. “We understand that our students have prepared long and hard for the semester abroad and this may come as a huge disappointment to them, and to us as well, but their safety and personal well-being are our top priorities.” Notre Dame’s other program in Japan operates in conjunction with the Center for Japanese Studies at Nanzan University in Nagoya, which is some 250 miles southwest of Sendai, the coastal city nearest to the earthquake’s epicenter and the Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant in Fukushima. The two Notre Dame students currently enrolled in this program since mid-January are safe and in frequent contact by email and telephone with Notre Dame’s international studies staff. Posted In: International Home Experts ND in the News Subscribe About Us Related September 30, 2022 Nanovic Institute to welcome former President of Croatia Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović September 29, 2022 Notre Dame, Ukrainian Catholic University launch three new research grants September 27, 2022 Notre Dame, Trinity College Dublin engineers join to advance novel treatment for cystic fibrosis September 14, 2022 Apostolic nuncio to Great Britain to deliver the 2022 Keeley Vatican Lecture September 12, 2022 Can you tell me how to get to Sesame Street … in different countries? For the Media Contact Office of Public Affairs and Communications Notre Dame News 500 Grace Hall Notre Dame, IN 46556 USA Facebook Twitter Instagram YouTube Pinterest © 2022 University of Notre Dame Search Mobile App News Events Visit Accessibility Facebook Twitter Instagram YouTube LinkedIn