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Main Programs
1. Student Dormitories (for Foreign and Japanese Students)
The Association operates dormitories for foreign students, including Asia Bunka Kaikan, Shinseigakuryo Dormitory, and others.

2. Foreign Students Advisory Center
The Association's Foreign Students Advisory Center provides foreign students with advice and information, networks with other groups concerned with foreign students, and compiles and publishes the guide-books for them as mentioned in the item 7.

3. Scholarships
The Association solicits scholarship donations, which it uses to provide scholarships for foreign students.

4. Japanese Language Institute
The Association operates The Japanese Language Institute, which provides instruction in the Japanese language and basic subjects like English and Mathematics for students who want to enter Japanese universities, graduate schools, and special training colleges.
5. ABK Asia Seminars
(a) The Association plans and runs courses in a number of Asian languages, including Korean, Chinese (Mandarin), Cantonese, Indonesian, Vietnamese, Pilipino, and Burmese.
(b) It also offers classes in Qigong and Tai'chiquan, traditional Chinese exercises to improve fitness.
(c) The Association plans and administers cultural and social forums, including programs that introduce music, dance, painting, and other indigenous Asian arts to Japanese audiences and original theatrical performances created jointly by foreign students and Japanese participants.

6. Surveys, Researches and Consulting
The Association is conducting surveys,reseraches and consultings of the issues for International Students, Human Resources Development, Exchanges of Economics, Cultures, Science and Technology etc.

7. Public Relations Activities
The Association edits and publishes the magazine “MONTHLY The Asia-no Tomo”, the guide-books “Scholarship for Foreign Students in Japan”, “Japanese Universities Graduate Programs for Foreign Students” etc.

8. Tie-ups and Cooperation with ABK Alumni Organizations
(a) Technological Promotion Association (Thailand-Japan)[TPA]
(b) Dong Du Japanese Language School (Vietnam)
(c) Tamil Nadu Regional Center (India)
(d) ABK70-75 Doyukai (Alumni Society)
(e) ABKD regional centers