ZEN MIRAI MYANMAR
About ZEN MIRAI GROUP
Zen Mirai Group is an educational group that operates tutoring schools in Japan and Asia.
For Japanese students, the group operates 29 "every" tutoring schools, mainly in Fukuoka, and 7 "sakura" tutoring schools in Okayama and Kurashiki. In January 2022, we started a business to support foreign students from various countries such as China, Myanmar, and Vietnam in their pursuit of higher education, and opened campuses in Myanmar in July 2023 and in Taiwan in October 2023.
Representative: Yasuhiro Kawamoto
Phone: 086-238-5537 (Japan)
Location: Daiichi Central Building 2F, 6-36 Honmachi, Kita-ku, Okayama City, Okayama Prefecture
About ZEN MIRAI MYANMAR
ZEN MIRAI MYANMAR LTD ("Zen Mirai Myanmar") is a tutoring school for Myanmar with an office in Hledan, the youth center of Yangon, the largest city in Myanmar.We started our activities in July 2023 and registered in Myanmar in October of the same year (DICA registration).There are currently over 500 students enrolled, including students attending Japanese language schools in Japan, students working in Japan on specified technical visas while pursuing higher education, and students from Myanmar preparing to study in Japan.
Representative: Mihoshi Ishihara
Phone number: (+95) 9 44293 6131
Location: Room406, 4th floor, Hledan Center, Kamayut Township, Yangon, Myanmar
Our Business
EJU Classess
We offer EJU (Examination for Japanese University Admission for International Students) preparation classes for students who wish to enter universities in Japan. ZOOM, video, and face-to-face classes (in Yangon, Okayama, and Kyoto) are available, and many students choose these classes because they can take a variety of classes according to their level of study.
Partner Schools
Japanese living in Myanmar will handle from application, interview, and local examinations to preparation of COE application documents, VISA acquisition, and follow-up after the travel, so both the host school and Myanmarese students can rest assured.
Counseling
For the first 30 minutes, we offer free counseling on higher education in Japan (Japanese/Myanmar/English). The counseling is available not only in person, but also online, and is available from all over Japan and Myanmar.
Application Support
In Myanmar, information is limited and many students stumble at the stage of selecting the right school of choice. Therefore, we offer a service to support and accompany students in selecting the school of their choice, preparing application documents, and preparing for interviews, etc., in preparation for studying in Japan.
Profile
ZEN MIRAI MYANMAR LTD (Director)
Mihoshi Ishihara
Born in Okayama Prefecture and currently resides in Yangon. With a mission to create educational opportunities for the youth of Myanmar, she started scholarship projects and information dissemination in 2021 and launched ZEN MIRAI MYANMAR LTD in 2023. She was born in 1992.
[Biography]
2011 Entered University of Tsukuba
2013-2014 Studied abroad at Yangon University of Foreign Languages / Founded IDFC, a student organization
2016 Graduated from University of Tsukuba (Bachelor of International Relations)
2016 Joined Kubota Corporation (Marketing Administrator)
2019 Entered Graduate School of Management, Globis University
2021 Graduated from Graduate School of Management, Globis University (MBA)
Resigned from Kubota Corporation
2022 Moved in Myanmar/Joined Human Resource Agency in Yangon
2023 Established Zen Mirai Myanmar Ltd
Why in Myanmar? :Establishment story
Myanmar experienced a political upheaval in February 2021, and the social situation remains unstable. You may think, "Why are you doing business in Myanmar at a time like this?”.
I believe that in difficult times, that is time when there is a need to do business.
I had studied in Myanmar for about a year when I was a university student, and although I had thought about returning to Myanmar someday, I had no idea that it would become an education business.
After the political upheaval, young people in Myanmar who had to give up the dreams they had and lost their way are now trying to pursue their new goal of studying in Japan. When I was busy attending graduate school while working as a company employee in Japan, I noticed about this through a scholarship project that I launched with my friends. However, many of the students who applied for this scholarship were not given the opportunity.
With the frustration of that time in mind, I decided to move to Myanmar in October 2022 to find out what I could do. When I first moved to Myanmar, I lived with more than 100 Myanmar young people while working at a Human resource agency, and I made sure to go around and talk to many young people. I heard many of them say, "I want to continue my studies, but it is difficult and expensive to study abroad..." While listening to their voices, I heard from one of my friends that there was a tutoring school in Okayama, my hometown, that was trying to establish a study-abroad support business for Myanmar. That is how "Zen Mirai Myanmar" was born.
Future Vision: Career Education
Due to the unstable social situation in Myanmar, many young people are unable to go to school and have little interaction with others because they are hesitant to talk to strangers. It is difficult for young people to have hope for the future, and many are worried that they do not know what they should do in the future because they do not have much experience outside.
We understand that it is difficult to think about the years ahead when one's personal safety is not protected. Nevertheless, I have been involved with many students and the ones who are taking chances are those who are taking action toward their future dreams, rather than those who just want to escape or want to go to Japan. This is because such students are able to keep making small daily efforts.
While providing study in Japan support services for Myanmar students, we would like to work on "career education" in the future, which is almost nonexistent in Myanmar at present. For example, we will create opportunities for volunteer activities at NGOs, internships, and company visits to encourage students to think about their future. We will also provide career counseling and seminars to Myanmar youth in Japan, and offer necessary support services for those who wish to pursue higher education.
Education takes time to produce results, but we believe that it can have a significant impact on society. By creating educational opportunities, we will nurture human resources who will be active in Japan, Myanmar, and the world 10 to 20 years from now!
Contact (Japan)
086-238-5537
quanweilaijapan@gmail.com
2F Daiichi Central Building 3, 6-30 Honmachi, Kita-ku, Okayama City, Okayama