City takes steps to lower language barrier for foreign kids in school english.kyodonews.net

(A summer school in Kawasaki for junior high school students who have come to Japan within the past three years.)
I don't want you to give up," Seisho Sasaki, 24, a fourth-year student of Kanagawa University, told some 20 junior high school students attending the summer school on Aug. 1.
A male high school student with a Chinese parent also gave a talk on his struggles to adapt to Japanese society.
Seikyu-sha has been helping foreign children learn Japanese since 2004 in Kawasaki Ward.
Even after retirement, Kunishima teaches at the city-run Saginuma Elementary School and is in charge of a class that supports foreign children.