{"id":1334,"date":"2026-02-03T19:08:46","date_gmt":"2026-02-03T10:08:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/natsuki.holy.jp\/mjsp\/?post_type=alumni_voice&amp;p=1334"},"modified":"2026-02-03T19:08:46","modified_gmt":"2026-02-03T10:08:46","slug":"silja-maria-ijas","status":"publish","type":"alumni_voice","link":"https:\/\/www.oia.hokudai.ac.jp\/mjsp\/student-life\/alumni-voices\/silja-maria-ijas\/","title":{"rendered":"Silja Maria Ijas"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Studying at MJSP for four years Japanese society and political economy as my major has been an extremely rewarding experience. I had a bit rosy picture of Japan before coming to Sapporo, but I have developed a more critical view based on what I learned and experienced. And of course my Japanese language skills have improved drastically. There is naturally life outside the studies, too, and I think those experiences are as valuable as the education itself. The people\u2013both locals and people from other parts of the world\u2013I\u2019ve met while studying, participating a university hobby circle, working as a volunteer, and working part-time are clearly the best thing that happened to me in MJSP.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Studying at MJSP for four years Japanese society and political economy as my major has been an extremely rewarding experience. I had a bit rosy picture of Japan before coming&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":1336,"menu_order":7,"template":"","class_list":["post-1334","alumni_voice","type-alumni_voice","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oia.hokudai.ac.jp\/mjsp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/alumni_voice\/1334","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oia.hokudai.ac.jp\/mjsp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/alumni_voice"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oia.hokudai.ac.jp\/mjsp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/alumni_voice"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.oia.hokudai.ac.jp\/mjsp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/alumni_voice\/1334\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oia.hokudai.ac.jp\/mjsp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1336"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oia.hokudai.ac.jp\/mjsp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1334"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}