NPO-MELSA’s "MELSA Café" study sessions has been featured on the nursing-focused media site 《レバウェル看護》 (August 8, 2026).
This serves as great encouragement for MELSA’s future activities.
We warmly welcome new members—why not join us and learn medical English?
【Title】看護の現場力向上と専門的な知識の学びを後押しする組織
【Article URL】https://kango-oshigoto.jp/media/article/83842
MELSA has been holding the workshops of [Medical/Healthcare Communication in English] and [Practical Communication in English for Sports and Volunteering] until March 2020 since it was certified as a Tokyo 2020 Participation Program in 2017. The Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games were scheduled to take place in the summer of 2020, but due to the global spread of COVID-19, the Games were postponed for one year. However, many of the MELSA members who have been studying English for many years were able to be in charge of their positions as Field Cast (Games & Venues volunteers) or City Cast (City volunteers) this summer, respectivel. They must have had a valuable experience and played a major role. We are very honored to receive the award letter of appreciation from the Tokyo Organizing Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. While using the fact that MELSA played a part in the "TOKYO 2020 Participation Program" as a source of future activities, we will continue to make efforts to support our members who want to study as hard as ever.
I look forward to the day when our daily lives will return as usual and we will be able to resume the study sessions together again.
MELSA Representative Atsuko Omori
December 1st, 2021
You have made significant contributions to the Tokyo 2020.
We present this award with our gratitude.
HASHIMOTO Seiko
President, the Tokyo Organizing Committee
of the Olympic and Paralympic Games
16 November 2021
To all organizations that have registered for the Tokyo 2020 Participation Program,
Please note that this email is being sent to the person in charge via BCC.
Thank you for your cooperation. This is the Tokyo 2020 Organizing Committee's Participation Program Office. We hope you are enjoying the early winter season and that you are in good health.
The Tokyo 2020 Games have come to a successful conclusion, thanks to the cooperation of many organizations, companies, and individuals. The Tokyo 2020 Organizing Committee would like to express its gratitude to all of you for your cooperation to date, and would like to send you the attached letter of appreciation.
Thank you very much for your cooperation in building momentum for the event. We would be grateful if you could continue to implement the projects and events that you implemented as part of the Participatory Program in the future.
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Please note that the special website for the program (https://participation.tokyo2020.jp/jp/) will be closed on Thursday, November 25, and the call center for the program will be closed on Tuesday, November 30.
We would like to ask for your continued support and wish for further growth of the program.
The digital poster submitted by MELSA was selected and presented at the "19th Japan Travel Medicine Society Convention" held online on April 10th and 11th, 2021. For details, please see this PDF (in Japanese only)
The Institute for International Business Communication (IIBC) interviewed MELSA during a seminar on "Sports Medicine and Volunteering #2", held by Dr. Daiya Ozaki at the Tokyo Volunteer Community Activity Center (Iidabashi). Select here to see IIBC's publication on MELSA (in Japanese only).
MELSA was interviewed by Magazine アルク, a magazine about learning and beyond.
Issues 3-4 (March/April 2014) of Magazine Arc include an article about the Nihon University School of Medicine Medical English Seminar hosted by Dr. Takayuki Oshimi. Since Professor Oshimi is an advisor to MELSA, MELSA was very honored to have the opportunity to introduce MELSA's activities in the paper.