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"My reasons for starting Ayusa were 100% influenced by my own study abroad experience in Japan. In 1966 I was a Midwestern boy from Illinois who'd never been west of the Mississippi until I went to Japan. The experience opened my eyes to the world around me and for the last 40 years I've been creating programs that expose people of all ages to different cultures and ideas."
- John Wilhelm, co-founder of Ayusa