Kanazawa University

The First Japan-Russia Universities Association General Meeting (The 7th Japan-Russia Rectors' Conference)

May 20, 2018

From May 19 to 20, Hokkaido University hosted the First Japan-Russia Universities Association General Meeting (The 7th Japan-Russia Rectors' Conference). The theme of the meeting was "Japan-Russia Economic Cooperation and Promoting Human Resource Training for Personnel Exchanges," and President Koetsu Yamazaki and 2 other delegates from Kanazawa University attended the event.

 

Also, the Japan-Russia Students' Forum took place, and Ms. Hana Yamao, a sophomore student in the School of International Studies, attended. Thirty-four students from Japan and Russia joined in debate about promoting exchanges between the two nations.

 

The next meeting will be hosted by Moscow State University, and there is anticipation of further exchanges between the Japanese and Russian universities.