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On May 18 and 19, the 48th Spring Sports Day was held at the Tsukuba Campus.

Since the first University of Tsukuba Sports Day was held in 1977, soon after the university opened, it has been held twice a year for two days each in the spring and fall, and is a traditional event unique to the University of Tsukuba where students and faculty can enjoy sports together.

Many students worked on the planning and preparation for the event as the Sports Day Student Committee, and the number of participants increased compared to last spring.

In September 2023, the University’s Inclusive Smart Society Program (ISS Program) was selected by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) for its “Project for Strengthening Universities’ Global Development Capabilities” – Support for Formation of Inter-University Exchange with the United States and other countries. The ISS program is an educational program that fosters international start-up talents to create a society (=Inclusive Smart Society) where people with diverse backgrounds such as age, gender, region, language, and disabilities can play a leading role equally based on innovative technology, in cooperation with Ohio State University (OSU) in the United States. The program is an educational program to nurture international start-up talents to create a society where people of diverse backgrounds such as age, gender, region, language, and disability can play a leading role equally (=Inclusive Smart Society) based on innovative technology.

Since last year, we have been making detailed preparations with OSU, and in March, our faculty and students visited OSU to discuss specific management methods, etc. The educational program was launched in April 2024.

As early as this past May, we hosted OSU students from the Institute of Health and Sport Science engineering departments as a short program and actively interacted with our students in adapted sports and other activities.

The Embassy of Turkmenistan in Japan has announced the upcoming Turkmenistan Cultural Concert to be held on the evening of June 14 (Friday) at Nova Hall.

Details are as follows.

This concert is organized by the Embassy of Turkmenistan in Japan to commemorate the 300th anniversary of the birth of the Turkmen poet Magtumguri.

About 25 singers and dancers from Turkmenistan will perform songs and dances.

We invite you to join us and invite your family and friends.

[Date] Friday, June 14, 2024, 19:00-21:00 (doors open at 18:30)

[Location] Nova Hall, Main Hall (1-10-1 Azuma, Tsukuba City)

[Admission] Free

[Application] Pre-registration required via QR code on the poster below.

[Contact] Embassy of Turkmenistan in Japan Email: embassy#turkmenistan.or.jp (Please convert “#” to “@” when sending email.)

On May 14, Datuk Dr. Habibah Abdul Rahim, director of SEAMEO, and Mr. John Arnold Siena, deputy director for programme and development, and Pn. Anis Alisya Abdullah, senior deputy rector of Institute of Teacher Education Malaysia, Ministry of Education Malaysia paid a courtesy visit to Mr. Masami Watanabe, Director-General for International Affairs, MEXT, and Mr. Koji Kitayama, Director, International Affairs Division, Minister’s Secretariat, MEXT.

After the signing ceremony for the renewal of the Japan-ESD Award, which is a collaborative effort between MEXT and SEAMEO, Datuk Habibah requested the establishment of a consortium among SEAMEO and Japanese higher education institutions, with the University of Tsukuba as its hub. With support of MEXT, it aims for SEAMEO to collaborate with Japan in a wider range of fields. Datuk Habibah also proposed the expansion of the SEA-Teacher Program, which is the international joint training program between SEAMEO and the University of Tsukuba.

The participants also made a cultural visit to an elementary school attached to the University of Tsukuba, where they observed a class and exchanged opinions about the lesson. Furthermore, Pn. Anis of IPGM and CRICED had a concrete discussion about future collaboration.

On May 13, Mayor Farrah N. Khan from California, the U.S., visited our Tsukuba Campus and met with President NAGATA Kyosuke, Vice President and Executive Director (International Affairs) IKEDA Jun, Executive Officer OHNEDA Osamu (Director General, Bureau of Global Initiatives).

On May 13, 2024, Datuk Dr. Habibah Abdul Rahim, director of SEAMEO, Mr. John Arnold Siena, deputy director for programme and development of

SEAMEO, and Dr. Anis Alisya Abdullah, senior deputy rector of the Institute of Teacher Eductaion Malaysia, Ministry of Education Malaysia, visited

University of Tsukuba, and had a session with the AIMS programme students.

The participants discussed the challenges faced by international students at the University and the attractiveness of the University of Tsukuba in a

friendly atmosphere.

On May 13, 2024, Datuk Dr. Habibah Abdul Rahim, director of SEAMEO, Mr. John Arnold Siena, deputy director for programme and

development of SEAMEO, and Dr. Anis Alisya Abdullah, senior deputy rector of the Institute of Teacher Eductaion Malaysia, Ministry of Education Malaysia, visited Dr Kyosuke Nagata, president of University of Tsukuba to exchange views on further collaboration.

During their courtesy visit to Dr Nagata, SEAMEO agreed to strengthen the cooperative relationship between SEAMEO and Japanese higher education institutions through realization of the establishment of a consortium, setting University of Tsukuba as a hub.

On May 3, President NAGATA Kyosuke, with Executive Officer OHNEDA Osamu (Director-General, Bureau of Global Initiatives) and Deputy Director

ODA Tatsuya of University Hospital, held a signing ceremony of a Letter of Intent (LOI) regarding the training of young doctors with Mr. Renato

ISHIKAWA, Chair of the Board of Santa Cruz Japanese Hospitaland Dr. Koshiro NISHIKUNI, President of Santa Cruz Japanese Hospitalin São Paulo.

The following day, University of Tsukuba delegation met Rector Carlos Gilberto Carlotti Junior of University of São Paulo, signing another LOI for

organizing the Japan-Brazil University Rectors’ Summit.

Prime Minister KISHIDA welcomed this initiative in his remarks and expressed his hope that academic exchange between the two countries will be

strengthened in the future.