TUAN Topics: President NAGATA Signs LOI with University of São Paulo and Santa Cruz Japanese Hospital, Accompanies PM KISHIDA on Economic Mission to Brazil

2024.05.14

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.