The Department of Japanese Studies is promoting cooperation with leading European universities.

Within the framework of cooperation and introduction by the TIFO Foundation, a delegation from the Department of Japanese Studies, led by Assoc. Prof. Dr. Phan Hai Linh (Head of Department), visited and worked at the French National Library and Aix Marseille University (France), meeting with Prof. Guy Faure (Director of the Institute for Asian Studies, Aix Marseille University). During the meeting, both sides discussed potential collaborations related to Japanese studies.

The Department's delegation worked with Professor Guy Faure (Director of the Institute for Asian Studies at Aix Marseille University).

We spoke with Mr. Ohmori Keisuke, Director of the Toshiba International Foundation (TIFO), and Ms. Kuwayama Mariko, TIFO project officer, about the cooperation program with European and American universities in Japanese Studies.

Meeting with the Executive Board of the European Association for Japanese Studies (EAJS): Prof. Andrej Bekes - University of Ljubljana (President of EAJS), Prof. Bjarke Frellesvig (University of Oxford, Former President of EAJS), Prof. Verena Blechinger-Talcott (Free University Berlin), Dr. Laura Moretti (University of Cambridge).​​​​

Following this, the delegation attended the Conference on Japanese Studies in Europe, organized by the Association for Japanese Studies in Europe (EAJS), in Lisbon, Portugal. During the conference and other side events, the delegation had the opportunity to meet and work with leaders and researchers from leading universities specializing in Japanese studies in Europe and America, such as Cambridge University, Oxford University, Ljubljana University, and Berlin University. Based on presentations about the training and research achievements of the Department of Japanese Studies, the partners also presented feasible cooperation plans for the future.

The visit opened up opportunities for collaborative research in Japanese studies between the two sides. The TIFO Foundation also expressed its intention to continue supporting the Department of Japanese Studies to further promote this collaboration to a new level in the coming years.