Summary of the Zensho Japan Research Support Program

Established in November 2011, the Zensho Program has invested in equipment and materials for research and study, while regularly organizing teaching and academic research activities, short-term practical courses, and accepting international students to study at the University of Tokyo.

Through this, the Program has actively supported the teaching and learning of lecturers, undergraduate students, and graduate students of the Japanese Department and has achieved some concrete results in equipping facilities, receiving graduate students as auditing students at the University of Tokyo, organizing intensive courses on Japan, organizing short-term internships at the University of Tokyo, inviting Vietnamese lecturers to conduct research at the University of Tokyo, organizing library management seminars, organizing the "Hanoi Rondo" Japan-Vietnam Studies forum, organizing reading sessions on ethnology, etc.

Associate Professor Tran Thi Minh Hoa receives a commemorative gift from Professor Saito Mareshi.(Photo: Tran Minh)

The two sides took a commemorative photo after the working session (Photo: Tran Minh)

Associate Professor Tran Thi Minh Hoa stated that the University highly appreciates the efforts of the University of Tokyo in the Zensho program. The two sides also discussed and agreed on future development directions for the program.

The Zensho Japan Research Support Program is one of the contents of the cooperation agreement between the University of Social Sciences and Humanities and the University of Tokyo. This program is sponsored by the Zensho Group to promote the development of Japanese studies in Vietnam and is one of Zensho Group's "Support for Training Asian Talents" activities for the University of Tokyo.Ogawa Kentaro, Chairman and CEO of Zensho Group, was awarded the Shiyokumon Prize by the University of Tokyo for his significant contributions to the Program.