On September 17, 2013, a Josai University Educational Corporation delegation led by Chancellor Noriko Mizuta visited Bohai University in China to meet with university president Yang Yandong and formed an academic exchange agreement.

Bohai University is a multi-disciplinary university located in Jinzhou in the western part of Liaoning province and is operated under the direct jurisdiction of Liaoning. Following the consolidation of Jinzhou Normal University (founded 1950) and Liaoning Commercial School (founded 1951) in 2003, the name of the resulting institution was changed to Bohai University.
　 Located on a sprawling campus of more than 1.3 million square meters, Bohai University has an enrollment of 23,000 with 22 academic departments such as administration, education, history, tourism, commercial science, biology, mathematics, foreign languages, physical science, journalism, and fine arts, as well as 56 majors.

Present at the meeting were Chancellor Mizuta and Vice President Masato Kurabayashi from Josai International University and President Yang Yandong and Deputy Party Secretary Zhao Hui of Bohai.
　 Chancellor Mizuta addressed the participants by saying, “I had been told that the Bohai campus was one of the most beautiful in China, but upon coming here I was thoroughly impressed. I hope that students at my university also have the opportunity to study at this beautiful campus.” President Yang also remarked that, “As Bohai University has had little opportunity to interact with Japanese universities, we are eager to begin this program of academic exchange with Josai.” The two parties then signed the agreement, rendering the academic exchange official.

Since Josai and Bohai University have much in common in terms of fields and departments―including tourism, media studies, and fine arts―we can anticipate a variety of collaborative projects with this most recent exchange agreement.