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Josai Announces Foundation of the Josai Institute for Central European Studies

Based on Josai’s academic achievements in the study of Central Europe, Josai has announced the establishment of the Josai Institute for Central European Studies to promote joint research, academic exchange, human resource development, and undergraduate and graduate education in this same region.

This institute, which will be located on the Tokyo Kioicho Campus and serve all schools in the Josai group, will be focused on the advancement of international education and alliance with nations in the so-called Visegrád Group (V4)―the Czech Republic, Poland, Slovakia, and Hungary (with whom Josai formed the first academic exchange in 2007)―as well as surrounding Central European nations. To further establish their importance and public presence, the institute will designate ambassadors from each of the V4―the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Slovakia―as honorary directors.

The announcement of the institute’s founding was made on November 21, 2013, to correspond with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s visit to Josai’s Tokyo Kioicho Campus. This announcement was made in the basement auditorium following Prime Minister Orbán’s lecture, an event for which Ambassador Szerdahelyi was also in attendance. To commemorate the institute’s founding, Prime Minister Orbán donated a great number of scholarly texts on Hungarian culture and other matters.

A look at the ceremony announcing the Josai Institute for Central European Studies’ Founding

A look at the ceremony announcing
the Josai Institute for Central European Studies’ Founding

Prime Minister Orbán presents Chancellor Mizuta with the donation of scholarly texts

Prime Minister Orbán presents Chancellor Mizuta with
the donation of scholarly texts


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