On April 14, 2014, Poland’s Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Nowak-Far, visited Tokyo Kioicho Campus where he gave a lecture.

Chancellor Noriko Mizuta preceded Nowak-Far with a welcome address, saying, “It is a great honor to have Minister Nowak-Far give a lecture at our university. This will serve as a splendid opportunity for students to learn more about EU law, a subject in which few Japanese are well-versed.”
　 In his lecture, entitled “Japanese Journey into EU Law,” Minister Nowak-Far provided an overview of EU law and an explanation of the legal system. He explained that EU Law is an international legal system that has been translated into 24 different languages and applied in 28 different countries. Minister Nowak-Far also pointed out the system’s discrepancies with Japanese law and the difficulty of finding commonalities between the two systems. In the Q&A session that followed, a lively debate ensued regarding the impact of EU law on local communities and other issues.
　 Participants in the event, including Chancellor Mizuta, students and faculty from both Josai University and Josai International Universities, and exchange students from Europe and other places abroad, all listened with great attention to Minister Nowak-Far’s lecture.

As part of Josai’s Mid-term Target of strengthening international exchange to cultivate global human resources, our university has formed academic exchange agreements with a number of institutions worldwide. This is just as true of Josai’s collaborations with Poland, which includes the special exhibit “Madame Curie―Why Poland’s Original Scientist is Just as Vital Today” held at the Mizuta Museum of Art in March 2012 and the foundation of the Josai Institute for Central European Studies in November 2013 on the Tokyo Kioicho Campus.

The Josai Institute for Central European Studies was established to document the progress made in central European education, as well as to promote joint research, academic exchange, human resource development, and undergraduate and graduate education in this same region. With this program in place, Josai hopes to expand academic exchange with Polish universities even further.