On May 27, a Josai delegation led by Chancellor Noriko Mizuta paid a visit to the Dalian University of Technology.

Following a meeting with Party Secretary Zhang Dexiang, representatives from both universities―including Secretary Zhang and university Vice-President Ning Guiling―assembled for the ceremony to present the “Takashi Mukaibo Memorial” Takashi Murai Scholarship and the “Mikio Mizuta Memorial” Noriko Mizuta Scholarship. These scholarships were awarded to thirty-nine Dalian graduate students in all, presented by either Chancellor Mizuta or Advisor Takashi Murai, respectively. The scholarships were awarded to outstanding PhD or MA students in a variety of fields of whom much is expected in their chosen endeavors of either academic research or business.

This was followed by the ceremony for the Mikio Mizuta Book Donation, this time presented by Josai Professor Kazunobu Fukushima to Dalian University of Technology Chair of Economics Su Jingqin. This donation consists of selections from a collection which can trace the contributions Mikio Mizuta made toward Japan’s economic development from Japan’s period of economic recovery following WWII to the high-growth period of the Japan economy. To date 763 volumes have been donated to Dalian University of Technology’s library. This, the 9th installment of the donation, collects 117 volumes from government and serial publications, white papers, and Josai University and Josai International University memorandums, in addition to texts on applied mathematics, women’s studies, and social welfare.