Report: The 2nd Committee for Japanese Universities’ International Exchange Program with Africa

• Day/time: August 2, 2021 / 15：00-16：30
• Conference method: Online meeting
• Language: Japanese
  　

Program

Chair: Hidenori Harada, Associate Professor, the Graduate School of Asian and African Area Studies

●Opening address:
　Masayoshi Shigeta, Professor, Dean, Graduate School of Asian and African Area Studies, Kyoto University

●Utsunomiya University:
　Tomohide Natsuaki, Specially Appointed Professor, Center for International Exchange, Utsunomiya University

●Yamaguchi University:
　Daisuke Hayasaka, Professor, Joint Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Yamaguchi University

●Hokkaido University:
　Mitsuyoshi Takiguchi, Dean, Professor, Graduate School of Veterinary Medicine, Hokkaido University

●Hiroshima University:
　Yasushi Maruyama, Professor, Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Hiroshima University

●Tokyo University of Agriculture:
　Machito Mihara, Professor, Direcor, Center for Global Initiative, Tokyo University of Agriculture

●Akita University and Kyushu University:
　Tsuyoshi Adachi, Professor, Graduate School of International Resource Sciences, Department of Earth Resource Engineering and Environmental Sciences, Akita University

●Nagasaki University:
　Taeko Moriyasu, Assistant Professor, Institute of Tropical Medicines, NTD Innovation Center, Nagasaki University

●Kyoto University and Tokyo University of Foreign Studies:
　Masayoshi Shigeta, Professor, Dean, Graduate School of Asian and African Area Studies, Kyoto University and Shinichi Takeuchi, Professor, Director, African Studies Center, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies
　

On August 2, 2021, “The 2nd Committee for Japanese Universities’ International Exchange Program with Africa” was held online by participating 46 faculty members and staff of ten universities that implement this program. The opening address was given by Prof. Masayoshi Shigeta, Dean of the Graduate School of Asian and African Area Studies. Representatives of each university presented the current progress and responses to the infection situation of the global Covid-19 pandemic. In the question-and-answer session, the members discussed the actual situation of the exchange program and online education and the prospects of the credit transfer between African Universities and Japanese Universities. At the end of the meeting, an announcement was made to the participants requesting information for the establishment of a database for studying abroad between Africa and Japan to further develop the platform project.