Chancellor Shu Go

Chancellor Mizuta with Chancellor Shu Go from Tianjin University of Foreign Studies in Tokyo on Friday. We had the opportunity to see him and Professor Li.

Special Talk by Chancellor Liu

On Thursday, Chancellor Liu from Dalian University of Foreign Languages came to our Togane campus for the very first time and gave a talk to a full auditorium of more than 500 people.

Meeting our mascots J and I.

Meiji Kinenkan

On Monday we had a welcome dinner for Chancellor Liu from Dalian University of Foreign Languages. He received an Honorary Doctorate Degree from Josai University on Tuesday. As we arrived quite early, Professor Bald and I enjoyed some tea in this very nice tea room. This place was built over 130 years ago in Tokyo.

Karen and Yvette in Togane

Karen from UCR and Yvette from Disney World visited us this weekend. The weather was not good on Saturday but we still had a good time.

"Otsukaresama" Ko-sensei

Ko-sensei left Japan on Friday after working as a visiting professor at JIU for a year. We had a nice Japanese meal Thursday night. Notice how the chef cleaned the tiny fish and put four of them on this piece of sushi. How patient and skillful he is!

Delegation from North Karelia

We welcomed the delegation from North Karelia University of Applied Sciences to JIU today. The university is located in Joensuu, Finland. There of their students are studying on the Togane campus now. The photos were taken in the Japanese class they observed in the afternoon and also during the tea ceremony that was held by our students.

May 27: Martin Jones from the University of Essex at JIU

Martin Jones from the University of Essex in England came to JIU today for the very first time. We met in Bath three years ago when he was working for Bath Spa University and when I took a group of students there for a special two-week program. He visited some Japanese language classes and met with some of our Japanese students, too. We hope to be able to develop a good relationship with his institution and receive his students in Togane in the future.