Professor Dr. Maté Szabó at JIU

Dr. Szabó is the Parliamentary Commissioner for Human Rights in Hungary. He came to JIU Friday afternoon and gave a one-hour talk to our students about the constitutional reforms in his country and mainly about his role.

Mr. Takeshi Okada

Mr. Takeshi Okada from the Japan Football Association gave a talk at JIU on December 2. Unfortunately we are not allowed to upload the photos we took, but I'm sure all Japanese know who I'm talking about after all he was the coach of the national soccer team in the last World Cup when Japan did pretty well. It was a pleasure meeting him and especially talking to him about Brazil where he lived for a while, according to him, many years ago. He is a very passionate and really smart person. His talk was excellent and despite the full hall, I wish more of our students had chosen to go listen to him.

Dinner with Dr. Sudy

It was a great pleasure to see Dr. Sudy, former Hungarian Embassador, on Wednesday. He's going to be in Japan for a short time and we were grateful for his making the time to see us. It was a good opportunity to thank him for making it possible for us to develop great programs with Hungarian universities. Unfortunately I forgot to take a photo during dinner, so what you can see here is the table before everyone arrived. The view of Tokyo was just great!

Kawabuchi Captain

We were all very fortunate to have the opportunity to attend a lecture by Mr. Saburo Kawabuchi on Friday. As a big soccer fan, I was personally pleased with the opportunity to hear about his efforts and success in the establishment of the J-League. I had the opportunity to talk to him and thanked him for giving so my Brazilian players the opportunity to play in Japan.