Center for Japanese studies

Center for Japanese studies

JAKARTA (JP): The Center for Japanese Studies is scheduled to
be inaugurated today at the Depok campus of the University of
Indonesia, according to the Japanese embassy.

The inauguration ceremony will be attended by Minister of
Education and Culture Wardiman Djojonegoro, Minister of Health
Sujudi and Ambassador of Japan Taizo Watanabe.

The center, built with a Japanese grant worth about Rp 24.85
billion (US$11.29 million), will have dual functions of promoting
research and providing graduate education in various fields of
Japanese studies, including economics and management, social
sciences, humanities, history and literature and science and
technology.

Research work, seminars and academic conferences will be the
core activities of the center.

Following the opening ceremony, the center will hold a
symposium entitled Progress of Science and Related Coordination
of Human Beings. The keynote speaker is Prof. Dr. Jun'ichi
Nishizawa, rector of Tohoku University in Japan. (hhr)