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On January 27, 2025, Â鶹AV (HU) and Tashkent State University of Oriental Studies (TSUOS) in Uzbekistan signed an international academic exchange agreement. The signing ceremony was held at HU's Higashi-Hiroshima Campus, which was connected online with TSUOS. The ceremony was attended by President Mitsuo Ochi and Executive Vice President for Global Initiatives Shinji Kaneko of HU, and by Rector Rikhsieva Gulchehra Shavkatovna, Vice-rector for academic affairs and international cooperation, Abdullayev Nodir Abdulkhayevich, and Dean of the Uzbekistan-Japanese Culture Exchange Center, Elyor Matchanov, of TSUOS. President Ochi and Rector Rikhsieva signed the agreement during the ceremony.

Also in attendance at the ceremony was Tetsuro Yamasaka, an HU alumnus and CEO of Balcom Co., Ltd., who is currently visiting Uzbekistan. Mr. Yamasaka has made significant contributions to promoting exchange between the two countries and was appointed Honorary Consul of Uzbekistan in Hiroshima last year.

TSUOS was established in 1918 as the first higher education institution specializing in Oriental studies in Central Asia. It is one of the region's leading national universities, producing many talented individuals who have gone on to serve as ambassadors extraordinary and plenipotentiary for Uzbekistan in key countries such as the United States, the United Kingdom, Germany, and Japan.

HU has previously signed one inter-university and one inter-department international exchange agreement with higher education institutions in Uzbekistan. Currently, five students from Uzbekistan are studying at HU. The signing of this new agreement with TSUOS is expected to further promote exchange with universities and research institutions in Uzbekistan.