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IUJ awarded the special cheering prize of the Minami Uonuma Gourmet marathon
The Minami Uonuma Gourmet Marathon was held in Minami Uonuma City on June 14th.
IUJ was the 7th water station of the marathon, and many members of the IUJ community came out to cheer the runners,
who included IUJ’s own Vice President Shinoda Tomohito , Assistant Professor Jinnai Yuusuke, and several university staff.
One of the IUJ staff was interviewed by FM Yukiguni, and the interview was broadcasted.
IUJ won a special prize for cheering, which Secretary General Ohno Tomokazu and many IUJ students received at Yairo no Mori Park
the details of the Minami Uonuma Gourmet Marathon can be found on the following website:
IUJ Olympic was held
IUJ Olympics was held on May 30 – June 6.
This is an annual event organized by GSO (Graduate School Organization).
In total, 8 teams consisting of students, faculty and staff members played various games, such as Tennis, Table Tennis, Volleyball, Badminton, Billiards, Soccer, Basketball and Dodgeball. After close games, “Genki falcon” team won the overall victory this year.
The students who participated in the IUJ Olympics had a good relationship each other through the week while their busy study schedule.
IUJ ULIS have signed a MoU
The International University of Japan (IUJ) and University of languages and International Studies- Vietnam National University, Hanoi (ULIS) signed MoU on June 6th, 2015.
President Nguyen Hoa and , Vice President Ngo Minh Thuy and 2 staff of ULIS visited IUJ, where the signing ceremony was held.
The president of ULIS, Ngyen Hoa, said “This MoU will be a really significant step towards fostering professor and student exchange .
We have cooperated with The Center for Language Education and Research, at IUJ. We’re going to promote Japanese language education based on this MoU.”
The president of IUJ, Shinichi kitaoka stated “We agreed the first overseas office will be established at ULIS. We would like to cooperate with each other not only as two universities, but also as two nations.”
IUJ will hold training for Vietnamese teachers of Japanese for 2 weeks at ULIS this year based on this MoU.
The first overseas office at ULIS will be established in March 2017.
* ULIS belongs to agroup of elite universities in Vietnam, and they have a top-notch Japanese language department.
IUJ President Kitaoka(Left), President Hoa (Right)