OREANDA-NEWS. March 18, 2010. The representative office of Nagoya University (Japan) opened in Tashkent on Thursday, 11 March.

President of Nagoya University Hamaguchi Michinari said Japan highly valued fruitful cooperation with Uzbekistan.

“Uzbekistan is a country with high intellectual potential. This is why we chose Uzbekistan to open our representation,” he said.

“At present, tens of Uzbek students are studying at Nagoya University. Opening of the representation will help strengthen cooperation between our countries,” the head of the Japanese university said.

“We believe the graduates of our university will make a large contribution in the development of Uzbekistan and expansion of ties between our states,” he added.

Japan has been widely supporting reforms in Uzbekistan’s education. The bilateral cooperation in personnel training was established in 1993.

The representation of Nagoya University is the only such structure in Central Asia. It will choose students for study at the Japanese university.