Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe meets ANU students Sigourney Irvine (L), Akira Kinefuchi and Catherine Hallett (R).
Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has visited The Australian National University as part of his historic visit to Australia, in recognition of the University's long-standing and growing links with Japan. Prime Minister Abe met several ANU students as well as senior academics. "I appreciate the warm welcome from the Vice-Chancellor, and I'm delighted to be able to visit The Australian National University, which has deep connections with our country," he said. As part of the visit, ANU Vice-Chancellor Professor Ian Young AO signed a new agreement with the President of Japan's Ritsumeikan University, Professor Kawaguchi Kiyofumi. The MOU will lead to greater cooperation between Ritsumeikan University and the ANU College of Asia and the Pacific, with more undergraduate student exchanges, a new double degree for undergraduate students focusing on Asia Pacific Studies, and greater research collaboration. Prime Minister Abe said he hoped the MOU would lead to more student exchanges. "I believe that exchanges between the youths who bear the future of Japan and Australia will further deepen the bond between our two nations, and I sincerely hope that exchanges between the two universities will become ever more active," he said.
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