On September 17, the Opening Ceremony of Kanazawa University Düsseldorf Office took place at Heinrich-Heine-University Düsseldorf, Germany. Vice President Shigeki Ohtake and Dr. Anne GELLERT of HHU International Office gave the opening remarks, and Principal Officer Toda from the Consulate-General of Japan in Düsseldorf offered a congratulatory address. Seven faculty and staff and 2 graduate students from Kanazawa University participated in the event.

On the same day, “The Symposium for the Preparation of an Established Double-Degree Program between Japanese and German Graduate School of Advanced Preventive Medicine” was jointly implemented by Kanazawa University, Chiba University, Nagasaki University and Heinrich-Heine-University Düsseldorf.

The second joint symposium will be hosted in Kanazawa in 2019, and it will be an essential opportunity to promote research exchanges and collaborations.