On July 12, Kanazawa University EU Information Center hosted a special lecture at the Central Library as a part of “Japan-EU Friendship Week 2016 events”.
At the lecture, H.E. Dr. Hans Carl von Werthern, the German Ambassador to Japan, delivered a lecture titled “The Current Situation of EU and its Future” to the audience of about 80 participants including students and faculty members, and a very lively question and answer session followed.
After the lecture, the Ambassador and 3 other delegates had a meeting with President Koetsu Yamazaki, Dr. Yoshihiro Fukumori, Trustee for Information, and Dr. Hiroshi Yamamoto, Trustee for International Affairs, and there was positive discussion about the current situation of EU and the higher educational system in the two countries.