As invited professors, Chun Byong-Soon and Myong Soon-ok in the Department of Far East Studies, Faculty of Oriental Studies, visited for special lectures to the undergraduate, master, and doctorate students in the course of Asian Community at School of Language, Literature & Culture Studies of Jawaharal Nerhu University (JNU).
An international seminar on the theme “Expanding the Horizon and Strengthening the Potential of Research on Foreign Korean Studies” was held at the Faculty of Oriental Studies of the Al-Farabi Kazakh National University.
Every week at the Department of Japanese Studies, the Department of the Far East, the "Club of Conversational Japanese Language" is conducted with the delegated professor of the Japanese Onishi Yumi Foundation.
Department of the Far East of the Al-Farabi Kazakh National University, in the framework of academic mobility, cooperates with many highly respected universities of Japan.
Fruitfulness of this work can be observed by annually increasing number of students of the department of Japanese studies. In the 2018-2019 academic year, the number of first-year students reached 24.
On the 25th of September teachers of Kazakh National University named after Al-Farabi, Professor Yumi Onishi and Alibi Aripov conducted professional-oriented work in secondary schools №25 and №16 in Taldykorgan.
At the Department of Japanese Studies of the Department of the Far East of the Faculty of Oriental Studies, the department celebrates with students first year students.
Professors of the Far East Department Ninomiya Takashi and Em Natalya participated in the Tsukuba Global Science Week 2018 on the theme of Driving Sustainable Development, which took place in September 20-22, 2018 at the Tsukuba International Congress Center.
September 18 at the Al-Farabi Kazakh National University, Faculty of Oriental Studies, Professor of the University of Kochi (Japan), Mr. Inoue conducted an introductory lecture for students of the Far East Department, Faculty of Oriental Studies.
One of the priority partners of the Far East Department is the organization of an annual Winter Course by the University of WASEDA, Japan (Waseda University https://www.waseda.jp/top/en, a cooperation agreement from 2009) at the KazNU named after al-Farabi. During this period, there were held an annual international internship exchange programs for graduate and undergraduate students of partner universities. In addition, work is underway by the partner universities to compile educational and reference materials on the Japanese language.
