On November 14, 2020, the kick-off symposium  on the project "Formation of a base for training Japanese language teachers who can respond to social demands" was held  on online. Prof. Ono Masaki, symposium organizer, explained the purpose of the symposium which was attended by representatives from Al-Farabi Kazakh National University, Cairo University, Uzbek State University of World Languages, and Vietnam National University Ho Chi Minh City. The universities are closely related to the University of Tsukuba in terms of Japanese language education. From Al-Farabi Kazakh National University, Prof. Mukhambetkali Burkitbayev (First Vice-Rector) expressed his congratulatory remarks. In the keynote speech, Professor Emeritus Andrej Bekesh (University of Ljubljana) gave a lecture on the difficulty of online education surrounding Japanese society after the spread of Covid-19. After that, Ninomiya Takashi (Almaty Office Coordinator) provided a presentation on "Building joint education systems between Al-Farabi Kazakh National University and Japanese universities". About 80 people joined the symposium on the day. 

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