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In his opening remarks, Mr. Yasushi Akashi highlighted the significanc…

Thank you very much for assisting in holding the fruitful seminar on reconciliation in the post-conflict countries of Kosovo, Rwanda and Timor-Leste. (5/7/2024)

We visited Hiyoshiya, a long-established company in Kyoto manufacturing wagasa (Japanese umbrellas) for five generations and received training in making wagasa.
The store manufactures the main-style umbrellas, which are used by the Ura and Omote Senke tea ceremony masters, as well as the bungasa, janome-gasa, hahno-jyu, and mai-gasa. We strongly recommend that you visit Hiyoshiya. For more information, click here HIYOSHIYA HOLDINGS (wagasa.com) (24/6/2024)

During the post-ACUNS visit to Kyoto, ACUNS`s past President, Lise Howard, and new President, Franz Baumann, were invited by Kyoto University of the Arts President Sakiko YOSHIKAWA for a working lunch at a traditional Japanese restaurant. They agreed to extend the partnership between the two institutions to hold seminars, conferences, and other events. (23/6/2024)

The post-ACUNS visit to Kyoto started with a traditional dinner at Hotel Okura Kyoto. (23/6/2024)

At the ACUNS Annual Meeting held at the Komaba campus of the University of Tokyo on 21 June, Professors Shigeyuki KAZAMA and Kazuya NAKAYAMA of the Kyoto University of the Arts, made their presentations along with Professor SHINYO Takahiro, Special Advisor to the President and Professor of Kwansei Gakuin University and former Ambassador to the United Nations and Germany. The Former Ambassador to UNESCO and SRSG in Afghanistan, Tadamichi YAMAMOTO, and the Ambassador of Afghanistan in Norway, Youssef GHAFOORZAI, commented on their presentations. They were joined by Professor SHENG Hong of Shanghai University of Political Science and Law, China, and Ms. Poulomi BHADRA, Assistant Professor of the Jindal Global University, India. (21/6/2024)

KPC Honorary Chairman Yasushi AKASHI makes an opening remark for the reception hosted by the Kyoto University of the Arts. (20/6/2024)

President Sakiko YOSHIKAWA of Kyoto University of the Arts makes an opening remark while Uryuyama Academic Foundation Chairman Yutaka TOKUYAMA and ACUNS President Lise HOWARD overlook her at the reception hosted by the Uryuyama Academic Foundation. (20/6/2024)