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‘Business and cultural relations between Ukraine and Japan continue and are successful,’ was the common opinion of Andriy Vitrenko, Deputy Minister of Education and Science of Ukraine, Anatoliy Melnychenko, Rector of Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute, and Matsuda Kuninori, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Japan to Ukraine, which was a red thread running through their speeches at the opening of the three-day charity festival “Japanese Autumn”, which took place at KPI from 13 to 15 September. 

At the invitation of the organizers, the Ukrainian-Japanese Center of Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute took part in this year's festival “Kraina Mriy”.

On July 17, Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute was visited by a delegation of the Japan External Trade Organization JETRO headed by its leaders - Executive Vice President of JETRO Kazuya Nakajo and Director of JETRO Ukraine Tetsuo Shibata.

On July 29, Masahito Moriyama, Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology of Japan, visited Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute. He was accompanied by Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Japan to Ukraine Kuninori Matsuda and Deputy Director General of the Directorate for International Cooperation of the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine Stella Shapoval.

An exhibition of ceramics in the traditional Japanese styles of Nunobiki and Raku "The World in Ceramics" was opened at the Ukrainian-Japanese Center of Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute.  It is worth noting that similar exhibitions have already been held there.

At the exhibition of Japanese textile techniques "East Wind", which was opened on March 5 at the Ukrainian-Japanese Center of Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute, visitors can see products that show that Ukrainian craftswomen are fluent in the technique of creating embroidered patter

This year, Kyiv Polytechnic received 78 participants from all over the country. Our university is the only location of JLPT in Ukraine. For the safety of students, the exam was held in a shelter.

On the occasion of Shogi Day, an exhibition was organized, and the strongest players of the Ukrainian Shogi Federation held a master class.

Most readers of Kyiv Polytechnic probably already know what origami and go are. But what sashiko, shogi or tameshigiri are, most likely, known to a much smaller circle of Kyiv Polytechnic students.