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On the 20th of June the Head of the Ukrainian-Japanese centre at the NTUU “KPI” Osamu Midzutani presented Institute of Energy Saving and Energy Marketing at the NTUU “KPI” with the equipment for energy audit for its use in scientific researches and educational process.

‘Today we are giving KPI the equipment, the operation of which was demonstrated by the participants of the workshop which was held from 12th to 14th of June. We consulted Japanese experts about whom out of the participants of this workshop better to give it and decided unanimously that this equipment should be presented to the Institute of Energy Saving and Energy Marketing at the NTUU “KPI”,’ stressed the head of the Ukrainian-Japanese centre at the NTUU “KPI” Osamu Midzutani. ’We have collaborated a lot with its first director Arthur Prahovnyk, we hold several workshops for experts in this field and I am sure that here it will be of the utmost use to prepare specialists for energy sector in Ukraine.’

During the meeting on the highest level between the President of Ukraine Victor Yanukovich and the Prime Minister of Japan Naoto Kana, that was held on the 16th of January 2011, in the course of discussion of the state and prospects of the bilateral partnership the Heads of two countries mention the functioning of the Ukrainian-Japanese Centre of NTUU "KPI". In the "Mutual declaration between the President of Ukraine Victor Yanukovich and Prime Minister of Japan Naoto Kana about Ukrainian-Japanese global partnership" was written: "…Among various types of activities of the Centre the two Heads pointed out that the technical cooperation on Japanese projects and management of programs were extremely important for the development of particular branches of Ukrainian economy. They admitted that the Centre must remain being an important element of bilateral partnership in the realm of science and technology, stimulation of investments, learning Japanese language, mutual enrichment of the cultures, increasing the level of the mutual understanding with the active involving of all parts interested from the both countries..."

On March, 28 NTUU “KPI” was visited by the founder and the head of the International forum “Science and technologies in community” («Science and Technology in Society forum», in brief «STS forum») Kodzi Omi and Extraordinary and Authorized Ambassador of Japan in Ukraine Sakata Toichi.

There was an action ‘Lights sorrow’ on the 11th of March on the Knowledge Square at NTUU ‘KPI’ dedicated to the memory of Great Earthquake and Tsunami victims of 2011. The Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador of Japan in Ukraine Sakata Toichi took part in the action.

The Ukrainian-Japanese center NTUU “KPI” regularly organizes events which are aimed for the acquaintance of Kiev citizens with the Japanese culture. There was a Japanese New Year holiday Motitsuki in the hall of the National-technical library NTUU “KPI” on the 3d of February 2013.

On January 23, 2013 prof. Tetsuya Ishikawa (Japan), Director of “SPring-8", the accelerator complex which is a source of synchrotron radiation of the third generation with the world's highest energy of 8 GeV, visited NTUU “KPI”. He was accompanied by Mr.

On December 6, 2012 a delegation of "Tokyo Boeki Technology Ltd." (Japan) headed by its president Mr. Kazuei Uchida and Mr. Oleksiy Shpak, managing director of company’s office in Ukraine, visited NTUU "KPI".

On September 15, 2012 on occasion of the 20th anniversary of establishing diplomatic relations between Ukraine and Japan Mr. Sen Genshitsu, the grand tea master of the “Urasenke” tea ceremony school, conducted a demonstration of traditional ceremony of preparation and serving tea at the Culture and Arts Center of NTUU "KPI".

NTUU "KPI" was visited by a delegation of the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology of Japan, headed by the First Deputy Minister Mikho Takay.

March 20, a fair "Education in Japan" was held at the Center of Culture and Arts NTUU "KPI".