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President
of Nagasaki University
Hiroshi
Saito
M.D., Ph.D.
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President’s Speech at Signing Ceremony of the Agreement on Academic Cooperation
between
Seoul National University and Nagasaki University
July 16, 2007
I am very honored to have concluded the Agreement on Academic Cooperation with prestigious Seoul National University which has been making significant contributions to the development of Korea’s arts and sciences, education, culture, politics, economy, and other vital areas and has produced many internationally renowned personnel.
First of all, please allow me to express my deepest appreciation to President Jang-Moo Lee, Vice President Shin Bok Kim, Dean Kyu Chang Wang of the College of Medicine, and other competent staff of Seoul National University for their sincerest dedication in making this Agreement possible.
Nagasaki has historically strong ties with Korea from a long time ago. Even during the period of national isolation, which lasted more than 250 years from the 17th century, much learning, culture, and other information were brought from Korea to Japan through Tsushima, Nagasaki. As you can see, Nagasaki is the Japanese city most intensely affected by Korean lights in arts and culture.
Diplomat of the Tsushima Domain in those days, Hoshu Amenomori, promoted a good-neighbor policy with Korea during the isolation with his spirit of “Only cordial interaction with each other advances genuine friendship”. This philosophy is exactly what Nagasaki University values the most when implementing international exchange.
Today’s Agreement on Academic Cooperation is a great gift resulting from the successful joint research in Biomedical Gerontology for the past five years by Professor Sang-Chul Park, Director of the Aging and Apoptosis Research Center, of Seoul National University, Professors Nozomu Mori and Isao Shimokawa of Nagasaki University, and other relevant scientists. I would like to take a moment here to extend my gratitude to these professors who have built a new relationship between Seoul National University and Nagasaki University.
I truly hope that our collaborative studies in broader fields and the exchange of graduate students and researchers will be boosted in the future.
I would like to conclude my speech by wishing our Universities’ further prosperity and even deeper friendship.
Thank you very much for your attention.
First row, left to right; Saito, Hiroshi (President of Nagasaki University), Kim, Shin-Bok (Vice-President of SNU)
Second row, left to right; Kuk, Young (Dean of Research Affair, SNU),Lee, Jeong Jae (Dean of Student Affairs, SNU),Wang, Kyu-Chang (Dean of College of Medicine, SNU),Choi, Sung-jae (Professor, Department of Social Welfare, SNU)Park, Sang Chul (Director of Aging and Apoptosis Research,Center,College of Medicine, SNU),Shimokawa, Isao (Professor, Nagasaki University),Mori, Nozomu (Professor, Nagasaki University),Song, Ho-Keun (Dean of Office of International Affairs, SNU)
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