Kobe University Brussels European Centre
E-newsletter, December 2016

Kobe University Brussels European Centre
Newsletter

SS150 years ofJapan-Belgium
friendship NEWSINDEX-NewsResearch at Kobe University(2nd half of 2016)
Past Events in 2016
In-house seminars and workshop
at KUBEC
Social MediaLet us know what you think
about our English website

Symposium celebrating 150
years of Japan-Belgium
friendship; Academic Lunchwith Belgian King and Queen

Their Majesties King Philippe and Queen
Mathilde of Belgium visited Japan tocommemorate 150 years of Japan-Belgium
friendship. As part of the itinerary, onOctober 14 Kobe University invited agroup of Belgian university rectors to asymposium at the Kobe University
Integrated Research Center. The event
focused on the results of international
collaborative research projects with fourof our partner institutions in Belgium.
The Kobe University Brussels
European Center (KUBEC) wasestablished in September 2010, andsince then we have continued toexpand our academic exchange withBelgian universities. We haveconcluded academic exchange
agreements with nine universities inBelgium, a fruitful result of the annualKUBEC symposia and the almost
monthly KUBEC workshops. Thisevent commemorating 150 years ofJapan-Belgium friendship is also atestament to our University’s strong
presence in Belgium.

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We will continue to use the Brussels
European Office to promote increased
collaboration in the fields of education
and research between Japan, Belgium andEurope.
http://www.kobeu.ac.jp/en/NEWS/info/2016_10_21_01.htm
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Kobe University Overseas
Advisory Board meeting
heldOn November 7, Kobe University held
an Advisory Board meeting at ourBrussels European Centre in Belgium.
The meeting was attended by board
members His Excellency Mr. HermanVan Rompuy (former President of theEuropean Council), Dr. Michael
Reiterer (Senior Advisor in the Asia andPacific Department, European External
Action Service), Professor Roger
Goodman (Head of Social Sciences
Division, University of Oxford), andProfessor Jiří Drahoš (Chairman of theCzech Academy of Sciences).
http://www.kobeu.ac.jp/en/NEWS/info/2016_11_17_01.ht
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he 7th Kobe University
Brussels European Centre
Symposium was held

The 7th Kobe
University Brussels
European Centre
Symposium “EmergingSciences and a Changing
World: EU-Japan inTransition” was held in
Brussels, Belgium on
November 8, 2016. Over80 people attended thesymposium, including
Japanese and European
officials, researchers, students andbusiness representatives.
The four breakout
sessions were organizedunder the themes of data
science, cultural
diversity, migration andsecurity, and particle
physics. Japanese andEuropean researcherspresented the latest
results of cutting-edge
research and discussed
future opportunities forcollaboration.
This year marked the first time that thesymposium was held in collaboration
with Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB),
where the Brussels European Office islocated. KUBEC relocated to theinternational office buildings in VrijeUniversiteit Brussel in July 2015 in orderto fulfil its role as a base forinternational collaboration in education
and research between Japan andEurope, and to form closer ties with
Belgian universities. http://www.kobeu.ac.jp/en/NEWS/info/2016_11_16_01.ht
mlSeminar held on the legal
background of Olympic
sports in JapanOn November 10, Kobe
University held a seminar inBudapest titled “Road to theOlympics: sports and the legal
system in Japan”. The event was coorganized with the JapanFoundation Budapest.
Professor INOUE
Noriyuki (ExecutiveVice President inCharge ofInternationalExchange)
presented a reporton the legal
background and issues surrounding
sports and the Olympics in Japan.
Hungary has placed a bid for the2024 Olympics, and during thequestion and answer time following
the report there were manyquestions about Japan’s legal
framework regarding sports and theTokyo Olympics bid, as well as theJapanese experience of bidding for
the Olympics. The event ended witha lively discussion on these issues.
http://www.kobeu.ac.jp/en/NEWS/info/2016_11_17_04.html

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 Research at
Kobe University(2nd Half of 2016)- Plant discovered that neither photosynthesizes nor blooms
http://www.kobe-u.ac.jp/en/NEWS/research/2016_10_14_01.html
Biology- How do your parenting methods affect your child's future?
http://www.kobe-u.ac.jp/en/NEWS/research/2016_06_17_01.html
Education, Economics- Researchers succeed in developing a genome editing technique that does not cleave DNA
http://www.kobe-u.ac.jp/en/NEWS/research/2016_08_26_01.html
Technology, Biology, Life sciences- Mystery solved behind birth of Saturn’s rings
http://www.kobe-u.ac.jp/en/NEWS/research/2016_10_31_01.html
Space science
If you would like to know more about our research, please contact us at

intl-relations (a)office.kobe-u.ac.jp◆ Past Events in 2016
4 Mar.
16 Mar.
28 Mar.

Global launch of investigation research on folk arts of storytelling by using international network
http://www.speech-data.jp/kaken_omoshiro/bru_mtg/
International Workshop on Modern Family in Japan and Europe
The 6th International Seminar on Integration of Spatial Computable General Equilibrium and Transport Modeling

29 Mar.

From Wasan to Sudoku -Learning from Traditional Japanese Culture

18 Oct.

Bruegel Institute - Graduate school of economics,Kobe university conference" Innovation and Economic Reform in Europe and Japan"
http://www.kobe-u.ac.jp/documents/NEWS/event/econ/2016_10_18_02.pdf

5 Nov.

Collaborative Workshop between Trier University and Kobe University"Space and Time in Modern Civilization"
http://www.office.kobe-u.ac.jp/ipiep/materials/programme20161105.pdf

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 In-house seminars and workshop at KUBEC
Information on academic seminars and workshops at KUBEC can be found at:
http://www.office.kobe-u.ac.jp/ipiep/kubec/index_en.html
If you are interested in participating in those events, please contact us at

intl-kobe_u_bxl(a)office.kobe-u.ac.jp
for further information.

 Social Media
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