At a ceremony held at UNU Centre December 15, UNU Rector Hans van Ginkel and Prof. Dr. Masao Handa, President of Aoyama Gakuin University, signed an agreement that will govern a new and comprehensive collaborative relationship between the neighbouring Tokyo institutions.

The accord's aims are to promote academic research and bolster advanced study and training programmes and educational activities through collaborative interdisciplinary research projects, advanced study and training programmes and dissemination of knowledge.

UNU is intent on achieving its academic mission of addressing the global concerns confronting humankind by promoting increased cooperation with institutions of higher education and research in Japan and worldwide.

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