Reiwa5Years6Month16Japan, Chalermchai Suvarnallak, Director General, Department of Fisheries, Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives, Kingdom of Thailand5Mr. Sakon Wanasetti, Counselor of the Royal Thai Embassy in Tokyo and the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) In the presence of Ms. Chieko Yokota, Director of Agriculture and Rural Development Group XNUMX, and others, the signing ceremony for the international exchange agreement with the university was held.

　Since XNUMX, the university and the Department of Fisheries, Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives of Thailand have been working together with the support of the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.JST/JICA"International Science and Technology Cooperation Program for Global Challenges (SATREPS) We are promoting exchanges of researchers, joint research, and human resource development based on the idea of ??``making Thai native fish and shellfish into domestic fish and establishing a fish farming method aimed at creating world strategic fish.'' It is expected that it will be further deepened.

The group held talks with President Toshio Iseki, Executive Vice President for Education and International Affairs Masashi Maita, and Professor Ikuo Hirono.JICAIn addition to reconfirming the active exchange results between the two institutions, such as the acceptance of graduate students from the Thai Fisheries Department with the scholarship of , information was exchanged on the use of a fisheries research station in Thailand as a field research destination for our students.In addition, we had a lively exchange of opinions on new forms of exchange in the future, such as the joint development of an online human resource development program and the dispatch of our students for internships.After the meeting, the group visited Professor Hirono's laboratory, aquaculture laboratories, and the Marine Science Museum.

　Joint research between our university and Thailand began in the Heisei era11going back in time,2HornJSPSBusiness, Heisei23year and Heisei30year adoptedSATREPSBased on the project, research on the development of feed, prevention of infectious diseases, and breeding is being conducted in relation to aquaculture, which is a major industry in Thailand. The developed test method was adopted as the standard test method for infectious diseases by the Thai government, and the World Animal Health Secretariat (World Organization of Animal Health (WOAH)) has also produced excellent results, such as being adopted as a standard method.In addition, Thai students who have obtained degrees at this university are now active in the Thai government, universities, private companies, etc.

Our university will continue to actively promote joint research and human resource development cooperation with the Thai Fisheries Department in order to contribute to the promotion of exchanges between Japan and Thailand.

 
Signing ceremony

State of the meeting

Group photo

Marine Science Museum visit