Balgarianovinite.com Bulgaria’s Ambassador to Japan Marieta Arabadjieva held meetings with the administration of Hokkaido University during a visit to Hokkaido Prefecture on May 13, the Embassy of Bulgaria in Japan reported on its Facebook page on Friday.
Arabadjieva met with the University President, Prof. Kiyohiro Houkin, and the associate dean of the Faculty of Humanities, Prof. Masanori Takezawa, and Assoc. Prof. Kenta Sugai, who is teaching Bulgarian language at the university.
The Ambassador expressed her gratitude for the long-standing support for Bulgarian studies at the university. Opportunities for future cooperation and development of the programme were also discussed.
The Japanese side expressed appreciation for the financial support provided by the Bulgarian Ministry of Education and Science for the development of Bulgarian studies through scholarships for students participating in summer seminars on Bulgarian language and culture in Bulgaria.
During the meeting, the participants also discussed opportunities for exchange programmes in fields related to information technology and artificial intelligence.
Ambassador Arabadjieva also met with students majoring in Bulgarian studies. She expressed her gratitude for their interest in the Bulgarian language and culture and invited them to participate in the Bulgarian language public speaking contest, summer seminars for students of Bulgarian studies, as well as exchange programmes for study in Bulgaria.
The meeting was also attended by Kristian Michailov, Bulgarian volleyball coach in Japan, who presented information about Bulgarian sports and opportunities for academic exchange in the field of sports between Bulgaria and Japan. Bulgarian Ambassador to Japan and Hokkaido University Leadership Talk Bulgarian Studies Development 2026 THE NEWS FROM BULGARIA – NEWS AGENCY 2009-2025 2026-05-15 15:26:31 Latest news World news Country news Most important news latest news most important latest of the day Justice Petar Nizamov Feathers Petar Nizamov- Feathers Justice bg iustitia.bg iustitia iusticia usticia investigation Burgas Bulgaria news news of the last hour news of the day news of today Bulgaria news The news from Bulgaria blitz news top news most important most commented latest news Boyko Borisov news weather coronavirus news news weather facebook youtube facebook instagram news today news of the last minutes news today today news news bg news leading news hot news bg news site for news all news news bg news of the last hour latest latest news bg news of today news today news today news of the last hour latest news today news bg news news 24 hours news vesti bg novini news world bird bg bivol bg bivol trud bg novini latest news today novinite bg news hello bulgaria political party coat of arms delyan peevski scandalous Bulgarian National Television Free Europe Television scandal exclusive live tv live right now tv tv online tv program bg live now tv news online tv online live court Burgas court Burgas district court Burgas court Burgas district court Burgas district court Burgas appellate court Burgas prosecutor Burgas prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Prosecutor General Ivan Geshev Prosecutor Geshev Tsatsarov Ministry of Internal Affairs Burgas ODMR Burgas ODPR Burgas police Burgas district police Burgas prosecutor Tsatsarov SGS cases Varna court chairman of the SGS court decisions on civil cases decisions on cases Plovdiv court decision of the court decisions cases Varna court criminal cases district district court decisions work in the court SGS chairman of the SGS judges Sofia court post judges Plovdiv court Plovdiv judges Plovdiv Supreme Court Inspectorate Supreme Court Supreme Judicial Council lawyer lawyer criminal cases lawyer civil cases lawyer marriage cases lawyer administrative criminal law criminal process civil law civil process administrative law constitutional law