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The Department of Japanese Studies continues its unique series of joint online seminars with Tokyo University of Foreign Studies (TUFS). The latest sessions were held on October 23 and November 6, 2025. The seminars involved 4th-year students of the "Asian and African Studies" bachelors' degree program, specializing in Japanese, as well as Japanese students majoring in Russian studies from TUFS.

The International Partners Week 2025 became one of the most important international events of the year for the Institute for Asian and African Studies at HSE University-St Petersburg. After five days of the forum, experts in Asian and African studies from HSE University-St Petersburg held negotiations with representatives of 18 global universities from Asia, Africa, Europe and Latin America, signed important agreements and shaped the directions for international cooperation in the future. Professor Evgeny Zelenev, Director of the Institute of Asian and African Studies, shares the results of IPW-2025.

As part of a trip to Japan in March 2025, a delegation from HSE St. Petersburg, led by Campus Director Anna Tyshetskaya, visited a number of major universities in Japan: Sofia University (Tokyo), Hosei University (Tokyo), Tokai University (Tokyo), Kwansei University (Kobe), Osaka University (Osaka) and others. The delegation from the Institute of Asian and African Studies included the head of the Department of Japanese Studies Olga Klimova and senior lecturer Artyom Klimov.

This year, the Department of Japanese Studies at the Institute of Asian and African Studies continues to establish contacts with various universities in Japan within the framework of educational, pedagogical and scientific cooperation. Students of the department regularly visit educational institutions in Japan for exchange studies.

Maria Petrochenko, a 5th year student of Asian and African Studies (Department of Japanese Studies), became a diploma winner of the VII season of the All-Russian competition “I am a Professional” in the direction of “Asian and African Studies: Japanese Studies”.

Olga Klimova, Associate Professor and Head of the Department of Japanese Studies at the Institute of Asian and African Studies of the National Research University Higher School of Economics-St. Petersburg took part in the International Pacific Theatre Festival as a interpreter of Japanese director Miura Motoi on October 2-4, 2024.

On June 28, 2024, Mr. Matsuo Hiroki, Consul General of Japan in St. Petersburg, visited the National Research University Higher School of Economics-St. Petersburg. The Consul General was accompanied by Mrs. Nishimoto Chihiro, Vice-Consul.