MBRF explores cooperation avenues with Japanese cultural institutions

Dubai / WAM

A delegation of Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Foundation (MBRF) headed by its Managing Director, Jamal bin Huwaireb, recently visited Tokyo to explore avenues of cooperation with key cultural institutions in Japan.
bin Huwaireb met Shinjiro Komatsu, Japanese Deputy Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, and discussed initiatives that Japan has taken to establish a reading culture among its youth, and explored ways to adapt these initiatives and implement them in the Arab region.
He also held a meeting with Professor Tadashi Uchino of the University of Tokyo, and acquainted him with the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Knowledge Award. They explored ways for Japan and the Arab region to exchange knowledge and expertise.
Finally, he visited the Japan Foundation in Tokyo, which is one of Japan’s top institution dedicated to carrying out comprehensive international cultural exchange programmes throughout the world. The two parties explored ways to boost cultural and knowledge exchange between Japan and the Arab region.
The Foundation was keen to send more scholars to Arab countries to study the early links between Japan and the region in the areas of trade and commerce, as well as literature.
“The Mohammed Bin Rashid foundation is keen to build bridges of knowledge cooperation and exchange with countries and peoples all around the world,” noted bin Huwaireb. “Japan and the Arab countries both have their respective long and rich histories, as well as traditions that they are keen on preserving.”
The managing director of MBRF added: “We look forward to cooperate with our Japanese counterparts, and to learn from their experience in the fields of knowledge and education, especially considering that Japan is regularly ranked among the top nations in the world when it comes to science and reading, a sector that the Foundation places great emphasis on.”