TOHOKU UNIVERSITY

The G7 Science and Technology Ministerial Meeting was held in Sendai from May 12 - 14.Led by Japan's Minister of State for Science and Technology Sanae Takaichi, the ministers from Canada, France, Germany, Italy, the United Kingdom and…

In conjunction with the G7 Science and Technology Ministers Meeting in Sendai, Maria Cristina Russo, the European Commissions' Director for Global Approach and International Cooperation in Research & Innovation, visited Tohoku…

Tohoku University's Katsurao Plant Factory in Fukushima prefecture recently held a community event, where staff handed out 177 seedlings of Suzukoma tomatoes and taught local residents how to grow them.According to Associate Professor…

Tohoku University has launched a Centre for International Law and Policy (CILP), with the aim of promoting better understanding and dissemination of international law, as well as helping to develop policy proposals.The university…

The award ceremony for the 2023 Japan Prize was held in Tokyo on April 13, with the Emperor and Empress of Japan and government ministers among the 140 people in attendance.Masataka Nakazawa, a specially-appointed research fellow at…

Important updates will be posted on the university's official websites (English, Japanese) and social media pages (FB, Twitter, Linkedin, Instagram), so everyone is encouraged to click follow or check back…

Over the next seven weeks, there will be food trucks on Kawauchi-kita Campus, aimed at giving students, faculty and staff some new options for lunch. It's hoped that the trucks will create a lively outdoor atmosphere on campus as the…

Tohoku University's Research Institute of Electrical Communication (RIEC) has established a new, interdisciplinary research center that will focus its efforts on breaking down communication barriers between the real and virtual world.…

Times Higher Education (THE) has released its annual list of top Japanese universities, and Tohoku University is ranked number one for the fourth year in a row.While THE's annual World Rankings focus on research influence and data, the…

The Tohoku University Japanese Programme (TUJP) had its first in-person winter session this March, with 24 participants from five countries across Asia and Europe. It was the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic, that the popular…