TOHOKU UNIVERSITY

On March 16, Tohoku University held a ceremony to mark the formation of Asunasa, a student-led volunteer organization that dedicates its time to tracking and reporting cybercrime, harmful online content, and the spread of misinformation…

The International Student Help Desk will once again be open for this year's spring and autumn orientation periods.From this semester, in-person services will be expanded into Aobayama Campus from March 27 - April 28. The usual Help Desk…

The 3rd World Bosai Forum, an international conference on disaster risk reduction, was held in Sendai from March 10 - 12, after an absence of more than three years due to the COVID-19 pandemic. It was also the first time that the forum…

Tohoku University held its Spring 2023 Entrance Ceremony today at Xebio Arena Sendai. The ceremony was divided into two parts - one for the 2,481 first-year undergraduates, and one for the 2,470 new graduate students.In his speech to both…

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…

On January 23, President Hideo Ohno attended the "Japan-India Universities Forum," a gathering of top university presidents from Japan and India.The forum was hosted by the Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST), with the aim of…

Eighteen students have been awarded the Tohoku University Global Leader certificate for Winter 2022/23. The ceremony was held on February 3 at Katahira Campus.The Global Leader programme is an important part of the university's efforts to…

Masataka Nakazawa, a specially-appointed professor at Tohoku University's International Research Institute of Disaster Science (IRIDeS), has been named a co-winner of the 2023 Japan Prize in the field of Electronics, Information and…

All graduating students are invited to attend their commencement ceremony in person at Xebio Arena Sendai on March 24.In order to prevent the spread of COVID-19 and to facilitate safe physical distancing at the ceremony, only graduating…