Takeshi Ito talks on Dhaka-Tokyo ties at CU

Deputy Chief of Mission at Japanese Embassy Takeshi Ito on Thursday delivered a special lecture titled "Japan's Foreign Policy and Japan-Bangladesh Relations" at the University of Chittagong.

It provided an overview of Japan's diplomatic activities, focusing especially upon the context of Japan's foreign policy in Asian region as well as present and future course of the bilateral relations between Japan and Bangladesh, according to Japanese Embassy in Dhaka, reports UNB. CU Vice Chancellor Prof Dr Shireen Akhter said Japan is a long-standing friend of Bangladesh since its independence.

 "We also have many faculty members who have studied in Japan with Japanese scholarships. I hope this special lecture will be the beginning of further cooperation between University of Chittagong and Japan," she said.

Teachers and around 80 students from Faculty of Social Science of the university attended the event jointly organized by the Embassy of Japan and Centre for Asian Studies, University of Chittagong.