Eight Japanese universities launched education expo in Cambodia

Eight Japanese universities had on Saturday 13th November held a Japanese education exhibition at the Cambodian-Japanese Cooperation Centre in Phnom Penh in order to promote Japanese education to prospective Khmer students who want to further their studies in Japan.

The 8 universities are: Kyushu University, Kyoto University, KobeGakuin University, International University Of Japan, Sophia University, University of Tsukuba, Nagoya University and Hiroshima University.

Mr. Tasuya Makshinda, a Japanese embassy official, said the purpose of the expo is to share Japanese education experiences and the education developments in Japan with Cambodian students in a view to the advancement of a quality and competitive education sector in Cambodia. He added that the expo is also aimed at providing prospective Cambodian students the information about the education in Japan, about the scholarships to study in Japan and about which Japanese university they wish to study.