M. De Batist and V. Heyvaert were part of the Ghent University delegation that accompanied the Belgian Royal Family last week on their State Visit to Japan. At the University of Tokyo, the Ghent University delegation met with the Japanese project partners of AIST and the University of Tokyo, and with the Executive Vice President of the University of Tokyo and discussed the modalities of a cooperation agreement between the University of Tokyo and Ghent University for educational purposes, and of a Letter of Intent between Ghent University, the Royal Belgian Institute for Natural Sciences, the University of Tokyo and AIST for scientific collaboration in geohazard research.
