On 21 and 22 of April, two scientific events were held at the Embassy of Italy in Tokyo as part of the initiatives for 2026, marking the 160th anniversary of diplomatic relations between Italy and Japan.
The first long-term mission of the Japan Hub Research Manager, Giovanni Colucci, has officially begun. The mission will see him based for three months at the Japan Hub headquarters in Tokyo, with a period spent in the city of Kanazawa.
Prof. Marco Morandotti, a member of the Academic Board of the Japan Hub, was on a mission to Japan from March 22 to April 8. During his stay, he visited Kyoto University and Kyushu University.
On March 3, a delegation from the Kyushu Institute of Technology visited Politecnico di Torino as part of ongoing efforts to strengthen international relations between the two universities.
Within the framework of the collaboration between Politecnico di Torino and Ryukoku University of Kyoto, a group of eight students visited PoliTO for a Project Based Learning workshop “Green Transition and Social Innovations – Towards Resilient Cities".
During the week of February 20–28, Prof. Eiichiro Tanaka from Waseda University was hosted by the Politecnico as a visiting professor in the framework of the PNRR TNE-LEGO project.
During the week of the 16th to the 20th of February, the Politecnico di Torino hosted Professor Komori Masaharu from Kyoto University, welcomed as a visiting professor within the framework of the PNRR funding of the TNE-LEGO project.
On February 10 at 10:00 a.m. the seminar “Giovanni Vincenzo Cappelletti and Antonio Fontanesi in Japan at the End of the Nineteenth Century” will be held in the Sala dello Zodiaco at the Valentino Castle by Professor Mari Kawakami
Final Stop of the Japan Hub Director’s Visit to Japan. On Thursday, January 22, the visit of the Japan Hub Director to Japanese research centers and universities came to an end. The final stop was dedicated to Hokkaido University.
On the occasion of the traditional celebratory event for Emperor Naruhito’s birthday, on 13 January Professor Claudia Cassatella visited the Consulate General of Japan in Milan to take part in the celebrations
The first institutional mission to Japan of 2026 by the Director of the PoliTO Japan Hub, Prof. Giuseppe Quaglia, has officially begun. He is accompanied by the Project Research Manager, Giovanni Colucci.
Yesterday, 15 December, two representatives of the Japanese company Delta Kogyo which specializes in the manufacture of automotive seating systems, paid a visit to the Politecnico di Torino.
From 13 to 20 December, a delegation from the PoliTO Japan Hub of the Politecnico di Torino, consisting of Prof. Fabrizio Barpi and Dr. Gianmarco Vallero, visited several research infrastructures of the NIED.
