The latest mission of the Japan Hub delegation to Japan has come to a successful conclusion, providing an important opportunity to strengthen relationships with existing partners and foster new synergies in the fields of education, research and technology
The second week of the institutional mission in Japan, which took place from 15 to 19 June, was dedicated to strengthening relationships with Japanese universities in the Kyoto, Osaka, and Nagoya areas.
The new mission to Japan of Prof. Giuseppe Quaglia, Director of the Japan Hub, and Giovanni Colucci, Research Manager of the Automation and Robotics Group within the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, has officially begun.
On June 8, Prof. Jin Kusaka, accompanied by Prof. Aiko Takako, visited Politecnico di Torino as a guest of Prof. Federico Millo from the Department of Energy (DENERG).
From May 11 to 17 Professor Katsuya Teshima, Director of the Institute for Aqua Regeneration at Shinshu University, was a guest at the Politecnico di Torino as part of the Erasmus Mundus Joint Master Multiphase project.
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
