2024/6/22

On Tuesday, June 18, Kyoto University of Foreign Studies (KUFS) and the Kyoto Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCCI) signed a comprehensive agreement for the purposes of mutual collaboration and cooperation.

Our society is undergoing dramatic changes, as Japanese society ages and becomes more digitized, while globalization increases yet international relations become more unstable, leading to major changes in people’s values. Amid this paradigm shift, it is necessary now more than ever to cultivate human resources who can respond flexibly to increasingly complex social issues.

Kyoto faces tough challenges of its own, including youth migration, corporate labor shortages, and difficulty securing human resources to help revitalize the local region. Although students account for roughly 10 percent of Kyoto's population, their potential is not being fully utilized.

KUFS, an institution boasting diverse educational programs that foster internationalism, and KCCI, which strives to cultivate human resources for the coming generations based on their "Vivid Kyoto" approach, and has among its members a wide range of companies ranging from the traditional to the cutting edge, have signed the above-mentioned comprehensive agreement in order to maximize the synergistic effects of their individual strengths and create a more attractive Kyoto moving forward.

KUFS President Takahiro Ono and KCCI Vice-Chairman Atsushi Horiba (Chairman & CEO of HORIBA, Ltd., attending on behalf of the KCCI Chairman) attended a signing ceremony to finalize the agreement.

Main Coordination and Cooperation Activities Specified by the Agreement
1. Mutual support for development and improvements in the areas of education, research and culture
2. Mutual cooperation toward further development and vitalization of Kyoto regional society and industries
3. Collaboration and support to secure the necessary human resources for companies in Kyoto
4. Support for human resource cultivation and career development at KUFS
5.　Two-way personnel exchanges of KCCI chairpersons and employees and KUFS instructors and students
6. Any other type of mutual collaboration or cooperation deemed necessary

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