Hirosaki University, a long term partner visited National Pingtung University on July 7 to stenthern the already tight partnership. Delegates inculde Assoc. Prof. Mr. Akira Kashima, Deputy Director, Dept. of International Education and Collaboration Head of International Education Division and Mr. Jumpei Horii, Administrative staff at Dept. of International Education and Collaboration. The welcome reception is hosted by Academic Vice President Prof. Dr. Sheau-Wen Lin. During the discussion, Prof. Kashima proposed to extend the collaboration between the Department of Japan to all departments of NPTU. In the future, we can expect to see more students from HU come exchange in all disciplines at NPTU. For NPTU students, they can benefit more from the new agreement when they go exchange at HU.