Sendai: Foreign Minister H E Dr Khalid bin Mohamed Al Attiyah officially inaugurated Qatar Science Campus at Engineering Graduate School at Tohoku University in Sendai City, Japan.
The campus is one of the projects funded by Qatar Friendship Fund which was launched at the initiative of Emir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani for the Japanese people.
The fund aims to support relief efforts in the wake of the earthquake and tsunami that hit eastern Japan and strengthen friendship and cooperation between both countries and their people to raise the spirit of hope for victims and aid management in a quick and efficient manner, reports Qatar News Agency.
Speaking on the occasion, Dr Al Attiyah said young people are the window to the future and the key to progress, as evidenced more in Japan than anywhere else.
He said the project aims to develop the enormous potential and help them discover techniques that will benefit humanity in the future.
“Out of Qatar’s belief in the role of science in the sustainability of local communities, the fund, in collaboration with Tohoku University, launched the campus to create an advanced scientific learning environment for the local community and prepare a new generation of engineers and researchers that will work to establish new industries in the region.
University President Susumu Satomi praised the fund’s role in the reconstruction of the Tohoku region. The Peninsula
