On April 11, 2024 Rector Tolobek Abdyrakhmanov received the President of the Japanese company Digital Knowledge, Mr. Hiroaki Haga. During the meeting, the prospects for cooperation between KNU and the Japanese company were discussed and a memorandum of cooperation was signed.The President of Digital Knowledge thanked the Rector of KNU for the reception and briefly spoke about the activities of his company. According to him, Digital Knowledge, along with other projects, is also engaged in educational activities, namely e-learning and consultations to support education in the IT field. Further, he said: “Due to the fact that in Japan there are fewer and fewer young people, and more and more older generations, I would like to cooperate with the National University in the field of education.” According to our project, your students could study at 5 historical universities that provide quality education, gain good experience in Japan, and then return to Kyrgyzstan and contribute to the development of their home country.

Tolobek Abdyrakhmanov noted that the information from Mr. Hiroaki Haga is good and pleasant news for KNU students. “We need to think about it, decide on the form and model of our cooperation, and also work on training programs,” said the Rector.

At the end of the meeting, the Rector of KNU Tolobek Abdyrakhmanov and the President of Digital Knowledge, Mr. Hiroaki Haga, signed a memorandum of cooperation.

The meeting was also attended by: Director of the Digital Knowledge company Ms. Toshiko Kondo, Vice-Rector of KNU for Investments Gulbara Sydykova, Director of the Kyrgyz-Japanese Center (KRJC) from the Kyrgyz side Almazbek Azimov, Director of DICR Bakyt Kelibekov, and Director of the KRJC business department Mr. Shinya Tanaka.

Before the meeting with the Rector, guests from Japan were also received by Vice-Rector for Investments Gulbara Sydykova. The parties discussed issues of international cooperation in the field of education and the main points of the creation of the Kyrgyz-Japanese Digital Institute in the Kyrgyz Republic.