In October 2022, the school building of Taras Shevchenko Memorial Kyiv State University, a partner school of Aoyama Gakuin University in Ukraine, was severely damaged by airstrikes by the Russian military.Aoyama Gakuin collected donations in April 10 after receiving a request from Kyiv National University for support to continue its research and educational activities.Utilizing the collected donations, the “Japanese Language and Literature Education Laboratory” was established at Kyiv National University, and the opening ceremony and the opening ceremony of the academic presentation conference to be held in this classroom were held on May 2023, 4. .
Upon receiving a request for support to continue research and educational activities from Kyiv National University, Aoyama Gakuin donated a total of 1,306,823 yen to the kindergarten, elementary, middle, high school, university, and graduate schools. collected.At Kyiv National University, the donation was used to repair the school building, refurbish the classrooms of the Faculty of Humanities and Sciences (formerly the Institute of Languages), and open the ``Japanese Language and Literature Education Laboratory''. On May 2023, 5 (Wednesday) from 10:10 am Ukraine time (4:XNUMX pm Japan time), the opening ceremony and the opening ceremony of the academic presentation conference to be held in this classroom were held.
At the inauguration and opening ceremonies, Buhrov Volodymr, Rector of Taras Shevchenko Memorial Kyiv National University, Hryhoryi Semenyuk, Dean of the Faculty of Humanities and Sciences of Kyiv National University gave greetings, followed by a congratulatory address by Kuninori Matsuda, Ambassador of Japan to Ukraine, followed by Hiroshi Sakamoto, President of Aoyama Gakuin University. and Ryukoku University President Takashi Irisawa delivered a congratulatory speech via video message, followed by a congratulatory speech from South Korean Ambassador to Ukraine Kim Hong Te.
President Sakamoto congratulated the opening of the "Japanese Language and Literature Education Department", and was also killed in the war against Russia. and the late Japanese language student Horbenko Svyatoslave of the Department of Southeast Asian Languages and Literature, and the late Korean language teacher Antipove Denys.He also reported that Aoyama Gakuin, which consists of a kindergarten, elementary school, middle school, high school, university, and graduate school, has made a joint donation to Kyiv National University, which has continued its research and educational activities even in the midst of war.Soon, when spring comes peacefully, academic presentations in the fields of Japanese, Chinese, Korean, Indonesian, and Vietnamese languages, literature, and education will be held at the Japanese Language and Literature Education Laboratory. I prayed that it would blossom greatly and become "the light of the world."
In the "Japanese Language and Literature Education Laboratory," a sign has been installed that reads, "In 2023, funds donated by partner universities Ryukoku and Aoyama Gakuin."
