On April 11 (April 10 local time), in Washington, D.C., Mr. AI Koichi, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Embassy of Japan in the United States of America, and Ms. Lee A. Satterfield, Assistant Secretary of State for Education and Cultural Affairs, signed a Memorandum of Cooperation between the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan and the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology of Japan, on the one side and the Department of State of the United States of America, on the other side, for the creation of educational and cultural exchange opportunities for Japanese specialists.

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