{"id":172120,"date":"2025-07-10T13:26:47","date_gmt":"2025-07-10T04:26:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/?post_type=news&#038;p=172120&#038;lang=en"},"modified":"2025-07-10T13:26:47","modified_gmt":"2025-07-10T04:26:47","slug":"chinese-language-center-to-open-kumamoto-university","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/news\/chinese-language-center-to-open-kumamoto-university\/","title":{"rendered":"Chinese Language Center To Open at Kumamoto University"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kumamoto University announced on July 9 that a Chinese language education center will open on campus on July 15, operated by Taiwan\u2019s National Sun Yat-sen University. The center will serve 11 national universities across Kyushu and Okinawa under the KOOU consortium, with language teachers dispatched as needed. The initiative stems from an agreement signed in April between KOOU and Taiwan\u2019s UAAT university alliance, aiming to promote international cooperation in education and research. The move also reflects deepening economic and cultural ties driven by the semiconductor industry, particularly following TSMC\u2019s new factory launch in Kumamoto. <\/span><b>Source: <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kumamoto-u.ac.jp\/daigakujouhou\/kouhou\/pressrelease\/2025_file\/release20250702-1.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kumamoto Universit<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">y<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_172116\" style=\"width: 1410px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-172116\" class=\"size-full wp-image-172116\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/fn_kumamoto-university-campus_2025_cl.jpeg?resize=1400%2C933&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Chinese Language Center To Open at Kumamoto University\" width=\"1400\" height=\"933\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/fn_kumamoto-university-campus_2025_cl.jpeg?w=1400&amp;ssl=1 1400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/fn_kumamoto-university-campus_2025_cl.jpeg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/fn_kumamoto-university-campus_2025_cl.jpeg?resize=1024%2C682&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/fn_kumamoto-university-campus_2025_cl.jpeg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-172116\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo from Kumamoto University official X<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Stay informed with the latest Fukuoka &amp; Kyushu news and events in English. 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