On October 7, 2024, CSEAS and the Japan Foundation signed an Agreement on Collaboration and Cooperation. Dr. Yuri Sato, Executive Vice President, Mr. Wakao Koike, Ms. Tae Mori, and Ms. Erina Harada from the Japan Foundation, Director Fumiharu Mieno, Deputy Director Masaaki Okamoto, Deputy Director Satoru Kobayashi, Associate Professor Ryota Sakamoto, and Assistant Professor Minami Tosa from CSEAS attended the ceremony. The two institutions will collaborate and cooperate on the “Partnership to Co-create a Future with the Next Generation: WA Project 2.0,” a comprehensive human exchange program to promote exchange and human resources development for the next generation in Japan and ASEAN.