International visits to Hokkaido University in 2017.

Date	Visitor Name	Purpose of Visit	Photograph
12/12/2017	Prof. Ding Zhongli, President, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, China	Attending the Signing Ceremony and Courtesy Visit
01/12/2017	H.E. Prof. Mohammed Gana Yisa, Ambassador Extraordinary of the Federal Republic of Nigeria in Japan	Courtesy Visit
30/11/2017	Prof. Matthew Gaunt, University of Cambridge, Dr. Tom Heightman, Astex, Mr. David Rees, Chief Scientific Officer, Astex	Courtesy Visit
28/11/2017	Dr. Yousef Hojjat, Science Counselor, Embassy of the Islamic Republic of Iran in China	Courtesy Visit
26/10/2017	Dr. Belay Begashaw, Director General, Sustainable Development Goals Center for Africa	Courtesy Visit
26/10/2017	Prof. Choi Jine- Shang, Dean of Graduate School of Industry Welfare, Gyeongnam National University of Science and Technology, Korea	Courtesy Visit
19/10/2017	Dr. Tumurbaatar Yadmaa, President, National University of Mongolia, Mongolia	Courtesy Visit
02/10/2017	Assoc. Prof. Dr. Tran Trung Tinh, Vice Rector, Can Tho University, Vietnam	Courtesy Visit
22/09/2017	Prof. Chen Jun, President, Nanjing University, China	Courtesy Visit
13/09/2017	Ms. Irit Savion Waidergorn, Minister, Embassy of Israel in Japan	Courtesy Visit
01/09/2017	Assoc. Prof. Dr. Chusak Limsakul, President, Prince of Songkla University, Thailand	Courtesy Visit
29/08/2017	Representatives of 5 Russian Universities related to RJE3	Courtesy Visit
29/08/2017	Prof. Ching- Fong Chang, President, National Taiwan Ocean University, Taiwan	Courtesy Visit
28/08/2017	Prof. Luke Evuta Mumba, Vice Chancellor, University of Zambia, Africa	Courtesy Visit
16/08/2017	Prof. Wang Binglin, Director, The Research Center for the Development of Social Science, Ministry of Education, China	Courtesy Visit
07/08/2017	Prof. Xi Youmin, Executive President, Xi’an Jiaotong- Liverpool University, China	Courtesy Visit
02/08/2017	Prof. Dr. Somkit Lertpaithoon, Rector, Thammasat University, Thailand	Courtesy Visit
27/07/2017	Prof. Dr. Eva-Maria Feichtner, Department of Mathematics, University of Bremen, Germany	Courtesy Visit
25/07/2017	Visitors from Indonesia, Malaysia, Mongolia, Thailand, Vietnam	Lectures of the Hokkaido Summer Institute
20/07/2017	Dr. Nam-Kyeong Kim, President, Gyeongnam National University of Science and Technology, Korea	Courtesy Visit
03/07/2017	H. E. Mr. Jean-François Paroz, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Switzerland in Japan	Courtesy Visit
23/06/2017	Assoc. Prof. Dr. Prasert Pinpathomrat, President, Rajamangala University of Technology Thanyaburi, Thailand	Courtesy Visit
08/06/2017	Hon. Richard Court, AC Ambassador of Australia in Japan	Courtesy Visit
06/06/2017	Prof. Kurtis Jai-Chyi Pei, Dean, Colleage of Environmental Studies, National Dong Hwa University, Taiwan	Courtesy Visit
01/06/2017	Asst. Prof. Nida Larpsrisawad, Dean’s advisor for International Affairs, King Mongkut’s Institute of Technology Ladkrabang, Thailand	Courtesy Visit
30/05/2017	H.E. Mr. Jukka Reino Siukosaari,Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Republic of Finlandin Japan	Courtesy Visit
18/05/2017	Prof. Richard Blaikie, Deputy Vice-Chancellor, University of Otago, New Zealand	Attending the Signing Ceremony and Courtesy Visit
25/04/2017	Dr. Nikita Yu. Anisimov, Interim President, Far Eastern Federal University, Russia	Courtesy Visit
21/04/2017	Mr. Lin Shih-Ying, Director of the Education Division,Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office in Tokyo	Courtesy Visit
19/04/2017	Dr. Flora Chia-I Chang, President, Tamkang University, Taiwan	Courtesy Visit
12/04/2017	Prof. Zhou Guanghong, President, Nanjing Agricultural University, China	Courtesy Visit
24/03/2017	Dr. Matti Sarén, Vice Rector for Cooperation affairs, University of Oulu , Finland	Courtesy Visit
23/03/2017	Dr. Fortunato T. de la Peña, Secretary, Department of Science and Technology,Republic of Philippines	Attending to Graduate Commencement Ceremony and Courtesy Visit
22/03/2017	Mr. Thom Hadley, Executive Director of College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Colorado State University, United States of America	Courtesy Visit
22/03/2017	Mr. Cai Xisheng, Jiangsu People’s Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries, China	Courtesy Visit
14/03/2017	Prof. Qu Jingping, President, East China University of Science and Technology, China	Courtesy Visit
08/03/2017	Dr. Dmitry N. Bespalov, Vice President, Far Eastern Federal University, Russia	Courtesy Visit
02/02/2017	H.E. Mr. Hannes Heimisson, Ambassador, Embassy of Iceland in Japan	Courtesy Visit
17/01/2017	Prof. Dr. Mohd Lokman bin Husain, Deputy Vice Chancellor of Academic and International, Universiti Malaysia Terengganu, Malaysia	Courtesy Visit
11/01/2017	Prof. Cho Young-Ho, Dean, Office of External Cooperations, Dong-Eui University, Korea	Courtesy Visit