Professor Masabumi Suzuki, Dean of the Graduate School of Law (GSL), made a business trip to Thailand on August 8 -10, 2019. Ms. Saori Okuda, Lecturer of the International Students' Support Office, accompanied him.

In August 2019, they visited several organizations and universities in Thailand t closely related to GSL to exchange views and plans about cooperative relationships and met with graduates who had studied at GSL. It is particularly pleasing to see the graduates playing active roles in their respective fields back in their home countries. GSL had put a lot of effort into the past twenty-five years or so.

They went to Bangkok from August 8 to 10, 2019. First, they visited the Office of the Judiciary of Thailand and had a meeting with the Secretary-General, Judge Sarawut Benjakul. They discussed building a cooperative relationship with a focus on the training of judges.

Then Dean Suzuki gave a lecture on court procedures in Japan, which was broadcasted through the Internet to the courts all over Thailand.

GSL started a relationship with the Thai Judiciary by accepting Thai judges in our School in recent years. Dr. Benjawan Tangsatapornpan, who had just returned to Thailand with a Ph.D. from our School, is one of such judges, and she kindly took care of us during the stay. It is of great significance for GSL to establish and strengthen a close relationship with Thailand, whose relationship with Japan is becoming even more profound.

Next, they visited the Faculty of Law of Chulalongkorn University. The university has an all-faculty exchange agreement with Nagoya University. They met with Dean Pareena Srivanit and confirmed a cooperative relationship between the two faculties. Chulalongkorn University is Thailand's oldest and very prestigious national university, and GSL looks forward to expanding exchanges in both research and education between the two faculties.

They also had a reunion with some of the Thai graduates of Nagoya University. There were seven graduates, six of whom were former students of GSL, and one was a graduate from the Graduate School of International Development (GSID). After graduation, they returned to Thailand and were active in professional institutions such as universities, international organizations, and think tanks, making extensive use of their expertise.