On August 30, Tenri University signed a new academic exchange agreement with Hanoi University in Vietnam. Hanoi University–previously known as Hanoi University of Foreign Studies, which was founded in 1959–is one of the prestigious national universities in Vietnam. The university has 18 faculties and departments and has been acclaimed in…
Tenri University, in conjunction with Tenri Cultural Institute of New York, organized “Tohoku Japan Earthquake Relief Project.” Eleven followers from the United States as well as 27 students from Tenri University visited Miyagi, Japan, from August 1 through 4. The participants had a get-together with people in Nanagahama-cho and cleaned…
Sponsored by Tenri University and the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), the University of London, an exhibition is being held under the title “1000 Years of the Art of Japanese Books: Treasures from Tenri Central Library” at Brunei Gallery of SOAS from April 18 to June 22, 2013.…
On December 12, 2012, Tenri University held the ninth Faith Forum Lecture entitled “The Goal of Tenri Yorozu-sodansho Foundation,” in which the chairman of the board of directors of the foundation, Honbu-in Ichiro Yokoyama, delivered a lecture on current Tenrikyo-based healthcare services. He first spoke about the aims of the…
The Faculty of International Studies at Tenri University invited Ms. Mayumi Mukuno to give a lecture in order to raise awareness of international cooperation among students. Ms. Mukuno had recently come back after engaging in the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA)’s Youth Overseas Cooperation Volunteers program. […]
Tenri University President Masahiko Iburi recently paid a courtesy call to the International Islamic University Malaysia, which is located in the suburbs of Kuala Lumpur, the Malaysian capital, and, at the request of this university, gave a talk on Tenrikyo to students and faculty members in the field of religious…