Solidarity from sea to heart

The Ikuta Shrine in Kobe. Mutsumi Kashiwase, a 22-year-old student majoring in Chinese language at Kobe City University of Foreign Studies, joined the international student class at Tianjin Foreign Studies University last year, where she delved into the intricacies of Chinese grammar, lengthy texts, and the art of calligraphy. In 1983, on the 10th anniversary of the friendship city relationship, Kobe City University of Foreign Studies and Tianjin Foreign Studies University signed an agreement on establishing an exchange program. From 2007 to 2023, the Kobe university sent 12 undergraduate students to Tianjin and received 16 graduate students from the Tianjin university, said a public relations officer at Kobe City University of Foreign Studies. In the past two months, hundreds of students from Kobe and other Japanese cities visited Tianjin, taking part in the "Friendship Tour" organized by Tianjin's Foreign Affairs Office.