On May 12, 2026, Turkmen delegation headed by N. Shykhlyev, Vice-Rector of the International University for the Humanities and Development of Turkmenistan, held a series of meetings in Japan with representatives of science, education, and international cooperation. About this reports MFA of Turkmenistan. 

At the meeting with H. Koinuma, President of the Turkmen-Japanese Scientific and Technological Association, the parties discussed priority areas of cooperation. The meeting was also attended by A. Futohashi, Consultant of the Department for Project Development and Implementation at “Asia SEED”.

During the meeting, opportunities for developing bilateral scientific and educational cooperation, specifically the development of humanities education, in-depth language learning, the creation of exchange programs, specialist training, the creation of the KOSEN education system, and cooperation in the field of artificial intelligence (AI) were discussed.

At a meeting with Y. Sonoyama, Deputy Director of the East, Central Asia, and Caucasus Department of the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), the parties discussed establishing bilateral cooperation between Turkmen higher education institutions and JICA in areas of mutual interest, as well as the implementation of a JICA-funded exchange program for Japanese language teaching specialists in education and science.

JICA also invited students from our country's higher education institutions to participate in a short-term online course on artificial intelligence, titled "Unleash Your Potential with Data Science and Artificial Intelligence."