On May 15, the Japanese Ambassador to Austria, Mr. Kiminori Iwama, visited the Rector of the University of Salzburg, Prof. Dr. Bernhard Fügenschuh. The Japanese staff and students of the University of Salzburg, including Kyoko Shinozaki, were invited to the academic exchange. Ambassador Iwama and the invitees had an active opinion exchange on the current status and future possibilities of academic exchange between Austria and Japan.