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St. Petersburg School No. 583 and the School of International, Intercultural and Technological Cooperation of the Japanese city of Sapporo signed an agreement on twinning relations. This happened within the framework of the signing of a memorandum of cooperation in the educational sphere between St. Petersburg and the Hokkaido prefecture, according to the website of the Committee for External Relations of St. Petersburg.
During the ceremony, the parties noted that the document was signed during the Year of Russian-Japanese interregional and twin city exchanges 2020–2021. St. Petersburg and Hokkaido have been cooperating in the educational field for about three years, negotiations are underway on interschool exchanges. The regions are also actively cooperating in the spheres of economy and culture.
At the signing ceremony of the memorandum, the parties expressed their hope that the agreements will expand interaction between the younger generation of the two countries and will be continued in other projects in the field of education.
It is reported that the cooperation agreements were also signed by the St. Petersburg school No. 83 and the Sakata Koryo school. Currently, in St. Petersburg, Japanese is taught in four secondary schools, as well as in a number of colleges and universities.
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