Vulcanus in Japan

On 7 November 2025, we were honoured to co-organise the first-ever official EU-Japan Vulcanus Networking Event with Ambassador Kazutoshi Aikawa and the Mission of Japan to the European Union.

This August, 23 students in engineering and other scientific fields arrived in Japan to begin their 8-month Vulcanus in Japan internship programme.

On 14 March, the Vulcanus in Japan 2024/25 Completion Ceremony and Alumni Get Together events were held at Europe House in Tokyo.

Interviews with Carlos André Rodrigues Cunha, a 2022/23 alumnus of the Vulcanus in Japan programme, originally from Portugal, and his supervisor at NTT Basic Research Laboratories, Dr. Makoto Kawano.

On 23 August, the students attending the Vulcanus in Japan 2023/24 session gathered at Europe House in Tokyo for the final presentation of their programme, while the new students of the 2024/25 session joined the celebration.

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The 4th Vulcanus Alumni in Japan Get-Together took place in Brussels on 5 July.

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Vulcanus in Japan 2023/24 students gathered at Europe House in Tokyo for the Midterm Presentation on 26 April.

Vulcanus in Japan 2023/24 students gathered at Naganuma School for the 'End of School Reporting Ceremony' on 15 December as they successfully completed the first part of the Vulcanus programme, a four-month intensive Japanese language course in Tokyo.