Mr. Masakazu Tokuda, Deputy Director-General of the Lifelong Learning Policy Bureau, Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT), visited Gifu University on October 14, 2015.

After a meeting with President Hisataka Moriwaki and Mr. Masaki Yokoyama, Executive Director for General Affairs and Finance, Mr. Tokuda received an explanation about Gifu University's gender equality promotion program from Professor Masako Hayashi, Vice President for the Promotion of Gender Equality and Diversity.

Later, Mr. Tokuda visited two nursery schools of Gifu University, "Hohoemi" and "Sukoyaka." After hearing the details of the nursery schools' current situations and problems from Mr. Kosho Kasuga, Principal of these nursery schools, Mr. Tokuda chatted with the toddlers.

In the afternoon, Mr. Tokuda visited Gifu Pharmaceutical University, and exchanged opinions with female researchers of Gifu University, Gifu Pharmaceutical University, Gifu Women's University and honey product manufacturer, API Co., Ltd., about the "2015 Initiative for the Implementation of the Diversity Research Environment (Collaboration Type)," for which Gifu University had filed an application with MEXT as the representative institution, and the application was successfully selected.