5 March 2019 – Vice President of Kitakyushu University, Japan, Mr. Ninomiya Masato (LL.D.), along with Mr. Rodolfo Delgado, Lecturer, Faculty of Foreign Studies, Department of English, and International Exchange Office Manager, Ms. Keiko Katsura, visited Thammasat University and met with Vice Rector for International Affairs, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Kitti Prasirtsuk, along with Asst. Prof. Dr. Piyawan Asawarachan, Head of Japanese Section, Department of Thai and East Asian Languages and Cultures, Faculty of Liberal Arts, Mr. Federico Puggioni, Lecturer for Urban Design & Development (International Program) Faculty of Architecture and Planning, and Japanese students coordinators and senior administrator from office of International Affairs. Both sides discussed academic collaboration, including scholarship for Thammasat students, and also proposed exchange programs.