On December 21, 2017, 6 members of the UAE's government headed by HE Ohood
Al Roumi, Minister of State for Happiness and Well-being, and Director
General of the UAE Prime Minister's Office visited the Institute of Medical
Science, the University of Tokyo (IMSUT).
The government of the UAE aims to develop the country’s economy by the expansion of the medical market. (from JETRO HP)
The purpose of the visit is to visit Prof. Hiroshi Kiyono, head of the
Division of Mucosal Immunology and International Research and Director
of the Development Center for Mucosal Vaccine. Also visited were Project
Prof. Satoshi Uematsu of the same center and Prof. Seiya Imoto, Director
of the Health Intelligence Center. The UAE delegation wanted to learn about
research into intestinal flora and immunization, preventing lifestyle diseases,
and the connection between wellbeing, happiness and intestinal flora. The
professors explained about the actual situation and progress in research
on the effect of intestinal flora on the brain by selecting food to make
people happy. The members of the delgation were interested in the presentation.
It is hoped that the research of IMSUT will contribute to the develpement of medical research in the UAE.