The Division of Tradition and Tourism – Abu Dhabi (DCT Abu Dhabi) has signed a five-year memorandum of understanding with the Tokyo Nationwide Museum to strengthen cooperation in analysis, museum actions {and professional} improvement.
The settlement was signed at DCT Abu Dhabi headquarters within the presence of Mohamed Khalifa Al Mubarak, Chairman of DCT Abu Dhabi, and establishes a framework for collaboration spanning analysis, training, employees exchanges and joint exhibitions.
Strengthening cultural bridges with Japan
“This partnership with Tokyo Nationwide Museum is a part of our ongoing efforts to strengthen cultural cooperation and promote significant alternate between Abu Dhabi and Japan,” Al Mubarak stated. “It displays our shared dedication to deepening mutual understanding and fostering the alternate and studying of tradition by way of analysis, training, and museum collaboration.”
He added that the MoU goals to construct enduring ties between cultural establishments in each nations, reinforcing tradition’s function as a bridge that connects nations and evokes future generations.
Makoto Fujiwara, Govt Director of Tokyo Nationwide Museum, stated the settlement would open new alternatives for inventive {and professional} alternate. “We’re happy to collaborate with the Division of Tradition and Tourism – Abu Dhabi to alternate experience, enrich the worldwide cultural panorama and current new visions for cultural and human creativity within the museum sector,” he stated. “By means of joint exhibitions that includes creative and heritage works from each our cultures, we are going to proceed to introduce Japanese and Emirati audiences to the depth of our respective traditions.”
Underneath the MoU, the 2 establishments will cooperate on the examine and preservation of cultural supplies, together with alternatives for mutual lending and borrowing. The partnership additionally consists of coaching and alternate programmes for museum professionals, alongside plans for joint exhibitions, academic programs and cultural workshops in Abu Dhabi.
The settlement displays DCT Abu Dhabi’s broader technique to develop worldwide cultural partnerships and reinforce the emirate’s function as a world hub for museum collaboration, whereas marking a brand new chapter in cultural relations between the UAE and Japan.

