On November 28, H.E. Mr. Antoine Evrard, the Ambassador of the Kingdom of Belgium to Japan, visited the RIKEN Wako Campus.

The visit began with an address from President Makoto Gonokami and an introduction to RIKEN by Executive Director Makiko Naka, along with an introduction to the RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science (CSRS) from Center Director Kazuki Saito and a discussion about cooperation between RIKEN and research institutes in Belgium. This was followed by tours of the Molecular Bioregulation Research Team (CSRS) given by Team Leader Shinya Hagihara, and the Space-Time Engineering Research Team (RIKEN Center for Advanced Photonics (RAP)), by Team Leader Hidetoshi Katori.