A symposium to celebrate the Center was held at Üsküdar University, Istanbul. This was the start of “The Bridge of Two Easts: Education Program for Sufi Culture,” a Sufi education project that will continue into the following year. Presentations were given from the Japanese side by Yasushi Tonaga, Director of the Kenan Rifai Center; Masayuki Akahori, Professor at Sophia University; and Maruyama Daisuke, Associate Professor at the National Defense Academy of Japan.
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http://tasavvuf.uskudar.edu.tr/en/project/67/the-bridge-of-two-easts-sufi-culture-education-program-project
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OK9gn3NAv6U
The symposium also appeared in Turkish news
https://www.dailysabah.com/life/2016/10/25/turkey-japan-to-join-hands-for-sufism-project-1477334042