Jeol USA, a supplier of electron microscopes, recently hosted a visit from Dr Akihisa Inoue, president of Tohoku University in Sendai, Japan.
Dr Inoue visited Jeol's US subsidiary in Peabody, Massachusetts, when finalising plans for opening a second representative office for Tohoku University in the US.
The university established its California office in 2006 to help promote its mission as a leading collaborative research institution.
The new east coast office will afford interchange between Tohoku University and educational institutions in Cambridge and Boston.
