As part of the company’s expansion in Japan, the vice president of Ripple Inc. provide an intensive course for students from the best research institute in the country. Participants will study both the theory and practice of decentralized systems and will have the opportunity to further their understanding of Web3.
Ripple VP invites KyotoU students to an intensive blockchain course
Emi Yoshikawa, the strategic initiatives VP at Ripple Inc., will teach an intensive course on blockchain and cryptocurrencies at Kyoto University Graduate School. The course starts next week, Yoshikawa said in a statement on X.
More information (実技含む)をあれこれ埋め込んでみた。…
— Emi Yoshikawa (@emy_wng) January 20, 2024
As explained by the teacher, the program she prepared aims to combine the benefits of theoretical knowledge and practical skills. After the four-hour course, students will be able to understand the concept of blockchain ‘intuitively’.
Ripple’s CEO hopes her students will experience the same excitement she did when she started studying blockchain years ago.
Founded in 1897, Kyoto University or KyotoU is one of the most prestigious universities in Japan. It is the second oldest university in Japan and consistently ranks high in the top 10 universities in Asia.
As previously reported by U.Today, Emi Yoshikawa welcomed Japanese Mayor of Fukuoka Soichiro Takashima to Ripple headquarters in San Francisco, USA in 2022.
Ripple is betting big on Japan
In recent years, Ripple and the XRP Ledger ecosystem as a whole have built a solid presence in many segments of the Japanese economy.
In 2023, Ripple’s local unit SBI Ripple Asia significantly expanded its presence in cross-border and domestic remittances.
Ripple Labs’ partner SBI Holdings also launched collaboration programs with Saudi giant Saudi Aramco and USDC issuer Circle.