Russian Federation ratified the Asia-Pacific Regional Convention on the Recognition of Qualifications in Higher Education, known as the Tokyo Convention, on January 1, 2021 and Afghanistan on February 1, 2021. As a result, there are now 11 State Parties to the Tokyo Convention. Russian Federation has also ratified the Convention on the Recognition of Qualifications concerning Higher Education in the European Region (known as the Lisbon Recognition Convention) in May 2000.

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　　- Russian Federation joins Tokyo Convention Committee and APNNIC
　　- Afghanistan ratifies the Tokyo Convention on recognition

In accordance with this news, NIC-Japan has added information on education systems of Russia and Afghanistan under the 'foreign education systems' section.

NIC-Japan is very happy to celebrate this news, and encourages more States to join the network.