From 1 to 12 October, 2012, the Chairman of the Japan Investment Council Rene Kanayama visited the Department of pipelines, water supply and hydraulic of Polotsk State University.
Japan Investment Council was founded in 2008 by the Japanese government and commercial organizations in the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS). Now it is constantly expanding its influence in the individual markets in the region, in particular in the field of oil and gas and nuclear energy development.

Experience in the application of technological knowledge in the current work and exchange of experience with PSU are important for governance of the Council, so Mr. Kanayama expressed interest in studying of the technological features of the processes of oil and gas on the individual program.