On the 25th of March, 2001, a ceremony was held at the Training Centre of the Asian Pacific Organization for CancerPrevention (APOCP) to commemorate its official opening. Attended by the Chairman, Secretary-general and Treasurer ofthe the APOCP, as well as the Director of the National Cancer Institute of Thailand and individuals from Chulalongkornand Mahidol Universities, and the Japanese International Cooperation Association Office in Thaiiland, the occasion featuredaddresses from Kazuo Tajima and a representative of JICA, with whom Aichi Cancer Centre is collaborating in developingone of the types of course which it is hoped will now be able to be offered in a central location in Bangkok, right at the hubof the Asian Pacific region.
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