On the 22nd of March, a memorandum of understanding was concluded between the FMUL and the Wakayama Medical University in Japan, signed by the Director of the FMUL, Professor Fausto J Pinto, and the Chairman of the WMU, Professor Yoshitaka Okamura. This agreement is part of the FMUL internationalisation policy, pursued by the current Administration, expanding the range of opportunities for pre- and post-graduate collaboration in teaching and research.