The University of Windsor welcomed Takako Ito, the consul-general of Japan in Toronto, to campus Thursday.

She delivered a presentation to MBA students in the Odette School of Business on foreign policy and the Canada-Japan relationship.

Ito noted that this year marks the 90th anniversary of formal diplomatic relations between Canada and Japan and said she intends to promote understanding of her homeland among Canadians and facilitate greater exchange between the two countries.

UWindsor president Alan Wildeman and a delegation of university officials and faculty welcomed her to a luncheon before she toured the campus.