"This year is the 30th anniversary of diplomatic relations between Japan and Azerbaijan. The project in the Azerbaijani University of Languages within the framework of the friendship makes us glad, we hope that such projects will continue and Japanese-Azerbaijani friendship relation will develop in the future years too," Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Japan to Azerbaijan Junichi Wada told journalists during opening of "The Japanese languae department" and "Japan Center", APA reports.