Airlanggsa University Institute of Tropical Diseases received a visit from a representative from Niigata University Japan to follow up on the collaboration that had been established. On this occasion, the collaboration was carried out with the Tuberculosis Laboratory. This meeting was welcomed by the Head of the ITD tuberculosis laboratory, namely Prof. Dr.Ni Made Mertaniasih, dr, MS, SpMK(K), Agnes, and Zakiathun as researchers and other staff. The representative from Niigata University is Prof. Sohkichi Matsumoto, Sara Matsumoto is a nurse, Kimika Hagino is a Master’s student, and Yuko Ito is a Niigata lab technician. In this event, discussions were held regarding the follow-up and installation of laboratory equipment imported directly from Japan. We hope that this collaboration will produce positive results for the world in the future