Research and Learning for the Real World

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‘Learning for the real world’ and ‘nurturing intellectual and emotional intelligence’ Educational Goal

To develop caring, trustworthy, and respectable people

Contents

03 Our Profile

05 Kindai Kinetics

07 Facts & Figures

09 Research

11 Aquaculture

13 Faculty Spotlight

15 Academics

17 Exchange

19 Collaboration

21 Medicine

23 Sports

25 President’s Message Our Profile

Higashiosaka Campus (Main Campus) Campus Osaka-Sayama Campus

At a Glance Our Name The name “Kinki” refers to the region in western Japan where our university is located. The Kinki University was founded in 1949. Now one of Japan’s largest universities, it Kinki region covers seven prefectures and includes the cities of , Kobe, Osaka, Wakayama, and Nara. The university is informally known as “Kindai,” a name formed by has six campuses in western Japan and boasts research facilities across the Higashiosaka Campus combining kin from Kinki with dai from daigaku, the Japanese word for university. In April nation—from Hokkaido in the north to Kagoshima in the south. Currently, Kinki 2016, “Kindai University” will become the official English name for Kinki University, and a foreign language faculty will be launched—moves that will further the university’s aims of University comprises 13 faculties with 48 departments, 11 graduate schools, a Nara Campus broadening its international profile. law school, 20 research facilities, two junior colleges, 18 associated primary and Campus secondary schools, and three teaching hospitals. The university has over 31,000 Fukuoka Campus Our Logo students and more than 477,000 alumni. The Kinki University logo represents the flower of the Japanese plum tree, the first flower to blossom after Japan’s long, cold winter. The flower’s five Kinki University conducts research in a wide range of fields and is making a Osaka-Sayama Campus petals resemble both the shape of a person and the Japanese name for itself as a leader in aquaculture, most notably for its work with bluefin kanji character 大 (dai), the first character in 大学 (daigaku).” There is a small gap in one of the petals indicating that the tuna. Dedicated to meeting the needs of today’s rapidly changing society, Kinki Wakayama Campus university’s goals are not yet fully realized, and there is still University will continue expanding its educational programs and facilities. potential for improvement and development.

Wakayama Campus Hiroshima Campus Fukuoka Campus Kindai Kinetics

Kinki University offers learning for the real world—a focus that puts our research programs at the international forefront of Learning & Growing for the Real World addressing some of today’s most complex issues. With vibrant campuses, compelling curricula, and practical field studies, Kinki University shapes caring global citizens who can inspire trust and respect.

05 06 Facts & Figures

Kinki University—Aiming Ever Higher for an Even Better Future

As of May 2014 2,344 105,890 Number of full-time teachers Number of applicants*1

6,207 31,099 Number of alumni Number of undergraduate who are company presidents students

No. 1 among universities in Japan $16,383,370 Amount of extramural funding (in US dollars)

No. 4 among universities No. 7 among universities in Japan in Japan

195 Total campus area Number of R&D projects 3,849,600 square meters on consignment from private enterprises*2 Library books

No. 3 among universities 2,294,835 in Japan

Administrative staff members 477,978 3,714 Number of alumni association members Olympic medals 14 (awarded to 10 athletes)

No. 4 among universities in Japan

*1: Applied via fiscal 2014 general entrance examinations *2: As of fiscal 2012 • Exchange rate US$1 = ¥100 07 08 Research

Leading the Way in Cutting-Edge Research Other Research Centers and Institutes

Kinki University’s research centers are equipped with state-of-the-art equipment and facilities and are blessed with an Research Center for Industrial Center for Human Rights ideal research environment. Our dedicated research teams strive to make a meaningful contribution to society and to and Legal Information Conducts research and investigations into human rights lead the world in their respective areas of research. Conducts research on laws and judicial precedents that are issues in Japan and overseas, such as the international key to an information-oriented society and runs a database protection of human rights and a social discrimination of precedents in intellectual property rights. issue in Japan that is referred to as dowa.

Ethnology Research Center Pharmaceutical Research Atomic Energy Research Institute and Technology Institute Conducts research on Japanese folklore, with the aim of Established in 1960 for atomic energy research and education, the contributing to the creation and development of new Conducts unique, interdisciplinary research that includes Atomic Energy Research Institute owns one of the only two aspects of Japanese culture. searches for outstanding medicinal seeds (potentials) and the development of foods with health-promoting benefits. university-operated reactors in Japan. This extremely safe reactor is used for training, for joint research with other universities and International Center for Human Sciences overseas engineers, and for study tours by educators and high Institute of Japan Cultural Studies school students. The institute also allows tours by the general Conducts research on the humanities and addresses various modern-day humanities issues through Analyzes the current situation of Japanese culture and public. Through practical hands-on education, it aims to foster international exchanges, joint research, and symposiums makes proposals on the direction it should take amid an atomic energy specialists and to raise the general public's that transcend disciplinary boundaries. increasingly globalizing international community. awareness of atomic energy.

Institute for World Economy Institute for Creative Management and Innovation Conducts active international exchanges and joint research with a focus on globalization of the economy and makes Conducts research and investigations into management constructive government policy proposals on the Japanese innovations, with the aim of contributing to the Research Institute of Bio-coke economy. development of business administration.

Bio-coke is an environment-friendly biomass fuel that can be made from almost any photosynthetic plant, including what had been Research Institute of Fundamental Institute of Advanced Technology considered waste materials such as used tea leaves. An effective Technology for Next Generation Comprises four research centers focusing on form of waste management, Bio-coke is also seen as a way to Conducts research on such engineering fields as bioengineering, robotics engineering, plants, and counter the over-reliance on fossil fuels. Someday, Bio-coke might automotive technology, 3D modeling, architectural high-pressure protein. replace the coal that industries currently use as a solid fuel for environment, biotechnology, and robotics.

smelting iron, leading to a significant reduction in CO2 emissions. Molecular Engineering Institute This institute is working to bring Bio-coke to commercial Life Science Research Institute production and recently began a project in Malaysia to make Conducts research and education on the development of Conducts joint research involving various faculties, such as next-generation materials, with the aim of applying its Bio-coke from palm tree scraps. medicine, agriculture, science and engineering, and findings to the environment and energy fields. pharmacy, with the aim of contributing to the health and welfare of humankind. Research Institute of Oriental Medicine

Experimental Farms Institute of Immunotherapy and Conducts research on boosting the safety and Research for Cancer effectiveness of a new therapeutic approach that merges The Faculty of Agriculture has two farms: one in Yuasa and another in Oriental and Western medicine. Oishi. The Yuasa Farm focuses on the research and cultivation of fruit. Conducts research on the life-sustaining effects brought on It produces Kindai-brand mikan oranges and owns an orchard, where by the combined application of immunostimulants and low-dosage anticancer drugs. original citrus fruit species are preserved. This farm’s research into Institute of Infant Education tropical fruits has led to its successful development of a new breed of Conducts research and investigations into infant education, mango called Aikoh. Research Institute for Science and Technology with the aim of contributing to its development. The Oishi Farm breeds ducks, pigs, and wagyu cattle. Duck meat Conducts research on the fundamentals of science and and beef from this farm are sold under the Kindai brand and are engineering as well as their applications, with the aim of Joint Research Center popular among local residents. contributing to the development of state-of-the art manufacturing technology and interdisciplinary Facilitates the research and education conducted by technologies. faculties in the natural sciences by providing various kinds of state-of-the-art scientific equipment. Branch centers are located at each of the university’s campuses.

09 10 Aquaculture A World Aquaculture Pioneer: Fisheries Laboratory

Kinki University’s aquaculture program and research started in been so successful that we are now able to release juvenile tuna First in the World to Farm Hatch and 1948. The university was the first organization to successfully into the oceans. Featuredeatured in NYTNYT raise red sea bream and amberjack using full-cycle aquaculture, Tuna bred at the Fisheries Laboratory have been Raise 18 Species of Fish The acachievementshievements ooff tthehe FiFisheriessheries a process that involves raising fish from eggs to adults, rather trademarked as Kindai tuna, a name that is also a testament to In 1965, the Fisheries Laboratory became the first in the world to produce Laboratoryoratory in full-cycle aquaculture than from juvenile fish caught in the wild. the high quality of these fish. At a time of growing concern over farm-hatched Japanese flounder fry. More world firsts followed, with the of bluefinluefin tuna have been covered by With the wild stocks of many fish species in rapid decline, the safety of tuna and the high levels of mercury it may contain, lab having successfully farm hatched and raised a total of 18 species of numerousmerous newspapers, iincludingncluding Kinki University fully understands the impact of overfishing and Kindai tuna is guaranteed to be safe for human consumption. fish to date. These efforts help prevent the depletion of natural fish stocks the New YoYorkrk TimTimeses, AsaAsahihi ShimbunShimbun, and Mainichi Shimbun. They have has steadfastly focused its research on the use of full-cycle Kinki University will continue to push the boundaries of caused by overfishing and also enable mass production of species in short Mainichi Shimbun. They have also bbeeneen ffeaturedeatured on TV aquaculture as one solution to the problem. In 2002, despite aquaculture research, with the ultimate goal of reducing supply, making it possible to bring prized fish to market at more programsgrams on NHK ((Japan’sJapan’s public widespread belief that it was impossible to breed tuna using pressure on wild fish stocks and cultivating the oceans of the reasonable prices. The Fisheries Laboratory is achieving solid results servicevice broadcastebroadcaster)r) and BBC as full-cycle aquaculture, Kinki University became the first in the world through the reintroduction of fish. towards its vision of harvesting the sea for resources and helping the well as on TV programs iinn world to do so with bluefin tuna. Our breeding technologies have fishing industry shift from fishing to farming in an age when food Koreaea and TaTaiwan.iwan. September 26, 2006 issue of the New York Times shortages are likely to occur in the future.

Fish Species Farm Hatched and Raised by Kinki University—World Firsts

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Japanese flounder Goldlined seabream Yellowtail Greater amberjack Spotted knifejaw Goldstriped Striped bonito Japanese whiting Bluefin tuna Longtooth grouper Japanese pilchard Chub mackerel Striped beakfish Yellowfin tuna amberjack Grunt Frigate mackerel (auxis rochei) White trevally Frigate mackerel 11 (auxis thazard) 12 Faculty Spotlight Architects of a Better Future

Working in fields that span the realms of science, medicine, engineering, and more, Kinki University’s diverse community of dedicated researchers/educators/innovators is united in the pursuit of ideas and applications that make a real-world difference. Here are a few shining examples.

Professor Associate Professor Professor Emeritus Professor Professor Professor Professor Professor Professor Professor Professor Tomonari Hiroyuki Kazuto Hidemi Reiko Hideki Tetsuya Mikio Tamio Shigeki Masatoshi Dotera Moriyama Nishio Kumai Sugiura Kyogoku Mitsudomi Nakahara Ida Hontsu Kudo [Physics] [Stem Cell Biology and [Genome Biology] [Aquaculture] [Molecular Pharmacogenomics [Mechanical Engineering] [Thoracic Surgery] [Physics] [Mechanical Engineering] [Functional Materials] [Gastroenterology and Dermatology] and Drug Discovery] Hepatology] Professor Dotera specializes Associate Professor Professor Nishio’s A fisheries biologist, Professor Sugiura is a Professor Kyogoku is a Professor Mitsudomi’s Professor Nakahara is Professor Ida does Professor Hontsu uses Professor Kudo has been a in condensed matter physics Moriyama’s scientific specialty is Professor Kumai has long pioneer researcher on the leading researcher in the current research interests actively conducting research on Bio-coke, a interdisciplinary research member of the ILCA and does research on soft interest is focused on the pharmacotherapy for been involved in identification of development of both laser include surgical treatment, research on quantum biomass fuel that can be that integrates electronics (International Liver Cancer matter quasicrystals. He has basic biology of stem cells. cancer—particularly the aquaculture. It was his regulatory factors of additive manufacturing targeted therapy, and information, quantum used as a coal coke and bioengineering to Association) Governing created several complex His group investigates the areas of targeted therapy, research team that MAPK (mitogen-activated technology and functional biomarker development computing, and quantum substitute in large-scale develop novel medical Board since 2009 and Archimedean tiling patterns in potential value of translational research, achieved full-cycle protein kinase) and the materials, such as for lung cancer. He won control. He is also working industrial processes. materials, such as the president of Kinki polymers, and—in a paper mesenchymal stem cells in biomarkers, and aquaculture of bluefin elucidation of its control shape-memory alloys the Mary J. Matthews on topological excitations Bio-coke technology can flexible hydroxyapatite University Medical Center that was later cited in the tissue engineering and the personalized medicine. tuna. In 2003, while mechanisms. Along with made via powder Award at the 2013 World in various condensed help reduce CO2 emissions sheet, for dental treatment. since 2008. He has explanation of the 2011 Nobel utilization of Using genome and gene serving as the third her distinguished work as metallurgy. He serves as a Conference on Lung matter systems. Professor for the prevention of global As a biocompatible dental published 517 Prize in Chemistry—he environmental signals, analyses as well as an director of the Fisheries a scientist and a medical project leader in TRAFAM Cancer. He also received Nakahara is well known warming and can also help material, his international scientific showed evidence of a such as oxygen, in approach grounded in Laboratory (1991 to 2008), doctor, she is developing (Technology Research the 2014 Kiyoko and Paul for his advanced textbooks control rising coal coke hydroxyapatite sheet looks peer review papers in ‘polymeric quasicrystal’ tiling modulating stem cells. By molecular biology, he Professor Kumai headed a groundbreaking Association for Future Bourdarie-Goto Scientific on quantum computing and prices. Professor Ida’s promising for use in the well-regarded journals and for the first time. In 2014, his combining his extensive works to elucidate up an aquaculture project strategy to combat cancer Additive Manufacturing), an Prize for his paper on the mathematical physics, main research project is on repair and protection of 789 scientific papers in paper clarifying the origin of technical expertise in stem pathological conditions and that was chosen for the on a molecular-targeted organization that has been treatment of lung cancer both of which are widely Bio-coke manufacturing tooth enamel as well as in Japan-based publications. unusual non-periodic ordering cell science and conducts research on 21st COE (Center of basis. She currently commissioned by the harboring EGFR (epidermal used in prestigious methods and devices that the treatment of His research interest lies that defines soft matter dermatological research, biomarker development. Excellence) Program and serves as a research Japanese government to growth factor receptor) universities around the would enable fast and hyperesthesia. in the diagnosis and quasicrystals was published his ultimate goal is to Global COE Program run by project leader for the develop next-generation mutations. world. efficient production of treatment of HCC in Nature. reconstitute the perfect the Japanese government. Strategic Research industrial 3D printers and Bio-coke. He also aims to (hepatocellular skin tissue and to develop Foundation, supported by ultra-precise 3D modeling develop innovative carcinoma). personalized regenerative the Japanese systems. biomass energy therapy. government. technology for building a 13 14 greener world. Academics

Law School

Graduate Schools

Graduate School of Law Graduate School of Pharmacy Graduate School of Biology-Oriented Science and Technology Graduate School of Commerce Graduate School of Interdisciplinary Human Studies Graduate School of Systems Engineering Graduate School of Economics Graduate School of Agriculture Graduate School of Humanity-Oriented Graduate School of Science and Science and Engineering Engineering Research Graduate School of Medical Sciences

Undergraduate Programs

Faculty of Law Department of Law Faculty of Agriculture Department of Agricultural Science Department of Law and Policy Department of Fisheries Department of Applied Biological Faculty of Economics Department of Economics Chemistry Department of International Department of Food Science and Economics Nutrition Department of Public Management Department of Environmental Management Department of Advanced Bioscience Faculty of Business Department of Business Where Opportunities for Administration Administration Department of Business and Marketing Faculty of Medicine Department of Medicine Learning Abound Strategy Department of Accounting Faculty of Department of Career Management Department of Biotechnological Kinki University is one of the largest universities in Japan, boasting 13 faculties with 48 departments, 11 Biology-Oriented Science Science and Technology Department of Genetic Engineering graduate schools, and a law school. As a comprehensive educational institution, we provide opportunities for Faculty of Science and Department of Science Engineering Department of Science and Technology learning and research in a wide range of disciplines in the arts and sciences alike. Department of Life Science on Food Safety Department of Applied Chemistry Department of Computational Systems Biology Department of Mechanical Engineering Department of Biomechanical and Department of Electric and Electronic Human Factors Engineering Engineering Department of Biomedical Engineering Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering Department of Informatics Faculty of Engineering Department of Biotechnology and Chemistry Faculty of Architecture Department of Architecture Department of Mechanical Engineering Department of Robotics Faculty of Pharmacy Department of Electronic Engineering Department of Pharmacy (6 years) and Computer Science Department of Pharmaceutical Department of Informatics Sciences (4 years) Department of Architecture

Faculty of Literature, Department of Literature Arts and Cultural Faculty of Department of Arts Department of Biological and Studies Humanity-Oriented Environmental Chemistry Department of Cultural and Historical Science and Studies Engineering Department of Electrical and Communication Engineering Department of English Department of Architecture and Design Faculty of Applied Department of Applied Sociology Sociology Department of Information and Computer Science Department of Management and Business

Department of Teacher Education

15 16 Exchange

Partner Universities Overseas

Australia Kosovo Thailand Bond University University of Prishtina Southern Cross University University of Canberra Malaysia Rajamangala University of Technology University of Southern Queensland Srivijaya, Faculty of Agriculture University Malaysia Sabah University of Western Sydney Thai-Nichi Institute of Technology , Faculty of New Zealand Architecture and Planning Canada University of Waikato UK South Korea Edinburgh College of Art China Busan University of Foreign Studies London Metropolitan University China Pharmaceutical University Chonnam National University Dalian University of Technology Honam University Nanjing Forestry University Inha University University of Winchester Peking University Kyung Hee University Shanghai Maritime University USA Shenyang Pharmaceutical University Taiwan University of California, Davis Xi’an University of Technology National Formosa University University of Illinois at National Taiwan University, College of Urbana-Champaign West Virginia University Germany Liberal Arts, Language Center Ludwig-Maximilians University Munich Vietnam University of Rostock Thai Nguyen University

Ireland *As of MONTH 2014 Dublin City University

Italy Linked for Learning Sapienza University of Rome

Kinki University currently has partnerships with 41* universities around the world and is 最新のリスト ご提供お願いします actively working to increase this number. In addition to exchanging faculty members and students, the partners cooperate in research and publication.

The Village E3 [e-cube] International Students

The Village E3 [e-cube] opened on the Higashiosaka at Kinki University Campus in November 2006 as a unique place to learn and More than 300 students from around the world brush up English skills. The three Es—English, Enjoyment, study at Kinki University, supported in their and Education—represent the facility’s concept of learning studies, everyday life, finding employment, and practical English while having fun. other areas by the Center for International Affairs. Only English is allowed at this first-of-a-kind facility for The university also has a system for partnering universities in Japan. Native-English-speaking staffers international students with Japanese students, are on hand for practical conversation, and a variety of who provide support with academia and adapting activities, mini lectures, and events are held in English. to life in Japan. Scholarships are available. On average, 600 students a day visit the Village. It’s International students can enroll in spring and open to the public during spring and summer breaks and fall for the Japanese language course and in spring on special occasions. for undergraduate and graduate schools.

The English-speaking staff of the Village 3E [e-cube] and the Center for International Affairs

Center for International Affairs Center for International Affairs Contact Info This center is in charge of all services related to Address: 3-4-1 Kowakae, Higashiosaka City, Osaka 577-8502, Japan Japanese-language education and international exchange. Please Tel: +81-6-4307-3081 Fax: +81-6-6729-2387 e-mail: [email protected] URL: http://www.kindai.ac.jp/ contact us if you have any questions. We welcome all inquiries.

17 18 Collaboration

Industry-Government-Academia Collaboration

Kinki University has actively taken part in industry-government-academia collaboration since the 1970s. Kinki University’s coverage of both the sciences and the humanities as a comprehensive institution allows it to adopt an interdisciplinary approach to requests for joint research, contracted research, technical guidance, and technology transfer. Here are recent examples of the university’s tie-ups with some of Japan’s leading companies.

Kinki University and Kinki University, Kagome, and Osaka Team Up to Farm Tuna Prefecture Grow Electrostatic Screen Business

Kinki University and Toyota Tsusho larger juvenile fish that will be shipped to An electrostatic screen is a screen that institute joined in. The screen was including Panasonic Environmental Corporation, a Toyota Group trading firm, fish farms in various parts of Japan. Kinki utilizes static electricity to capture insect patented in Japan in July 2007. Systems and Engineering Co., Ltd., which are collaborating in the full-cycle University also provides technical pests. Attaching an electrostatic screen Although research was initially is playing a central role in product aquaculture business for tuna. Fertilized guidance on breeding the tuna. to the openings in a greenhouse creates a focused on agricultural applications, the commercialization. tuna eggs supplied by Kinki University The goal behind the Kinki pest-free environment without using screen’s potential for use in a wide range are hatched and grown into fry in tanks at University-Toyota Tsusho collaboration is large amounts of pesticide. The screen of areas, including the construction and Tuna Dream Goto Fish Nursery Center, a to provide fish farms with stable was originally developed through a joint food industries, became apparent. Kinki Toyota Tsusho subsidiary located in shipments of young tuna. And because project between Kinki University and University Faculty of Agriculture Nagasaki Prefecture on Fukue Island of this system enables aquaculture without Kagome Co., Ltd. (a food manufacturer). responded by establishing the Research the Goto Island Chain. The fry are then relying on natural fish stock, it can help Later on, an research Association of Electric Screen Electrostatic screens installed in greenhouse windows transferred to offshore nets to grow into curb the depletion of natural resources. Supporters, a study group charged with keep bugs out while letting fresh air in looking into other practical applications, At a July 16, 2014 press conference Outline of the Full-Cycle Aquaculture Project announcing the collaboration such as ventilating food company Kinki University Tuna Dream Goto factories and keeping pollen out of

Parent fish Fertilized eggs Shipment buildings. The association now has more (fish farms) than 20 member organizations from Intermediate breeding industry, government, and academia— Hatchlings Fry relocated Juveniles Silverleaf whiteflies caught in the electrostatic screen offshore Adult fish Fry Shipment (market) (approx. 6 cm) (approx. 6 cm) (approx. 30 cm) Kinki University Collaborates with NASA and JAXA to Monitor Air Quality

Kinki University’s REESIT (Remote Kinki University and Mazda Sign sensing for Earth’s Environment based on Comprehensive Research Agreement Science and Information Technology) Group focuses on topics related to In December 2012, Kinki University and the safety, environmental friendliness, atmospheric particles (aerosols) and Mazda Motor Corporation signed an and convenience of automobiles; 2) works with scientists from around the agreement concerning comprehensive environmentally friendly new materials world. One such topic is the investigation research collaboration. The two parties and new processing techniques; and 3) of aerosol properties over Japan, carried are conducting joint research projects in basic research in dynamics, energy out in collaboration with NASA’s AERONET (Aerosol Robotic Network) next-generation automobile technologies. conversion, fluid engineering, and Global distribution of aerosols derived from a POLDER sensor on board the ADEOS-1 satellite The Hiroshima area, where Kinki ergonomics. University’s Faculty of Engineering is Group. Kinki University’s long-term aerosol remote sensing from space. Kinki located, is home to numerous companies contract with NASA on aerosol research University is working with JAXA (Japan in the automobile-related industry, dates back to the deployment of the first Aerospace Exploration Agency) on its including Mazda. The collaboration aims AERONET instrument at Kinki University’s GCOM (Global Change Observation to strengthen the technological Fisheries Laboratory in Shirahama, Mission) project, which will see the capabilities of local industry. Joint project Japan in 2000. Another focal topic is the JAXA/GCOM-C satellite provide aerosol themes include: 1) electronics to boost development of an efficient method for information on a global scale in 2017. At a January 11, 2013 press conference A NASA AERONET instrument in Shirahama announcing the collaboration (Japan’s ) 19 20 Medicine

Kinki University Hospital Emergency and Disaster Center

In December 2013, Kinki University Hospital bolstered its position as southern Osaka’s core medical institution by opening its Emergency and Disaster Center. The new center consolidates the hospital’s emergency departments—including the ER, Cardiovascular Center, and Stroke Center—in a new five-floor, earthquake-proof building equipped with state-of-the-art medical facilities and equipment. With this center, the hospital can provide efficient and appropriate treatment as well as the best in emergency medical care. Designated by the Japanese government as a key disaster-response base hospital, Kinki University Hospital will make its Emergency and Disaster Center available as a base for treating Kinki University Hospital on the Faculty of Medicine campus in Osaka-Sayama severely ill or injured patients during disasters, such as large-scale earthquakes. Providing Advanced Medical Education Da Vinci Surgical System

and Treatment In keeping with its reputation of being approach, giving patients a safe and one of Japan’s best hospitals for cancer less burdensome surgical option. Kinki Kinki University Faculty of Medicine has three affiliated teaching treatment, Kinki University Hospital has University Hospital uses da Vinci mainly Kinki University Hospital, hospitals that provide clinical education and training to current and introduced the da Vinci Surgical Faculty of Medicine for prostatectomies but is increasing its future health professionals and give advanced medical care to System. This robotically assisted use in the treatment of gynecologic and patients. One of them, Kinki University Hospital, plays a vital role as surgical platform facilitates complex stomach cancers. the core medical institution in southern Osaka and is highly regarded surgery and uses a minimally invasive for its use of cutting-edge treatments and diagnostic tools, such as Kinki University Faculty of Medicine PET-CT scans. The other two, Sakai Hospital and Nara Hospital, also contribute to their local communities by offering prompt and precise Making Advances in Cancer Research diagnosis and treatment in a wide range of specialties. Sakai Hospital, Nara Hospital, The Faculty of Medicine also has three research centers that Kinki University Kinki University The Department of Medical Oncology gefitinib does produce side effects, it is through IPASS was instrumental in Faculty of Medicine Faculty of Medicine actively pursue research projects of real-world significance. (headed by Professor Kazuhiko highly effective in certain types of paving the way for the appropriate and Nakagawa) is the first university patients when properly administered. effective usage of gefitinib as a new department in Japan dedicated to In March 2006, a clinical trial for treatment for lung cancer. medical oncology. Part of the Faculty of gefitinib got underway, with Kinki Kinki University is a key player in the Medicine, this department played a University and medical institutions in research and treatment of cancer in central role in the development and nine Asian countries taking part. Called Japan and Asia. It is also one of the few clinical trial of gefitinib (trade name IPASS (Iressa Pan-Asia Study), this joint universities in Japan focusing on Iressa), a drug used in targeted therapy study lasted a year and seven months. fostering oncologists for lung cancer. The results, announced at international who are also First approved in Japan, gefitinib academic conferences, have made an pharmacotherapy inhibits tyrosine kinase, an enzyme that impact on the medical world. The specialists. causes cancer cells to grow. Though wealth of detailed data collected Sakai Hospital in Sakai Nara Hospital in Ikoma

21 22 Sports

1964 Tokyo Olympics Our Athletes Aim for the Highest Kichijiro Hamada competes in boxing, making him Kinki University’s first Olympic athlete. Kinki University is home to varsity athletic teams ranked among the highest in Japan, including the swimming, baseball, and archery 1968 Mexico Olympics teams. These teams have produced top-caliber athletes who have made their mark in both the national and international arenas. Here Eiji Morioka wins a bronze medal in boxing.

we introduce Kinki University’s lineup of Olympic medalists and its history of participation in the Olympic Games. 1972 Munich Olympics Shiro Maruyama competes as a member of the men’s London 2012: Silver and Bronze fencing team.

Kinki University Olympic Medalists 1984 Los Angeles Olympics Mexico 1968: Bronze Athens 2004: Bronze Ryosuke Irie Taemi Ise competes in swimming. • Swimming (100-meter backstroke, 200-meter backstroke, 1988 Seoul Olympics Eiji Morioka Yuko Nakanishi 4x100-meter men’s medley relay) Yukinori Tanaka and Shigemori Maruyama compete • Graduated 2012; Faculty of Law in swimming. • Boxing (bantamweight) • Swimming (200-meter butterfly) • Graduated 1969; • Graduated 2004; Irie missed out on a medal at the Calgary Winter Olympics Faculty of Commerce-Economics Faculty of Commerce-Economics 2008 Beijing Olympics but made up Atsushi Egawa competes in cross-country skiing. for it in London with a total of three Morioka fought Valerian Sokolov of Nakanishi competed in her first medals: a bronze in the 100-meter the USSR in the semifinals but was Olympics in Sydney in 2000. She backstroke and a silver in both the 1992 Barcelona Olympics defeated by Sokolov, who went on to earned a medal during her second by 200-meter backstroke and the Five Kinki University students compete in swimming, win the gold medal. Morioka later beating out her opponent for third 4x100-meter men’s medley relay. archery, and sailing. said that he had been happy to hear place by just a hair in an intense race booing from the audience in response that came down to the last 50 meters. to the questionable call that Albertville Winter Olympics determined his defeat. Kiminobu Kimura competes in alpine skiing. London 2012: Silver 1994 Lillehammer Winter Olympics Photo courtesy of the Asahi Shimbun Company. Kiminobu Kimura competes in alpine skiing. Sydney 2000: Bronze Athens 2004: Bronze Takaharu Furukawa 1996 Atlanta Olympics • Archery (men’s individual) Hisato Yasui and Ryuji Horii compete in swimming. • Graduated 2007; Miki Nakao Yoshihiro Okumura Faculty of Business Administration 1998 Nagano Winter Olympics • Swimming (200-meter backstroke) • Swimming At his third Olympics, Furukawa won Kiminobu Kimura competes in alpine skiing. • Graduated 2001; (4x100-meter men’s medley relay) a silver medal—greatly surpassing Faculty of Commerce-Economics • Graduated 2006; his goal of making it to the top eight. 2000 Sydney Olympics Faculty of Commerce-Economics His success gave Japan its first Nakao was a student at Kinki In swimming, Takashi Yamamoto and Yuko Nakanishi medal in the men’s individual event University High School when she Okumura competed in the 100- and finish as finalists, and Miki Nakao wins a bronze since the 2004 Athens games. competed in her first Olympics in 200-meter freestyle events and made medal. In archery, Masafumi Makiyama and Yuji 1996 in Atlanta. In 2000, her years of it to the semifinals in the latter. He Hamano compete. hard training paid off when she served as anchor in the 4x100-meter became the first Kinki University men’s medley relay, helping his team 2004 Athens Olympics medalist since Eiji Morioka in 1968. Photo courtesy of the Asahi Shimbun Company. win a bronze medal. In swimming, Takashi Yamamoto and Yuko Nakanishi win a silver and a bronze medal, respectively; London 2012: Bronze Yoshihiro Okumura and Aya Terakawa also compete. Photo courtesy of the Asahi Shimbun Company. 2006 Turin Winter Olympics Athens 2004: Silver and Bronze London 2012: Bronze Miki Kanie Five Kinki University students compete in skiing • Archery (women’s team) events. • Graduated 2011; Faculty of Law Takashi Yamamoto Aya Terakawa 2008 Beijing Olympics • Swimming (200-meter butterfly, • Swimming (100-meter backstroke, Kaori Kawanaka In swimming, Ryosuke Irie and Misaki Yamaguchi 4x100-meter men’s medley relay) 4x100-meter women’s medley relay) (both students) and Yoshihiro Okumura and Yuko • Archery (women’s team) • Graduated 2001; • Graduated 2007; Faculty of Law Nakanishi (both graduates) finish as finalists. • Graduated 2014; Faculty of Commerce-Economics Faculty of Business Administration In her second Olympics (after Athens Vancouver Winter Olympics Yamamoto was captain of Japan’s 2004), Terakawa won her first medal 2010 national swimming team when he when she broke her own Japanese Kinki University graduate Kanie Hiroomi Takizawa and Yuichi Onda compete in skiing competed in his third Olympics and record in the 100-meter backstroke. (center) and then-student Kawanaka events. earned two medals. One of those She also medaled as a member of (right) joined forces as two thirds of medals was in the 4x100-meter Japan’s 4x100-meter women’s the Japanese women’s team to earn 2012 London Olympics men’s medley relay—Japan’s first medley relay team. their country its first medal in the Medals go to Ryosuke Irie and Aya Terakawa for medal in that event in 44 years. men’s and women’s team event. swimming and to Miki Kanie, Kaori Kawanaka, and Takaharu Furukawa for archery. Sho Sotodate

Photo courtesy of the Asahi Shimbun Company. competes in swimming and Hideki Kikuchi in archery.

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New Foreign Language Faculty to Open in 2016 Kinki University will open its 14th Making Strides in Research and Education of Real-World Relevance faculty in April 2016. The new faculty will focus on foreign languages and international relations. To further its goal of fostering globally minded human resources who can play an active role in the international business world, the university is teaming up with Berlitz Corporation, a global language education company. Berlitz has a history of more than President Shiozaki (left) shakes hands with Mark Harris, President and CEO of Berlitz Corporation, at the press 130 years and a proven track record of conference announcing the partnership providing language training to over 12,000 corporate clients. The partnership will enable Kinki University to enrich its practical education. Students will gain not only the basic English skills needed for overseas study and other academic work but other practical communication skills as well. Kinki University will also make use of know-how from ELS Educational Services, Inc., a Berlitz Group company, to provide an overseas study program. The plan under consideration includes long-term study at partner universities overseas.

Career Overview 1970 Graduated from , Kindai Restaurants Cultivate an Appetite Faculty of Medicine 1978 Studied pathology at Heidelberg for Lab-Bred Fish University, West Germany Kinki University Fisheries Laboratory in Wakayama Prefecture is putting the fruits of its 1995 Associate Professor, Department of research to tasty use at the university’s own seafood restaurants in Osaka and Tokyo, Surgery II, Faculty of Medicine, Osaka University two of Japan’s largest cities. The restaurants serve tuna, red sea bream, and other kinds 2001 Professor, Department of Surgery I, of fish cultivated at the fisheries lab as well as vegetables and other produce from Faculty of Medicine, Kinki University Wakayama. 2004 Director, Kinki University Hospital The Osaka eatery opened in April 2013 in a bustling business and commercial complex 2008 Dean, Faculty of Medicine, Kinki known as Grand Front Osaka. The Tokyo outlet opened in December 2013 in the upscale University Ginza district, an ideal location 2012 President, Kinki University and Kinki University Junior College for showcasing Kinki University’s achievement as Specialized field: Esophageal cancer the first in the world to cultivate Pacific bluefin tuna. Customers line up daily at both locations. In fact, the Kinki University was founded in 1925 million patients per year, and function the publicity generated by these and universities, and in line with this, we restaurants are so popular that the Osaka outlet reached the with its principle mission to conduct as central medical institutes for the other research accomplishments, Kinki are working to make ourselves into a 100,000-customer milestone research and provide education Kinki region of Japan. University had over 100,000 applicants more internationally focused university. on February 9, 2014—four relevant to the real world. Today, with Based on the belief that research for its 2014 entrance examinations, We are, for example, making efforts to months earlier than expected. Restaurant in Osaka over 30,000 students and over 6,000 should provide tangible benefits to more than any other university in provide more classes taught in English, faculty members on six campuses in society, we conduct a wide range of Japan. and expanding tie-ups with universities and around Osaka, Japan’s second research geared to practical Well aware that universities can and around the world. Over the years, more Collaborating with Amazon Japan largest city, and in other parts of the application. A major example of this is should serve a vital role in helping than 470,000 students have graduated country, Kinki University is widely our aquaculture research, with which society, we have an ongoing project to from Kinki University, and they are in Online Services recognized as one of Japan’s leading we have achieved what many had support a town in Fukushima doing their part for society in various In the first-ever partnership between a Japanese university and Amazon research institutions. considered impossible: the world’s first Prefecture, which was devastated by capacities around the world. Our Japan, Kinki University is collaborating Kinki University is comprised of 13 successful full-cycle aquaculture of the March 2011 major earthquake and continuing goal will be to produce with the e-commerce giant to provide faculties with 48 departments, 33 of bluefin tuna, a species in danger of tsunami, and resulting nuclear power graduates who can lead in their enhanced education, research, and which are science-based. In addition to extinction. Bluefin tuna and other plant accident. Our 13 faculties are respective fields wherever in the world student services. Textbooks are now the academic faculties and species of fish bred at our facilities are pooling their collective knowledge and they go. available through Amazon Japan on a departments, the University supports now available for the general public to resources in order to assist the people dedicated Kindai page. The tie-up also includes a print-on-demand service 20 research facilities, which include the enjoy at the Kinki University-sponsored of Fukushima through projects such as that gives users direct access to Fisheries Laboratory, the Atomic restaurants in Tokyo and Osaka, which radioactive decontamination. Amazon Japan President Jasper Cheung and syllabuses and research journals, Hitoshi Shiozaki President Shiozaki (right) shake hands at the press Energy Research Institute, and three are among the most popular and The Japanese government has issued President of Kinki University conference announcing the tie-up eliminating the need for the university affiliated hospitals, which treat over a talked-about in Japan. Thanks in part to a call for the globalization of to print and distribute them and helping the university save on costs.

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