JANUARY 2006 THE 22ND EDITION IUJ ALUMNI国際大学同窓生ニュースレター NEWS NEWSLETTER FOR THE 2,186 STRONG WORLD-WIDE NETWORK OF IUJ ALUMNI 1985-2005 IUJ’s New Curriculum for the 25th Anniversary Background and Purpose therefore set out (1) to Highlights of the accept the risks and con- The PROGRAM aims at cerns of the world, Ja- New Offerings reviving the spirit of Mr. pan’s global business at IUJ Nakayama and other firms in particular, as its founding fathers of IUJ in own research agenda and • New MA degree in the new social, political contribute to finding International Peace and economic environment practical solutions to the at the beginning of the 21st problems and (2) to pro- Studies century. In the preparatory duce future global lead- meeting to establish IUJ ers with a deep under- • Business School to held on September 4, The NEW IUJ: 1974, focus on Societal Students are Contributing Mr. Na- Responsibility as Researchers kayama de- an inherent value of th scribed business leaders, Preparing for its 25 anni- the mis- versary (May 2007), IUJ is sion of and Key Manage- launching a new research IUJ as ment Challenges program design where produc- the graduate student be- ing pro- • Cross-degree par- comes an active re- searcher contributing to ticipatory research the IUJ challenge of on Global Chal- Global Issues. The new standing of and empathy fessionals who (1) believe initiative is called “The with different cultures of lenges deeply that the world is PROGRAM” and consists the world. one, (2) can understand of 9 research modules, • Closer connection the conditions and circum- Specifics of the Platform called Platforms, com- stances unique to each Programs with Alumni and prised of 17 research top- country and evaluate them ics expected to take 3 The PROGRAM is a set of other Professional fairly, (3) can work faith- years each to complete. educational/training fully in cooperation with Partners Faculty, students, and the programs based on re- the people of each country, outside world, including search projects. It is nei- and (4) are determined to the Alumni Community, ther pure educational/ contribute to the develop- will collaborate together training program nor ment of each country and Inside this issue: to seek solutions to issues pure research project. It earn the trust of its people. facing the public and pri- consists of research pro- It is these four conditions vate sector thus increas- jects which aim at find- Pres. Yamazawa on IUJ 3 that underlie the motiva- ing the IUJ research con- ing practical policies tions for creating the Pro- tributions in a uniquely and actions for solving Ebiz Graduation, 4 gram and reforming IUJ. multi-cultural and multi- the important problems Donation Summary disciplinary approach. The PROGRAM, as a major of the world in coopera- part of the IUJ Reform, will Tsunami Relief and an IUJ 5 Continued on pg. 2 Alum’s story Myanmar National 7 In Fond Memory of IUJ’s Founding Father Baseball and IUJ Alumni! Color Feature page: IUJ 8-9 Dr. Sohei Nakayama Friday, Special Thanks... March 5, 1906 - November 19, 2005 5 Alumni Spotlights 10- Without his inspiration, we Alumni would Campus Briefs 11 never be able to share “The IUJ Experience.” ClassNotes 12- Commitment to 16 Nakayama-san PLATFORM PROGRAM INTRODUCTIONS Page 2 The NEW IUJ - Introducing Platforms Continued from pg. 1 tion with the stakeholders of The PROGRAM is based on entrance ceremony the am- IUJ, including the gradu- the belief that IUJ is a place bassador of Malawi said that ates of IUJ, corporations, that can and should be IUJ is not just the place of governments, international depended upon for study- experiment but is better organizations, and local ing important global issues described as an incubator of governments and NGOs of from many cultural back- global leaders in the future. Niigata and Uonuma. A grounds and many disci- particular emphasis will be plines; a combination that The Research Agenda of the placed on establishing a is difficult to find anywhere PROGRAM strong and effective coop- else in the world. The IUJ campus is multicul- erative relationships with tural, multiethnic, multi- Japan’s corporate sector. Many visitors to IUJ ex- press a similar view. We sector society supported by Furthermore, a major em- international development Vice President phasis will be placed on are reminded of the enor- Watanabe heading up mous potential capacity of institutions. The PROGRAM strengthening the coop- is implemented jointly with the implementation of eration and interaction the IUJ campus at the en- the new Platform trance ceremony, gradua- global business firms in Ja- between GSIR and GSIM pan. Therefore, it is natural scheme. through the work of the tion ceremony or IUJ Open Day, even when we forget to define the research PLATFORM programs, or agenda of the PROGRAM in research modules. it in our daily campus lives. After attending the the area of global issues, The Basis of the PROGRAM where the problems are important for Japan’s global firms as well as developing countries. It The Research Modules that make up the PROGRAM is also natural that finding solutions for such issues At present the PROGRAM consists of 9 Platforms (Main Research Themes) and requires world-wide co- 17 Platform Programs (smaller research topics under the main theme). They operation among interna- are: tional organizations, gov- (Names in parenthesis are “Platform Coordinators” for Platforms and “Program Leaders” for Platform Programs.) ernments, business firms, NGOs/NPOs and indi- Research with a stronger focus on the policies of governments viduals. All this makes ● Peace building and international cooperation (Buszynski) IUJ the ideal place to un- ● ASEAN governance and development (Buszynski) dertake an aggressive ● Studies on the conditions for achieving an East Asian Community agenda. (Yamazawa) ● Socioeconomic development and human security (Cooray) Alumni Asked ● Role of ODA in post-conflict reconstruction process (Cooray) to Get ● Financial system and economic development (Kakinaka) ● Medical services, health care and human security (Mangyo/Rajesekera) Involved! ● Study of health and health-care systems (Mangyo) IUJ looks forward to the ● Community involvement and disaster recovery (Rajesekera) collaboration and interac- tion with our Alumni as a Research with equal weight on the policies of governments and businesses team player on the Plat- ● Globalization and innovations of institutions and organizations (Sugai) form research. We ask ● The innovations of ICT and their strategic use in governance, soci- those that have volun- ety, and globalization (Rajesekera) teered to become Alumni ● The Study of market and society affected by mobile technology inno- Experts to update their vation (Sugai) information expressing which Platform their in- ● Globalization and CSR (Kim) terests and expertise ● Natural environment and sustainable development (Xing) match most closely. NEW ● Kyoto Protocol and sustainable development (Xing) Alumni Expert volunteers are encouraged to come Research with stronger focus on business management forward and align them- ● New leadership (Yamazaki) selves with one or more ● New leadership in Japan and Asia (Yamazaki) Platform Programs so we ● Corporate restructuring and governance (Lee) may bring you into the ● Globalization and corporate restructuring (Takezawa) discussions at an early ● Performance evaluation and incentive systems (Lee) developmental stage. ● Market evolution and value co-creation (Mayhew) For more information, see ● Developing sustainable customers (Mayhew) the website ● Toward value co-creation through new forms of customer relation- http://www.iuj.ac.jp/ ships (Ozcan) platform/ ● Innovation dynamics (Wakayama) ● New business development (Wakayama) CAMPUS REPORT Page 3 IUJ Pres. Yamazawa: Campus Status Report Mr. Sohei Nakayama, the clashes due to different strong initiative. We have self study report and to founder of IUJ, passed culture and achieve peace identified 17 issues (refer receive an external as- away at the age of 99 on 19 and prosperity? IUJ’s stu- to the table on the previous sessment. We are not November 2005. He was dents and faculty will page) and are organizing merely writing a report hospitalized for several jointly explore this and joint study teams of faculty, but using this exercise to months but remained con- send our result to the students, alumni and com- point the way to univer- cerned about IUJ, his be- world. In order to find the pany, government or IO sity-wide reform.* I hope loved child. I was invited to true solution, you have to experts. Students will be that many of you will read IUJ in 2003 and we are now acquire full understanding encouraged to complete the report on the website working hard to establish a about, and deep empathy their theses under one of and catch up with our new IUJ identity guided by with different cultures. This PP’s umbrellas. IUJ will continuous efforts to real- his mission statement. But is the backbone of the aim at enabling students to ize IUJ’s mission state- he passed away without newly introduced Interna- solve actual problems ment. seeing its realization. tional Peace Studies (IPS) rather than pursuing a program which GSIR initi- purely academic course. IUJ is nearing 24 years old ated this now and faces stiff compe- Fall term. tition with graduate This is New Peace Studies MA program schools both at home and really an New IM focus on KMCs abroad. We have two tasks ambitious New research initiatives under the that OUR top priority list: program Platform Programs One is to increase the and the to reform IUJ and take advantage or number of student to 300, initial re- the size which was set in our unique opportunities to contribute ception is to finding solutions for Global Issues. 1989 and for which IUJ has very posi- been equipped both in tive. terms of physical infra- structure and faculty.