Entries by Top Global University Project

Update IUJ Faculty Voice

06/21/2024 in , , , /by

We are pleased to announce that a special page, called IUJ Faculty Voice, in which members of the IUJ faculty present their educational and research activities in their own words, has been updated. This page communicates IUJ’s appealing educational activities to prospective graduate school entrants and general visitors to the IUJ website from around Japan and abroad, in highly visual, easy-to-understand ways. We have recently interviewed faculty and graduated students. New Voices: Alessandro Comai, Associate Professor (Graduate School of International Management) Hajime Numata (Completed 1-year MBA program, Graduate School of International Management, in 2013) Buyisile Nzima（Completed International Relations Program, Graduate School of International Relations, in 2018) Ngo Khanh Linh（Completed International […]

IUJ Symposium Event News “Changing the World from Minamiuonuma　- Creating Global Business through Thoughts, Wisdom, and Connections -” /August 26, 2023

08/16/2023 in , , /by

The International University of Japan, with the support of Minamiuonuma, will hold a symposium entitled “Changing the World from Minamiuonuma　- Creating Global Business through Thoughts, Wisdom, and Connections -” as a part of the Top Global University Project. 〇 Date：SAT., AUGUST. 26, 2023  /2:00PM～5:30PM (JST) 〇 Venue：Main Hall, Minamiuonuma Civic Hall 〇 Participants:  both online and at the venue /Live Streaming available / English Simultaneous Interpretation available 〇Outline of the Symposium The society in which we live is faced with global issues, such as global warming, resource scarcity, and poverty, but also regional issues, including a lack of workers to take over local industries, a decline in employment opportunities, and […]

IUJ Symposium “The Future of Food, Agriculture, and Community in the Digital Age” Event Report

11/04/2021 in , , /by

〇 Date：Saturday August 28 2021 14:00 pm~17:30 pm 〇 Venue：Main Hall, Minamiuonuma Civic Hall 〇 Participants: Around 160, both online and at the venue The International University of Japan, with the support of Minamiuonuma, held a symposium entitled “The Future of Food, Agriculture, and Community in the Digital Age” as a part of the Top Global University Project. Seven presenters, including Mayor Hayashi of Minamiuonuma, and eight panelists discussed, with a focus on Minamiuonuma’s chief industry of agriculture, digital transformation and industry development and community building by using regional resources. Individuals from different positions in industry, government, academia, and the private sector who practice new agriculture and regional revitalization gathered […]

IUJ-AAT Cooperative Office, Myanmar (IUJ Myanmar Office) Opens

04/17/2020 in , , , /by

The International University of Japan (IUJ) opened the IUJ-AAT Cooperative Office, Myanmar (IUJ Myanmar Office) on March 1, 2020. The IUJ Myanmar Office is IUJ’s second overseas office after Vietnam. While conducting public relations activities for IUJ, through human resources development in collaboration with the Myanmar government, international cooperation agencies, educational institutions, and companies, the IUJ Myanmar Office will help drive the further globalization of Japanese society and strive to contribute to both Japan and Myanmar for the future.   In September 2014, IUJ’s proposal, “IUJ Evolution – Establishing a New Global Standard from Asia -” was adopted for the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology – Japan’s […]

Launch of IUJ Faculty Voice

04/10/2020 in , , , /by

The International University of Japan (IUJ) has launched a special page, called IUJ Faculty Voice, in which members of the IUJ faculty present their educational and research activities in their own words. This new page will communicate IUJ’s appealing educational activities to prospective graduate school entrants and general visitors to the IUJ website from around Japan and abroad, in highly visual, easy-to-understand ways. ——————————————————————— International University of Japan (IUJ) Office of Top Global University Project Tel: +81-25-779-1459 ／Email: sgu@iuj.ac.jp ———————————————————————

Cross Cultural Communication Training Program for Super Global High School

11/13/2019 in , , /by

On November 2nd and 3rd, 2019, a two-day training program for 25 students from Yokohama Municipal Minami High School aiming at developing cross cultural understanding and socializing skill. It was the fourth year to hold the program since IUJ and Yokohama Minami High School started cooperating as SGU and SGH school. Specially Appointed Professor Mohammed K. Ahmed, Graduate School of International Management, and Assistant Professor Michael Mondejar, Center for Language Education and Research, gave a lecture on “Cross Cultural Understanding” and “Socializing” respectively. International students from IUJ* also joined these sessions as facilitator and the culturally diverse environment which they create enabled the participants to consider and learn “what is Japanese […]

English Presentation by Kokusai Joho High School students

02/20/2019 in , , /by

On Friday, February 15 2019, IUJ’s 12 international students served as advisers for English presentation by students of Kokusai Joho High School (KJ), which has been assigned as the Super Global High School (SGH) by MEXT (Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology). As its research theme for SGH, they are developing global talents by sending their messages from the snowy rice-producing region of UONUMA. Along with the theme, to enhance their presentation ability, each groups consist of 4 or 5 members gave an English presentation to IUJ international students. IUJ students gave some feedbacks on their ideas and attitudes in the presentation, which made a chance for KJ […]

Cross Cultural Communication Training Program for Yokohama Municipal Minami High School

11/08/2018 in , , /by

On November 3rd and 4th 2018, 25 students from Yokohama Municipal Minami High School, which is designated as Super Global High School (SGH), participated in a 2-day training program at IUJ. The all section of the program were carried out in English. Joining of 13 IUJ international students from 11 countries enabled the participants to learn cross cultural communication in a much cultural diverse environment. On the first day Professor Mohammed K. Ahmed, specially appointed professor of Graduate School of International Management, gave a lecture focusing on cross cultural understanding. Its content was such as cultural custom differences and how we see other cultures. Discussing in small groups and exchanging […]

IUJ International Students Experienced Rice-Harvesting

09/19/2018 in , , /by

On September 18th, 2018, IUJ’s 9 international students participated in rice-harvesting at Niigata Prefectural Kokusai Joho High School (KJ). KJ is the only one high school in Niigata prefecture designated as Super Global High School (SGH). SGH is one of the national undertakings by Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) to attempt developing global leaders who can work internationally in the near future. This rice-harvesting aimed learning rice farming which is the basic industry in Uonuma area. The 9 international students are from Nepal, Myanmar, Mongol, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan and Mauritania. Some students are familiar with rice-harvesting, others experienced it for the first time in this event. Communicating […]

Japanese Textbooks Published by Center for Language Education and Research, IUJ

08/06/2018 in , /by

日本語  “Business Practice in Situations – Manners at Work” 　 “Business Practice in Situations－Manners at Work” is for people who aspire to work, or are already working, in relation to Japan, to learn manners and rules in Japanese business contexts. There are three compatible languages versions of this text book－Japanese, English and Vietnamese.     “Elementary Japanese for IT Engineers〈1〉” 　 “Elementary Japanese for IT Engineers〈1〉” is for IT Engineers at elementary Japanese level. This textbook aims to enable learners to acquire specialized vocabularies about situations which IT engineers often face.   You can see the contents of Theme 1 below. Business Practice (Japanese) Business Practice (English) Business Practice (Vietnamese) […]