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Professor Emeritus Ippei Yamazawa, former IUJ President, passed away
Professor Emeritus Ippei Yamazawa, former IUJ President, passed away on November 16, 2018 at the age of 81. The funeral ceremony was held on November 20 only by his family and relatives.
Late Professor Yamazawa served for various positions such as Full-Professor at Hitotsubashi University and Waseda University and Director of Institute of Developing Economies. He assumed the position of IUJ President for 3 years and 3 months, during September 2003 and December 2006. One of his achievements is IUJ’s first Self Evaluation Report complied comprehensively in 2006. He also taught some classes such as East Asian Economy in IUJ for many international students.
In recognition of his accomplishments over many years of education and research and his contributions to the development of academic society in Japan, he was conferred the Order of the Sacred Treasure, in the decoration of spring of 2014.
May he rest in peace.
The Culti Fiesta was held on November 24
The 2018 Culti Fiesta was held on Saturday November 24th, and showcased the best in IUJ’s diversity and culture. This is one of the university’s largest annual events, alongside the Open Day and International Festival held each May.
A total of eighteen groups took to the stage on the night, with music and dance performances on display from all corners of the globe. With students hailing from around 50 countries, the sharing of cultures and traditions is a fundamental part of studying at IUJ. Events like the Culti Fiesta allow students to introduce a part of their country to their peers, student’s families, and the school’s faculty and staff.
The formal event ended shortly after 9pm, but the fun continued with an after party which kept the enthusiasm and energy from the evening going!
IUJ thanks everyone who made the event a success, including the GSO-EC members for their behind the scenes work in organizing the night, the performers themselves, and everyone who attended to show their support. We’re also grateful to Hakkaisan for their sponsorship of the event.
To check out more of the fun from Culti Fiesta 2018, check out the hashtag #cultifiesta2018 on Instagram!
The full list of participating acts from Culti Fiesta 2018 can be found below.
- IUJ Music club
- Laos PDR
- Central Asia
- Myanmar
- Team Pasefika
- Nusantara (Indonesia)
- Philippines
- Cambodia
- Belly dance club
- Arabs
- Mongolia
- Vietnam
- Malaysia
- Team Africa
- Afro-Rhythm sponsored by Hakkaisan
- Thailand
- Bangladesh
- JAPAN
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JBMC-NIIGATA 2018
Japan Business Model Competition (JBMC) NIIGATA round was held on Saturday, November 24th 2018 at International University of Japan (IUJ).
This competition was hosted by HOKUETSU BANK, DAISHI BANK and ICLOVE with Niigata University and IUJ co-sponsorship, and 11 projects were presented.
One project presented by IUJ student, her name is Nur Adlin Binti Abu Bakar and came from Malaysia with its project titled “Ecoqua” won the DAISHI/HOKUETSU FG Prize and her project was endowed with a 100,000 Yen.
The winning teams will join the final competition for JBMC Prize in March 2019 in Tokyo, which will allow its winner to join the final world-wide International Business Model Competition (IBMC) to be held in May, 2019.
Let’s extend our warmest congratulations for their achievement and wish them good luck at the next stage of competition. IUJ also wishes to express its appreciation for Professor H. Ito’s and Dean W. Li’s efforts in organizing ICLOVE events, including this Business Model Competition.
