News & Announcements
Turn-Over of IUJ Donations through the Nepal Embassy
We are pleased to announce that total IUJ donation 660,000yen was made and had been turn-over by IUJ student representatives and President Kitaoka to communities affected by the earthquake through the Nepal Embassy in Tokyo on June, 15, 2015.
The donation drive initiated by the IUJ GSO-EC in cooperation with the IUJ Administration the end of April. Students, faculty members and friends from other communities and organizations took part in the said donation drive, which lasted until May 23.
The Ambassador of Nepal Dr.Bhattarai expressed his deep appreciation and said “The first dispatch of students from Nepal to Japan was in 1902, so we already have long relationship in education. We would like to keep good relationship with IUJ for the future as well”.
IUJ Sake released on June 15th!!
IUJ’s official sake
In collaboration with Hakkaisan, one of the most popular sake companies in Japan, IUJ has developed a brand of sake called “Kokusai Daigaku de Sourou”.
“Kokusai Daigaku de Sourou” is a Junmai-shu, a sake made from pure rice (it does not contain additive distilled alcohol). The name “Kokusai Daigaku de Sourou” is old Japanese, and means “This is IUJ”.
The label on the bottle features the front of IUJ’s main building.
Try IUJ’s official sake on June 15th in the cafeteria!
“The 4th HR Network Conference” was held
On Friday, June 12, 2015, the “4th HR Network Conference” was held at the IUJ campus. The event received 17 HR managers from 17 top-tier corporations as respected guests. This Conference aimed to promote the globalization of human resources, as well as to exchange views, ideas and concerns among company guests from different industries among the Global Partnership companies.
The Conference opened with welcoming remarks entitled“Present Situation of Higher Education in Japan and IUJ” from President Shinichi Kitaoka . He emphasized that IUJ has to keep accepting highly qualified students and offering high quality of education to establish a position in Asia not only for IUJ but other Japanese universities, too .
After his remarks, Mr. Matsui of Kao Corporation, and Mr. Sumida of Nomura Securities Co.,Ltd., made a presentation of their practice regarding“Recruitment of Non-Japanese and Retention”.
The participants were divided into groups of 5 or 6 people and had a group discussion based on their current situation of “Recruiting non-Japanese and retention” to learn their practice and to exchange ideas and thoughts among participants moderated by Prof. Shinichi Hirose, Graduate School of International Management.
A reception was held after the Conference. The participants had an interaction and friendly conversations with IUJ students over drinks and a buffet dinner. All of us at IUJ would like to express our heartfelt thanks to the guests who participated in the 4th “HR Network Conference.”
