Ateneo SOSS and JGSOM engage with Tokyo Universities

December 12, 2017
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A six-member delegation from the School of Social Sciences (SOSS) and John Gokongwei School of Management (JGSOM) visited Hitotsubashi University in Tokyo, Japan on 29 November 2017 to discuss faculty and student exchange, research collaboration, as well as other engagements. The delegation was headed by the sass Dean and Professor of Economics, Fernando T Aldaba, PhD and joined by Alvin PAng, PhD (Director, Ateneo Center for Economic Research and Development), Karl Ian U Cheng Chua, PhD (Director, Japanese Studies Program), Diana J Mendoza, PhD (Chair, Political Science Department), Alice Ann M Parlan, MBA, RFP (Director, Management Honors Program/ Finance and Accounting Department), and Rosalina P Tan, PhD (Professor of Economics, Economics Department).

The Ateneo delegation was received by Hitotsubashi University's Executive Vice President for International Affairs, Public Relations and Outreach, Professor Satoshi Nakano, PhD and Associate Vice President for Global Initiatives and Research Promotion, Professor Taiji Furusawa, PhD. The Ateneo delegates met with professors from the School of International and Public Policy, Graduate School of Commerce and Management, Graduate School of Economics, and Graduate School of Social Sciences.

Left to right: Hitotsubashi University’s Associate Vice President for Global Initiatives and Research Promotion, Professor Taiji Furusawa, PhD; Executive Vice President for International Affairs, Public Relations and Outreach, Professor Satoshi Nakano, PhD; SOSS Dean Dr Fernando T Aldaba, Dr Rosalina P Tan, Ms Alice Ann Parlan, Dr Diana J Mendoza, and Dr Alvin P Ang.

The Ateneo delegation with professors from the School of International and Public Policy, Graduate School of Commerce and Management, Graduate School of Economics, and Graduate School of Social Sciences of Hitotsubashi University. At far right is Dr Karl Ian U Cheng Chua, Director of AdMU’s Japanese Studies Program and currently, a Visiting Professor at Hitotsubashi University.

In a series of meetings, both universities agreed to undertake faculty and student exchange, collaborative research, joint conferences, and graduate student colloquium.Other projects to be explored include dual degree programs, graduate internships, summer practicum courses, and short-term summer study abroad.

With Tomoe Hiranuma, Head of Faculty and Graduate School of Law Administration Office and Professor Atsushi Yamada, Professor of International Relations, School of International and Public Policy, Hitotsubashi University.

With professors from the Graduate School of Economics - Prof. Norio Takeoka, PhD (fifth from left and right) and the Graduate School of Commerce and Management - Prof. Hironori Fukukawa, PhD (second from right) and Assoc. Prof. Masato Sasaki, PhD (far right). Not in picture were Prof. Eiji Kurozumi, PhD and Takuma Kochiyama, PhD.

While in Tokyo, the six-member Ateneo delegation also visited International Christian University (ICU) on 27 November 2017, and the Sophia University and National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (GRIPS) on 28 November 2017. Sophia University, a private Jesuit research university, is a partner institution of the Ateneo de Manila University.

At the Sophia University with Professor Ken Aoki, PhD, Dean, Faculty of Economics (fifth from left), Associate Professor of Political Science Takeshi Ito, PhD, Graduate School of Global Studies (third from left), and Associate Professor Ayako Honda, PhD, Department of Economics (far left). Not in photo was Sophia University’s Vice President for Global Academic Affairs and Professor, Faculty of Human Sciences, Miki Sugimura, PhD.

With Professor Takefumi Terada, PhD, Faculty of Global Studies, Sophia University.
 

At the National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (GRIPS) with Executive Vice President and Professor Kiyotaka Yokomichi (fourth from left) and Assistant Professor Yusuke Takagi, SJD (far right). Not in photo were Rumiko Sekine (Director, International Liaison Office) and Shuntaro Goto (Staff, International Liaison Office).

At the International Christian University, the Ateneo delegation was received by Professor Mark Williams, PhD, Vice President for International Academic Exchange; Professor, Yuichiro Kanazawa, PhD, Chair, Department of Economics and Business and Associate Director of Rotary Peace Center; Professor of International Relations Katsuhiko Mori, PhD, Dean, College of Liberal Arts; and Ms Rumiko Shimazaki, Manager, International Studies.

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