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2022.05.20
Report on the guest lecture ( Kyoto Organic Action (KOA) representative Mr. Suzuki Kentaro & director and founder member of FEAST, a Japanese non-profit organisation supporting bottom-up sustainable agrifood transitions across Asia Ms. Kobayashi Mai
Mr. Suzuki Kentaro and Ms. Kobayashi Mai, from the agricultural business, was invited as guest lecturer at the Professional Workshop (English class: led by Pr. Wanxue Lu).
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We invite Mr. Suzuki Kentaro and Ms. Kobayashi Mai, from the agricultural business to the professional workshop today. Mr. Suzuki and Ms. Kobayashi discussed about business that utilize the uniqueness of Kyoto’s farmers in terms of creating organic vegetables. By setting up the Kyoto Organic Action (KOA), the speaker aims to create a more sustainable way for citizens of Kyoto prefecture to produce and consume safe and nutritious organic vegetable. They suggested that we should all become activists in the social issues that we care about on top of our own individual professions.
2022.05.31
The Writing Tutorial Program Spring Semester 2022 has started!
We are offering the Writing Tutorial Program to support students write their academic papers in both Japanese and English for their class assignments. Experienced senior and graduate students of IR will answer questions and give useful advice on writing assignments as a tutor during the one-o-one sessions.
Students can take the tutorial sessions an unlimited number of times for free.
【What is the role of the Writing Tutorial Program?】
-to help students clarify and structure the ideas for their papers
-to help students notice what needs improving and offer advise and clues for how they can rewrite their papers
-to help students understand the rules of citation and plagiarism
-to answer students’ questions related to Academic Writing
Period: Japanese tutorial: May 23rd-July 29th
English tutorial: May 17th-July 21st
Time: Varies depending on the date. One session is for 40-50min.
Eligibility: IR students who seek support and advice on writing assignments for their school courses
Session Format: Face-to-face session (Koshikan Building on the fourth floor), or online session via Zoom.
Go to the link below to apply for the session and for more details (available only for currently enrolled IR students).
Academic Support - Writing Tutorial Center | Academics | College of International Relations | Ritsumeikan University
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Students can take the tutorial sessions an unlimited number of times for free.
-to help students clarify and structure the ideas for their papers
-to help students notice what needs improving and offer advise and clues for how they can rewrite their papers
-to help students understand the rules of citation and plagiarism
-to answer students’ questions related to Academic Writing
Period: Japanese tutorial: May 23rd-July 29th
English tutorial: May 17th-July 21st
Time: Varies depending on the date. One session is for 40-50min.
Eligibility: IR students who seek support and advice on writing assignments for their school courses
Session Format: Face-to-face session (Koshikan Building on the fourth floor), or online session via Zoom.
Go to the link below to apply for the session and for more details (available only for currently enrolled IR students).
Academic Support - Writing Tutorial Center | Academics | College of International Relations | Ritsumeikan University
2022.05.20
Report on the guest lecture (Coordinator for International Relations, Kyoto Prefectural Official: Adam Franklin)
Adam Franklin, Coordinator for International Relations, Kyoto Prefectural Official, was invited as guest lecturer at the Professional Workshop (English class: led by Pr. Wanxue Lu).
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During the lecture, Adam Franklin discussed his experiences as an international resident who underwent tertiary education at Ritsumeikan and used their academic experiences to find a job here in Japan. In currently working at a government office as a civil servant, he shed a unique light on what it’s like to work within the Japanese system, what his day to work experience is like, and to share some advice to those who might like to follow a similar path in the future.
2022.05.06
Report on the guest lecture (Representative director of Data Lupe Company: Kiyotsugu Yoshihara)
Dr. Kiyotsugu Yoshihara, representative director of Data Lupe Company Limited, was invited as a guest lecturer at the Professional Workshop (English class: led by Pr. Wanxue Lu).
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We invited Dr. Yoshihara Kiyotsugu to the professional workshop. He addressed several topics, like the financial system, the difference in business styles of cooperative banks, regional banks, and mega banks in Japan, Vietnam, Philippines, as well as his professional path in the banking sector for the past thirty years. He particularly placed great emphases on the Japanese banking business at present, which is considered to provide students with a more specific and in-depth understanding of working in the Japanese banking industry. Banks are now required not only to act as providers of capital but also to provide consultation to and continuously support the restructuring and development of client firms through long-term business relationships.
2022.04.27
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Report on the guest lecture (Prof. Steven J. Ericson: Dartmouth College, USA)
Mr Steven J. Ericson from Dartmouth College was invited as a guest lecturer at the Advanced Seminar (Prof. FRENCH, Thomas William).
Professor Ericson’s lecture covered the economic impact of the Allied Occupation of Japan (1945-1952), both in general, and also with specific reference to the focus of his current research: zaibatsu dissolution and business deconcentration during the U.S. The course of economic reform relating to business structures was explained and placed within the context of the broader history of the Occupation. Specific cases of Japanese agency and influence within the history of zaibatsu dissolution were highlighted as were specific case studies of dissolution including: Mitsubishi and the Japanese beer industry. The session looked at why certain sectors escaped reform and the legacies of the Occupation’s policies in contemporary Japan.