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College and Graduate school of International Relations accepts fall entrance students.

On Sep 22nd, the Ritsumeikan University Undergraduate and Graduate School Graduation Ceremony  was held at Suzaku Campus. There, 32 students from the College of International Relations and 18 students from the Graduate School of International Relations were awarded Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees.

Many family members and friends of graduates, faculty and staff members were there to celebrate. Graduates will soon start their new careers here in Japan and around the world.

Graduates, congratulations and good luck on your future!

On Sep 25th, the entrance ceremony was held and College of IR and Graduate School of IR welcomed 32 undergraduate and 39 graduate students include international students from Africa, North America, Europe and Asia.

Welcome to Ritsumeikan! 

Detailed news.

https://en.ritsumei.ac.jp/news/detail/?id=87

-IR Office will be closed for Summer break -

Our office will be closed from August 11
to August 18, 2016 for Summer holidays.

We will be back in the office on Friday, August 19,
2016 and will respond to your message as soon as possible
on our return.

We are sorry for the inconvenience we may cause.

*Summer Recess; Office Hours start from 1pm to 5pm

 
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On 17th June, students on the 'Professional Workshop (Media)' course enjoyed a visit from guest speaker Olivier Fabre, senior producer for Reuters Video News in Tokyo. Mr Fabre's extensive career in news started during his time as a student in London when he worked part-time for the Nikkei Shimbun's London bureau. Since the mid-90s he has been based in Tokyo and he now runs the video news-gathering operation from the Reuters Japan in Akasaka. As a senior producer in one of the world's largest news and information companies he is working at the cutting edge of news and is keenly aware of the most recent developments in news consumption, technology and production techniques.

Mr Fabre started by describing the role of 'news agency', which is often hidden from the casual news consumer, and making students aware of all the places they might be encountering material produced by news agencies like Reuters. These ranged from broadcast news to newer social media platforms like Facebook that are developing into regular sources of news content, especially for younger people. 

He then explained the way his work had changed over the past few years. Behind many of the changes he described are the rapid changes in technology that have led to both the growth of online platforms as a news agency client, and the rapid development and adaptation of web and networking technologies for use in news gathering and distribution. One area that has seen particularly rapid development is the area of 'live' broadcasting; the transmission of live events that used to require a team of people and a variety of types of bulky and expensive equipment can now be carried out by one individual with a light camera and a transmission system that fits into a standard backpack.

As he explained the sometimes quite subtle differences in news agency journalism and newspaper and broadcast journalism, students joined in with questions and the session finished with a discussion of employment prospects within the news business in Japan and overseas.

Professional Workshop (Journalism) is career development course in Japanese taught by expertized professors.

URL of the program.

https://www.ritsumei.ac.jp/ir/education/professional-journalism.html/