Category: Newsletter

Receptions for GSP and UTRIP Students

Receptions for GSP and UTRIP Students: Shig Matsushita This is a report of my participation in the reception parties held in mid-July at UTokyo for the GSP and UTRIP students, and a glimpse of both programs. I am glad to report that all FUTI scholarship awardees in both programs were found to be excellent, proactive…
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The Eighth "Appreciation Party of UTokyo Foundation" Hosted by President Hamada

The Eighth “Appreciation Party of the University of Tokyo Foundation” was held at Koshiba Hall and Sanjo Kaikan on the Hongo Campus on June 11th (Wed), 2014. This party is an annual event in which UTokyo expresses its gratitude to its donors. “Contributing Members” (whose cumulative contributions have exceeded JPY 300,000) are the invitees. The…
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Appreciation Party and my Revisit to the Hongo Campus: Ko-Yung Tung

Mr. Ko-Yung Tung, an FUTI donor who lives in New York, expressed his impression of the party as shown below. Appreciation Party and a Revisit to the Hongo Campus By Ko-Yung Tung, Senior Counselor, Morrison & Foerster, New York It was an honor to be invited to and attend the Eighth “Appreciation of the UTokyo…
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Mr. Kim of Stuyvesant H.S. Receives FUTI’s Travel Grant to Attend PEAK

The Award Committee of Friends of UTokyo (FUTI) has granted its first travel scholarship to Mr. Chiwu Ishido Kim, a graduate of Stuyvesant High School, New York City, who enrolled in the PEAK (Programs in English at Komaba) of UTokyo in the Fall of 2014. Mr. Kim, an Honor student at Stuyvesant, has been an…
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Mr. Kazutaka Yamaji Speaks in New York

On September 26, Friends of UTokyo Inc. (FUTI) hosted, jointly with the NY Icho-kai and Satsuki-kai America, a lecture meeting by Mr. Kazutaka Yamaji, Director General of Development Division, UTokyo, who visited New York to participate in FUTI‘s Annual Board of Directors Meeting (see a related article). The lecture meeting was held at a conference…
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"Prepare for Spreading Ebola Hemorrhagic Fever," Explains Dr. Kuwama on TV

On October 9th, 2014, FOTI Director and Treasurer, Dr. Yuichiro Kuwama, who is Medical Director at the Japanese Medical Practice Division of Mount Sinai Beth Israel and Associate Professor of Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York, was interviewed in a morning show “FCI Morning Eye” of Fujisankei Communications International, Inc. (FCI Fujisankei…
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Our New Name, Friends of UTokyo, Inc. (FUTI) is Now Official

As we reported in Newsletter No. 10, the Board of Directors and Advisory Committee has been discussing a possible name change of Friends of Todai, Inc. (FOTI) for some time since the University of Tokyo’s decision last year to change its English abbreviation from “Todai” to “UTokyo.” While “UTokyo” may be more readily recognizable as…
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Mr. Yasuyuki Sugiura and Mr. Motomu Takahashi appointed as New Members of Advisory Committee

The Board of Directors of Friends of UTokyo, Inc. (FUTI) voted to elect Mr. Yasuyuki Sugiura (photo left), President of Mitsubishi International Co., and Mr. Motomu Takahashi (right), President of Mitsui & Co. (USA) Inc., both in New York, to its Advisory Committee on May 27th, 2014. Messrs. Sugiura and Takahashi are both alumni of…
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“Go Global Study Abroad Fair 2014” held at the Komaba Campus

 “Go Global 2014,” a fair to encourage UTokyo students to study abroad, was held at the Komaba Campus on May 29th (Thu) and 30th (Fri), 2014. The objectives of the Fair are to convey to UTokyo students the significance and importance of studying abroad and experiencing different cultures, and to motivate and help them to consider…
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FUTI Award for a Berkeley Senior who Participates in a Summer Internship Program at UTokyo

The Award Committee of Friends of UTokyo, Inc. (FUTI) has decided to grant a FUTI Summer Scholarship (a.k.a. FUTI Global Leadership Award) to Ms. Jenny Byun, a senior at the University of California, Berkeley, who has been selected to participate in the University of Tokyo Summer Innovation Program in Kashiwa (or UTSIP Kashiwa for short),…
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