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Thirteen UTokyo students and Six U.S. Students Receive FUTI’s 2014 Summer Scholarships

The Award Selection Committee met on March 8, 2014 at the Community Resource Exchange conference room in Downtown Manhattan. It was attended by Masaaki Yamada (Chair of the Committee and Director of University Relations), Hisashi Kobayashi, Shigenori Matsushita, Masako Osako, Nobuko Sakurai and Amy Vaida (Secretary to the Committee). In a series of discussions that…
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We Need Your Support for the Fundraising Campaign!

At the Board of Directors meeting held on April, it was reported that the donations of this fiscal year are significantly lower than those of last year and the year before. The dividends from Shintech’s Trust Account (shown in red in the graph) received by mid April are $52,960 in the current fiscal year (FY2013-2014),…
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Donors’ Messages

As we did for the previous issue of our Newsletter, we asked several people among recent generous donors  to prepare a message.  The following donors (listed in alphabetical order) graciously responded to our request.  We hope that their messages will touch  a chord and help us achieve success in the fundraising campaign of FY2013-2014, by…
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Sixteen FUTI donors will be invited to an “Appreciation Reception” hosted by President Hamada

As we reported in Newsletter No. 9, The University of Tokyo (UTokyo) offers a variety of privileges to express its gratitude to those who have donated to the university. They include the posting of your engraved nameplate on the wall of the Yasuda Auditorium, a commemorative plate as a gift, invitation to convivial meetings and…
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The Address of FUTI has changed

As we notified all of you by email in early March, 2014, the postal address of FUTI has been changed, as of March 1st, from 331 W. 57th Street, #164, New York, NY 10019 to the following new address. So please take a note of it: Friends of UTokyo, Inc. 115 E. 34th Street #416…
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Board of Directors Meeting held on April 21, 2014

FUTI’s Board of Directors meeting, held on April 21st via teleconferencing, was presided over by President Kobayashi. The meeting started with the introduction of Mr. Kazutaka Yamaji, the newly appointed Director General of the Development Division of UTokyo. Prior to this appointment Mr. Yamaji was responsible for the operations of the Alumni Office of UTokyo.…
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FUTI President Kobayashi visits Shintech Chairman and Founder Chihiro Kanagawa

FUTI President Hisashi Kobayashi, who is Senior Distinguished Researcher of the National Institute for Information and Communications Technology (NICT) visited Tokyo for two weeks from March 31, and on April 2 he paid a courtesy visit to Dr. Chihiro Kanagawa, Chairman of Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd. as well as Chairman and Founder of Shintech, Inc.…
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Why not “Like” FUTI on Facebook?

FUTI has its Facebook page, where the Friends of UTokyo community exchange their messages, photos, event news, or opinions on various topics of mutual interest (www.facebook.com/foti2008). We welcome your contributions. Please send your messages and photos that might be of interest to the Friends of UTokyo community. News of awards, books, lectures, blogs, and any other…
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