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Dr. Fumiko Tamura Appointed "Advisor to Treasurer"

On June 15, 2013, the Board elected Dr. Fumiko Tamura as a new member of the Advisory Committee (AC) with a specific role to advise Dr. Yuichiro Kuwama, Treasurer, on financial and tax-related matters. Dr. Tamura received her BA in economics from UTokyo in 1999. She then came to the U.S. as a recipient of…
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Dr. Shigenori Matsushita joins the Award Committee

At the Board of Directors’ Annual Meeting of September 21, 2013, Dr. Masaaki Yamada, Director of University Relations, who chairs the scholarship award and research grant selection committee, announced the appointment of Dr. Shigenori Matsushita as a new member to the Committee, whose members are currently President Kobayashi, Dr. Masako Osako, FUTI staff and Ms.…
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Mr. Seiei Ono, FUTI Advisory Committee Member, Returns to Japan

Mr. Seiei  Ono, a member of the FUTI Advisory Committee since April 2011, who was President and CEO of Mitsubishi Corporation (Americas) from  April 2012 till June 2013, recently returned to Japan and retired from the company.  He will join Mitsubishi Research Institute, Inc. (MRI) on October 1, 2013. After graduating from UTokyo  in 1975…
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Mr. Sung Kie Paik, a New York Ichokai Member, Dies

Mr. Sung Kie Paik (白成基), a CPA, a UTokyo alumnus (1983) and a resident of Union City, New Jersey died of an accident on April 14, 2013. Mr. Paik was born and grew up in Seoul, South Korea and attended Seoul Junior High School. He graduated from Hankuk University of Foreign Studies (HUFS) in South Korea…
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Blog Article: ”Science of Vowels” by Shigenori Matsushita

Editor’s Note: Why do most of us, the Japanese, speak “Katakana English,” despite that we have been studying English since childhood and/or have been in the U.S. for many years? We find a convincing answer to this question in this essay by Dr. Shigenori Matsushita that appeared in his mail magazine on September 6, 2013.…
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Book Review, “Mathematicians Who Lost Their Faces: Essays in Idleness on Mathematics,” by Shoshichi Kobayashi

For over 170 years, the portrait shown left has been displayed as the French mathematician Adrien-Marie Legendre (1752-1833) in all books on history of mathematics, but in 2005 two students of the University of Strasbourg discovered that this portrait belongs to a politician Louis Legendre (1752-1797), and has nothing to do with the mathematician. Thus…
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Campaign Result of FY 2012-2013: Final Report

As of July 31, 2013 The annual fundraising campaign for the fiscal year 2012/2013 (July 2012-June 2013) has concluded successfully, although the total revenue was about 5% less than the previous year, which was extremely successful. We sincerely thank Shintech, Inc. and a large number of individuals for their continuing and generous support of  Friends…
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Mr. Sung Kie Paik (1952-2013), a New York Ichokai Member Dies

Mr. Sung Kie Paik (白成基), a CPA, a UTokyo alumnus (1983) and a resident of Union City, New Jersey died of an accident on April 14, 2013. Mr. Paik was born and grew up in Seoul, South Korea and attended Seoul Junior High School. He graduated from Hankuk University of Foreign Studies (HUFS) in South Korea…
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Dr. Kuwama Elected as Treasurer and Director

At the FUTI Board meeting of November 7th, 2012, Dr. YuichiroKuwama, M.D. , who had been a member of the Advisory Committee, was elected as Director and Treasurer. He has succeeded Ms. Ito and is responsible for financial matters of FUTI in addition to serve as a director of the Board. After graduating from the…
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Selection of 2013 Summer Scholarship Recipients Begins

The scholarship committee chaired by Dr. Masaaki Yamada, Director of University Relations, has selected eight U.S. students and four UTokyo students for this summer’s scholarship program. Several more awards are expected to be given to UTokyo students and a few more to U.S. students, as the GSP (Global Summer Programs) to be held at U.C.…
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