Category: Newsletter 5

Profiles of FUTI VOLUNTEERS

FUTI has greatly benefitted from the four volunteers described below. The four volunteers introduced below are among the many who have helped FUTI accomplish so much during the past year. Ms. Akiko Uetake (Economics, MA, 2007) has assisted FUTI in the editing and translation of documents, capitalizing on her finance and accounting background. Ms. Uetake,…
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NY Icho-kai’s 11th Annual Reception held

On February 28, 2012, the New York Icho-kai, an association of UTokyo alumni in the New York region, held its annual reception attended by 197 persons (including some spouses). Ambassador Tsuneo Nishida gave a speech and talked about current developments at the United Nations. Ms. Yuriko Shimazu, an NHK announcer stationed in New York, served…
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The UTokyo-Yale Initiative Hosted Junior Scholar Conference

On March 29, 2012, the UTokyo-Yale Initiative (TYI) Junior Scholar conference “Discovering Japan in the United States: The fruits and the future of academic exchange at Yale and UTokyo” was held at Yale University under the joint sponsorship of JSPS (The Japan Society for the Promotion of Science)’s International Training Program (ITP) and Friends of…
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UTokyo-Yale Initiative (TYI) Discusses “Japan and China for Four Decades: Cooperation and Competition since 1972”

On March 30, 2012, TYI hosted a symposium entitled “Japan and China for Four Decades: Cooperation and Competition since 1972.” This event, planned by Professor Yasuhiro Matsuda as the lead organizer, marked the 40th anniversary of the normalization of diplomatic relations between China and Japan. Prof. Matsuda was a former chair of the TYI program.…
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IPMU Becomes a Kavli Institute

The Kavli Foundation and the University of Tokyo recently came to an agreement that the Foundation will establish an endowment fund of 7.5 million dollars for the Institute for Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (IPMU) to perpetually support its research using dividends of the fund and that the IPMU would be renamed as Kavli…
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Kagakusha Network Hosts a Seminar on "A Guidepost for Aspiring Global Leaders in Science" on July 22 in Tokyo

Kagakusha Network (or “Scientist Network”),  a group of young scientists and students who have studied or aspire to study abroad, will organize a symposium entitled “A Guidepost for Aspiring Global Leaders in Science” on July 22, 2012 (Sun), 1:30 pm-5 pm at the Tokyo Kokusai Forum, as a major public  event combined with their First Annual Meeting. Dr. Keiko Sugimoto…
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FUTI participates in the “Go Global 2012” Fair at the Komaba Campus

The “Go Global 2012” Fair, which was designed to encourage UTokyo students to study abroad, was held at the Komaba Campus on May 26th (Thu) and 27th (Fri) . The plenary session on general information of May 26th was attended by about 500 participants, nearly filling the meeting room –Lecture Theater 900– to its capacity.…
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Reminder: Annual Fundraising Campaign Will End Soon

The third fundraising campaign launched in November 2011 will soon come to an end. The fiscal year of FUTI runs from July 1st through June 30th. Thanks to the continued and generous support of Shintech Inc. in the U.S. and many new donors in Japan and America, as well as our repeating supporters since the…
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Reception in Honor of Prof. Akihiko Tanaka Held

On March 8, 2012, following the Board and Advisory Board meeting, FUTI hosted a reception in honor of Prof. Akihiko Tanaka, Vice President of International Affairs at UTokyo and Director of FUTI, who would become the President of Japan International Cooperation Association (JICA)  on April 1, 2012. To celebrate the occasion and to thank Prof.…
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Eight U.S. Students and Nine UTokyo Students Receive FUTI Leadership Awards

The scholarship selection committee chaired by D. Masaaki Yamada, a Director of FUTI, has selected 9 UTokyo students and 8 students of U.S. universities as recipients of the 2012 FUTI International Leadership Award (FUTI-ILA). This award, introduced in 2010, is designed to nurture future global leaders of the U.S. and Japan, and one of the…
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