Newsletter No. 6

Japanese Alumni Boost FUTI’s Third Annual Campaign

The annual fundraising campaign for the fiscal year (FY)2011/2012 (July 1, 2011-June 30, 2012) concluded successfully, with a 40% increase ...

An Interview with Dr. Chihiro Kanagawa, Chairman of Shintech, Inc.

On June 20th, 2012, FUTI President, Hisashi Kobayashi, and Mr. Yoichi Yoshida of the Development Division of UTokyo met with ...

Messages of FUTI donors (in Japanese only)

2011-2012 年度にFOTI にご寄付をされた皆様の中から数人の方々にメッセージをお願いいたしました。ご返事を下さった方々のメッセージをお名前の50音順でご紹介いたします。一人でも多くの読者が共感されて、2012-2013年度のキャンペーンにご協力頂ける事を期待しております。 ...

The roster of FUTI scholarship recipients and their reports are now on FUTI’s website

The roster of 2012 award recipients and their reports have been uploaded to the News section and the blog page ...

Your expression of gratitude to your alma mater in accordance with your financial means by Shigenori Matsushita (in Japanese only)

元(株)日本ウィンク社長 松下重悳 東京大学赤門の南側に伊藤国際学術研究センターが出来て2012年4月から供用された。国際交流を狙うホール・会議室・教室等から成り、椿山荘のレストラン もある。地上が芝生庭園になっている地下2階に、同時通訳設備の100-500名収容の伊藤謝恩ホールがあり、そこで7月4日夕方「東京大学基金感謝の集 い・総長主催懇談会」が開催された。 ...

FUTI Scholarship Students Enjoying Classes at Yale

In mid-July an FUTI Advisory Committee member, Ms. Nobuko Sakurai, and an FUTI staff, Dr. Masako Osako, visited the five ...

Reception for the 2012 UTRIP participants held

A reception for participants of the 2011 UTRIP (University of Tokyo Research Internship Program) program was held at the Sanjyo ...

Reception for the 2011 GSP participants at UTokyo held

A “Welcome and Farewell Party” was held on July 13 (Fri) in the evening at Sanjyo Meeting Hall of the ...

Prof. Koichi Hamada speaks on monetary policy and Japan’s economic recovery

On June 13, 2012, Koichi Hamada, Tuntex Professor of Economics at Yale University and a Director of Friends of UTokyo, ...

Mr. Kengo Watanabe, a Pharmacology graduate student, receives an FUTI award

Mr. Kengo Watanabe, a third-year PhD program student in the pharmaceutical sciences at the University of Tokyo was selected as ...

Mathematician Shoshichi Kobayashi (1932-2012), oldest member of the San Francisco Akamonkai dies at 80

Shoshichi Kobayashi, a professor emeritus of Mathematics Department at the University of California, Berkeley, died of heart illness on August ...