Citigroup Donation
Supercharges NGO
Internship Program

New Promo Video Profiles
Undergrad and AEP
Programs
Citigroup’s

A promotional video profiling TUJ’sgenerous funding

undergraduate and Academic Englishof the TUJ

programs is now ready for primetime.

NGO Internship

Available in both English and Japanese

Program isversions, the 16-minute film showcases thehaving a positive

undergraduate program’s various majors

impact on bothand also presents a day in the life of a TUJNGOs and thestudent.

community.

The Communications and Admissions

DONOR LIST 2007–2008
Institutional Donors
TUJ Patron
Citigroup
Philip Morris Japan K.K.

Silver Owl Supporters
PRAP Japan, Inc.
Conwell Contributors
Japan Investment Office of
the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

Counseling teams worked closely with

Individual Donors

have been

professors and students to assemble thearranged at five

footage. The video should significantly

different NGOs

extend TUJ’s promotional reach, particularlyin the spring

to potential students that live far enough2008 semesteraway to make visiting TUJ in person difficult.

Gold Owl Supporters
Anderson, Ronald J. (BOG)
Clyde, Robert (BOG)
Egawa, Shin (Student’s parent)
Fukushima, Sakie (BOG)
Hatori, Kenichi (Student’s Parent)
Hosoda, Shuusaku (Student’s Parent)
Ikegami, Hisao (BOG)
Kaneko, Midori (BOG)
Kayama, Saori (Alumni)
Okamoto, Tetsuji (Student’s Parent)
Shinbo, Tetsue (Student’s Parent)
Yasutomo, Dennis (BOG)

The English version of the video can be

the NGOs to extend their reach in local

viewed on the TUJ website.

communities, and their activities areenabling Citigroup to achieve its CSR
Five of the interns are assisting withtwo major events, the Kids Earth Fund’s “We
Can Change the World” drawing exhibitionin mid-April, and Tokyo English Life Line’s
Charity Walk & Run-a-thon on May 3. Prior
to their arrival, both organizations were
struggling with logistical aspects such as
volunteer recruitment, operations andproject coordination. The assistance andknowledge TUJ’s interns provide allows theNGOs to focus on their core missions andsave costs on tasks they typically outsource,

Please visit: www.tuj.ac.jp/tuj_guidesuch as translation.
The interns, meanwhile, are honing
skills in several areas, including language,
communications, marketing and data

A New TUJ Mascot

management. They’re also gaining

A lovable new TUJ representative—aconfidence in dealing with authority figures

teddy bear sporting an “I ♥ TUJ” message—

and the business environment.

is waiting for you at the TUJ Information

One TELL intern comments: “This is a

Center. He’s just 800 yen, so get yours today!

great chance for me to get involved in a ‘real’
working environment. Otherwise it would
be difficult to know exactly what is goingon in the business field.”
The NGOs are also happy. “TUJ interns
have a positive attitude, and it’s easy towork with them,” a Japan Philanthropic
Association representative says. “We lookforward to having more students from TUJ

their interactions outside the classroom.”
Diversity is an essential element to a

We have a responsibility to support alumni,

Dr. Bruce Stronach officially tookliberal arts education, he adds. “Because all

and vice versa. Not only is a strong alumni

control as dean on April 1, coming to TUJ

of TUJ’s courses are taught in English, wegroup critical to sustaining our reputation as

after serving as the president of Yokohama

can open our doors to students from all overan institution of academic excellence, it also

City University (YCU). As the first non-the world.”

provides students and alumni with access toJapanese to run a Japanese public university,

Address: 2-8-12 Minami Azabu, Minato-ku, Tokyo 106-0047
E-mail: alumni@tuj.ac.jp Tel: 03-5441-9800 Fax: 03-5441-9811
Website: http://www.tuj.ac.jp/alumni

a vast network of professionals worldwide.”

he spearheaded educational reforms thathas as an institution of higher education inmade YCU a model among Japanese public

Japan. “University-corporate relations andin academia on both the teaching andinstitutions.

Dr. Stronach has long been involved

university support for local communities areadministrative levels. Before joining YCU,
he was provost and COO“I am pleased andat Becker College in
Massachusetts from 1998

“Temple has been in

to 2003 and its acting

Japan for 26 years andpresident for a year. He

is by far the oldest andwas on the faculty of themost robust American

International University of

institution of higher

Japan’s Graduate School

education in the country.

of International Relations

It’s a great institution

from 1990 to 1997, andBronze Owl Supporters
Amano, Mitsuya (MBA ’05)
Fusano, Kay (M.Ed ’92)
Hill Anton, Karen (BOG)
Maruno, Koichi (M.Ed. ’05)
Muehleisen, Victoria (M.A. ’90)
Ogane, Ethel (Ed.D. ’93)
O’Mochain, Robert (Ed.D. ’05)
Satterwhite, David (BOG)
Suzuki, Toshiko (M.A. ’99)
Takahashi, Yuichi (B.A. ’05)
Tanaka, Noriko (M.Ed. ’84)
Vogt, Lisa (M.Ed ’93)

with priorities that reflect

served as the school’s dean

Temple President Hart’s

from 1994. His academic

international focus, but

accomplishments include

I know we can make it

two masters degrees and aeven better. I’m committed

doctorate in international

to TUJ’s growth and to

relations from thebettering Japanese society,Fletcher School of Law

and this position will allow

and Diplomacy from Tufts

me to do both.”

University and Harvard

Faculty & Staff Payroll Contribution
Anami, Virginia Fumiyo
Baca, David
Gistren, Tomas
Hayama, SairanHelt, Holly
Kato, Chie
Leeds, Eva Marikova
Leeds, Michael
Lerch, HubertMatsuoka, Michiyo
Matsuyama, Miwa
Nishida, Wataru
Ozawa, Mayu
Pike, Kathleen
Rosenkjar, Patrick
Summers, Katherine
Wilson, Matthew
Anonymous: 10 participants

According to Dr.
Stronach, many inJapan’s higher education
institutions, company
personnel offices and mass
media are wondering how

University’s Graduate“ I’m committed to TUJ’s growth and tobettering Japanese society, and this position
will allow me to do both.”

Sciences. His connection
to Japan stretches backto 1976, when he was avisiting researcher at Keio

students are capable critical thinkers,of particular importance to contemporary

become good communicators in both

Japanese society,” he notes. “We’re proud

The vice chairman of the JapaneseJapanese and English, and develop self-

to be an active member of our community

University Accreditation Association’s board

confidence and initiative.

in a wide variety of activities in Minato

of directors, Dr. Stronach has also written

Ward and greater Tokyo. We also have an

several incisive books on Japan, includingthat imbues our students with all those

active relationship with a large and diverse

Japan and America: Opposites That Attract

attributes,” he states. “In our classrooms,

range of Japanese and foreign companies(Seibido, 1988); The Handbook of Japanese

students are challenged to think forthat allows us to act as a conduit for social

Popular Culture (Greenwood Press, 1989);

themselves and analyze problems from aand business innovation.”

Popular Culture in Japan and America“Here at TUJ we provide an education

EDITORS’ NOTES

debate their opinions and ideas with other

Have some news to share? Send your recent events to us at alumni@tuj.ac.jp andwe’ll run them in the newsletter. And if your mail and/or email address have changed,
please let us know so that both TUJ and Temple University can stay in touch with you.

students, make presentations, and continue

Editors: Chie Kato, Akiko Sada, Doug Jackson

School of Arts andUniversity’s Institute forto ensure that Japanesewide perspective. They’re encouraged toTemple University, Japan Campus

He also acknowledges the role TUJ

alumni is one of the key missions of TUJ.

dean,” Dr. Stronach says.

The above were correct as of April 2008
Note: “BOG” stands for Board of Governors

next semester.”

A New Dean in the House

honored to be TUJ’s new

Silver Owl Supporters
Asai, Sae (Student’s Parent)
Boardman, Thomas (Faculty/Staff)
Fukuda, Yoshiyuki (B.A. ’06)
Hara, Tetsuaki (Student’s parent)
Hayashi, Yoko (Student’s parent)
Jordan, Thomas (BOG)
Kanetomi, Toshio (Student’s parent)
Sato, Yoko (M.Ed. ’06)
Sugita, Satoshi (BOG)
Takii, Haruhito (Student’s parent)
Uno, Yukiko (TUJ Friend)
Yasuda, Haruka (M.Ed. ’98)

objectives.

Summer2008

Diamond Donor
Amway Japan Limited
The Ogasawara Foundation for
the Promotion of Science and Engineering

Nine internships

alone. The interns are already empowering

Vol. 10

Supporting Sponsor
United States-Japan Foundation

Noting TUJ’s ever-growing ranks ofalumni, he says:“Maintaining strong ties with our

Communications Research.

(Seibido, 1991); and Beyond the Rising
Sun: Nationalism in Contemporary Japan(Praeger, 1995).

ALUMNI NEWS What Are TUJ Alumni Up To?
First Kansai Alumni
Reunion a Success

Donations Earn TUJ Parents
an Exclusive Viewing

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Demand for the book is so high that it has alreadyPreparing for a career change while tackling the

been reprinted three times.

huge pile of homework was tough but reward-

After graduating from TUJ, Yuichi Takahashi (B.A.

sakurako@officebi.com

ing, and she enjoyed applying the skills at analysis

donations to the university over the past’05) joined one of the leadership programs focusedwww.officebi.com

she had gained to assess her previous workplace.

few years were treated to an exclusive tour

on finance at General Electric. He later moved toalumni reunion in Kansai. The inauguralof the “Masterpieces from the Philadelphia

an asset management company in the Goldman

Kansai event was part of the special

Museum of Art: Impressionism and Modern

25th anniversary celebration and alumni

Art” exhibition at the Tokyo Metropolitan

reunion held in Tokyo earlier the same

Art Museum on December 3, 2007. The

month. Dr. Kenneth Schaefer started off“Masterpieces” show featured 77 seminal

More than 30 alumni, faculty and

TUJ parents who have made generous

staff gathered at the Osaka Dai-Ichi Hotelon November 17, 2007, for TUJ's firstthe evening with a welcome speech, after

Committee election held last October. A

works of art from 47 celebrated European

which TUJ External Relations Manager

total of 98 alumni voted by paper ballot

and American masters, including Claude

Chie Kato updated the group on the latest

and online, electing Antonio Canales (B.A.

Monet, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Pauldevelopments at the university.

’07) as president; Federico Clulow (B.A. ’05)

Cézanne, Pablo Picasso, Henri Matisse, andas vice president; Yuichi Takahashi (B.A.

Andrew Wyeth. They were selected fromfrom both the undergraduate program and’04) as treasurer; and Sandra Fotos (Ed.D.

among the museum’s more than 250,000

the law program, the majority of attendees’92), Jeffrey Tarlofsky (M.Ed. ’97) and Naoki

works of art.

were TESOL alumni. TUJ has well-established

Sakata (B.B.A. ’93) as executive members.

TUJ art professors Shinya Watanabe,

TESOL programs in Osaka and Fukuoka in

The new executives assumed their posts

addition to the one at the Tokyo campus. In

Undergraduate Program

Sachs Group, where he was responsible for real

After jumping to a new challenge at Jonckers inCollege of Education

the same role, senior project manager, Tomoko became its operation manager just half a year after

estate transactions, corporate restructuring, andReita Furusawa (M.Ed. ’98) finished a doctoral

getting her MBA. She still handles projects as wellprivate equity investment management. Althoughcourse at Nagoya University last year andas overseeing the Japan operation.

Yuichi had been working for big global companies,

subsequently began working as a researcher at

Tomoko.Tanabe@jonckers.com

he decided to establish his own business last year

Chubu University’s Chubu Institute for Advanced

focusing on real estate investment and transaction

Studies. He is now involved in the United Nations

advisories for the Japanese and emerging markets.

program “Decade of Education for Sustainable

Law School

He has also gotten involved in the TUJ Alumni

Development

Shi Ye (LL.M. ’07) married Tokyo-based financial

Association, and has been helping to organize(ESD),” whichanalyst Justin Weiss in 2007. The newlyweds hadvarious events.

Chubu University

a fruitful year, buying a house in the spring andyuichiworldnet@aol.com

is collaborating

marrying in the summer in Tokyo. Since Shi Ye is

on with Nagoya

Chinese and Justin is American, their guests came

Sakurako Oshima (B.A. ’93) is an English

University, Gifu

from all over, including many Temple Law School

Geeta Mehta and Noriko Murai provided ateacher, translator and interpreter with extensive

University, Miefriends. Before theon January 1, 2008, and will serve for two

running commentary for the participants

experience in teaching and advising on the use of

University and various NGOs. United Nations

wedding, Shi Yefact, the Osaka center opened its doors inyears. James Moen was named secretary at

about the artists and their masterpieces,

real-world practical English in Japan. Following

University has recognized the Chubu area as awent to Philadelphia

1982—the same year TUJ’s original Minato

the April 10 board meeting.

including presentations on the themes ofthe publication of her first book, English Grammar

regional center of expertise on ESD. Reita also

to pursue her law

each floor. After the tour concluded, theTraining for Intermediate & Higher Levels (Beretmarried in 2007, and he and his wife recently had

degree at Temple—

While the event attracted several alumni

campus was established. Osaka’s master ofCanales was TUJ student government

education program (M.Ed.) began the same

president from 2000 to 2002 and 2006 toparticipants enjoyed a taste-of-Philadelphia

Books, 2006), Sakurako published Practical Businessa baby daughter, naming her Kae.

her first time living

year, and its doctor of education (Ed.D.)

2007. His two administrations establishedbuffet and also tuned in to some live jazz.

Dialogue in English—Actual Conversations fromreitajapan@yahoo.co.jp

in the States for anprogram was launched in 1995. The Fukuoka

a student-controlled activities fee used for

The event was exclusively for TUJ

Corporate America this January with American

M.Ed. course started up in 1998.

charitable donations, equipment purchases,

donors and State Department guests, andbusinessman Steve Bernstein.

and student awards and prizes. They

took place on Monday when the museum

Sakurako and Steve put

also renovated the student lounge andis closed. The guests clearly enjoyed thetogether this new publication

Tomoko Tanabe (MBA ’07) was recently pro-she enjoyed student life and graduated. It is no

upgraded equipment and furnishings in theprivate outing, and also gained insights into

to introduce the kinds of real

moted to operation manager, Japan, of Jonckers

exaggeration to say that all the happiness of 2007

student government office, among otherboth the works and their creators.

business conversations heard inTranslation & Engineering. Tomoko joined Jonck-

started with Temple.

the American work environment.

ers in 2006 while she was an EMBA student at TUJ.

tpcrb986@yahoo.co.jp

accomplishments.

Dr. David Beglar, Program Coordinator for the College of
Education in Osaka, gives his closing remarks at the first
official Alumni Reunion in Osaka.

Just like TUJ’s Tokyo campus, the Osaka“I am honored and privileged toan event for parents who have provided

be the Alumni Association’s president,”

financial backing for the university. We

Canales says. “We’ll be working to promotewould like to thank them again, as wella stronger sense of community amongas the Japan Investment Office of the

our members. That will include creating

Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and thea directory that alumni can use to findYomiuri Shimbun for sponsoring the event.

jobs and services within the network, anddeveloping a website with information on
upcoming events and activities. We will also
be putting together a fundraising campaign

campus has been relocated a few times overto underwrite the types of events that TUJ

the years. It is now situated in Umeda, a very

alumni professionals demand.

convenient location for students because

This was the first time TUJ has put on“We’re here for your benefit, so we

extended period.

TUJ Trivia (TUJ Mamechishiki)

Pundit in Residence
As you’re surfing the media tsunami, you may notice that one“Mostly for print, but in 2007 I did around 20 TV interviews and 15
for example, I gave over 30 interviews.”

quoted 25 times in the news (and Robert Dujarric 21).

The information seekers, he adds, include the BBC, CNN,

The director of TUJ’s Asian studies program and author of

Bloomberg, ABC, CBS, Fuji TV, AP, the Financial Times, New YorkJapan’s Quiet Transformation, Kingston once served as associateTimes, Wall Street Journal, Bangkok Post, Asahi Shimbun, Time,dean and later as interim dean here. A history professor with

Newsweek, the Voice of America, and Radio Australia.

“Better yet, come and participate!”

contemporary Japan’s social machinery, focusing on its political

What do they ask him about?

economy, social history, and U.S.–Japan relations. He is also an

and hopes to get more current faculty and
New Alumni Association Exec Committee
President: Antonio Canales (B.A. ’07)

expert on modern Southeast Asia, recently conducting research in“Things like Korean missiles, U.S.–Japan relations, Article 9,

Burma, East Timor and Indonesia.

politics and the economy,” he replies. “I’ve also commented on the

Since 1988, Kingston has

Imperial family, nuclear power, whaling, immigration, and overseas

Vice President: Federico Clulow (B.A. ’05)

written hundreds of book

Secretary: James Moen (B.A. ’06)

reviews and op-ed pieces on

Japan’s swiftly aging society is Kingston’s current focus, so

Treasurer: Yuichi Takahashi (B.A. ’04)

those topics for publications

don’t be surprised to see him quoted sometime soon about thissuch as the International Herald

demographic time bomb and what it means for families, working

Tribune, Wall Street Journal, Far

women, the elderly and foreign workers. He is also working on a

Eastern Economic Review, andbook covering Heisei Japan.

Executive Members:
Sandra Fotos (Ed.D. ’92)
Jeffrey Tarlofsky (M.Ed. ’97)

to announce the results of the Executive“Since 2004 when JQT came out, I’ve been interviewed byradio slots. Within 24 hours of Prime Minister Abe’s resignation,

to hold a Kansai reunion every two years,

The TUJ Alumni Association is pleased

media requests for his input.

the past six months, in fact, media trackers at TUJ say he has beena Ph.D. from Columbia University, he has an abiding interest in

New Alumni Association
Exec Committee
Takes Office

The Japan Times. Recently, though, he reports a sudden deluge offamiliar name from TUJ often surfaces—Dr. Jeffrey Kingston. Overwant your opinions and ideas,” he adds.

have a chance to make better connections.

professors and friends,

international media more than 100 times a year,” Kingston notes.

of its close proximity to JR Osaka. TUJ plans

students involved so that alumni in the Kansai

With the support ofMBA

Naoki Sakata (B.B.A. ’93)

brides.”