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experience in university administration, he is
The newest addition to our lineup of

TUJ’s recent summer study tour to the

Ryukyus. In addition to his extensive
also an accomplished academic working in

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TUJ and negotiating skills and Dr. Kakazu’s

knowledge to bring back to their students.

through Friday and 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. on

background in academia in Japan and

The program, generously funded again thisSaturdays) for 1,000 yen.

abroad will be valuable assets to TUJ’syear by the United States-Japan Foundation

Vol. 11Fall
2008

growth.

(USJF), ran from July 26 to August 1 andfeatured visits to Philadelphia and New York.
The foundation’s support helps ensure that

DONOR LIST 2008–2009

Japanese high schools give students accurate

Alumni Reunion 2008
Entices the Masses

gift certificates for The Earl and Fujimamas.

international educational exchange activities,

Ayumi Nishino took the grand prize, winning

JAFSA works to “realize a harmonious society

dinner for two and a one-night stay at thewhere each member is respected no matter

Miyako Hotel.

how different one may be in cultural orinformation about America that will enableInstitutional Donors

them to contribute later as adults to the

TUJ Patron (¥5,000,000 and above)
Nikko Citi Holdings Inc.
Philip Morris Japan K.K.

Center’s Brasserie Paul Bocuse Le Muséerestaurant on November

grown significantly over those four decades,

Supporting Sponsor (¥2,500,000 – ¥4,999,999)
United States-Japan Foundation

15 for the 2008 reunion,

and now represents 225 organizations.

development of the U.S.–Japan relationship.
After a one-day orientation and lectures
at TUJ, the group jumped the Pacific for twodays of lectures at Temple’s main campus andfield trips in the Philadelphia area, followed
by one-day historical and cultural study tours

Two New Associate Deans
Namedof New York City. The New York leg wasadded after participants in last year’s

During the summer TUJ appointed two

program expressed a strong desire to see the

new associate deans, Ms. Chie Kato and Dr.

“gateway to the land of opportunity.”

Hiroshi Kakazu, to upgrade the university’s

Temple University professors, curators, andrelations with external organizations andexperts gave comprehensive presentations

handling of nonacademic student services.

on American history and cultural studies,

Ms. Kato negotiated with theincluding diversity and cross-cultural

government during the successful effort tocommunications.

get the Japanese Ministry of Education toHighlights of this year’s trip included

designate TUJ a “Foreign University, Japan

adopting English names, electing teamCampus,” which solved many longstanding

captains to generate team spirit, andissues. As the associate dean of enrollment

wearing Temple-branded hats and t-shirts tomanagement, she will be implementing anenhance visual identification and group

administrative concept new to TUJ.

unity. Besides being fun, these practices

Enrollment management approaches all

inspired participants to be more confident

nonacademic student services—from student

and outspoken in discussions and debates.

recruitment to career development andeverything in between—as one integrated
sector. By breaking down the communication
and bureaucratic barriers that have grown
up between various administrative
departments over the years, TUJ will be able
to serve students better.
Building solid ties with externalorganizations is crucial for any major
university. As the associate dean of external
relations, Dr. Kakazu will work on partneringwith other Japanese universities, academic
institutions and governmental bodies, as well
as strengthening ties with Minato City. Prior

U.S. study tour participants display their Temple University
hats, t-shirts and spirit

to joining TUJ, he was the senior vicepresident of the National University of the

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Science and Engineering

If you weren’t at the National Art

We hope to see you at our next history-

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you missed one fantastic

The symposium opened with addressesnight. People came fromby Prof. Tatsuya Sakamoto, the vice president

all over Japan, andof Keio University, and Dr. Katsuhiko Shirai,

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alumnus Sam Onyeisi

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even flew in from Africa.

Stronach followed shortly thereafter with a

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the first time in Alumni

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After an introduction

compete—including students, faculty, andby emcee Ian Gibb, Dean

external funding—and on highlighting theStronach got the evening

difficulties associated with expanding thegoing with an eloquent

number and diversity of foreign students inwelcoming speech. Next

Alums enjoyed elegant, elevated dining at Brasserie Paul Bocuse Le MuséeJapan. Stressing the importance of making
university administrations more responsive tocame the unveiling of
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making event. In the meantime, get involved

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by coming to the monthly mixers, and checkand flexible universities lead to an open andand TUJ. The crowd then enjoyed thethe website (www.tuj-aa.org) for details on

flexible society.”gourmet food and open bar while the Mike

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foreign students, and communication

The Q&A session was lively, and many ofproblems. Dean Stronach answered using
several real-world examples from TUJ.

Dean Stronach
Delivers Keynote
at JAFSA
Anniversary
Symposium
Red Owl Ale possesses some of the same qualities TUJ
students do–balance, character and complexity

TUJ Dean Bruce Stronach
was one of two keynote
speakers at the 40th

TUJ faculty members Ada Angel, Fred Myers,

anniversary symposium of theJonathan Wu, Mariko Nagai, Michael

Japan Association for Foreign

Williams and Yojiro Hemmi received awards

Student Affairs (JAFSA), whichof appreciation during the evening. We gave

took place at Keio University

away great prizes, too, including passes toon August 1. A nonprofit

Tokyo Disneyland and the movies as well asorganization focusing on

Dean Stronach describes the trials of competing for students, faculty, and externalfunding

First TUJ Students to Earn
Leadershape Scholarships

enjoyed learning English through games,
quizzes, singing songs and more with

Undergraduate Program

experienced teachers and international
Steven A. Grapperhaus and Yurie Mishiro

University of Foreign Studies professor Ichiro

students from TUJ during a three-day event inEllen Nepilly (B.A. ’05) is a Tokyo-based author

became the first undergraduate students

late August organized by the Continuing

and photographer. While at TUJ, Ellen edited thefrom TUJ to earn LeaderShape scholarships to

Education program. One of several projects

guide Tokyo Architecture & Design and

Eric Bray (M.Ed. ’93) completed his Ph.D. in

the LeaderShape Institute. The two joined

TUJ and Minato agreed to pursue in acontributed to Cool Restaurants Tokyo, botheducational studies last year through thethirty-three other participants from the main

cooperative agreement signed in 2006, thispublished by teNeues Publishing Group in 2004.

University of Nebraska. He did his dissertation

campus at thewas the first designed specifically for Minato’s

She authored Hip Dining Japan and Hip

research with students at an online distanceelementary schools. The students showed off

Lounging Japan for Page One Publishing

university in Japan, and a

the results of their training on the final day,Singapore, including photographing and writingbook based on his thesis,

acting and singing in English and dancing forabout the interiors featured, that came out thisJapanese Online Distance

an audience of forty parents, grandparents,

spring. Her latest book is a profile of Nendo, a

Education: Learners’

teachers, and Board of Education officials.

Japanese design firm especially popular in

Perspectives, is available

Europe at the moment. The German publisher

on Amazon. When hedaab issued Nendo this July.

graduated from Temple in

Ellen managed the project,

1993, Eric left his mother,wrote the text, and also

who was visiting at thephotographed some of thetime, behind in Kyoto to

designs.

go off and celebrate with the lads in Tokyo.

http://www.ellen-nepilly.com

Feeling bad about this, he promised to take her

institute from May
15 through 20 in
the Poconos.
LeaderShape, Inc.
is a nonprofit
organizationcommitted to

Steven (center left) gets tightwith students from the main
campus at LeaderShapeinspiring young

The natural English they displayed during
these performances both surprised andimpressed the guests.

adults to “lead with integrity”, and theAnother recent TUJ contribution to the

purpose of The LeaderShape Institute is to

Minato community was the English-language

help attendees achieve a breakthrough in

Citizens’ University series that ran from latetheir leadership capacity.

May to early June. The series, featuring

takyamazoe@gmail.com

to his graduation in Lincoln, Nebraska—and did!

Steven and Yurie gained several key

presentations by TUJ professors, was also anleadership skills through a range of activities

overwhelming success. Nearly two hundred

department at Standard Chartered Bank in Japanand interactions with other students from theparticipants came to hear expert views on

and is part of the bank’s top country executive

main campus. They picked up on theJapan’s international relations, its legal

team responsible for its management here.

importance of building community, the worthsystem, and recent challenges in the Japanese

Satoshi believes many Japanese professionals areof one and the power of all, and the necessity

business world. “The lecture was entertaining

not building global careers

system implementation project in Coca-Colaof confronting difficulties head-on. The pair

and interesting, and the argument was well-and skill-sets, leaving themhistory while finishing his MBA at TUJ. Afteralso learned the value of being a leader withbalanced,” commented a participant who

vulnerable to the enormous

gaining experience ina clear vision, living with integrity, andattended Professor Matthew Wilson’s lecturesocioeconomic uncertainties

managing large-scalestaying in the action.

on the lay judge system.

of future Japan. He considers

projects in Europe and theThis is the second year TUJ has worked

ancient Rome the world’s

U.S., James launched two IT

with Minato City on the project, which gives

first and most successful

ventures in Japan before“It was such a wonderful opportunity forme as a TUJ student to participate in thisSatoshi Ishizaka (B.A. ’95) runs the HR

http://www.ericbray.com

MBA
James Mok (MBA ’00) worked on the largest

the community an opportunity to learn what

global company, and published a book entitledchanged my life. I felt so lucky to be able tois being taught at universities in Minato City.

Lessons from Ancient Romans for Japanese

2001. He now oversees Apriso’s consulting teammeet all the wonderful people atPlans are already being made to present a

Executives (Naze gaishi de romaryu ga seikoin Japan, China and Korea. James is an inventor

similar series in 2009.

shiteirunoka) to help young Japanese cultivatewith two patents, and he has published andthe mindset of 21st-century global professionals

spoken extensively on Japan’s enterprise IT

and prosper in today’s business world.

culture, project management and thoughtsatoshi.ishizaka@standardchartered.com

leadership in supply chain and manufacturing

program,” Yurie commented. “That week

LeaderShape and to find a deeper level ofleadership capabilities within myself.”
For Steven, interacting with students
from the main campus proved to be theCollege of Education

leadership, including

After finishing his masters at TUJ, Takao
Professor Phil Deans describes the state of Sino-Japaneserelationsethics, I learned how tocommunicate with adiverse group of people.
I recommend that all TUJ
Yurie (bottom left) at a
LeaderShape workshop

students apply for the

TESOL Director Kenneth
Schaefer Leaves TUJ andJapan

LeaderShape program.”Longtime TESOL program director

Potent Partnership—A
Minato City-TUJ Project
UpdateThirty-three fifth and sixth graders from
11 different Minato City elementary schools

Japan Inc., ThinkIT and Solution IT magazines.
jmok007@gmail.com

excellent training in theprinciples of personal

founding Apriso Japan inmanagement. His recent articles can be found ingreatest benefit. “In
addition to getting

How a Humanitarian Is Born

Akano.

Yamazoe (M.Ed. ’93) continued teaching English

Law Schoolat public high schools in Shiga, Japan. In 2006 heearned a second masters degree in corpus

Akiko Tanioka (LL.M. ’08) got married in Julylinguistics—the study of language as expressed in

2008, with many of her friends from Temple Law“real-world” text—from Ritsumeikan University’s

School attending the couple’s traditional

Graduate School of Language Education &Japanese-style wedding reception. This was aInformation Science. He currently teaches atyear of graduations for Akiko: She not only

Hachiman Commercial High School in Shiga,

graduated from law school and the single life,

utilizing data from the Japanese High School

she also finished the management trainee

Kenneth G. Schaefer is leaving Japan at the

English Textbooks Corpus he developed while at

program at American International Group she

end of 2008 to return to the main campus in

Ritsumeikan. Along withstarted in 2006. “Temple Law School really

Philadelphia. Prof. Schaefer joined thethree co-authors, Takao

opened the door to a new life and career for

program in 1984, not long after TUJ launched

has published threeme,” Akiko says, “and I am truly grateful to all

its Master of Education (M.Ed.) in TESOL in

vocabulary books for highmy professors and friends for their warm support

Tokyo and in Osaka in 1982, and served as

school students under theand friendship.”program director from 1984 to June 2008.

guidance of Kyoto

akiko.tanioka@gmail.com“All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They areendowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a
spirit of brotherhood.”That quote comes from the Universal
Declaration of Human Rights, passed in1948 to end the discrimination people
suffer because of their race, gender,
sexual orientation, beliefs and otherfactors. TUJ graduate Catherine Hagan(B.A. ’07), the president and founder of a
Ghana-registered nongovernmentalorganization (NGO) called the Right toRights Foundation, believes in the
declaration’s message wholeheartedly.
Ghana signed the declaration, yet many
Ghanaian citizens are still denied theirrights. Catherine’s organization wants tochange this, and believes doing so ispossible if enough people share thevision of making their country a better
place.
Although Catherine was born in Los
Angeles, California, she spent much ofher childhood traveling the world
because of her father’s profession. The
youngest child and only girl after threeboys, Catherine grew up appreciating
having a happy home. As a child, she
loved to dance, and spent her time
choreographing and performing danceswith her girl group. She wanted to be adancer or a lawyer.
Catherine is extremely close to hermother, Ernestina, and has been greatly
influenced by the latter’s humanitarianwork. A past president of theInternational Federation of Women
Lawyers (FIDA) in Ghana, Ernestina
Hagan was the chief female lawyer who
ignited the public’s awareness about thekilling of women in Ghana’s capital in
2000.
As she was
growing up,
Catherine
accompanied
her mothereverywhere,
including FIDA
meetings andCatherine with her mother andinspiration, Ernestina Hagan,
visits to
January 2007
remote villages
where Ernestina gave public awarenesstalks on domestic violence and girls’
education issues. Catherine heard
firsthand from victims in FIDA cases aswell as the counsel her motherdispensed.
“After I sat through a case with mymum, she would explain the situationand the steps that had to be taken next,”
she recalls.
Catherine entered TUJ in 2006 to
study international affairs. As she
explored current world issues, she foundthat poverty and its effects on people in
Third World countries touched her
deeply. Prof. Geeta Mehta’s NGO classfurther changed her life, giving her indepth knowledge about NGOs and an
opportunity to work at MSSRF, Dr. M. S.
Swaminathan’s foundation in Chennai,
India.
After the NGO class trip, Catherine
knew she wanted to follow in Dr.
Swaminathan’s footsteps and make asimilar difference in Ghana. She
established her foundation even before
graduating magna cum laude from TUJ
in 2007 with a B.A. (Hons.) in
international relations.
Catherine and the foundation’s staff
and volunteers have carried out various
projects to raise awareness on the issues
affecting Ghana. They work withorganizations such as FIDA, the Forum
for African Women Educationists, andthe Run for the Cure Foundation, an NPO
dedicated to eradicating breast cancer inJapan.

Catherine speaks about the value of microcredit loansat the 2007 Festival of Colors

Where to from here? “I believe
knowledge is power,” Catherine says, “soin the near future I see myself getting alaw degree in human rights law.”
For more information, visit thefoundation’s website at
http://www.righttorightsfoundation.org
or email Catherine atCatherine@righttorightsfoundation.org