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Time to Move Forward
We usually mark our days by the cycles of
the calendar year, but for all of us in Japan
there is now a new cycle, the one that began
March 11. We are still dealing with the problems
created by those events and they are still freshin our minds. But it is also time to begin looking
forward again. Those events will have their effects
on this summer’s power cutbacks and reduced air conditioning.
Tokyo 2011 may look like the Tokyo of 1961; a city of uchiwa,
yukata and kaki-gouri. There’s nothing wrong with that; it’s kind ofpleasant in a nostalgic way. But while the stricken Northeast willtake many years to recover, and there are lingering, indirect effects
in Tokyo, there is no doubt that we in Tokyo and at TUJ are rapidly
getting back to normal.
The completion of the spring 2011 semester was a hugeaccomplishment, as symbolized by the daruma ceremony conducted by President Hart, U.S. Embassy Consul General Paul
Fitzgerald and myself at the end of graduation. Now it is time toturn our attention fully to the future development of TUJ. The crisis
has created an opportunity for us to reassess what we do at TUJ
and what new programs we might create for our future development, including new non-degree programs such as Englishlanguage education for primary and secondary public school
teachers, business law programs for Japanese corporations, andadministrative staff development programs for Japanese universities. In particular I would like to develop more programs in collaboration with multinational firms in Japan and Japanese firmsthat will help them increase their global competitiveness throughan educated workforce.
The US-Japan relationship since World War II is one of themost interesting in modern history. Why? Because the reigning theory in international relations, one put forward many years
ago by Karl Deutsch, is that while alliances are often based onmilitary or economic necessity, the alliances that last the longest
and remain the strongest are those in which the partners sharedeep cultural ties and/or similarities. Nothing could be less true forJapan and the United States. They share almost nothing in termsof traditions, religion, culture, social norms of behavior or ways ofthinking. For twenty-five years they vied for control of the Pacific;
Japan attacked America’s Pacific Fleet without warning, and the
U.S. used nuclear weapons against Japan, the only time in history this has occurred. And yet, somehow, these two dire enemies
have developed one of the longest lasting and stable alliances inmodern history.
I have thought much of that bond between these two great
countries and what role we at TUJ play in it. We are an international institution with students, staff and faculty from many different countries other than the U.S. and Japan. But, on the other
hand, we are an American university that exists clearly and openly
as an American institution within Japan. The stresses and strainsin this situation are clear for all to see, and yet the benefits forboth TUJ and Japanese society are also very clear. But in the end,
when it came to a crisis, TUJ’s commitment to Japan, which is
Temple University’s commitment to Japan, was also very clear for
all to see.
TUJ will have been in Japan for 30 years next year. I assume
we’ll be here for 30 more years at least. So, now that the crisis isover, it is time to look to the future, to get back to normal. In otherwords, to move forward with the never-ending process of developing an American university in Japan as a world-class institution
for the benefit of students from all over the world.

Keeping on top of alumni news | Volume 16 | Summer 2011

TUJTIMES
2011 Commencement

Dr. Bruce Stronach

Goodbye, Chiyo
Chiyo Watabe retired from the staffof the TUJ library June 23, 2011, after
having worked at the library in various positions for over 20 years — mostsignificantly as the interlibrary loan
librarian. Watabe has worked diligently
to establish good relations with libraries
throughout Japan, helping hundreds ofstudents and faculty members securedifficult-to-locate research materials, andbeing the public face of the library in negotiations with Minato-ku and Musashi University. She is leaving tospend more time with her family and to pursue personal interests.
TUJ extends its warmest thanks to Chiyo and wishes her luck in
her future endeavors, as she will be greatly missed at TUJ.

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leaders for tomorrow. Through your generosity, TUJ
will be able to support the brightest young minds
in the pursuit of higher education.

TUJ Relief FundTUJ launches special scholarship for afflicted students.
In the aftermath of the devastating March 11 earthquake andtsunami that hit Eastern Japan, TUJ has established a Special
Disaster Relief Scholarship for undergraduate students who havebeen affected by the disaster. The fund was set up in conjunction with the relief effort at Temple University Main Campus in
Philadelphia, and aims to ease the financial difficulties faced bydegree-seeking students affected by the disaster.

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She also recognized the extraordinary challenges the students
faced as a result of the events following March 11. Noting thatthese could be the most dramatic experiences in their entire lives,
she encouraged them to remember, because they “will shape you
and help you shape your thoughts about the future.”
Four graduating students gave speeches on behalf of theundergraduate and three graduate programs. They spoke about
their memories of life at TUJ and their ambitions. The speakers
representing graduate programs—all of whom had studied whileworking—expressed gratitude to their employers and families fortheir understanding and support, and shared their joy with them aswell as their fellow students.

TUJ MBA Alumni Gala
Temple University, Japan Campus (TUJ) held its 2011
commencement ceremony on Sunday, June 5, at the
Shinagawa Prince Hotel, Tokyo. The ceremony for the Class
of 2011 recognized the achievements of 276 undergraduates andgraduates of master’s and doctoral programs.
TUJ was in the middle of the spring semester when the
Great East Japan Earthquake struck. In the immediate aftermathof the quake, the university was forced to suspend all academic
programs. As a result of diligent efforts by staff to minimize
the impact of the suspension, TUJ was able to restart theundergraduate program within three weeks. Syllabi were revised
to accommodate new options offered to students, like distancelearning and continuing courses at Temple’s Main Campus in
Pennsylvania, Pa., USA.
Of the students who left Tokyo temporarily—the majority ofwhom were international students—approximately 60 percent
returned to the Tokyo campus. All undergraduate courses that had
been in progress prior to March 11 were completed successfully
with only a one-week extension of the semester, and commencement was held according to the original schedule.
Temple University President Ann Weaver Hart travelled toJapan for the ceremony and delivered the keynote address inwhich she reiterated Temple’s commitment to Japan.
President Hart stated that TUJ is the longest-operating foreign
university in Japan, which demonstrates a real commitment toglobal education overall, and that reform of higher education isneeded around the world. She highlighted the unique position of
TUJ’s students: graduating from an American university in Japanand able to “look at the issues facing higher education in decades
to come from multiple perspectives that aren’t shared by many
people you will be working with.” She confirmed that Temple
will continue to work with Japan’s top leaders to ensure TUJ’s
future success.

The third TUJ MBA Alumni
Gala was held at the new
Tokyo American Club on
June 25, 2011. The theme forthis year’s Gala was “Giving
Back and Looking Forward.”
About 50 alumni, students, andfaculty attended this wonderful
event. The event began witha recorded message from Fox
Dean M. Moshe Porat, followed
by TUJ Dean Bruce Stronach’s
short speech to congratulate
the 15th anniversary of
the program.
Minoru Uchiumi, MBA ’01,
the 2010 Distinguished Alumni Award winner, introduced Marco
Dominguez, MBA ’05, for the recipient of the 2011 Distinguished
Alumni Award. Marco’s career achievement and exceptional support towards TUJ MBA and the MBA Alumni Association earned
him the award. He spoke to prospects at an MBA Information
Session and gave a lunch time lecture on entrepreneurship to
students.
The TUJ MBA Alumni Association would like to thankUnited Airlines for a pair of tickets from Tokyo to New York,
Gordon Stehr, MBA ’01, for various Sumo Memorabilia, Marco
Dominguez, MBA ’05, for dinner tickets at Mayahuel and twobottles of tequila, and Cisco for sponsorship of Webex. Proceedsfrom the auction were donated to Second Harvest Japan and the
TUJ MBA Alumni Association Scholarship Fund.
The event was concluded by the remarks by Raymond Gasu,
MBA ’04. “TUJ MBA Alumni Association is managed by thealumni for alumni. I would like to ask all alumni to give their time
for the Association. We need your support.”

In this issue:
2011 Commencement; TUJ MBA Alumni Gala; The Goldman Sachs Mochida
Scholars Fund; TUJ Night; TUJ 2011 Diamond Annual Dinner; TUJ Law Program
Accreditation; Temple’s Commitment to Japan; Alumni Watch!; Message from theDean; Goodbye, Chiyo; TUJ Relief FundFor more news
and information,please go to
www.tuj.ac.jp/alumni.

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The Goldman Sachs Mochida
Scholars Fund
Temple University, Japan Campus (TUJ), is proud toannounce a new four-year, full scholarship program supported by Goldman Sachs Gives, a donor-advised fund.
The Goldman Sachs Mochida Scholars Fund, named after Mr.
Masanori Mochida, president of Goldman Sachs Japan
Co., Ltd., who recommended the gift to Goldman Sachs Gives,
will support academically successful, financially challenged
Japanese students.
Eligible applicants include those who wish to enroll between
the Fall 2011 and Summer 2013 semesters. Once admitted, each
recipient will receive scholarships equivalent to four years’ tuition
for up to 126 credits, depending on the major. Each scholarshipis worth about 5.7 million yen in total. Approximately 80 percentof the amount will be funded by Goldman Sachs Gives, and theremaining 20 percent by TUJ.
The Goldman Sachs Mochida Scholars Fund marks a milestone in TUJ history, reestablishing TUJ’s commitment to Japanand the corporate industry. The gift will be an initiation of TUJ’spresence in partnering with the corporate world, and a challenge
in seeking corporate support to further the education of the only
fully operating American university in Japan.
Commenting on the launch of the new scholarship, TUJ Dean
Bruce Stronach says: “TUJ is proud to have been chosen as therecipient of the Goldman Sachs Mochida Scholars Fund, one
more program in a long tradition of philanthropy by Goldman
Sachs and its employees. The fund will give underprivileged Japanese students an opportunity to receive an American university liberal arts education here in Japan, which they would otherwise nothave had. Learning critical-thinking skills and communication skills
will prepare them for the global workplace while simultaneously
creating good citizens for Japan. The gift also highlights the powerof good corporate-university relations.”

TUJ Night

TUJ Law Program Accreditation

Temple’s Commitment to JapanTUJ Night offers monthly
opportunities to meet withother alumni and friends
to enjoy a few drinks andreminisce about theirexperiences at TUJ. Witha diverse and continually
growing crowd, TUJ Nighthas been successful helping
to connect with lost alumni.
The event kicked off in January with 15 alumni in attendance, andriding the success of the first TUJ Night, the February event hadover 20 alumni.
TUJ Alumni Relations will continue to co-host the monthly
gatherings along with the TUJ Board of Overseers Chairperson.
Networking aside, it is always better when you can get together
with your fellow alumni in a real world environment and connect
on a personal level.
Yurie Mishiro, BA ’10: “TUJ Night is a great opportunity foralumni to remember our good and fulfilling college life. The night
not only gives me the opportunity to catch up with old classmates, but also a chance to meet new people and share newideas. I really like TUJ Night because people with different backgrounds and careers can get together in a cozy environment, andtrust me, when you end the night, you are already looking forward
to coming back next month. I believe that this event can eventually bring benefits to TUJ because we as alumni should consider
it our duty to support current TUJ students by raising funds forscholarships and giving career advice and opportunities. I’ve
already marked the third Thursday of each month on my calenderand I hope to see more of you alumni over there Aug. 18!”

This past February, the Temple University, Japan Campus,
School of Law hosted a site evaluation by Charlotte Stretchof the American Bar Association. ABA approval of the law
program is required for study abroad students to receive credit
towards their Juris Doctor from their home law schools. The
ABA first accredited the law program in 1993, and renewed its
approval in 2005.
In her site evaluation report to the ABA, Ms. Stretch spoke
highly of the quality of both the law program’s teaching and its
students. She noted that the teachers “ranged from very good to
excellent,” and that the students “were extremely well preparedand participated actively in class.”
The law students informed Ms. Stretch that they were“particularly pleased with the small class sizes and the opportunity to learn from faculty members who have extensive experience‘in the field.’” She further noted that many students were drawn
to the program for the internship opportunities available.
She concluded that “[i]t was clear that the Law School views
the Tokyo program as an integral part of the entire Law School
curriculum and applies the same emphasis on quality of teachingthat it applies at the home campus.”

On May 1, 2011, a daylong ceremony was held at Temple
University Main Campus in Philadelphia to reaffirm thededication of its mission in Japan. “We gather here today
to recommit and reaffirm the unique partnership that Temple
University shares with the nation of Japan and the Japanesepeople,” said Temple University President Ann Weaver Hart.
“The ties that bind us are not merely professional or diplomaticin nature. They are deeply personal.”
A Daruma doll ceremony began the day and was followed
by several teach-in sessions on subjects such as Japan’s recovery efforts, the economy, and social media use during the crisis.
Between the talks, students who had transferred to Main Campus
after the disaster shared their stories.
President Hart visited TUJ for the commencement weekend,
assuring Temple University’s commitment to providing American
education to the Japanese government. During her visit to Tokyo,
President Hart met with alumni, parents, and political and business leaders to discuss Temple’s ongoing effort to support Japanand the education it provides to over 2,000 students.
TUJ finalized its commitment June 5, 2011, when the second
eye of the Daruma Doll was filled, and recognized the achievements of the 276 students of the Class of 2011.

TUJ 2011 Diamond Club Annual Dinner
June 4, 2011, marked the completion of the third successful year of the TUJ Diamond Club Annual Dinner. Nearly 60
people, including alumni, parents, friends and members of the
TUJ Board of Overseers, gathered at Tokyo Kaikan for a night
not soon to be forgotten.
Proceeds from the dinner will go to support the TUJ Relief
Fund for students who have been affected by the Great East
Japan Earthquake, and also the TUJ scholarship funds for
new and continuing students. With the passion of our guests
overflowing, the event raised funds to support this year’s cause
and will allow the scholarship recipients to continue theireducation at TUJ.
This was also the second year guests could peruse a joint
campus art exhibit featuring TUJ student paintings alongsidephotography by Department of Journalism students at Temple
University Main Campus in Philadelphia. The evening ended
with a live taiko show from Taiko Lab Aoyama.
We would like to thank our sponsors whose help allowed us
to raise funds for our cause: Berry Brothers & Rudd, Club Med,
Delta Airlines, Salvatore Ferragamo and Village Cellars.

TUJ Reunion Save the Date
Mark your calendars for 2011 TUJ Alumni Reunionat Hamamatsucho Tokyo Kaikan, Nov. 11, 2011,at 6:30 p.m.

To join and support TUJ, please contact us at
tujdiamondclub@temple.edu for more information.

Diamond Club Members
Dean’s Circle: Koji & Kim Shimada
Patron: Sun-Kyu Jeon, Yasutoyo Murakami
Benefactor: John and Judith Harrisingh, Midori Kaneko, Mikeand Eva Leeds, Anthony Newell, Haruhiko and Keiko Takauchi,
Anonymous (1)Friend: Akoni Japan, Robert Clyde, Hai-Lung Dai, Etsuo Doi,
IACE Travel, Yoshiko Ikeda, Robin Jevze, Hiroshi Kakazu, Makoto
Koike, Toru Kuroiwa, Mandarin Oriental, Bungo Ohta, Yuji Osaki,
Alexander Sanson, Itaru Sato, Hisa Shibata, Fujio Shinchi, Bruce
Stronach, Yoshinori Tanabe, Donates Taraile, Lisa Vogt, Yoshikiyo
Watanabe, Toshiaki Yokozawa, Anonymous (9)Corporate Sponsors: Berry Brothers and Rudd, Club Med,
Delta Airlines, Grand Hyatt Tokyo, IACE Travels, Mandarin
Oriental, Mokumedo, Premium Rent-a-Car, Salvatore Ferragamo,
Village Cellars, Virgin Atlantic

Alumni Watch!
Pankaj Garg,
MBA ’09, firstarrived in Japan
in 1988. He worked
as a software
engineer for over 22 years at
companies including Kobe
Steel, Yasukawa Electricand Intel, where he gained
experience in applied research,
product development and strategic marketing. In 2007, Garg
took the plunge and founded
Innovation Thru Energy (www.
ithrue.com) in Tokyo to market
and promote IceBattery, a hightech, energy-saving, reusable
refrigerant system using cold
gel technologies. IceBattery
is used for transporting
temperature-sensitive products
such as fresh vegetables,
frozen product and vaccines.
The system, which maintains
a stable cold-storage environment over an extended periodof time, already has been
employed by several hospitals,
vaccine manufacturers andblood-testing laboratories.

Garg teaches entrepreneurshipcourses to young students
interested in global markets at
Tsukuba University.
JonathanHarrison is a2006 MSEd
graduate. He is anassistant professor
at Nihon University, Collegeof Science and Technology,
which has campuses in bothTokyo and Chiba. His recent
projects include the design
and implementation of an outcomes-based curriculum andbuilding an academic writing
program. His research interests
also include international
student-support programs,
gaming in education and motivational speaking. He is activewith the Yokohama Ketsugo
Jujutsu Club and hopes toorganize events this year
including a university student
Pecha-Kucha night in Tokyo.
This year he will be presenting
in August at Tallinn University in
Estonia and in October at the

University of Cincinnati in Ohio,
USA. He continues to show
his support to TUJ by being an
associate committee memberof the TUJ Alumni Association.
Please contact Jonathan at jon.
harrison@nihon-u.ac.jp.
After
Nobuyuki
Kobayashi,
BA ’04,
received© Nihon Crown
his degreein Asian studies, he spenta few years as reporting
director at FM-FUJI while
simultaneously serving
as creative director at
Fleishman-Hillard Japan.
Since 2009, he has beenworking as a freelance photographer, and also has been
involved in creating content
for various forms of digitalcommunications. Kobayashi
has produced many of thephotographs featured in TUJ
publications and has served
as a photographer at TUJ’scommencement ceremonies.

His latest work appears on the
cover of the self-titled albumof Japanese rock band, MAN
WITH A MISSION, which was
released in June.
ToshiakiYokozawa, BA’92, is an independent businessowner and an
enthusiastic community philanthropist. In the aftermath of
the March 11 earthquake andtsunami, Yokozawa, presidentof Asahi-Ecocarry, a garbage
collection company in Tokyo,
swiftly responded to the relief
call and supplied garbage
trucks and operators to theaffected areas. The debrisremoval effort will continue formore than a year. He is also an
active member of the YMCA/
Foreign Community Supporting
Committee (FCSC) and committed to boosting programs forchildren with mental and physical challenges, and learning
disabilities.