Special edition (No. 83)
Issued by Kanazawa University Alumni Office on November 20, 2017
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On Saturday, October 28, 2017, the 11th Kanazawa University
Homecoming Day was held at the Kakuma campus amidst the beautifulautumn leaves.
It was a very successful and lively day, with 191 attendees at thewelcome ceremony and 161 at the banquet. The visitors, comprisingalumni and their family members, shared the joy of reuniting with one another. The welcome ceremony beganwith the university song from the Kanazawa University Choir and all the attendees joining in.

 Welcome Address by the President
In his welcome address, Kanazawa University
President Koetsu Yamazaki introduced theuniversity’s recent initiatives. First, he explained that,as a major educational reform measure in the fourthyear of the Top Global University Project, theuniversity has devoted special efforts to enhance
students’ English proficiency with the aim of fostering
them as globally effective human resources.
Then, the president mentioned that to enhance
its graduate education, the university would establish
a joint graduate school in cooperation with the Japan
Advanced Institute of Science and Technology in2018. He also stated that since Colleges & Schools
President Yamazaki delivering
for undergraduate education in its 10th year requires
a welcome address
an overhaul, the College of Human and Social
Sciences and the College of Science and Technology would be reviewed.
Finally, with regard to academic research, the president said that the selection ofKanazawa University as the 10th member in the World Premier International ResearchCenter Initiative (WPI) provided the university with a great opportunity to increase its
standing in the world through a 10-year project. He concluded his address by requestingsupport from the attendees in various forms with regard to the university’s initiatives.

 Latest Information on Kanazawa UniversityTrustee Shibata offering thelatest information on
Kanazawa University

Under the title of “Toward a University Loved by
the Earth and that Shines in the World,” Trusteeand Vice President (in charge of education andLaw School enhancement) Masayoshi Shibata
presented the latest information on the university,including:1) Profile of Kanazawa University2) Development of Kanazawa
University-branded human resources
3) World Premier International Research Center
Initiative4) Expansion of the global network
5) Functional enhancement of the university
hospital as a healthcare hub, and6) Synergystic collaboration between theuniversity and local communities.

On behalf of the guests,
Mr.
Tamotsu
Yamade,ChairmanofKanazawa
University Alumni Association,delivered a congratulatory
address. He said that theselection of the university as aWPI member probably resulted
from choosing MEXT’s focused
support type 3 in 2016 anddevoting efforts to fulfilling therequirements.
Healsoexpressed his hope that  Chairman Yamade (alumnusKanazawa University, as the from the Faculty of Law &top university in the Japan Sea Letters, 1954) delivering acoastal area, would retain its congratulatory address
Law School. In addition, while mentioning that elementary andjunior high school students in Ishikawa Prefecture are always
ranked high in nationwide academic achievement tests, thechairman recommended that the faculty members and theadministration of Kanazawa University cooperate in efforts torecruit such excellent local students when they become seniorhigh school students and select a university. He also
encouraged university staff to devote their energies to recruiting
students from outside the prefecture.

On the morning of Saturday, October 28, 2017, campus
tours were conducted for four courses ((1) inside the oldcastle; (2) School of Medicine; (3) north Kakuma campus;(4) south Kakuma campus). These were the second
campus tours after 2016.
A total of around 90 people participated in the tours,
observing with keen interest the campus where they had
spent their student days, places where they had studied
diligently, or laboratories at different schools.

 Students’ Reports on Studying Abroad
 Ms. Saaya Fujimoto, a fourth-year student at the School of International Studies,
College of Human and Social Sciences“From Kanazawa to the World”
Dublin City University, Ireland (September 2015 to May 2016)
 Mr. Kohei Yamamoto, a third-year student in the Doctoral program in the Division ofMaterial Chemistry, Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology“Life in the Doctoral Program (‘Learning at the University and the Experience ofStudying Abroad’)”
Queen’s University, Canada (June to September 2015)

 Ms. Fujimoto (left) and Mr. Yamamoto (right)
making a report

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 Special Lecture

Professor Michiko Inagaki, Dean of the Faculty of Health Sciences, Institute of Medical,
Pharmaceutical and Health Sciences, Kanazawa University, gave a special lecture entitled“Health and Health Sciences in Present Times.”
In her lecture, she plainly explained what present day health means by focusing on four points:(1) thoughts on health and measures to take for good health, (2) average life expectancy andhealthy life expectancy, (3) Nightingale’s view on health (“A disease is a process that restoreshealth”), and (4) health sciences.
In section (1): Thoughts on health and measures to take for good health, she mentioned that
good health denotes creating a rich state of living (a good physical, psychological, and socialcondition) regardless of the presence of illness, but there is a limit to life. Next, in section (2):average life expectancy and healthy life expectancy, she explained that while doctors caneliminate threats limiting life expectancy (e.g., cancer, heart disease, etc.), they cannot completely
eliminate threats limiting healthy life expectancy (dementia, osteoarthritic diseases, etc.), so it isthought that patients with such incurable diseases will have a long-term relationship with theirdisease. She added that all human beings age and die, and that people suffer from ailments(conditions requiring nursing care) for 10 years on average before they die, according to somesources. In section (3): Nightingale’s view on health (“A disease is a process that restores health”),
Professor Inagaki stated that a disease is the result of being attacked by a virus or germ, or ofweakening, and that recovery from disease requires natural efforts, which, if lacking, interrupts theentire recovery process. In section (4): health sciences, she introduced each of the fivedepartments in the School of Health Sciences—The Department of Nursing, RadiologicalTechnology, Laboratory Sciences, Physical Therapy, and Occupational Therapy—, which are
aimed at developing professional human resources in five fields (with seven national licenses), byexplaining their relationship with disease.
Professor Inagaki emphasized that to lead a healthy life, it is important to avoid deficiencies inthe “three elements” (sleep, exercise and eating), realize a healthy life expectancy, and achieve
moderate goals with regard to aging (humor is also necessary).

◆Professor Michiko Inagaki giving a lecture
Faculty of Health Sciences, Institute of Medical,
Pharmaceutical and Health Sciences(alumna from the School of Allied MedicalSciences, 1976)

 Banquet
The 7th Executive Meeting of Kanazawa University Alumni
Association elected executive members and approved thereappointment of Mr. Tamotsu Yamade as Alumni Association
Chairman for the next term. Chairman Yamade declared toexecutive member candidates that he would appoint them as
executive members, to decide on executive members for thenext term.
Representative Trustee Shigeyoshi Kanoh reported that theHamamatsu Photonics Kanazawa University Alumni
Association (Kindaikai) and the Kanazawa University Yacht ClubAlumni Association had been approved as newly registeredmember organizations of the Alumni Association, and that
Chairman Yamade had given a congratulatory address at thegraduation ceremony and attended the entrance ceremony.

The banquet after the welcome ceremony started with a sake toast named“Kakuma-no-sato,” proposed by Chairman Yamade. At the venue, thePhilharmonic Orchestra played Beauty and the Beast before the openingand a Carpenters medley after the toast, followed by a performance withpoi and balls by the JMC (Juggling and Magic Circle). These performances
livened up the banquet significantly.
Thereafter, as usual, alumni volunteers sang the university song,
Kita-no-miyako (Northern Capital), and Nankagun (Army Gong South) in
uniform happi coats, with excitement rising to a peak.
The banquet was capped with Vice President Kanoh’s closing remarks
and three cheers of “banzai!” from all the attendees.

[New Executives of the Alumni Association (Oct. 28, 2017–Oct. 27, 2019)]
Chairman:Tamotsu Yamade (Law & Letters)

Vice Chairs:

Tateki Ataka (Law & Letters), Shuro Kaneura (Education)
Takashi Nakanishi (Science), Shinichi Nakamura (Medicine)
Kosuke Matsubara (Health Sciences)
Chisato Mukai (Pharmaceutical Sciences)
Shigeyoshi Kanoh (Engineering)

Representative Trustee:
Shigeyoshi Kanoh (Vice President of Kanazawa University)
Trustees:

Auditors:

Nobuhiro Torigoe (Law & Letters), Hitoshi Sawano (Education)
Masayoshi Yamamoto (Science), Akihito Ohi (Medicine)
Taro Matsuzaki (Health Sciences)
Ryo Matsushita (Pharmaceutical Sciences)
Masahito Segi (Engineering), Soichiro Yoshida (Shiko)

Alumni singing the university song and dormitory song

Mitsuhiro Tokuno (Law & Letters), Yasuo Iwata (Education)

 Philharmonic Orchestra
members’ performance JMC’s performance with poi (left) andballs (right) Vice President Kanoh giving
closing remarks

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