Vol.3 JULY 2011
CONTENTSNews ................................................................ 1-4

Overseas Bases .......................................................................... 7

International Partnerships................................ 5

Message from the Director of the International Center .......... 8

Research ............................................................ 6

Greetings from the International Center Office ....................... 8

NewsInternational Higher Education Symposium－Faculty Development for International Student Education－
globalization. Professor Spinelli discussed program assessment, and the current international trend toward
double degrees. A lively Q&A session took place afterward.
In the second part of the symposium, a panel discussion
on the topic of student exchanges was held among six
professors and administrators working in the field ofinternational education in Japan and Europe. First, thepanelists presented the current status and problems of theinstitutions to which they belong, followed by across-disciplinary discussion between panelists and participants.

On March 10, 2011, an International Higher Education
Symposium entitled, "Faculty Development (FD) forInternational Student Education" was held in the chapel of
Clarke Memorial Hall, organized by the Doshisha
University Organization for Global Initiatives. Experts
who are currently engaged in higher education wereinvited to take part in the symposium and exchanged
diverse opinions regarding international student education.
Six of the participants were from European countries thatare actively promoting international student mobility, andtwo were from Japan.

With the globalization of higher education, moreemphasis is being placed on the quality of education as
the number of students grows. The symposium provided avaluable opportunity to discuss the ideals and principles
of what might constitute a desirable form of international
education.

The keynote lectures were given by Doshisha alumnus
Katsuhiko Ito, who is Department Manager of the Global
Personel Affairs Department of Horiba, Ltd., and Professor Giancarlo Spinelli, the Rector’s Delegate for International Networks at the Politecnico di Milano, one of ourpartner universities. Mr. Ito talked about his overseas work
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International Student Welcome Party
A party to welcome new international students enrollingin Doshisha University this spring, and also to bid farewell to the students of the Associated Kyoto Program(AKP) was held at the Kyoto Tower Hotel on April 21.
Among those who attended the party were newly-enrolled
regular students of Undergraduate and Graduate Schools,
exchange students, Bekka students at the Center for Japanese Language and Culture, and students from the AKP
Program. Representatives of each of these groups addressed the gathered faculty, students, and administrators
in Japanese.
A number of faculty members attended the party, including President of Doshisha University, Dr. Eiji Hatta, whogave the welcome and farewell speeches. He gave wordsof encouragement to the students, who elected to comestudy in Japan in spite of serious concerns about the
influence of the East Tohoku Earthquake.

More than 300 attendees spent a pleasant time in afriendly atmosphere.

Doshisha Festa held on the US West Coast
On April 16 and 17 , 2011, two simultaneous “Doshisha Festa” were held in the California: in the SF Bay
Area at The Crowne Plaza Hotel, Foster City －San-Mateo, and in Los Angeles at Miyako Hybrid
Hotel, respectively.
Events like the Doshisha Festa are intended to strengthen ties with alumni living in various parts of theworld and provide them with information about ongoing efforts to internationalize the Doshisha campus.
Such events also give the university a chance toexchange opinions with alumni overseas in order togain their support and cooperation in establishingoverseas hubs, providing support for students studyingin the area, and making arrangements for ouroverseas education and research projects. Since 2008, when the Doshisha Forum was held in London, we have implemented events like this every year with the cooperation of the Doshisha alumni associations of New York and Düsseldorf. When holding the Doshisha Festa on the US West Coast this year, we received considerable cooperation from themembers of the Doshisha Alumni Association, USA West, based in Los Angeles, as well as the Doshisha SF Bay Area
Network (DSBN).
The Doshisha Festa were both comprised of two parts: the first part was an orientation session offering an introduction
to Doshisha University and other Doshisha schools, with a focus on Doshisha International Academy and Doshisha
International Junior and Senior High School. At personal admission counseling sessions held afterwards, families ofprospective students were able to participate in in-depth discussions regarding admissions and other educational issues.
During the second part, President Hatta gave a lecture about Doshisha University's ongoing activities and international
strategies, followed by a Doshisha alumni party.
About 40 people participated in the Festa in the SF Bay Area, while about 80 people participated in Los Angeles. All theparticipants sang the Doshisha College Song together at the end and both festas finished in a very friendly andcelebratory manner.

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Doshisha Students to Compete in
Microsoft Imagine Cup World Finals
The Imagine Cup, which has been held nine times since2003, is an IT contest organized every year by Microsoft,
challenging "young people to apply their imagination, their
passion and their creativity to bring to life technology innovations that can make a difference in the world." Doshisha
University's team, MI3, reached the finals in the Software
Design category for the third time in the Japan Imagine Cup
2011 held on April 17. MI3 will represent Japan in theWorldwide Finals being held in New York in July. The
theme for Imagine Cup 2011 is "Imagine a world where
technology helps solve the toughest problems." Students areencouraged to present specific IT solutions and businessmodels in response to the United Nation's eight Millennium Development Goals such as ending hunger and poverty, andachieving primary education for everyone. About 340,000 students from more than 100 countries and regions haveentered this contest.
Team MI3, focusing attention on the penetration of mobile phones in Africa, devised a solution which is supposed toreduce the infant mortality rate by building up a medical interview system based on text messages. They proposed a
total medical care system, "Dr. One," in which people receive in-home medical care, and have the ability to make an
appointment with a doctor via mobile phone text message communication. The concept behind this system is being
called "medical in your hand." The ultimate goal of MI3 is to reduce the infant mortality rate and to prevent epidemics of
diseases such as AIDS and malaria.
Members of Team MI3:
Yusuke Imai (Graduate School of Engineering)
Motoki Tanaka (Faculty of Economics)
Yuki Ishikawa (Graduate School of Engineering)
Yasutomo IMAIRI (Faculty of Science and Engineering)

Team mentor:
Takahiro Koita(Junior Associate Professor at the Faculty of

Science and Engineering)

Professor Noriko Koizumi (Faculty of Life and Medical Sciences)

Receives Gottfried Wagener Prize
Professor Noriko Koizumi of the Faculty of Life and Medical
Sciences is part of the team led by Professor Motonari Uesugi
of Kyoto University that was awarded the Gottfried Wagener
Prize 2010 at a ceremony that was held at the German ambassador's residence in Tokyo on May 12, 2011. The winningresearch theme and the team members are as follows:First Prize
Dr. Motonari Uesugi
Professor, Institute for Integrated Cell-Material Sciences,
Kyoto University
Research Theme: "Development of Small Molecule Tools for
Cell Therapy"
Team Members:
Dr. Makiya Nishikawa
Associate Professor, Department of Biopharmaceutics andDrug Metabolism, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical
Sciences, Kyoto University
Dr. Noriko Koizumi
Professor, Graduate School of Life and Medical Sciences,
Doshisha University
The German Innovation Award, or "Gottfried Wagener Prize,"inspired by the work of Gottfried Wagener, who had a deep
association with Japan, was founded by twelve technology-focused German companies, together with the German
Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Japan, to promote andexpand industry-academia collaboration between Japan
and Germany. The prize is awarded to outstanding young
researchers (aged 45 and under) engaged in application-based research in the areas of health, medicine,security and safety.
The aim of the winning research, carried out in collaboration with researchers specializing in pharmaceuticalsciences and medicine, was to apply a novel compounddeveloped by Professor Uesugi to cell-based regenerative
therapies. It is highly regarded as a piece of translational
research which will enable 'regenerative therapy for thesake of patients'.

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Doshisha University Supports Information
Assurance for Earthquake-Affected Universities
On May 6, 2011, Doshisha University performed aremote information assurance activity to support
universities and junior colleges that were having
difficulty organizing information assurance systems for the new academic year as a result of the
disruption caused by the East Tohoku Earthquake. The activity was carried out in response toarequestfrom
PEPNeT-Japan(the
Post-secondary Education Program Network ofJapan) which had asked the collaborating
universities across the nation to assist hearing-impaired students in the Tohoku area.

The support activity was carried out through the Mobile Remote Information Relay System andinvolved the student support staff of Doshisha University listening to lectures conducted at the Miyagi
University of Education and typing the lecture contents into a computer while two hearing impaired
students with at the Miyagi University of Education, located about 600km away, confirmed the display of
captions from the lectures on their mobile phone screens.
Mai Adachi, a second-year student in the Department of Social Welfare (Faculty of Social Studies) who
transcribed the lectures, said, "Actually I want to go to the Tohoku area and support them, but it is noteasy because I have classes. Through this system, using a computer and an iPhone, I was able toconnect to the students at the Miyagi University of Education. I think it is a very effective volunteer activity in which we can participate while we are in Kyoto." Fuka Otomo, a fourth-year student in the Department of English (Faculty of Letters), said, "I had to concentrate so hard on the lectures because I wasworking with only voice data. I wanted to give assistance to the students in the disaster sites. I want tocontinue with this volunteer work, which is a positive way of utilizing spare time between classes."
Do. CARE (Doshisha, Challenged Assistance for the Right Education) will continue to engage insupport activities to help students attending universities in the Tohoku area.

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120 Chinese Students Visit Doshisha University
On January 23 through 26, about 120 students fromuniversities located throughout China (Shanghai University, Fudan University, Sichuan University, Chongqing
University, Shandong University, etc.) visited Doshisha
University as part of the 9th short-term study program inJapan organized by the Japan-China Culture Community
Center.
On January 24, the students visited the KyotanabeCampus, where they learned about the history ofDoshisha University and its educational philosophy.
They also obtained information about ongoing international exchange programs. After that, they attended a
trial class conducted in Chinese by Professor Yuejun
Zheng of the Faculty of Culture and Information Science.
They listened attentively and engaged in a lively Q&A
session. In the afternoon, they visited the Head Office of
the Panasonic Corporation as part of internship training,
giving them access to some of the world's most advanced
technology.
On January 25, the students visited Imadegawa Campus,
and attended a sample class conducted in English bySpecial Visiting Professor Andrew Staples of Doshisha
Business School. They then were given a guided tour
around the historic campus. After the tour, a luncheon
was held in the Kambaikan Building, during which time
Doshisha students talked about the attractive features ofstudying at Doshisha University. The Chinese students

asked a variety of questions about student life inJapan.
We hope that direct experiences such as this will help
to enhance interest in Doshisha University among
Chinese students and Chinese universities alike.
Further exchanges with Chinese universities will be
carried out in the near future.

For Our Partner Institutions:
Are you or your students thinking of making a visit to the Doshisha campus? The International Center canarrange such activities as discussion sessions, a cultural exchange party, and a campus tour. If you areinterested, please contact us at ji-kksai@mail.doshisha.ac.jp at least 2 months in advance. We also haveaccommodations on campus at a reasonable price. We are looking forward to your visit!

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Professor Nobuyoshi Tsujiuchi (Faculty of Science and Engineering), Professor Takayuki Koizumi (Faculty of
Science and Engineering) and Tatsuya Yoshida (Graduate School of Engineering) Awarded by the Fluid PowerTechnology Promotion Foundation
On May 25, 2011, a paper written by Professor Nobuyoshi Tsujiuchi (Departmentof Mechanical and Systems Engineering, Faculty of Science and Engineering),
Professor Takayuki Koizumi (Department of Energy and Mechanical Engineering,
Faculty of Science and Engineering) and Tatsuya Yoshida (Motion and Vibration
Control Laboratory, Graduate School of Engineering) received the Fluid PowerTechnology Promotion Foundation's annual award for 2010. This award is given to
outstanding papers recognized by the Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers. The
paper, which focused on the improvement of anti-vibration characteristics of airsuspension coupled with a rotary damper, was commended for its excellent contribution to the improvement of technology related to fluid power equipment.
Title of the paper:
Anti-Vibration Characteristics of Air Suspension Coupled with
Rotary Damper
Authors:
Nobuyoshi Tsujiuchi, Takayuki Koizumi, SeigoShi-Nozaki, and Toshiyuki Shibayama

Professor Masanori Naito Receives Association of Japanese Geographers Award
Masanori Naito of the Graduate School of Global Studies, received the 2010
Association of Japanese Geographers Award in the category of Transmitting ofBooks at the Annual Meeting of the Association of Japanese Geographers heldon March 28, 2011. Professor Naito is noted for his books, Isuramu no ikari[Muslim Anger] (2009), Isuramu no shinjitsu to sekaiheiwa [Muslim Truth
and World Peace] (2009), and Gekido no Toruko-9.11 iko no isuramu to yoroppa- [Turbulence inTurkey: Muslims and Europe after 9/11] ( 2008 ).

Associate Professor Shizuyo Sano Receives Association of Japanese Geographers Award
Shizuyo Sano, Associate Professor of Cultural History in the Faculty of Letters, received the2010 Association of Japanese Geographers Award in the category of Outstanding Books at thesame meeting. The award is offered to the authors of exceptional academic books related togeography. Her award-winning book is entitled Chu-kinsei no sonraku to mizube no kankyoshi-keikan, seigyo, shigenkanri [Villages in the Medieval and Pre-Modern ages, and Environmental History of the Waterfront] published in 2008 by Yoshikawa Kobunkan.
The Association of Japanese Geographers, founded in 1925, is one of Japan's leading academic
societies in the field of geography. The number of current members is about 3,000, mainlycomprising researchers and engineers of universities, research institutes and corporations, aswell as teachers of elementary schools and junior and senior high schools.

Katsuhiro Fukunaka (Student of Graduate School of Engineering) Receives
IPSJ Student Incentive AwardOn March 2, 2011, Katsuhiro Fukunaka, a student of the Graduate School of Engineering
received the Student Incentive Award at the Information Processing Society of Japan(IPSJ)’s 73rd National Convention. The Student Incentive Award was established as a local
award as part of the National Convention. It is awarded to students making outstanding
presentations in the student session.

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6Overseas Bases
Doshisha University’s overseas bases were established in order to further promote its rapid and effective internationalization. At our overseas bases we are implementing mainly public relations activities to increase the profile ofDoshisha University, while at the same making the most of the characteristics unique to each base. In addition, we
are undertaking various efforts to recruit overseas students, support our students while they are studying overseas,and provide on-site support to members of our faculties while they are overseas.

Taipei, Taiwan

Beijing, P. R. China

Address : Doshisha Taiwan Officec/o DSS-CLOVER International Co.
6F-15, No. 57, Chong-Qing S. Rd.
10045 Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.
Tel: +886-2-2331-1278
Fax: +886-2-2331-1397
Email: ji-int24@mail.doshisha.ac.jp

Address : Doshisha Beijing Office
Room #306, Qiushilou Building
Renmin University of China
59 Zhongguancun Street, Haidian District
Beijing, 100872 P.R.China
Tel/Fax: +86-10-6251-5916
Email: ji-int23@mail.doshisha.ac.jp

London, United Kingdom

Shanghai, P.R. China

Address : Doshisha London Officec/o Daiwa Foundation Japan House
13/14 Cornwall Terrace, London
NW1 4QP U.K.
Tel: +44-77-4892-5687
Email: ji-int21@mail.doshisha.ac.jp

Address :Doshisha Shanghai Office
Center for Japanese Studies
Fudan University
221 Hantan Road
Shanghai, 200433 P.R.China
Email: ji-int25@mail.doshisha.ac.jp

Hanoi, Vietnam

Seoul, Korea

Address : Doshisha-Vietnam Cooperative Office
4F Polymer Centre
D1 Building – Hanoi University of Technology
1st Dai Co Viet Road – Hanoi, Vietnam
Tel: +84-4-3623-1276
Email: ji-int22@mail.doshisha.ac.jp

Address : Doshisha Seoul OfficeSeoul YMCA
2 Ga 9, Jongno, Jongno-gu
Seoul, Korea 110753
Tel: +82-2-732-7704
Email: ji-int27@mail.doshisha.ac.jp

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7Message from the Director of International Center
Greetings from Doshisha University in Kyoto, Japan.
It is my great honor and pleasure to inform you that I have been
appointed Vice-Dean of the Organization for Promotion of International Cooperation and also as Director of the International Center
as of April 1, 2011.
As with my previous appointment as Dean of the Center for Japanese Language and Culture, I will work hard toward further international cooperation with our partner institutions through academic
and student exchange programs.

The International Center has been restructured into a more powerful entity from this April, promising that ourinternational activities will be more dynamic and global than ever before.
Thank you for the many expressions of concern we have received following the devastating earthquake and tsunami on March 11 and the resulting nuclear contamination in some areas of eastern Japan. Kyoto is fortunate not
to have been directly affected, but determining what role Doshisha can and should play during these difficult
times is one of our most urgent and important concerns.
I would like to ask for your further continued support and cooperation, and hope that our strong partnership willcontinue and prosper for many years to come.
Professor Nobuyuki Yamauchi
Vice-Dean, Organization for Promotion of International Cooperation
Director, International Center
Doshisha University

Greetings from the International Center Office
Dear partner institutions,
Summer greetings from Kyoto! We hope this message finds every
one of you in fine spirits.
As some of you may know, as this newsletter goes to press, the
GION Festival is being celebrated in Kyoto.
During the four days of the festival, people not only from Kyoto
but throughout Japan as well as overseas crowd the streets intheir summer yukata to admire the impressive and unique festival
floats, listen to the traditional festival music, and to enjoy eating,drinking and playing carnival games. We hope you have an
opportunity to visit Kyoto some day during this festive season.
We wish you a memorable summer in 2011!!
Best wishes,
The Office of the International Center staff

Great Voyage is published by the International Center at Doshisha University.
Enquiries to:
Office of International Center, Doshisha University
Karasuma-Higashi-iru, Imadegawa-dori, Kamigyo-ku, Kyoto 602-8580 Japan
Tel: +81 (0) 75-251-3260
Fax: +81 (0) 75-251-3057 Email: ji-kksai@mail.doshisha.ac.jp

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