Vol.4 JANUARY 2012
CONTENTSNews ................................................................ 1-4

Overseas Offices......................................................................... 9International Partnerships................................ 5

Message from the Associate Director ...................................... 10

Research ......................................................... 6-8

Greetings from the Office of International Students ............. 10

News
Fall Semester International Students Welcome Party
Two hundred students and faculty members attended a party held at the
Kyoto Garden Palace Hotel on October 13 to welcome new students enrolling in Doshisha University during the fall semester, 2011-2012.
Among those attending the party were newly-enrolled regular students of
the Undergraduate and Graduate Schools; exchange students, and students
in the Bekka program administered by the Center for Japanese Language
and Culture. Current students welcomed the incoming students withspeeches and a shakuhachi performance.
The party was also attended by a number of administrators and faculty
members, including University President, Professor Eiji Hatta. President
Hatta also delivered a welcome speech to the students.
The attendees, who come from all parts of the globe, spent a pleasant timein a friendly atmosphere.

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2011 Harvard Summer School Held
From June 6th to July 30th, 2011, the Harvard Summer School was held in the Office of International
Students, International Center. As a consequence of
the Great East Japan Earthquake, the number of students decreased by more than half: there were only six
students who came to Kyoto this year to study theJapanese language and other subjects related to Japan
using the facilities at Doshisha University.
Harvard faculty offered two courses, “Introduction to
the Study of East Asian Religions,” and “History-Tradition and Transformation of Japan,” in thisyear’s program. A number of selected Doshisha undergraduates participated in the courses as Study
Partners.
Doshisha students also participated in field trips as
volunteer staff members, and visited temples and museums in Kyoto, Nara, and Osaka with the Harvard
students. During a one-day trip to Ise, which Doshisha
students took part in planning, students bonded oversuch activities as yukata wearing and singing karaoke.

The Harvard students stayed with local families during
the program to learn about the Japanese life style. Theirmany cultural experiences and encounters deepened
their understanding of Japan. This is the second year the
program was conducted at Doshisha.

2011 Critical Language Program Held in Doshisha University
stayed with local families. They learned many things
through this home stay experience.
Doshisha University undergraduates participated in
the program as Peer Tutors, offering one-on-one support for the CLS students' Japanese study. They enthusiastically took part in cultural exchanges not only as
study partners, but also as members of the same generation. These tutoring activities turned out to be oneof the most valuable parts of the program for both
CLS and Doshisha students.

From June 13th to August 5th, the CLS Program, ascholarship program sponsored by the U.S. State
Department, was held at the International Center.
Thirty-two students, which is twice the number ofthe last year, came from universities all over the U.S
with one resident director, in order to take Japaneseclasses at Doshisha University. In addition, they improved their understanding of Japan and Japaneseculture through cultural experiences such as trying
their hand at painting lacquer ware, experiencing theancient musical form, gagaku, and going on field
trips to Hiroshima and Kyushu. The CLS students

All the CLS students had a productive time in Kyoto
and Japan, and went back to their home country withmany good memories. We hope the relationship between the CLS Program and Doshisha University willcontinue in the future.

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2013 NHK Drama “Yae no Sakura”
On June 22, NHK officially announced its period drama for 2013. It will
titled “Yae no Sakura,” and feature as its lead character Yae Neesima, thespirited wife of Doshisha University founder Joseph Hardy Neesima.
The story will take place mainly in Fukushima Prefecture, where Yae
Neesima was born. It is one of the areas most affected by the Great East
Japan Earthquake, and, according to the NHK announcement, the drama
will be imbued with the dauntless spirit deeply ingrained in the people of
the Tohoku area, as well as with a positive message aimed toward thepeople of the region, who are continuing to work hard at reconstruction.
We have been receiving many inquiries from the media regarding theforthcoming drama. Doshisha is flattered that the life of Yae, who supported Joseph Neesima, will be featured in the drama.
While we currently know little of the details of the drama’s storyline, wehave been more than happy to cooperate with NHK and the makers of the
program.

Production Staff of NHK's 2013 Period Drama"Yae no Sakura" Visit Doshisha
Members of the production staff of NHK's period drama for 2013, "Yae no Sakura," Mutsumi
YAMAMOTO (writer), Shinsuke NAITO (chief
producer), and Taku KATO (director), as well as
NHK Kyoto Chief Toshimaru INOUE, visited
Doshisha University on September ninth.
The NHK team was welcomed by the Presidentof Doshisha Women's College of Liberal Arts,
Hiroo KAGA, and University Vice President,
Takashi MATSUOKA. They explained that they
have received many requests regarding the storyline and casting, while we informed them thatmany people connected with Doshisha University, including more than 300,000 alumni, aretalking about the drama and looking forward to
the development of the story.

erties. On the following day, they were taken to
Doshisha Cemetery and Neesima's Residence,
where they could experience and feel some of theatmosphere and spirit of Doshisha.

The NHK staff was given a campus tour to view
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Do. CARE Semester End Meeting HeldOn July 16, 2011, the spring semester-end meeting of
the support system for challenged students, Do.
CARE (Doshisha, Challenged Assistance for the
Right Education), was held, in which a total of 91
people, including users of the system, support staff
and teachers, participated. The purpose of the meeting
was to further expand and improve the support systemthrough discussions regarding individual support activities, as well as to deepen relationships between
users and support staff and those involved in these
activities.
The meeting began with a short speech by Director of
the Student Support Services Center, Professor
Masahiro Shindo. He thanked all members for their daily support activities, and also expressed gratitude on behalfof other universities and institutions regarding the information support activities conducted for those universities
affected by the Great Eastern Japan Earthquake. Professor Shindo's words encouraged all the participants to work
even harder in their efforts to support challenged students. Next, a group discussion was held under two themes
selected according to the results of the questionnaire conducted at the previous meeting: 'publicizing the support
system for challenged students' and 'improving the quality of support and services for challenged students'. Withtwo students assuming the roles of facilitator and advisor, frank discussions took place regarding the issues raisedby several students based on their actual experiences. Though the discussions lasted longer than those at previous
meetings, participants claimed that they would like to have had more time to debate the issues. It was a very productive meeting in which many significant opinions were presented, from those which everyone can immediately
put into practice to those which will form the basis of future discussions. At the end of the meeting, Assistant Professor of the Faculty of Culture and Information Science, Miki Nishikura, who participated as an observer, commented that she was impressed by the way in which the meeting responded very much to the needs of challenged
students. She also said that it would be helpful for teachers to have such an opportunity to receive feedback fromstudents regarding lectures. In the case of a student finding it difficult to express an opinion directly, a student
coordinator could liaise between the two. The meeting ended with all participants wishing to see further development of the support system.
The number of support staff for the spring semester, 2011

Members enrolled Active members
Undergraduates

245

93

Graduates

85International

4

1

Total

247

99

General Staff

30

2

Total Number of Staff

287

101

Student Staff

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Tamkang University (Taiwan) Delegation Visits Doshisha

Six members of a delegation from Tamkang University, including President Flora Chia-I Chang, and Vice
President for International Affairs and Dean of the College of International Studies Wan-chin Tai, visited Doshisha University on November 24th. They were
greeted by International Center Director Nobuyuki Yamauchi, International Center Associate Director
Changbo Li, Head of the Office of the Center for Japanese Language and Culture, Yoshimi Matsuura, andHead of the Office of the International Center, Toru
Nishioka.
Tamkang University, a comprehensive private university
located in the northern part of Taiwan, encompasses
three campuses: Tamsui Campus, Taipei Campus and
Lanyang Campus. In addition, the university created a
Cyber Campus which provides online courses, distancelearning programs and other related courses by con-necting the three campuses to the rest of the world. The
College of Global Entrepreneurial Development on the
Lanyang Campus is actively promoting
the globalization
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Doshisha University concluded an agreement with Tamkang University in November 2009 to accept up to 15
students per year from the College of Foreign Languages
and Literatures at Tamkang University who wish to study
Japanese language and culture. In May 2010, the universities also signed a student exchange agreement, and currently a total of 16 students of Tamkang University are
studying at Doshisha University.
At the meeting with the delegation, Dean of the Collegeof Management Chu-ching Wang, and Dean of the College of International Studies Wan-chin Tai, expressed their
desire to conclude agreements with individual faculties
and graduate schools at Doshisha University in order toencourage further educational activities and research atboth universities and promote international exchange.
The meeting continued longer than scheduled in a friendly
manner. After that, a luncheon organized and attended by
the president of Doshisha University took place at Kanbaikan Building
In December this year, President Eiji Hatta and Directorof the International Center Nobuyuki Yamauchi visited
Tamkung University to attend the 1st Taiwan-Japan University Forum. It is hoped that the visit will further
strengthen ties and promote more exchanges between the
two universities.

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 two months in advance. We also haveaccommodations on campus at a reasonable rates. We are looking forward to your visit!

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Ishii Laboratory (Faculty of Health and Sports Science)porter system for evaluating the city's administraCommended by
Mayor
tive work and projects, in which supporters within

On October 15, the Laboratory of Exercise Prescription, led by Professor Kojiro Ishii of the Faculty of
Health and Sports Science, received a Certificate of
Merit for Promoting Town Planning of Future Kyoto
from the Mayor of Kyoto, Daisaku Kadokawa, at
Kyoto City's Autonomy Commemorating Ceremony
2011 held at Kyoto Kaikan Hall. This certificate of
merit aims to commend the achievement of those whoare making efforts to design a new autonomous modelof Kyoto City, which makes the best of Kyoto's
unique characteristics, in the areas of “life,” “environment,” “wisdom,” “people,” and “revitalization.”
Kyoto Municipal Government is implementing a sup-and outside the municipal government make proposals to improve the evaluation system, and also
give assistance to the evaluation efforts in eachsection of the city. In 2010, a supporter team led byProfessor Ishii, comprising 12 Doshisha University
students and 7 municipal staff members, started
activities in July with a focus on the areas of “environment and planning of a beautiful town,”“crime prevention and disaster prevention,” and“culture and art.”
The Ishii Laboratory, centering around eight seminar students in their fourth year (first students
enrolled in the Faculty of Health and Sports
Science), Kunika AIBA, Takumi AOKI, Mariko
FUNASE, Chinami KATAYAMA, Saki KAWASE,
Kensuke KUWAHARA, Tomonori TANIZAKI andMarin WATANABE, fully exercised the interdisciplinary characteristics of health science despite it
being a laboratory set in the field of naturalscience.
The Ishii Laboratory was commended for its activities in the area of “revitalization” (activities which
contributed to the reform of the municipal government by incorporating citizens' perspectives in all
aspects of the city's work).

Professor Morimitsu Commercializes
Rare Metal Production Method
On September 20, 2011, a press conference took
place regarding the commercialization of an innovative method for rare metal/ base metal production(electrolytic extraction), which was developed byProfessor Masatsugu MORIMITSU (Department ofEnvironmental Systems Science at the Faculty of
Science and Engineering) and subsequently received
a patent. At the conference, it was announced that an
exclusive patent licensing agreement regarding the
aforementioned method and the anode used for theelectrolytic extraction was concluded with Republic
Alternative Technologies Inc. (based in the state of
Ohio in the US). Following the agreement, commercialization of the method started. The CEO of Republic Alternative Technologies Inc., Mr. Martin
Zanotti, was also present at the conference.
This technology can reduce electricity consumption
by up to 30% during the production process of rare
metals (e.g. cobalt and nickel) necessary for the
manufacture of secondary batteries and automobiles,

and base metals (e.g. zinc and copper) used forbatteries and motors. It also can inhibit metal
sludge formation, which has not been possibleusing existing methods. Consequently, adverse
effects on the environment, such as the releaseof CO2 and other hazardous materials, can be
reduced considerably.

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Research
Students of the Faculty of Science and Engineering Take First Placein Information Risk Management Contest
On May 26 through 28, 2011, the Information Risk Management
Contest was held simultaneously with the 15th Symposium for
Computer Crime in Shirahama, where students at the Faculty of
Science and Engineering won first place. They also received theAward of the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry.
During the contest, student teams assumed the position of administrator of a virtual company and competed against each other to see
who could best deal with a cyber attack orchestrated by hackers
gaining unauthorized access to computer network systems. The cyber attack, designed specifically for the contest, included denial-of-service (DoS) attacks, phishing attacks, password
manipulation and intrusions, SQL hacks, SQL injections, cross-site scripting, and invalid routing announcements.
・Participating Members: Takuya KUHARA, Ryo NAKAMURA, Yuya TANAKA, Yuichi TERAMOTO(4th year at the Faculty of Science and Engineering)・Team Leader: Kenya SATO (Professor at the Faculty of Science and Engineering)

Kohei IIJIMA (Graduate School of Engineering) Receives Outstanding Poster Presentation Award
On September 15, Koei Iijima, specializing in Environmental and Mathematical Modeling
Science at the Graduate School of Engineering and a member of the Laboratory of Discrete
Mathematics (led by Prof. Yoshihide Watanabe), received the Outstanding Poster Presentation Award by a Young Researcher at the 2011 annual conference of the Japan Society for
Industrial and Applied Mathematics. This award is offered to young poster presenters fortheir excellent research results, as well as their outstanding presentations. Iijima's research
was highly commended because it offers a new standpoint to the eigenvalue problem, which
is an important problem in the area of applied mathematics.
Title of the Presentation: The Eigenvalue Problem in Min-Plus Algebra
Joint Presenter: Sennosuke WATANABE

Graduate Students Receive Outstanding Presentation Award
Ryosuke KASAI (Graduate School of Engineering) and Yasushi YAMADA(Graduate School of Life and Medical Sciences) won a presentation award at society meetings in the field of acoustics.
On September 21, a commendation ceremony was held for award winners by the
Acoustical Society of Japan, where Ryosuke KASAI of the Graduate School ofEngineering received the Student Presentation Award. His presentation, which
was the result of his graduation research led by Professor Yoshiaki WATANABE(Faculty of Life and Medical Sciences) and others, was selected for the Student
Presentation Award at the 2011 Spring Meeting of the Acoustic Society of Japan(ASJ) held at Waseda University on March 9 through 11, 2011. Yasushi YAMADA, a member of Professor Yoshiaki
Watanabe’s laboratory at the Graduate School of Life and Medical Sciences, also won the Outstanding Paper Presentation Award at the 2011 Study Meeting of the Marine Acoustics Society of Japan held on May 30 and 31. Both
KASAI’s and YAMADA’s research concerns the ultrasonic echolocation system of bats, and was highly regarded as
their research clarified the propagation direction of ultrasonic waves emitted by bats and its relation to their efficientnavigation system, which had been previously unknown, through close observation of animal behavior and precise
measurement.

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Joint Research Receives Roger A. Mann Award

A joint research project between the Orthopaedic Surgery Department at Kyoto Prefectural University of
Medicine and the Department of Biomedical Engineering at the Faculty of Life and Medical Science,
Doshisha University, received the Roger A. Mann
Award at the 27th Annual Summer Meeting of theAmerican Orthopaedic Foot & Ankle Society held in
Keystone, Colorado on July 13 through 17, 2011. The
award was granted for the joint research titled 'Loadresponse of the tarsal bones in patients with flatfoot deformity: In vivo 3D kinematic' presented by

Masamitsu KIDO, Kazuya IKOMA, Kan IMAI,
Masahiro MAKI, Ryota TAKATORI, Daisaku
TOKUNAGA, Nozomu INOUE and Toshikazu
KUBO. This research concerns the application of
the in vivo 3D kinematic analysis method, developed by Professor of the Department of Biomedical
Engineering at Doshisha University Nozomu Inoue,
to analyzing the deformation of foot and ankle
joints. The purpose of the study was to identify thecause and conditions of a common disease, flatfoot
deformity. The Roger A. Mann Award is a prestigious award with a history of 25 years, and is given
in recognition of outstanding clinical papers. This is
the first time ever that the award has been given to
research conducted outside North America. Joint
research regarding the spine, bone fracture andrheumatism, etc. has also been conducted between
the Orthopaedic Surgery Department at Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine and the Departmentof Biomedical Engineering at the Faculty of Life
and Medical Science, Doshisha University. It is
hoped that winning this award will further increase
momentum for future joint research between the two
institutions.

Joint Research Receives Best Poster Award from
European Orthopaedic Research Society
A joint research project between the Orthopaedic Surgery Department at Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine and the Department of Biomedical Engineering at the Faculty of Life and Medical
Sciences at Doshisha University received the Best Poster Award at
the 19th Annual Meeting of the European Orthopaedic ResearchSociety held in Vienna, Austria, on September 1 and 2, 2011.
The awarded research is 'In Vivo Three-Dimensional Analysis ofHindfoot Kinematics with Posterior Tibial Tendon Dysfunction
StagesⅡand Ⅲ'', conducted by Kan IMAI, Kazuya IKOMA, Daisaku TOKUNAGA, Masahiro MAKI, Masamitsu KIDO, Ryota
TAKATORI, Nozomu INOUE and Toshikazu KUBO.
This research concerns the application of the in vivo 3D kinematic
analysis method, developed by Professor of the Department of
Biomedical Engineering at Doshisha University Nozomu Inoue, tomotion analysis of the foot and ankle joint. The purpose of the study
was to identify the cause and conditions of Posterior Tibial Tendon
Dysfunction (PTTD). The joint research, which used the same method despite the target disease being different, also received theRoger A. Mann Award at a meeting of the American Orthopaedic
Foot and Ankle Society in July (reported above).
The double-prize-winning project, which used biomedical engineering techniques demonstrated the importance of this academic field, and will give motivation and encouragement to students studying and conducting research in the field of biomedical engineering at Doshisha University.

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Doshisha University’s overseas offices 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
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-int28@mail.doshisha.ac.jp

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Greetings from Doshisha University in Kyoto, Japan.

My name is Changbo Li, and I am an Associate Director of the International Center at the Organization for the Promotion ofInternational Cooperation. In addition, as an Associate Professor at the Center for Japanese Language and Culture, I teachJapanese to foreign exchange students at Doshisha University.
I first arrived in Kyoto during the fall of 1989, and have since then studied and worked throughout this city. Before I knew it, I
found myself considering Kyoto as my second home, and unable to live a life away from Kyoto. Over the years, I have visitedcountless shrines and temples, and have seen many scenic and historical sites. Yet, I still find myself discovering new places
as I round a street corner, and feel a sense of “home” and relaxation when I look out towards the Kamogawa River.
Kyoto is a beautiful city surrounded by nature that is filled with an abundance of history and culture. The Kamogawa River islocated near Doshisha University, and with every season, or rather, every day, the city changes its scenery--- a stunning sightthat I have yet to become tired of.
We have many students from all over the world who are drawn to Kyoto for its natural beauty and for the traditional and cultural aspects of Japan that it offers. Kyoto is an excellent city where students can not only have an enriching cultural experience, but a place where they can participate in cross-cultural communication. Above all, Kyoto is the perfect city where students can relax and enjoy their studies.
“Language” is a fantastic tool that can be used to bring together people of different backgrounds, and be a key to open the
doors to new possibilities. I would like to invite each and every one of you to Doshisha University, and through the study of
the Japanese language, open up the doors to countless new opportunities and encounters.

Dear Partners,
Season’s greetings from Kyoto!
We had quite a hot autumn and it seems winter has finally come. We enjoyed beautiful autumn leaves here.
Especially, the western district of Arashiyama was beautiful to visit and there were many people every
weekend. We wish you could be there at that time.
The Office of International Students has changed its name from “The Office of International Education,” although our main work hasn’t changed. The number of international students at Doshisha is increasing every
year and our campus has a lively atmosphere thanks to the presence of both international and Japanese students.
We wish you and your families all the bestin this new year 2012!
The Office of International Students,
International Center

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Please direct 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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