Vol.12 February 2016
CONTENTSNews ...................................................... 1-5
Greetings.................................................. 7

Overseas Offices ................................................ 6NewsDoshisha Alpine Club First to Conquer Unclimbed Mt. Aichyn in Nepal
On September 3, 2015, Doshisha University Alpine Club
reached the summit of Aichyn in Nepal, becoming the firstclimbers to achieve the feat.
Comment from Yuki Senda, Leader of the Western Nepal
Expedition Party 2015, Doshisha Alpine Club:“Doshisha Alpine Club marked its 90th anniversary in2015 by embarking on an overseas expedition to scale Mt.
Aichyn (6055m), an unclimbed mountain located inwestern Nepal. The first party reached the summit at
1.12pm on September 3, followed by the second party at
12.54pm on September 8. This landmark achievement wasa wonderful way to highlight the club’s 90th anniversary.
The party consisted of five current student members: Yuki Senda (fourth year, Department of Environmental
Systems Science, Faculty of Science and Engineering), Shintaro Saito (fourth year, Department of Philosophy,Faculty of Letters), Kaya Ko (fourth year, Department of Aesthetics and Art Theory, Faculty of Letters), Yuto
Tamaki (fourth year, Department of Economics, Faculty of Economics), and Yuma Uno (second year,Department of Economics, Faculty of Economics).
As it was the first time for our members to climb an overseas mountain, everything was a new experience andchallenge. In this respect it was an unprecedented expedition. However, to uphold the pioneer spirit of the club’s
previous members who conquered the Changla Peak in western Nepal in 2010, we trained hard during climbs on
domestic mountains before our departure.
We stayed in Nepal for 70 days from August 3 to October 11, and spent one month climbing. As planned, we tooktime to visit Khumjung School, which was damaged in the Nepal earthquake in April, to deliver a donationcollected from Doshisha alumni and offer encouragement to the students. The Alpine Club has been supporting
the school for 10 years, and will continue to support further activities in the future.
I’d like to take this opportunity to thank all the people who helped make the expedition a success. Drawing on ourvaluable experiences in Nepal, we are committed to working hard and moving toward even greater goals.”

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Paper of Associate Professor Takahashi (Graduate School of BrainScience) Published in eLife
A research paper by Associate Professor SusumuTakahashi (Graduate School of Brain Science,
Organization of Research Initiative and Development) has
been published in ‘eLife’, an international journal forbiomedical and life sciences.
■Title of Article‘Episodic-like memory trace in awake replay ofhippocampal place cell activity sequences’■AuthorSusumu Takahashi■Published on October 20, 2015
Cite as eLife 2015; 4:e08105■Research Outline
In our daily life, we are able to plan and design what to do in the future through ‘mental time travel’, in which
we recall specific events experienced in the past (episodic memory). However, it has not been clarified how
neurons in the brain enable this mental time travel.
Associate Professor Takahashi elucidated that the hippocampal place cells, which respond to specific locations,help recall episodic memory (where, when and what information) by replaying previous events at 10 times theusual speed. Takahashi’s research, which clarified a mechanism in which episodic memory can actually berecalled within the hippocampal area, is expected to help advance the development of treatment and prevention
methods for memory impairment.
Website link to the article

http://elifesciences.org/content/4/e08105

Professor Takita (Faculty of Commerce) Receives Aoki Prize fromthe Institute of Internal Auditors-Japan
Professor Terumi Takita of the Faculty of Commerce received the2015 Aoki Prize from the Institute of Internal Auditors-Japan. The
Aoki Prize, established to commemorate and honor the research
work of the late Dr. Shigeo Aoki (Professor Emeritus at Waseda
University), is awarded to authors of outstanding books or articles
related directly or indirectly to auditing.
Professor Takita was awarded and commended for his book titled‘A Theory of Auditing’ (published in 2014 by Chuokeizai-sha, Inc.),
which is a compilation of his 40 years of research work.
The award ceremony was held as part of the National Meeting of
the Institute of Internal Auditors-Japan at the Hyatt Regency Tokyo
on September 28, 2015.

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Doshisha Business School Wins Silver at Japan MBA Case Competition
Doshisha Business School’s case competition team ofFabian Mukanzi (Kenya), Atreya Sridhar (India), TairKurmangaliyev (Kazakhstan), and Denis Richter(Germany) took the second place prize in the 3rd
annual Japan MBA Case Competition, held at Waseda
University in Tokyo on November 15, 2015.
This year’s JMBACC was a “live” case, conductedwith the cooperation of Lixil Corporation, a leading
provider of housing and building materials, products,and services. Students were tasked with analyzing
Japan’s housing renovation market and recommending
strategies that Lixil can follow in order to increase its
share of that market.
Competing against teams from Waseda, Hitotsubashi, McGill, Chulalongkorn, University of Toronto, and otherleading MBA programs, the Doshisha team, whose recommendation focused on ways to turn Japan’s growing
number of vacant houses (“akiya”) into business opportunities, knocked off 2-time defending champion McGill
University in the semi-final round and performed strongly in the finals, receiving abundant praise from opposing
teams and coaches and attending businesspeople for their analysis and presentation skills.
Above all, participating in the competition gave the students an invaluable learning experience and great
networking opportunities. Team captain Fabian Mukanzi said, “the experience we had throughout the contest was
one that we will treasure for a very long time.”

Yusuke Nishimine (Graduate School of Science and Engineering)
Receives Outstanding Poster Presentation Award at APMA 2015
On November 9 and 10, 2015, the 3rd International Conference on
Powder Metallurgy in Asia (APMA2015) was held at Kyoto
University, where Yusuke Nishimine (Major of MechanicalEngineering, Graduate School of Science and Engineering) received
the Poster Award of Outstanding Presentation.
Nishimine discovered that nanoparticles are formed in the interfacial
reaction between alumina and magnesium of an alumina-added
magnesium composite material, and clarified that the dispersion of thenanoparticles contributes to the increase of the intensity of thiscomposite material. He was commended for the research content, as
well as his presentation technique in English.
■Title of Presentation‘Nanoparticle Formation in Magnesium Based Composite
by Mg/A1203 Interfacial Reaction’■Presenter
Yusuke Nishimine
Second year, Major of Mechanical Engineering, Graduate School of Science and Engineering(graduated from the Department of Mechanical and Systems Engineering, Faculty of Science and Engineering)■Co-authors
Hiroshi Fujiwara (Associate Professor, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Doshisha University)
Shigehiro Kawamori (Professor, College of Engineering, Tamagawa University)
Hiroyuki Miyamoto (Professor, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Doshisha University)
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Selected for BCSJ Award Article
An article submitted by Professor Yoshifumi Kimura (Department of MolecularChemistry and Biochemistry, Faculty of Science and Engineering) to the Bulletinof the Chemical Society of Japan has been selected for the BCSJ Award Article.
This paper is selected as a BCSJ Award Article.
Ionic liquids (ILs), composed of only ions, are in liquid state at room temperature,and they attract much attention of a lot of chemists as new solvent in various
fields. Solute molecules dissolved in ILs, are solvated by surrounding cations andanions. In this work, the solvation dynamics of solute molecules dissolved in ILs
is studied by the time-resolved fluorescence. I was found that the solvation in theelectronic excited state is strongly dependent on the excitation wavelength and thespecies of cations of ILs. This work gives a key to improve the selectivity of thephoto-chemical reaction in ILs.
■Name of Journal
Bulletin of the Chemical Society of Japan (Volume 88, Issue No. 7, 2015)■Title of Article‘Excitation Wavelength Dependence of the Solvation Dynamics of 4’-N, N-Diethylamino-3-methoxyflavorn inIonic Liquids’■Authors
Yoshifumi Kimura, Kayo Suda, Mako Shibuya, Yoshiro Yasaka, and Masakatsu Ueno
Website of BCSJ Award Article, CSJ Journals
http://www.journal.csj.jp/bcsj/article/category/bcsj-award-article

Paper of Goki Tanaka (Graduate School of Health and Sports Science)
Published in Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications
Part of the master’s thesis written by Goki Tanaka (Sports Biochemistry
Laboratory led by Professor Tetsuya Izawa, Master’s student, Graduate
School of Health and Sports Science) has been published in the
Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications.
Title: ‘Endurance exercise training induces fat depot-specific differences inbasal autophagic activity.’
Goki Tanaka, Hisashi Katoa, Tetsuya Izawa:
doi:10.1016/j.bbrc.2015.09.061)
Outline:
The relation between autophagy in adipose tissue and metabolic syndrome
has been a topic of particular interest in recent years. There have been aseries of cases reported where autophagy in adipose tissue increases inobese condition, and when autophagy in adipose becomes defective,metabolic syndrome improves. The research clarifies that through exercise
and training, autophagy function in visceral adipose tissue is inhibited whilethat in subcutaneous adipose tissue is elevated. This elucidates that theautophagy function differs depending on the anatomical site of adipose tissue, and provides significant clues tounderstanding the mechanism for improving metabolic syndrome by exercise.
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4NewsCanoe Club Wins National Student Sprint ChampionshipFrom August 24 to 30, 2015, the 51st All Japan Student Canoe
Sprint Championships was held at Kibagata Canoe Stadium inIshikawa Prefecture, where Doshisha’s Canoe Club won three
titles in the Kayak category (K-4 1000m, K-1 1000m, and WK-2200m).
Comment from the former captain Daichi Motoki (fourth year,Faculty of Health and Sports Science):“We won the Kayak championship for the first time in the club’s
history. Also, our women’s team came third in the Women’s
Kayak championship, an amazing achievement considering it
was formed just three years ago.
Compared to other universities, our Canoe Club mostly consistsof inexperienced members, with one-third of members having
previous canoeing experience or having entered university
through sports selection. But all the club members, bothexperienced and inexperienced, have been working hard together
with the focus on winning as a team. Actually, two of the fourmembers who won the title in the 1000mK-4 event only started
canoeing after arriving university. I think the win came as aresult of the combined effort of these two, who tried extra hard,
as well as the other two, who offered expert guidance andsupport.
As a captain, I am always committed to building a team that canwin as a team. Based on this, I hope the team will make furthersteps forward next year.”

Doshisha Futsal Club Wins National ChampionshipDoshisha Futsal Club won the 11th All Japan University
Futsal Championship held from August 21 to 23 at
Hakodate Arena in Hokkaido.
Comment from the Captain Shunya Maeno (third-year,Faculty of Commerce):“We have won the national championship for the firsttime in the team’s 13-year history. I believe this wasachieved as a result of the combined and accumulated
efforts of all team members, past and present. I want tothank my team mates, the manager, staff, senior
members, and all the people who supported us andcheered us on. We have had a difficult time getting
positive results, but we have finally achieved this with thehelp and support of many people. Keeping a gratefulheart, we will continue efforts to improve our game evenfurther with the aim of becoming one of Doshisha’s
top-performing sports teams.”
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Overseas Offices
Doshisha University’s overseas offices were established in order to further promote its rapid and effectiveinternationalization. At our overseas offices, we are implementing mainly public relations activities to increase theprofile of Doshisha University, while at the same time making the most of the characteristics unique to each office. Inaddition, 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 #323, Sinology Pavilion ofRenmin University of China
59 Zhongguancun Street, Haidian District
Beijing, 100872 P.R.China
Tel/Fax: +86-10-6251-4227
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 110753Tel: +82-2-732-7704
Email: ji-int28@mail.doshisha.ac.jp

Istanbul, Turkey
Address : Doshisha Istanbul Officec/o ASSOCIATION OF SOCIAL AND
ECONOMIC SOLIDARITY WITH PASIFIC
COUNTRIES
Ahmediye Caddesi No:44/2 34260 Aksaray– Istanbul, TURKEY
Email: ji-int26@mail.doshisha.ac.jp

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Greetings from Internationalization Promotion Office
Dear Partners of Doshisha,
Greetings from Kyoto! The Internationalization Promotion Officehas been in charge of the government-led “Go Global Japan”(GGJ) project since 2012. We support students who are interested
in studying abroad by carrying out various events and projects,
including TOEIC/TOEFL seminars, lectures, and international
exchange programs.
The number of students who are skilled in communicating in foreign languages and who have studied abroad
is steadily increasing every year. Next year is the final year for GGJ. We will continue doing our utmost toencourage students to make their dreams a reality. We appreciate your continuous and generous support!
Best wishes,
Staff of the Internationalization Promotion OfficeInternational Campus Life with SIEDThe Office of International Students (OIS) offers various
opportunities of cross-cultural communication to help
International and local students meet and learn from eachother. OIS formed SIED (Student Staff for Intercultural
Events at Doshisha) as its student staff in October, 2013 andis developing several international exchange events
organized by them.
In 2015, SIED held welcome events such as “Open Lounge”
where students enjoyed talking in a friendly atmosphere;“Scavenger Hunt” where new students explored the campus
with current students; “Kyoto Walking Tour” and “TeaPicking” to feel nature or history of Kyoto, and various intercultural events throughout the year. “WorldKitchen” to be exposed different cultures through homemade foods; “Mix Up Camp”, an overnight event atBiwako Retreat Center; “TOUCH ASIA” to know neighboring Asian countries; “World Tea Museum”,“SIED Collection(Fashion show of national costumes)”, and “Kawaii Style of the World” to try the latest
fashion and makeup of the world. SIED also had lunch time event such as “Lunch Talk” and “Speak UP!”
where students enjoyed conversation in Japanese / English; “Learning from Music” where can enjoy
learning English through music; and “Language Workshop” where International students introduce usefulphrases of their language, and so on.
Participants tells us they have made friends from many other countries or they were exposed to newculture. Let’s join our events to make new friends!
For more information about the events, visit OIS website, Facebook page of International Center.
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OIS website: http://ois.doshisha.ac.jp/international_exchange/sied.html

Great Voyage is published by the International Center at Doshisha University.
Please direct inquiries to:
Office of International Affairs, 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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