Vol.22 January
2021
Vol.18 Jan
2019
CONTENTSNews ...................................................... 1-6
Overseas Offices...................................... 7
Greetings .................................................. 8

NewsInternational Students of CGE&CJLC gathered at Doshisha Chapel for the first time in
the 2020 spring semester
On the afternoon of July 15, “Gathering at Doshisha Chapel” washeld for international students from Center for Global Education(CGE) and Center for Japanese Language and Culture (CJLC). A
chapel service was given at Doshisha Chapel, and after the service
they had a time to meet their lecturers and classmates in a smallgroup.
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, all classes were given online thissemester and students were not allowed to enter the campus, which
they didn’t expect when coming to Japan. We reckon that some ofthe students would feel stressful and lonely because they don’t have
many opportunities to have a chat with their lecturers andclassmates and share the fear of the virus, and even they have been
far from their home countries.
The international students got to visit the campus because some of the campus access restrictions havebeen lifted on July 10. They finally met their lecturers and classmates under some measures to prevent thespread of the COVID-19 before their leaving Japan.
For the students who have been enrolled since last semester, it was the first time to meet their lecturers
and classmates since they completed the 2019 Fall courses. For the new students, it was the first time tocome to the campus and know the atmosphere of the Doshisha campus. They gathered at Doshisha Chapel
and got a chapel service by Professor Miyuki Hira. The students had a peaceful time to pray and hear someGreat Voyage

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A warm message was delivered by Professor Nobuyuki
Yamauchi, Dean of both centers, to encourage the students inthis difficult time we are facing. He introduced his sadexperience which he faced when disaster occurred in Japan, andemphasized the importance to think of others to overcome thiscurrent situation caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.
After the worship, the students were divided into small groups,
and they had a time to discuss their studies and daily life and exchange some information. It was a great
opportunity for them in relaxing atmosphere to finally get to meet their lecturers and classmates in person
even though they have known each other taking online classes.
Although of course there were some comments from some of the students that it was a great regret thatthey could not have face-to-face classes this semester, there were also positive comments on their experience
they had during this semester; “It was indeed a shame that we could not take face-to-face classes or could
not travel around. However, I feel like I had a glimpse what the world’s going to be and it was a great
opportunity for us that how we should respond such unforeseen event.”

Research results of the Functional Organic Chemistry Lab. of the Department ofMolecular Chemistry and Biochemistry, Faculty of Science and Engineering featured on
the cover of ACS Applied Bio Materials, a journal of the American Chemistry Society
The research results of the Functional Organic Chemistry Laboratory(Professor KITAGISHI Hiroaki), Department of Molecular Chemistry
and Biochemistry, Faculty of Science and Engineering were publishedin the August 2020 issue of ACS Applied Bio Materials, a journal ofthe American Chemistry Society, and the conceptual diagram of theresearch was selected as the cover picture for the issue.
Cyclodextrin is known for catching various substances in water. Thistime, a substance called R8-CD was newly synthesized by introducing
a cell-membrane-permeable peptide into cyclodextrin. With this R8CD, it is possible to deliver substances that normally do not cross acell membrane, such as proteins, into a cell. In this paper, it is shownthat even large molecules, such as antibodies and liposomes, can beefficiently delivered into cells with the use of R8-CD. It is expected tobe applied to a new drug delivery technology.

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Intracellular Delivery of Adamantane-Tagged Small Molecule, Proteins, and Liposomes Using an
Octaarginine-Conjugated β-Cyclodextrin(Presenter)
KITAGISHI Hiroaki(Professor, Faculty of Science and Engineering)
JIROMARU Misa
(Completed the Master’s Program of the Graduate School of Science and Engineering [Applied Chemistry] inMarch 2020)
HASEGAWA Naomi(Completed the Master’s Program of the Graduate School of Science and Engineering [Applied Chemistry] inMarch 2018)(Reference information)
1. Patent information: Patent No. 6180241 No. 6180241 “Cyclodextrin Derivative and Pharmaceutical
Composition” registered on July 28, 2017
2. Doshisha University Researcher Database (Research Seeds)
https://kendb.doshisha.ac.jp/profile/ja.89a51773400ff381.html#%E7%A0%94%E7%A9%B6%E3%82%B7%E3%83%BC%E3%82%BANiizeki Seminar of the Faculty of Economics won the 2nd and 3rd prize in the Bloomberg
Investment Contest 2020
In the Bloomberg Investment Contest 2020 hosted by Bloomberg Finance L.P., two teams from the Seminarof Professor NIIZEKI Mikiyo, Faculty of Economics won the double prize (second and third prizes).
The Bloomberg Investment Contest is held for students with the aim of broadening their financial andeconomic knowledge and providing an opportunity for them to experience the world of investment.
This year, the contest was held under the theme of ESG investment, and there were 280 entries from 80
teams from 34 universities nationwide.
In the first screening based on the pre-submitted reports, eight finalist teams (three of which were fromthe Niizeki Seminar of the Faculty of Economics) were selected based on evaluation items such as whether
ESG factors were effectively incorporated into investment decisions. The final screening was held online(open to the public), where 10-minute presentations were examined. As a result of this thorough examination,
Team “Hanami Legend” and Team “Hokuro” from the Niizeki Seminar won the second prize and third prize,respectively.

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Team “Hanami Legend,” which ranked second, conducted a survey
from the perspective of what ESG investment is necessary for Japan.
Through the survey, it focused on and verified sustainability in the Edo
period, which lasted for about 200 years and in which a recyclingoriented ecosystem was formed and a society was created based ondemographics. Finally, it built a fund that contributes to a sustainable
society and technological development as a social impact investment fund.
Team “Hokuro,” the third-prize winner, questioned the uniformity of
ESG initiatives by individual companies and conducted market
research on ESG based on the principle of the Keynesian Beauty
Contest. Based on the assumption that the corporate value of acompany engaged in activities that meet the needs of society willincrease, it built a generational fund through study on the orientationand needs of different generations: X, Y, and Z. It conducted an online dialogue with selected investee
companies from which cooperation had been obtained.
The collection of reports and presentations by the finalists can be viewed at the following website.
[Bloomberg Investment Contest 2020]
https://www.bloomberg.co.jp/company/stories/investment_contest_2020/

Ms. TANAKA Nozomi of the Faculty of Health and Sports Science reports her unofficial
appointment to the Tokyo Olympics
Ms. TANAKA Nozomi, athird-year

student of the Faculty of Health andSports Science, won the women’s 5000
meter race at the Japan National
Championships held at Yanmar Stadium
Nagai on December 4 and was unofficiallyappointed as the representative of the Tokyo Olympics in this event. On December 16, she reported her
unofficial appointment to the Tokyo Olympics to the Kyoto Prefectural Government and Doshisha Universityand expressed her aspirations for the Olympics.
In 2020, she won the women’s 3000 meter race at the Hokuren Distance Challenge Fukagawa meet on July
8 and the women’s 1500 meter race at the SEIKO Golden Grand Prix on August 23. She established adistinguished track record at both meets, setting a Japanese record. In recognition of these performances,
she received various awards in various fields, including the Kyoto Prefectural Sports Award.
With a series of great results, she has greatly excited the Japanese sports world as a remarkable athlete

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who has made great strides this season. Let’s continue to cheer for her powerful running, which gives hopeand inspiration to many people, and look forward to her success at the Tokyo Olympics!

EU-Japan Roundtable “Kyoto Protocol, Paris Agreement and beyond: the EU andJapan towards carbon neutrality in 2050” heldOn occasion of the fifth anniversary of the conclusion of theParis Agreement in December 2020, the Delegation of theEuropean Union to Japan, the Embassy of France to Japan,
the EU-Japan Centre for Industrial Cooperation, andDoshisha University co-hosted the EU-Japan Roundtable“Kyoto Protocol, Paris Agreement and beyond: the EU andJapan towards carbon neutrality in 2050” online on Tuesday,December 8 in commemoration of the Paris Agreement andthe Japan-EU Climate Partnership.
Although this roundtable was designed mainly for university students belonging to the younger generation,
who will carry the world on their shoulders in the future, there were more than 300 applications from a widerange of people around the world. This showed people’s strong interest in the issue of climate change.
At the opening, President UEKI Tomoko delivered an address and introduced the Doshisha EU Campus atTübingen University, our first overseas campus, as a connection with the EU, the efforts of the DOSHISHA- DAIKIN Next Environment Research Center, which was jointly established with Daikin Industries, Ltd.,
to reduce greenhouse gases, and students’ voluntary activities related to environmental issues.
Subsequently, seven panelists, including Ambassador Patricia Flor from the Delegation of the European
Union to Japan and Professor WADA Yoshihiko of the Faculty of Economics, who serves as Director of theDoshisha EU Campus Office, gave a presentation on their activities related to climate change from theirrespective perspectives of public policy, business initiatives, youth, science, and international cooperation.
Then they discussed what changes had been brought about in Japan and Europe by the Paris Agreement,
looking back on the Kyoto Protocol, which formed the basis of the Paris Agreement. Moreover, views wereexchanged on what steps would be required to achieve carbon neutrality by 2050 and limit temperature rise
to 1.5 degrees Celsius by 2100.
In this roundtable, the participants shared the following recognition: the issue of climate change should
be addressed through the concerted efforts of the international community as a global issue, and the goals toresolve the issue should be achieved without fail; Japan and the EU should further work together in various
fields in the future to address the issue; and it is necessary to promote corporate-citizen collaboration, theinvolvement of younger generations in policy making, and individual behavioral change.
Details of the roundtable and a recorded video of the day can be viewed on the website of the EU-Japan
Centre for Industrial Cooperation.
If you are interested, please take a look. https://europe-japan-climate-cooperation.net/?p=856

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Report: “Online Lunch Talk” (presented by SIED)"Lunch Talk" and “Speak Up!” are SIED's regular free talkevents where you can enjoy intercultural exchange while eatinglunch. Usually, these events are held on Imadegawa campus
and Kyotanabe campus separately, but in this semester, weheld them online as "Online Lunch Talk", both campuses’
collaboration event.
We held the event eight times; June 17(Wed), 24(Wed), 30(Tue),
July 3(Fri), 7(Tue), 8(Wed), 14(Tue) and 15(Wed), and 98
students (50 local students, 48 international students)
participated in it in total.
In this event, we enjoyed conversation using "Zoom" App.
Depending on the day, we set the main language, Japanese orEnglish, and participants talked in the language.
After being divided into small groups, we got excited about hot
topics such as "How have you been spending these days?""Troubles/interests in online classes". Fortunately, every groupmember had a nice chat, so some participants told us that "we don’t have enough time" “I would like to talk
more!” At the end of the event, we exchanged SNS ID via Zoom App. and it became “a new style interculturalexchange".

Report: “Ceramic Workshop” (presented by SIED)On November 14th (Sat.),
SIED

hosted“CeramicWorkshop” at a studio “ONEDAYTOGEI

Gallery

SCHOOL

Michinakaba”

inKyoto City. Six international
students

andtwolocal

students

joinedus.

Thisevent is held under the purpose of leaning the history and culture of Japanese ceramic art and facilitatingintercultural exchange for participants.
Although the event was organized under the regulation of the number of participants because of COVID19 pandemic, all participants enjoyed making pottery and talking with others about their own ceramicpiece in a friendly atmosphere. The ceramic piece will be fired in a kiln and come back to the participants
about 2 months later. We hope they will like it!

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Doshisha University’s overseas offices were established in order to further promote its rapid and effective internationalization.
At our overseas offices, we are implementing mainly public relations activities to increase the profile of Doshisha University,
while at the same time making the most of the characteristics unique to each office. 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 membersof our faculties while they are overseas.

Taipei, Taiwan
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

Tübingen, Germany

Seoul, Korea

Address : Tübingen University
Keplerstraße 2, Raum 042 & 043
72074 Tübingen Deutschland

Address : Doshisha Seoul Office＃408, YMCA
Jongno 69, Jongno-gu,Seoul, Korea 03164
Tel: +82-2-732-7704
Email: ji-int28@mail.doshisha.ac.jp

Email: ji-eu@mail.doshisha.ac.jp

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Greetings from the Institute for the Liberal Arts
Greetings from the Institute for the Liberal Arts Office!
We hope that you and your families are safe and well at this challenging time.
In April 2011, the Institute for the Liberal Arts (ILA) welcomed 20 students as the first cohort into the four-year undergraduate degree
program delivered entirely in English. Since then, the ILA has continued to diversify as we now have about 190 students from morethan 40 countries. Every student has a myriad of talents and interests which together contribute to our special learning community
here.
As with higher education institutions all over the world, COVID-19 has disrupted the normal ability to manage face-to-face classes
and gatherings at the ILA. The nature of the ILA program, with many students travelling to and from other countries, necessitated that
the ILA offers courses entirely through remote learning for the duration of the 2020 academic year. And after careful deliberation, theILA has decided to continue offering courses through remote learning across the spring and fall semesters of the 2021 AcademicYear.
Despite the unusual circumstances, we look forward to welcoming students to the ILA. We are planning to release our new Application
Guide 2022 by June 2021 on our website at : https://ila.doshisha.ac.jp/en/admissions. We hope you will visit our website and find out
more about our program.
Please stay safe.
Warm regards,
The Institute for the Liberal Arts Office

Application requirements■ First-Year Student Application
Applicants should satisfy one of the following
requirements by the time of enrollment at Doshisha
University:1) Applicants should have completed twelve years ofschool education (including successful graduation froman accredited high school) outside Japan.
2) Applicants should possess a university entrance
qualification such as the International Baccalaureate,
Abitur, or French Baccalaureate.
3) Applicants should have completed twelve years ofeducation at a WASC, CIS or ACSI accredited
international school.
4) Applicants should have graduated from a high school
accredited by the Japan Ministry of Education, Culture,Sports, Science and Technology.
■ Third-Year Transfer Student Application
In addition to one of the four requirements stated above
for first-year applicants, third-year transfer applicantsshould satisfy one of the following requirements.
1) Applicants should have completed or be expected tocomplete two full academic years at ONEundergraduate degree-conferring institution as aregular student by the time of enrollment at DoshishaUniversity.

2) Applicants should have graduated from a two-year college orbe expected to graduate by the time of enrollment atDoshisha University.
■ English Proficiency
Applicants need to provide one of the test scores listed below
to verify their English language proficiency. Please note
submission is optional for native speakers of English andapplicants with 12 or more years of education in English.
- TOEFL® iBT: 85 or above (TOEFL® Special Home Edition scoreis also acceptable.)- IELTS Academic Module: 6.5 or above- ACT Combined English/Writing (Writing Test Score): 22 orabove- Old SAT Critical Reading and Writing sections 510 or above- New SAT Redesigned SAT Reading Test 28 or above andWriting & Language Test 29 or above■ We are looking for
applicants who have an excellent secondary school record.
However, over and beyond a high GPA and outstanding
standardized exam scores (typically students accepted to theILA have an IB score of 32 or above, and a SAT score of about1200 or above, an ACT score of around 25 or above, or three
GCE A levels), most importantly we look for applicants who
demonstrate a passion for the Liberal Arts Program with an
obvious and strong potential for contributing to the intellectualand social life of the Institute.

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