Akio Morita
The Akio Morita School of Business is Anaheim University's Business School. It was named in honor of Sony founder Akio Morita (1921–1999). It offers graduate degree, diploma and certificate programs including Online Doctor of Business Administration programs in Management and International Business, an online International MBA, online Graduate Diploma and Certificate programs in International Business; Doctor of Business Administration (DBA), MBA, Graduate Diploma and Graduate Certificate programs in Sustainable Management jointly with the school's Kisho Kurokawa Green Institute, and a Doctor of Business Administration (DBA) and Master in Entrepreneurship through the Carland Entrepreneurship Institute. The School is run under the direction of its Dean Dr. Robert Robertson. The Morita Estate in Tokyo's Aoyama fashion district was converted to a learning center that hosted Anaheim University's School of Business during its many years in Tokyo. Anaheim University's MBA program was ranked #1 in Japan for faculty expertise in 2008 and 2009 by the Nikkei BP, Japan's largest business publisher. Anaheim University discontinued its on-campus Tokyo operations in March 2011 following the Tohoku earthquake.