News & Announcements
IUJ Olympic was held
IUJ Olympics was held on May 30 – June 6.
This is an annual event organized by GSO (Graduate School Organization).
In total, 8 teams consisting of students, faculty and staff members played various games, such as Tennis, Table Tennis, Volleyball, Badminton, Billiards, Soccer, Basketball and Dodgeball. After close games, “Genki falcon” team won the overall victory this year.
The students who participated in the IUJ Olympics had a good relationship each other through the week while their busy study schedule.
IUJ ULIS have signed a MoU
The International University of Japan (IUJ) and University of languages and International Studies- Vietnam National University, Hanoi (ULIS) signed MoU on June 6th, 2015.
President Nguyen Hoa and , Vice President Ngo Minh Thuy and 2 staff of ULIS visited IUJ, where the signing ceremony was held.
The president of ULIS, Ngyen Hoa, said “This MoU will be a really significant step towards fostering professor and student exchange .
We have cooperated with The Center for Language Education and Research, at IUJ. We’re going to promote Japanese language education based on this MoU.”
The president of IUJ, Shinichi kitaoka stated “We agreed the first overseas office will be established at ULIS. We would like to cooperate with each other not only as two universities, but also as two nations.”
IUJ will hold training for Vietnamese teachers of Japanese for 2 weeks at ULIS this year based on this MoU.
The first overseas office at ULIS will be established in March 2017.
* ULIS belongs to agroup of elite universities in Vietnam, and they have a top-notch Japanese language department.
IUJ President Kitaoka(Left), President Hoa (Right)
Change in IUJ Leadership
Mr. Shoei Utsuda, Former Chairman of the Board of Directors at Mitsui & Co. Ltd., assumes the position of IUJ Chairman as of June 1, 2015. He succeeds Mr. Yotaro Kobayashi, who has served as Chairman of the University since May 2003.
Mr. Shoei Utsuda served as the President and Chief Executive Officer of Mitsui & Co. Ltd. from October 1, 2002 to April 2009. He was the Chairman of Mitsui & Co. Ltd. since April 1, 2009 until April 2015. He also served as the Vice Chairman of the Japan Business Federation “Nippon Keidanren” from 2007 to 2011,Counselor to the Policy Board of the Bank of Japan from 2007 to present, and Chairman of the Japan Foreign Trade Council, Inc. from 2010to 2014. Mr. Utsuda received his degree from Tokyo University.
IUJ welcomes Mr. Utsuda to this post.
Since IUJ’s establishment in 1982, the former Chairman Kobayashi has made great contributions to the development of IUJ with his excellent leadership. He served as the Board of Directors from 1982 to April 2003, and served as the Chairman from May 2003 to May 2015. In recent years, through his contribution, IUJ concluded an agreement on an incorporated alliance partnership with Meiji University in January 2013, and was selected for the Top Global University Project of the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) in September 2014.