Spectacular vistas and natural beauty stun in all four seasons
From May 19 to 21, Japan will preside over the G7 Summit in Hiroshima, which will focus on the global economy and other key issues. Around the same time, other conferences are scheduled all over Japan, with Toyama Prefecture having co-hosted the Education Ministers¡¯ ...
Old horses thrown lifelines as new competitions grow
Opportunities for retired racehorses to play active roles have been steadily, if gradually, increasing. On Dec. 18, the final round of the Retired Racehorse Cup (RRC), an equestrian competition organized by the National Riding Club Association, was held at the riding center of Tokyo Racecourse. ...
Temple stays offer peace and opportunities for reflection
Busy, sprawling and noisy cities are often the first things that greet visitors upon arrival in Japan. Landing in Osaka, a new arrival might wade through the throngs of people in Dotonbori, mesmerized by the acres of neon lights. Eager to try the local ...
HIROSHIMA Hiroshima Orizuru Tower Facility offers perspective on past tragedy, shares bright hopes for the future Hiroshima was the first city to suffer an atomic bombing. Today, it attracts many tourists from across Japan and overseas who wish to learn about peace from the repercussions of that ...
Seto Inland Sea area boasts lush nature, bustling cities, cultural heritage
The area surrounding the Seto Inland Sea, Japan¡¯s largest inland body of water, constitutes the Setouchi area, represented by the cities of Hiroshima, where the G7 Summit will be held, Okayama, Matsuyama and Takamatsu. Spanning the prefectures of Hiroshima, Okayama, Ehime and Kagawa, respectively, ...
The Japan Climate Initiative, a network that connects stakeholders who are taking action on climate change, held a news conference to announce the release of its message, ¡°Overcoming Two Crises with Renewable Energy and Carbon Pricing,¡± in Sapporo on April 12, three days before ...
New initiatives to increase globalization of education
After a pandemic that drastically reduced the numbers of Japanese students going abroad and foreign students arriving, Japan is again on a drive to internationalize higher education. Low economic growth, a labor shortage due to the declining birthrate and lagging competitiveness in science and ...
Ever since its founding in 1916 by Southern Baptist missionary C. K. Dozier, Fukuoka¡¯s Seinan Gakuin University has been guided by its motto ¡°Seinan, Be True to Christ.¡± That founding spirit, SGU President Naoki Imai said, remains core to the education that the university ...
Focus moves to entrepreneurship, use of online tools to encourage diversity
Chuo University in Tokyo, which has almost 26,000 undergraduate students and over 1,140 graduate students, as well as over 720 full-time teachers, was originally founded in 1885 as a law school named Igirisu Horitsu Gakko (English Law School). With a founding spirit of ¡°Fostering the ...
In 1864, when the isolationist foreign policy of the Tokugawa shogunate was still in effect, Jo Niijima, a 21-year-old son of a samurai, left Japan for the United States, risking capital punishment. For Niijima, it was an adventurous quest to seek a land where ...
Collaborative research efforts pave way for peace-based educational outlook
Hiroshima University was founded in 1949 in the first city in the world to suffer an atomic bombing. In the spirit of pursuing peace, HU¡¯s mission is to contribute to the well-being of humankind by realizing a free and peaceful international society. This spirit is ...
International experiences help to contribute to global peace
¡°World peace is an ideal, and that is all the more reason to strive for it,¡± said International Christian University President Shoichiro Iwakiri. His position reflects the liberal arts college¡¯s founding charter as a school for realizing that very ideal. Over the past 70 ...
