On Thursday, June 29, seven international officers from different U.S. universities in the Fulbright IEA (International Education Administrator) Seminar visited the Tokorozawa Campus and were greeted by faculty members and students at the Faculty of Human Sciences. This seminar is funded by the Japanese and U.S. governments for international officers at U.S. universities to develop a cross-cultural understanding of Japanese higher education, culture, and society as they visit the Japanese Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) as well as different universities across various regions of Japan.
When the group arrived at the Tokorozawa Campus, Dean Nobuhiro Furuyama of the Graduate School of Human Sciences first gave a welcome speech and presentation about the Faculty of Human Sciences, after which Professor Shoji Nishimura spoke about his research project with American scholars on human ethical decision making in the Metaverse.
Then the group went on a campus tour that included observing multiple academic classes taught by Prof. Shigetomo Ozawa, Prof. Hideaki Kikuchi and Prof. Hiroshi Fujimoto. After a short break, they engaged in the processing and reflection session led by Prof. Noriyuki Inoue. Dr. Inoue first introduced the English-based program (EDICS) in the Graduate School of Human Sciences and other internationalization efforts being promoted at Waseda University. Then the visiting participants discussed various aspects of international policies of Japanese universities as well as the socio-economic conditions of Japanese society today in the session facilitated by Dr. Inoue. The participants commented that as a result of this visit, they were able to learn a great deal, not only about the Japanese university environment, but about broader aspects of Japanese society as well. They concluded that the visit was a valuable and meaningful learning experience.
