{"id":116287,"date":"2023-12-22T09:30:36","date_gmt":"2023-12-22T00:30:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/inst\/weekly\/?p=116287"},"modified":"2024-01-11T14:54:11","modified_gmt":"2024-01-11T05:54:11","slug":"waseda-weekly-wrap-up-oct-31-nov-4-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-3-2-2-2-2-2-2-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/inst\/weekly\/news-en\/2023\/12\/22\/116287\/","title":{"rendered":"Waseda Weekly Wrap Up – Dec.4-8"},"content":{"rendered":"

~From Waseda to Taiwan~<\/strong>Learning the Importance of Relying on Others<\/strong><\/h3>\n

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\u201cTaiwan is like my second hometown, and I want to return at least once a year.\u201d <\/strong><\/p>\n

Tamaki Shimizu, a 5th<\/sup> year student in the School of Letters, Arts and Sciences, contributed this article for Waseda Weekly\u2019s Study Abroad corner. It has been six years since she fell in love with the historic architecture and palm-tree lined avenues of National Taiwan University, which she first visited on a family trip when she was 16. Due to the Coronavirus pandemic, Tamaki\u2019s study abroad was first postponed for one year, but after seven months of online classes she finally set foot in Taiwan\u2019s capital, Taipei, in March of 2022. Her major is modern Taiwanese history, and she chose to study abroad with the dual goals of studying the language and conducting fieldwork.<\/p>\n

For Tamaki, Taiwan\u2019s charm lies in its people, who are kind and helpful while still maintaining an appropriate sense of distance. As an example, she shared a story of how she fell asleep on the subway on her way to the airport when a Taiwanese woman, who had noticed Tamaki\u2019s luggage, woke her up asking, \u201cYou don\u2019t have to get off? We\u2019re arriving at the airport!\u201d At the same time, studying abroad helped her realize that even though on the surface it appears people accept each other and coexist, under the surface swirl unanswered questions. In the run-up to the 2024 presidential elections fierce debates wage, and Tamaki prompted the readers to consider the problem of unnecessarily idealizing Taiwan and called for them to remember its historical background and its challenging identity as an immigrant society.<\/p>\n

Japanese article:\uff5e\u65e9\u7a32\u7530\u304b\u3089\u53f0\u6e7e\u3078\uff5e\u4eba\u60c5\u5473\u3042\u3075\u308c\u308b\u56fd\u3067\u5b66\u3093\u3060\u3001\u4eba\u3092\u983c\u308b\u5927\u5207\u3055<\/a><\/p>\n

Waseda University Student Entrepreneur Reika Koike Aims for \u201cA World Where You Can Love Your Uniqueness\u201d<\/strong><\/h3>\n

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\u201cI want to be someone that gives something to others.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

Reika Koike (3rd year student in the School of Law) is the President of Cinderelax, which develops and manages the app \u201cBU\u201d (\u30d3\u30fc\u30e6\u30fc). The app makes it easier to watch and access the products used in makeup videos trending on YouTube. For this article of the People series, Waseda Weekly asked Reika about what prompted her to start her business, about BU, and her plans for the future.<\/p>\n

Reika shared how she broke down while trying to enter university and felt she wanted to help others who have a similar experience by offering counseling services. She entered Waseda\u2019s School of Law to deepen her understanding of both law and commerce with the goal of eventually providing such services. She mentioned that the Business Creation Course (offered by the Global Education Center (GEC)), where she could learn how to start a business, was a big turning point for her. There she met her mentors including Professor Toru Asahi (Faculty of Science and Engineering), Professor Hironori Higashide (Faculty of Commerce), Assistant Professor Tomoharu Inoue (GEC), among others, who responded to her active participation in class by suggesting she might be suited to starting her own business. With this realization and the support of her teachers, she pivoted from wanting to provide counseling services to starting a business.<\/p>\n

In response to a question about Cinderlax\u2019s mission, Reika replied that the overall mission is, \u201cTo create a world where people can love themselves.\u201d The BU app not only provides links to retailers and recommends similar videos, but it also adds chapter buttons beneath the video that break it up into sections like \u201cbase makeup\u201d, \u201cfoundation\u201d, and \u201ceyes\u201d so viewers can more easily find the section of the video that interests them. Her goals for the company include increasing the number of people who value their individuality, which first requires people to know about and use BU. Her personal goal going forward is to become someone that can give back, in the same way that she has received so much support from others.<\/p>\n

Japanese article:\u65e9\u5927\u751f\u8d77\u696d\u5bb6\u30fb\u5c0f\u6c60\u4f36\u4f73\u304c\u76ee\u6307\u3059\u306e\u306f\u300c\u81ea\u5206\u3089\u3057\u3055\u3092\u611b\u305b\u308b\u4e16\u754c\u300d<\/a><\/p>\n

Waseda\u2019s Entrepreneurship Development Program<\/strong> and Support for Startups:An Assortment of Programs and Projects to Unlock Your Future\u00a0<\/strong><\/h3>\n

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In recent years, the rapid progress of startups has attracted attention, and the number of people starting their own business while still at university is increasing. It is no stretch, then, to assume there must be students who are interested in giving entrepreneurship a try themselves. However, since starting a business is not limited to any one specific department, they may also be wondering where and how to study it. In this article Waseda Weekly introduces the Center for Entrepreneurship<\/a>\u2019s efforts to support startups and gives examples of students and an alumna who have actually used it.<\/p>\n

To begin, Waseda Weekly spoke with Emi Muto, the person in charge of Waseda\u2019s Center for Entrepreneurship. In sum, the Center provides support to students, faculty, staff, and alumni who want to start a business.<\/strong> Emi noted how universities have two major roles: education and research. Recently, it has also become important to use the knowledge and experience gained at university to contribute to society. Starting a business is one way to achieve this. Waseda University provides systematic support, from courses that teach how to start a business, help for those who are thinking of actually starting one, as well as support once the business is up and running. Since 2017 the Global Education Center<\/a> (GEC) has been offering around 30 business classes through its Business Creation Course which students can take as needed regardless of their undergraduate or graduate school. As a venue for showcasing ideas and projects, there is the \u201cWaseda University Business Plan Contest\u201d and the \u201cWASEDA-EDGE Demo Day.\u201d Additionally, there are several support programs for those who are actually looking to start a business, including the \u201cWASEDA-EDGE Gap Fund Project\u201d and the \u201cWaseda POC Fund\u201d, which is specifically for commercializing science and engineering lab findings.<\/p>\n

The article then introduces three people who have used and benefitted from the Center for Entrepreneurship\u2019s services. Kohei Kawaji is a first-year student in the School of Letters, Arts and Sciences who has taken classes through the GEC\u2019s Business Creation Course and is currently preparing to participate in the February 2024 \u201cWASEDA-EDGE Demo Day\u201d. Shiori Yoshida is a third-year student in the School of Fundamental Science and Engineering who has also taken the Business Creation Courses. She was awarded the Special Jury Award during the February 2023 \u201cWASEDA-EDGE Demo Day\u201d and was recently selected to receive support from the \u201cWASEDA-EDGE Gap Fund Project.\u201d Finally, Mutsuko Aoki, CEO and Co-founder of Hynts Tech<\/a> and a 2010 graduate of the masters program of the Graduate School of Advanced Science and Engineering, received funding from the \u201cWaseda PoC Fund\u201d and continues to receive support such as legal advice and mentoring.<\/p>\n

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