Junten Junior High School / Senior High School

From October 27th to November 8th, Junten Senior High School hosted Global Week. Global Week is a unique and innovative event developed by the Junten SGH program. During Global Week, regular classes finished at 2:00 pm. After class, students attended workshops and lectures provided by university students, graduate school students, university professors, researchers, and corporate executives. Global Week was designed to provide students with interactive learning opportunities that are inventive and borderless.  

◆ Rikkyo University, College of Business Vice Dean Dr.Kazunori Yamaguchi 

【Statistical Thinking in Global World 】Attended Students: ２０

The lecture started with the talk about “Bid Data”. Now we are able to collect huge amount of data from various source, but there is a sea change in data analysis and processing. “Statistical Thinking” is a kind of communication skill that required to subjectively analyze data. This skill is very important in the 21st century.  Later in the lecture, students were divided into groups to analyze data the come up with each group’s conclusion. Dr.Yamaguchi told the students, “there is an answer to a question that does not have an answer”. 

Student Comment：  ● It is important to have a skill to use statistics and help people understand what the conclusion is.   ●Statistics change through time, but how it is analyzed it also change through time. ● At first, I thought the lecture was too difficult for me but understanding more about statistics made me want to study more about it. 

◆Yokohama City University Academic Association International College of Arts and Sciences Dr.Takahiro Tsuchiya  【 Questionnaire, its Method and Interpretation 】Attended Students:　24

　Many of you have seen survey results indicated by graphs, but would it be OK to simply compare the graphs to draw accurate conclusions? Dr.Tsuchiya shared that there are three things that need to know when comparing survey result graphs. 1) Respondents likely to choose the earlier answers (Early Effect）, 2) For the questions with “multiple answers allowed”, people tend to think that picking three is reasonable, so correct answers are not likely to be drawn, 3) Asking to pick a range of numbers, responses vary greatly and  4) Questions before and after will influence the response to the current questions. The layout of response documents also influence.
Student Comment：  ● I learned useful information for SGH. We will take different surveys in the SGH projects, so today’s learning was very helpful. I also need to make sure to have the same questions to compare the results every year. ● I have taken survey in the past and it is true that I changed my responses because of the questions before and after. I think today’s lecture was really helpful for the SGH Fieldwork in the Philippines. 

◆ Sophia University Global Studies Dr. Yasuhiro Ueki 
【 UN Views on World and International Career】 Attended Students 2２

　Dr.Ueki talked about different professional his hands-on experience working at United Nation. UN has the headquater in New York and has the European headquarters in Geneva as well as special operation office in different countries in the world and people from different countries work at each location. There are not so many Japanese staff and it is important to have more Japanese nationals at UN. The language used at UN is English so the English ability is necessary if you want to work at UN. Dr.Ueki encouraged students to go to graduate schools to improve English as well as to obtain special knowledge. Finally, Dr.Ueki addressed that high English skills is important but communication skill is more important. 
Student Comment：  ● I didn’t know about UN, so today I learned that UN has done so much to contribute to the world. ● I gained interests in PR job at UN. ● I thought that it is important to understand the issues in developing countries, not only about already developed countries. ● I felt that the jobs at UN is rewarding but it is also dangerous sometimes. 

◆ Tokyo University of Science 　School of Management  Dr.Marat Zhanikeev
【PBL “Problem” and Innovation Project Development 】　Attended Student : 2        

　The keyterm for the lecture was “Innovation” and Dr.Zhankeev used a storage system of Amazon as an example of abstract concept of “Innovation”. When we think of innovation, the first thing that comes to our mind is being creative, however according to Dr.Zhanikeev innovation is 90% hard work in addition to10% imagination, You tend to think that you have to be creative, but it relies a lot on hardworking. The most important thing is to see the world and think broadly.

Student Comment：  This lecture helped me feel “Innovation” more familiar. I often use Amazon.com, and the lecturer shared that even a big company like Amazon has issues. I learned today that there is a communication method called “elevator pitch” and it is important to tell people about our own rivals. 

◆Tokyo University of Science, Faculty of Management       Dr.Takafumi Sasaki 
【How Japanese Corporations Can Improve Their Evaluation】Attended Student :24        

Dr.Sasak started asking students questions: “Why do you think that Japanese corporations has lost their competitiveness?”, “Why Japanese corporations continue the business that is not profitable?”. Japan has issues such as population decrease, environment and disparity. While dealing with these issues, how Japanese corporations can do better again? Japanese corporations do not like to make changes, and this tendency and employment issues may be the hinderance to the growth of Japanese corporations.  Students also learned how corporations are influenced by stakeholders and what is the benefit of placing CEOs from outside of their own corporations. Some Japanese companies work better when they have outside unaffiliated directors, but some companies may not function well in the circumstances like that. 

Student Comment： I didn’t know much about economy but I was interested in the topic of the lecture very much. I thought I should follow news and newspaper, and I also should check the terms I don’t know. Japanese companies has lost their competitiveness so they are said to be not profitable anymore. Having unaffiliated directors and also having new visions, only few companies, such as TOYOTA, may sustain for the future. 

◆Beyond School Vice President Koyo Katsuyama / Ai Shibata (Junten Senior High School ）他
【Study Abroad x Career Workshop 】　Attended Students :33

In accordance with the theme, “Our Future!- Think Together”, Beyond School’s members gave a lecture. Eleven university students came to teach the class and one university student worked with one high school student group. All the university students in the lecture have experience living and studying abroad, so they gave their successors suggestions and advice on taking true actions. The university student teachers gave the impressions and feedbacks about their experience in studying abroad then help Junten high school students draw their futures. Junten 3rd Year students Ai Shibata shared her experience studying UK on Tobitate Japan and she encouraged her classmates to find something they “really like”.
Student Comment：  ● Ms.Shibata’s story was inspiring. I would like to take actions like Ms.Shibata and the university students who came to the lecture today. I am interested in tobitate now. ● I understand the importance of the connection between people and people. It made me think that I should push forward what I like. ● I was a little worried about my own future as I didn’t have clear ideas. Today I thought that I could pursuit my dream to be a doctor. I learned how important experience is.  I was able to think and realize my value. I was able to talk with t a student in the medical school, which was great experience. 

◆Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Junten Senior High School  Mr.Tetsuji Yoshii 
【Western Modern History from the View of World System and International Relations  】Attended Students 26

 “World Product”: Things the World Wants at the Time: The lecture looked into the productions and distributions after the Age of Discovery and how the changes have influenced the international relations in the modern time. the world history after the 16 century developed depending on what country had the most Wold Product at the time.  The earlier part of the 16 C., sugar was the World Product. Sugar was the symbol of wealth then and Europe had the control over its trade and distribution.
Student Comment： ● The battles surrounding “World Product” influenced the world politics. It was interesting to understand the history from different view points. ●”The System of the World” has been developed around “items” and their productions and distributions. I thought that we could say in a way the world history is really about fighting over “items”. ● I understand that powerful Europe put much efforts in securing territories because they wanted to dominate “world products” and protect their wealth. 

◆Japanese Red Cross College of Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Dr.Tadao Inoue   
【“Mercy in Wars″～The Roles of Red Cross and International Humanitarian Law 】　Attended Students : 21

　Dr.Inouce started explaining the meaning of the Red Cross logo and went on talking about the founder of Red Cross, Jean Henri Dunant. Dunant had a realistic mission to help wounded people in wars, rather than working to advocate for no more wars. Dr.Inoue shared the story about St.Kolbe and a Polish Army Sergeant Gajowniczek at the concentration and extermination camp of Auschwitz–Birkenau and it made the class very sad thinking of the people at the Auschwitz-Birkenau whose human rights were totally ignored and were treated inhumanely. 　
Student Comment：● I was able to know the philosophy and missions or Red Cross. With the history of the victims, I would like to work for human rights. ● I was shocked to know that the brutally towards people has bee still continuing 70 years after the war. I learned today that helping people is in our innate and not just as a good gesture. ● I wanted to remember that our life is built upon someone else’s loss. I could be the victim. I happened to be born here, but that was only an coincidence. Children in poverty is also trying very hard, and they are not lazy at all. 

◆ Waseda University, School of Creative Science and Engineering Dr. Akinori Morimoto 
【Next Generation Transportation and Compact City】Attended Students : 27

　Japan is facing the population issue and we need to think about changing to compact city planning. There are more senior citizens and empty houses in the cities, so Japan needs to change from the sunburn development to the station-centered urban city planning. Japan needs next generation transportation which will stay away from automobiles. As a next transportation method, there is ＬＲＴ（Light Rail Transit）. LRT is a new type of train that is environmentally friendly,  lot platform so it is easy for elderlies and wheel chairs. In may advanced countries, there is a shift from automobiles to LRT. In fact, Toyama city and Utsunomiya city have developed a new urban city designing.

Student Comment：I was interested in how LRT will be developing. I was very fascinated by the LRT technology and a new idea that is to fill streets with self-driving cars. I was going to study motors in university but now I thought it is interesting to learn about transportation management. 

◆ Junten Senior High School /University of Tokyo, Graduate School, Faculty of Education
 SGH Staff Erika Atarashi

【Rethink what “Communication Skills” mean?】　Attended Students : 32

Thirteen consecutive years, the communication skills have been the number one required skills that corporations see in new hires. From young to adult in Japan, people want to improve communication skills, but what exactly that is? The definition of the term “communication” has long been defined so vaguely. This is one of the reasons that it is hard to find the way to improve it. In this sessions, Ms.Atarashi encouraged students to understand a common information with other classmates by talking and causally sharing their own thoughts with others. This is one way to communicate with others. 
Student Comment：I used to think that I do not want to be misunderstood, do not want to fail, but today Ms.Atarashi told us that it is okay to feel that way and experience such feelings. 

◆Takushoku University, Faculty of Foreign Languages, Chinese, Mr. 樂　大維
【The Language and Culture of Taiwan】　Attended Students : 32

　Students learned the differences and similarities of Tiawn and China. Counting the numbers is the same and Chinese and Taiwanese that are used by 16 different indigenous peoples. The most common people is Ami. Students took a quiz to learn about the life style differences.  In Taiwan, Soup Gyoza is eaten and not fried Gyoza. It is common to have lotteries on the receipts. Red is a happy color, yellow is a color of caution and taxies. Diapers are popular gifts and people like them. Handkerchiefs remind people of sadness so they are not appropriate gifts.  If you eat something in the subway, you will be charged with 1,500 gen (5,600 yen).
Student Comment：I learned today that there are different languages in Taiwan and different characters are used. Young Taiwanese like Japanese culture and a lot of Japanese companies have their operations in Taiwan. I learned things that we can’t usually see in our school trip, it was very interesting. 

◆ Asahi Newspaper, Mr.Noriki Ishitobi 
【Video Culture through Films and TVs】Attended Students : 32

We can enjoy movies without thinking too much but when you see a movie with a different with view points, the story becomes more interesting to us. After watching a film, exchanging you ideas and thoughts with your friends makes it more fun. Today we watched one scene from a movie and Mr.Ishitobi explained what the intentions of the director of the particular scene. We know of this movie very well, but changing the view points and knowing the backstories, make the film more interesting. 
Student Comment：I didn’t know that there are a lot of well though-out details are included in the film. When I found them, I enjoyed the film more. ● I learned that different directors use different ways to express anger or happiness. When I see a same movie more than one time, I learned that I could find new interesting points about it. ● It was interesting to learn that different techniques are applied to different movies. Music expressed the emotions, weather of the day- that was interesting too. 

◆ Tokyo Denki University, 　Information and Engineering, Dr.Takehiko Kobayashi 
【Cell Phones and Mobile Wifi- How it Works?】Attended Students : 24

Students learned the difference between mobile phones and regular phones. They also learned the concept of “cellular” and protocols to understand the world telegraph and telephone trends and internet development. Dr.Kobayashi explained how mobile phones work and the difference between mobile internet and wire connection internet. At the end, Dr.Kobayashi addressed the roles of research at universities and how electric communication will influenced the world. 
Student Comment： The lecture was very interesting. I learned how telegraph and telephone works and learned the terminology. Dr.Kobayashi has experience researching at corporations and also at universities, which was very practical and helpful for me. Now I know how packet and cellular communications work.  I was shocked to know that Graham Bell’S phones didn’t use electricity.