Sept.

A roundtable discussion on the theme of "A New Choice: Wind People Unbound by the Times" was held in Aoyama. It was a commemorative event for the publication of the book, "A New Choice of 'Wind People' to Change the Region," and was organized by the seminar students of Professor Hiroyuki Fujishiro of Faculty of Social Sciences. Local journalist Terumi Tanaka and I were the guests. The "people of the soil" are those who were born and raised in the local community, while the "people of the wind" are those who come from the outside and change the community. I was asked the question, "There were people of the wind in the Edo period, weren't there?" I am the one who receives the question, "What do you mean? In other words, I am not appearing as President, but as an Edo researcher. Indeed, so many occupations were moving and drifting in the Edo period, and the drifters changed the culture of the settled people. And, having grown up in the countryside, OGISOvilification, who grew up in the countryside, sharply pointed out what was wrong with the samurai in Edo and the provincial cities. People of the wind," is a wonderful phrase.

It was a degree conferment ceremony for September graduates. Unlike in March, even if it is now only an issue for the Self-Defense Forces, the participation of Japanese nationals, including Self-Defense Force personnel, in the war has become a real issue. How do universities face this reality? How will the university face this reality? As a citizen, I must continue to think about this issue, and at the same time, I must continue to think about my position as " President " a position that has a history of sending students to the battlefield together with the government. We need to have a comprehensive vision for the future of society and the university, not just an opposition to it.

Today is the day of the Fall Admission Ceremony for GIS (the Faculty of Global and Interdisciplinary Studies Global Studies), which was held in a small, intimate setting.
On the April Commencement Day, I spoke about Malala Yousufzai. Today, as a continuation of that story, I talked about how in July the Malala Foundation created a girls' school for Syrian refugees in eastern Lebanon. As new students know that more than 300,000 Syrian refugees have already entered Europe, I mentioned that 10 times more people than that are living as refugees in the countries surrounding Syria, and I told them that schools are created because citizens of that era need them, and that Hosei University We asked the students to imagine what it was like at the time of its establishment.
From next year, the entrance ceremony will be held in conjunction with several graduate schools. Gradually, the number of students enrolling in the fall will increase. The farewell address will be given twice a year. Will it be possible to make it a "sequel"?

The Mainichi Newspaper interviewed us. The reporter, who learned about the content of my confession at the degree conferment ceremony held in March, came to ask about the situation in Japan in the background of the postwar environmental problems.

I was told that there was a meeting of the British Alumni Association, so I sent a video message to them. I was in Oxford for a year, so it was very nostalgic. I would be happy to have another opportunity to visit the U.K., but as the President first duty is to protect the university, there will be no personal travel while I am in office.

The Japan Society of Medical Social Welfare held a conference at Japan Women's University, where I delivered a keynote lecture on "Looking at Life and Curing from the Perspective of Edo: Life and Curing. I also discussed "Yosei-kun" by Kaibara Masuken, in which he says something like this: "Without yosei, there is no medicine and no needles. In the book, there is a passage in which Kaibara Mashuken says, "Attacking and trying to cure illnesses with medicines and acupuncture without curing them is like using military power instead of virtue to govern a country. Fighting a hundred times and winning a hundred times is meaningless" (modern translation). Virtue is the ability to realize ethical ideals and the power to act, express, and inspire.

In Shizuoka, I gave a lecture sponsored by the Shizuoka Nikkei Konwakai. I spoke on "Globalization and the Edo Period. Japan should be able to "uniquely respond" to globalization in various ways, not by following or becoming a pawn of a major power.

The President Cup and All-Hosei Golf Tournament sponsored by the Alumni Association was held at the Kingfields Golf Club in Chiba Prefecture. Last year, I had to give a lecture in a rural area and could not go to hand out the President Cup, but this year, I successfully handed the cup to the winner.
Even though heavy rain, thunder, and gusty winds were forecast for Chiba Prefecture that day, it only rained a little in the morning on the golf course, but not at all the rest of the day, and the sun even came out at times. Then, just as everyone finished playing and the indoor cup-passing reception was about to begin, it began to rain. It was like a miracle.

I am a little tired from all the standing around. I wish I could take a day off, but today is the 90th anniversary celebration of the cheerleading squad. I can't take a day off. The ceremony was held in the afternoon and a big party was held in the evening with about 800 people.
The cheerleading squad has not only contributed to the establishment of the school song, but has also created many other cheer songs since then. In particular, the cheerleaders of Hosei University were the pioneers of cheerleading in Japan.
Naoko Asai, a Hosei University student, became the first Japanese to study American cheerleading while still in school, won the grand trophy, and became a pioneer of cheerleading. The cheerleading squad is composed of a leader club, a cheerleading club, and a brass band, and has created a unique cheerleading style for 90 years.