Jan.

I was interviewed by the Hosei University Newspaper Society. The topic was the growing economic disparity among students. Since the second division (evening division) was abolished, it is no longer possible for students to attend the university while working. Students are forcing themselves to balance work and coursework, but as a result, an increasing number of students are failing to graduate in four years and are staying in school. Hosei University used to be a university that students with financial difficulties and students from rural areas could attend. There are some things that can be done now, such as increasing the number of on-demand courses that allow students to study online regardless of their location, creating day and evening courses, and allowing students to take courses in the School of Correspondence Education with restrictions. I hope to make Hosei University a university of choice for students from rural areas who have difficulty in coming to Tokyo by making these features unique to Hosei University, just as we did in the past.

Afterwards, I participated in the debriefing session of the "Manabi Program," a six-month staff training program, where 11 staff members wrote policy proposals to solve the problems of their departments, and today each gave a seven-minute presentation, receiving tough questions and critiques. It was a tense and brilliant program.

The first entrance ceremony will be held on September 9. The university will also dispatch a lecturer. Students will be able to come and go as well.

I had a meeting with Mr. Yasuhiro Ooi, an alumnus of TUAT and Senior Managing Director of Tokyo Metropolitan Television, regarding a TV interview with Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike. Mr. Oi is not only an alumnus, but also an alumnus of Masaji Nobayashi's linguistics course, which I took in my first year at the university and featured in the book "Freedom, the Plaza" (2016, Hosei University Press). Though it was a liberal arts course, like a seminar, the alumni remained close until later, and it looks like a TV interview with Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike will happen in April.
The HOSEI2030 Special Subcommittee on Campus Restructuring was then held. In addition, a meeting of deans was held.

Executive Trustee and Executive Trustee Roundtable Meetings were held.

In the evening, I attended the presentation ceremony of the Asahi Shimbun's Obutsu Jiro Prize as a judge. The presentation ceremony was held in conjunction with the Asahi Prize, the Asahi Sports Prize, and the Obutsu Jiro Award. The Obutsu Jiro Prize went to Hajime Kurokawa for his book "Tsurumi Shunsuke Biography. I worked with Shunsuke Tsurumi when I was a member of the first Asahi Shimbun Book Review Committee. Not only did I hear various stories from him at committee meetings, but he also invited me to dialogue and roundtable discussions with him. I met her older sister, Kazuko Tsurumi, at symposiums and other events, and after she entered a facility for the elderly in Kyoto, I had the opportunity to have a conversation with her. I have also reviewed their books. I have also reviewed their books. She is their younger sister, Ms. Akiko Uchiyama, who is now 90 years old. When I introduced myself, including how I met Shunsuke and Kazuko, she said, "Well, we have a connection. My husband has been taking care of me. She was the wife of Mr. Shozo Uchiyama, Professor Emeritus of Hosei University. Professor Uchiyama taught civil and labor law at the Faculty of Law. Even after his retirement from Hosei University, his seminar students continued to visit his house, and when Mr. Uchiyama passed away, his seminar students expressed their gratitude to him for everything he had done for them. When Dr. Uchiyama passed away, the seminar students thanked him for everything he had done for them. In "Biography of Shunsuke Tsurumi," Akiko's writings are often quoted, and it is very interesting to read about the different side of the Tsurumi family from the common people, which was also the family of Shunsuke, Kazuko, and Akiko's grandfather, Shimpei Goto. The second son and daughter were treated completely differently from the eldest son and daughter, and Akiko grew up next door to the maid's room. Nevertheless, her mother relied on Akiko, and Akiko took care of her mother and took care of her end of life.

A meeting of the institute's directors was held. Afterwards, a DVD for students graduating in March was recorded. The Executive Trustee and Trustee meetings were held at the Japan University Accreditation Association (JUAA).

A celebration was held for those who passed the CPA examination. This year, 34 students passed the exam, 16 of whom are current students. This is a testament to the efforts of the teachers who have guided the students.

A meeting of school principals was held.
Afterwards, a member of the Science Council of Japan secretariat came to the room and explained the activities of the Science Council of Japan over the past year. Since last year, I have been serving as the chairperson of the external evaluation committee of the Science Council of Japan, which evaluates the activities of the Science Council of Japan over the past year and reports its findings at the Science Council of Japan General Assembly in April. The Science Council of Japan is an important organization that sets the direction of Japanese academia, and although it is located in the Cabinet Office, it is independent.
Later, a representative from the Tokyo Metropolitan Government's Bureau of Life and Culture visited the room. He explained about the Tokyo Arts and Culture Council, which he was to assume.

Executive Trustee and Executive Trustee Roundtable Meetings were held.

A meeting of the board of directors of a company outside the university was held. Afterwards, I was invited by the person in charge of public relations to talk about the branding process of TUAT. The idea of TUAT branding is of great interest to companies. It is not just a matter of raising awareness, but also of guiding business decisions. In a global company, employees around the world must be aware not only of profits, but also of their contribution to society. Moreover, speed is required in making decisions and taking action. What kind of value creation are you working for? Companies are also looking for ways to have a firm grasp of this.

After an overnight stay on the plane, he arrived at Haneda around noon and entered the President's office. After making decisions and holding meetings, the deans' meeting and the deans' round-table meeting followed.

Each of us departed. I took a boat to the airport with Paul Waley, a British professor at the University of Leeds, who told me that his grandfather's brother was Arthur Waley, known as the first translator of "The Tale of Genji" into English.

After an overnight stay on the plane, they arrived in Venice a little after 9:00 in the morning. Professor Rosa Caroli of the University of Venice met us at the airport. We took a boat from the airport to the hotel, which reminded me of my first visit to Venice about 20 years ago, when I arrived early in the morning and took a boat across the misty sea to the hotel's riverbank. It was beautiful to see seagulls lined up one by one on the piles in the spray of the waves. Shortly after arriving at the hotel, we began a walking field trip before the symposium with Professor Emeritus Hidenobu Jinnai and other researchers from the Edo Tokyo Research Center. Professor Emeritus Jinnai guided us around the city so that we could see the overall structure of the city. Among other things, we learned not only about the canals, but also their relationship with the sea. In the evening, there was a dinner hosted by the University of Venice.

The Hosei University Supporters' Association, an organization of the university's parents, held its New Year's party, as it does every year. I spoke about the HOSEI Museum, which will open this year. Panels of the museum were also displayed at the event. In the evening, I left for Paris via Venice to give a lecture at the University of Venice (officially called Università Ca' Foscari di Venezia).

The Asahi Shimbun newspaper interviewed me about why Edo culture is attracting so much attention. They said they will compile an article focusing on the late Ms. Hinoko Sugiura, and there is a movement to look back on the Edo boom in the 80s and at that time.
A scheduling meeting for the next fiscal year was then held.

The Executive Trustee meeting was held. The Executive Trustee roundtable meeting was then held on different themes for each of the three types of meetings.

The Japan Association of Private Colleges and Universities held its Trustee meeting and New Year's reception.

On the third and fourth days of the New Year, I worked on several manuscripts I had been asked to write, prepared materials for a lecture at the University of Venice to be held on January 13th, and made overall proofreading for the paperback edition of my book "Nuno no Chikara" (The Power of the Cloth), and wrote the afterword for the book. As usual, New Year's Day is a work day.
Today, I appeared on the TBS Sunday Morning New Year's special program, which has become an annual tradition. The theme of this year's program was "Deepening Divide, Unhappy Times. The New Year began with the news that the U.S. had killed Iran's Soleimani military commander. A war may be brewing. The special program consisted of three parts: 1) "World Turmoil," 2) "The Rise and Fall of the U.S. Hegemony and the Global Divide," and 3) "Is Infantilization the Key to Global Turmoil?" The program consisted of three parts. To briefly summarize my remarks, I stated that (1) refugees need support for economic independence, (2) the state has lost its redistribution function, and (3) localism is necessary to increase self-sufficiency and solidify a foothold in order to break free from the insecurity. He also mentioned the need to introduce localism to get off the ground.