Graduate School of International Cooperation Studies (GSICS), Kobe University
From September 2021 to June 2022, I participated in the Campus Asia double degree program and studied at the School of International Relations and Public Administration (SIRPA), Fudan University in China. This program is carried out in three countries, Japan, China, and South Korea. This article introduces my experience in the double degree program and […]
The 2nd International Hybrid Conference on Japanology in New Era was organized by the Department of Japanese Studies, University of Dhaka with the support of the Japan Foundation on January 14th and 15th, 2023. This conference is a platform to exchange and discuss research findings and renewed ideas with researchers and students on various perspectives […]
Ogawa Seminar students, Natsumi Shibata, Rika Sugiura, Yousuf Dass, and Yuka Furutani, participated in the Campus Asia Plus short-term exchange study program at the National University of Laos (NUOL) from 21st August to 19th September 2022. The program consisted of a one-week intensive course at the National University of Laos (NUOL) and a three-week internship […]
I went to Nairobi, Kenya, from 6 October to 19 December 2022 to collect information for my dissertation. Although my doctoral dissertation will mainly focus on quantitative analysis using household surveys, this opportunity was invaluable for filling up the gap in the dataset. Thanks to a research grant funded by the “Kobe University Premium Program,” […]
From June 1st, 2022 to November 30th, 2022, I conducted an internship at UNESCO Educational Bureau of Asia Pacific Region (UNESCO Bangkok). I had to manage my tasks online for the first two months due to the COVID-19 pandemic. From August 1st, I moved to Thailand and started my internship in person. My main duties […]
The 33rd Japan Society for International Development (JASID) Annual Conference was held on 3rd and 4th of December 2022 at Meiji University. The 33rd JASID conference was held offline and online. At the conference, there were 32 sessions and 9 poster sessions in which the topic was related to education, economics, environment, social development, community, […]
On August 26, 2022, Himeji Shikisai High School students visited the Graduate School of International Cooperation Studies (GSICS) at Kobe University as part of their English practice class. The group was composed of thirty-three students and five teachers. From GSICS, ten students joined the event. Three moments were scheduled: a lecture by Ogawa sensei, group […]
On 24th August 2022, Dr. Albert Byamugisha presented on the topic of “World Bank Support to Uganda” to the students in Professor Ogawa’s class “World Bank & SDGs”. At first, he introduced the main roles of the World Bank which is designed to finance projects that enhances the economic development of its 189 member states […]
From March 28 to July 22, 2022, I conducted my internship at the UNICEF Tokyo Office. UNICEF Tokyo Office is working for a financial cooperation on ODA as a part of New York headquarters public partnership. During my internship, I was assigned to the Public Partnership Divisionand engaged explicitly in two activities. First, I reviewed and […]
On July 1st, 2022, the University of Dhaka’s Department of Japanese Studies, where Ogawa seminar’s alumni Dr. Md Jahangir Alam works, received an award from the Japanese Foreign Minister for outstanding contributions to the promotion of friendly relationships, including an academic exchange between Japan and Bangladesh, the expansion of Japanese studies in Bangladesh, and the […]
