Student Presentation of 2014 Summer Program uploaded:

http://www.ipo.titech.ac.jp/campusasia/intl_students/presentations/2014.html

 

On August 5, 2014, Mr. Shinoharu Tatekawa – a promising young Japanese rakugo performer – visited Tokyo Tech for the third time. We organized this rakugo performance primarily to introduce Japanese culture to international students and visitors here at Tokyo Tech, although Shinoharu commented, “I hope the audience gains something deeper than just an introductory experience of Japanese culture.”

Shinoharu started the performance with a brief history of rakugo and explained how the performance depends on one’s imagination. “When a performer takes off his gown (haori), it signals the beginning of the story,” Shinoharu explained, before removing his own haori and starting a performance of Tenshiki, a classic comedy story involving a Buddhist priest, who is pretending to be a smart aleck, and a wise disciple. Even though Shinoharu almost always starts his performance with Tenshiki, it is possible to enjoy the same rakugo story again and again, even when performed by the same person. After this first performance we had a lively Q&A session.

Finally, Shinoharu performed another classic comedy called The Liquor Gate, the story of a samurai residence which banned alcohol due to an unfortunate drunken incident. However, a hard-drinking samurai resident secretly acquires some good Japanese sake from a liquor shop. If you would like to know what happens next, please join us at next year’s performance.
 

Following the event, I was able to get some impressions from the audience: 

“The rakugo performance by Shinoharu was really impressive. He used different voices to create various characters and kept the audience interested in the plot. Although the stories are originally Japanese, he conveyed the meaning concisely in confident English. I hope that he can bring his brilliant performance every year to our program participants!”

Wentao Tang (CAMPUS Asia student from China)

 

“This was the first time for me to see rakugo. It was very well done and I’m still thinking about it now. It is very difficult to translate the traditional story into English while retaining Japanese culture and humor. But Shinoharu really did it. I think his rakugo is a good way for foreigners to learn about Japanese culture enjoyably.‍”

Xiaoying Liu (CAMPUS Asia student from China)

 

"Shinoharu Tatekawa is awesome! I was especially impressed with his ability to use rakugo to convey Japanese humor in a form that makes native English speakers laugh. He put on a terrific show."

Brian Woodall (TiROP Visiting Scholar & Georgia Tech professor)

 

"We thoroughly enjoyed the rakugo performance by Shinoharu Tatekawa! I particularly enjoyed the Q&A session where Shinoharu explained how he had to alter the traditional Japanese story for an English-speaking audience so that the humor was not lost. I would love to see him perform again!"

Joyce Woodall (from US)


 

 

Kana Nishino

International Cooperation Planner/Associate Professor International Office

CAMPUS Asia Program is introduced on the SPECIAL TOPICS page of Tokyo Tech Website.

This is the third time we invite Mr. Shinoharu Tatekawa to perform Rakugo Live at Tokyo Tech on Aug. 5, 2014, Tuesday.

For your information, please find last year’s news below:
http://www.titech.ac.jp/english/news/2013/008156.html


Shinoharu is the third disciple of Shinosuke Tatekawa, one of the most famous Rakugo artists in Japan.

After graduating from Yale University, Shinoharu worked at Mitsui & Co., where he saw Rakugo performed for the first time when he was 25 years old.

He will perform both classic and original Rakugo story this time.
We will also have time for Q&A after the performance. Please join us and enjoy Rakugo!

Entrance free, No registration needed.

Date & Time: August 5th, Tuesday, 15:00 - 17:00
Venue: Room H-111, Main Bldg., Ookayama Campus 

English brochure: RAKUGO Live 2014.pdf
For inquiries：campusasia@jim.titech.ac.jp

The Global Workshop on CAMPUS Asia Consortium will host a special lecture, "Sharing Asia - Potentials and Problems: Environmental Issues -", on July 14, 2014.

Akira Ikegami, a professor in the Center for Liberal Arts at Tokyo Tech who is also widely recognized as one of the most influential journalists in Japan and frequent TV program host, and Patrick Harlan, a Harvard-educated Japanese TV personality and lecturer in the Center for Liberal Arts, will discuss issues that matter to today's Asian youth with Tokyo Tech students and international exchange students.

Please see the flyer for the details: 0714Sharing Asia_flyer_rev.pdf

Opening Ceremony: July 2, 2014
Closing Ceremony: August 22, 2014
For full program schedule, please click CAMPUS Asia Summer School_2014_asof0623.pdf

Course Syllabus

Advanced Technology in Emerging Fields 1pdf 

Advanced Technology in Emerging Fields 2.pdf

Science & Engineering Communication Project. pdf

Course Syllabi
Advanced Technology in Emerging Fields 1.pdf

     
           2013 Opening Ceremony                          2013 Bus Tour

On February 21, 2014, Tokyo Tech hosted the first Global Workshop titled “Quantum Leap from Asia to a Globally Sustainable Future” at its Ookayama Campus for the TKT CAMPUS Asia Consortium, created by the governments of Japan, China and Korea. 

Faculty and students representing Tsinghua University (China), KAIST (Korea), and Tokyo Tech, as well as special guests from the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (China) and Nanyang Technological University (Singapore) gathered to discuss the future of international collaboration and the advancement of Asia’s science and technology in the global community.

The workshop started with welcome remarks by Professor Kikuo Kishimoto, Dean of the Graduate School of Science and Engineering, followed by a speech by the Guest of Honor from MEXT, Mr. Kuniaki Sato, the deputy director of the Office for International Planning in the Higher Education Bureau.

The morning session consisted of special lectures by two renowned scholars. Professor Joseph Hun-wei Lee, Vice President of the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, first gave an interesting talk on the “Journal of Hydro-Environment Research: A Success Story of Asian Collaboration.” Next, Professor Nam-Joon Cho of Nanyang Technological University delivered a presentation titled “Global NTU: Building a World-Class Research University for the 21^st Century” to explain how NTU turned itself into one of the fastest rising, top-ranked universities in the world.

The workshop resumed after lunch with a series of presentations by students from the three TKT CAMPUS Asia participating universities. They shared their study-abroad and research experiences in the TKT CAMPUS Asia program and actively interacted with the audience during the Q & A session. After student presentations, the workshop was divided into two sections that took place concurrently. Invited faculty and students from the three TKT CAMPUS Asia universities gathered for group discussions on current global issues such as the environment, social networks, infollution and scientific literacy, while Professor Hara moderated a highly engaging open discussion with the rest of the workshop participants on “Quality Assurance and Problem-Solving Global Human Resource Education.” Professor Hara's session touched on such issues as globalization, education reform, university rankings and university branding.

To draw the one-day workshop to a close, one student from each of the four discussion groups shared their opinions about how they should go about helping to solve global issues as young scientists. With the active discussions and information exchanges throughout the day, the Global Workshop certainly met its goal of bringing everyone together to help facilitate international collaboration and further sci-tech development among leading Asian sci-tech universities.

The 2014 Call for TKT CAMPUS Asia Summer Progam (including Summer & Joint Educational Combined Program) applications is now closed. This year we have received many highly qualified applications and thank you all for your interest in our program. The selection process has been underway and the tentative result will be out sometime in March. 

If you have any questions regarding our program, please do not hesitate to contact CAMPUS Asia office at campusasia@jim.titech.ac.jp.

We are pleased to announce that Tokyo Tech will host the first Global Workshop for the TKT CAMPUS Asia Consortium on February 21 at its Ookayama Campus.

Date and Time	Friday, February 21, 9:40 ～ 17:30
Venue	West Bldg. 9, Multi-Purpose Digital Hall (map)
Title	Global Workshop on TKT CAMPUS Asia Consortium “Quantum Leap from Asia to a Globally Sustainable Future”
Guest Speakers	Joseph Jun-wei Lee, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology Nam-Joon Cho, Nanyang Technological University
Registration	Free (deadline: February 16, 2014)

For registration and more information, please visit our event website.