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Vol. 10contentsSophia People20A Broad Perspective OpensNew Global HorizonsYumiko Murakami, Head of OECD Tokyo CentreResearch Narrows Gap Between Cats andHumans, Makes Global SplashAtsuko Saito, Associate Professor, Department of PsychologyHistorical Studies of Christianity in Japan, with a Unique and Global PerspectiveFr. Shinzo Kawamura, S.J., Professor, Department of HistoryResearch10Jesuit Education for All:Helping Universities Grow as Holistic CommunitiesFr. Arturo Sosa, S.J., Superior General of the Society of JesusFr. Tsutomu Sakuma, S.J., Chancellor of Sophia School CorporationYoshiaki Terumichi, President of Sophia UniversitySpecial Talk6Campus News3Yoshiaki Terumichi, President of Sophia UniversitySolutions for Fostering Human Resourcesin an Age of Change: Professional Studies,a New Industry-Academia CollaborationApproach16Network32Look Back30Learning28Sophia’s Global Push for Island SustainabilityAnne McDonald, Professor, Graduate School of Global Environmental StudiesAkemi Ori, Dean, Graduate School ofGlobal Environmental StudiesStudents Connecting with the WorldVoice26For the Children of East Timor, Who Hold the Future in Their HandsRei Sudo, Graduate School of Human Sciences Master’s Program in EducationStudent23Sophia University ChoirOn the coverIt is our virtue that students, faculty, and staff are all close here at Sophia University. Physically, in the sense of the campus being compact, but we are also connected in our hearts, facilitating dialogue and making a spirit of cooperation apparent in all our endeavors. Our educational spirit as a Catholic university, encapsulated in the maxim, “Men and Women for Others, with Others,” permeates the daily life on campus, and that is our appeal.The unique compactness of our close-knit university is also reflected in our approach to academic research. Sophia’s academic environ-ment covers substantial fields of study, enabling our curricula to transcend categories of ‘arts’ and ‘sciences,’ and making interdisciplinary re-search both feasible and highly accessible to all. Human security and the environment are two areas emblematic of this, both being major fo-cuses of Sophia’s current activity. Both interdis-ciplinary and multidisciplinary approaches are applied to these subjects, with research making remarkable progress and gaining great acclaim from the wider academic community.We are also engaged in developing a wide-ranging program of international academic exchange. One example is the MIRAI proj-ect, joined by 15 universities in Sweden and Japan, which aims to foster young researchers by encouraging interaction amongst them and improving their research capacities. MIRAI recently entered its third year, and due to its marked success, we are considering keeping the program running into next year and beyond. Meanwhile, the joint research alliance SACRU began this fall to conduct joint research and international exchanges in various fields in conjunction with Catholic universities across regions including Europe, the United States, Oceania, and South America.At Sophia University, research ethics and security trade controls are also honored. We pledge to continue to provide instruction on research ethics to all members involved in Sophia’s research activities, undergraduate and graduate students as well as faculty; whilst our level of compliance in security trade control has been highly rated by the Japanese govern-ment and become a model for other academic institutions.Based on such efforts and our distinc-tive research environment, we will continue to pursue significant international joint research and academic exchange, while striving to make meaningful contributions toward solving global issues.KazuhiroEmaVice President for Academic Research Affairs; Professor, Department of Engineering and Applied SciencesSophia&I2

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