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As is already well known, a strong corporate governance system is indispensable for a company to grow and develop sustainably. Whenever various corporate crimes and scandals occur, a system for effectively monitoring management is discussed. However, preventing corporate crime is only one aspect of corporate governance. On the other hand, companies must achieve dynamic management in the global market, which also requires effective motivation for management. This also constitutes another aspect of corporate governance.
In addition to the "mechanism" of corporate governance, an even more important factor is the top management (chief executive officer or chief decision-maker) that actually exists at the core of the mechanism.
In this lecture, we will consider specific corporate governance issues in Japan and South Korea from a historical perspective, based on the concept and theoretical background of corporate governance (theory of corporations).
The companies to be dealt with in this lecture are Mitsukoshi Department Store, Matsushita Electric (currently Panasonic), Kikkoman, Hitachi, Chugai Pharmaceutical as Japanese companies, and five major conglomerates (Samsung, Hyundai Motor, LG, SK, Lotte) as Korean companies. Hanjin, Doosan, etc.
The objective of this course to understand how to apply the economic theories and econometrics methods in analysing education and human capital accumulations in developing countries.
This course helps students analyze the real economy using microeconomics and macroeconomics. For example, Japan's economic policy regarding semiconductors have several difference facades, i.e., industrial, trade, and national security policy. By investigating the purposes and goals of such policy, considering their policy tools, and reviewing critical views on such policy, students will learn how to analyze economic policy in general. This is not a lecture style course. Students must work on their own research topic.
Lectures on the fundamentals of microeconometrics and methods of causal inference will be given. For example, it is quite difficult to correctly estimate how much of an effect of having an education has on increasing income. This is because individuals who have had better access to education have the potential to earn higher incomes by nature, for example, because they are healthier or because their parents have higher incomes. One goal of microeconometrics is to measure the true effect of education, taking into account the impact of such individual attributes and other factors on income (the analysis is not limited to education and labor, but includes a variety of topics such as healthcare and business, of course).
In the first half of the lecture, students will learn the computation of the ordinary least squares (OLS) method, the interpretation of the results, and the assumptions necessary for the OLS estimator to have statistically desirable properties. The second half of the lecture will introduce various methods for making causal inferences when the OLS assumptions are not satisfied.
The course will be provided based on a new textbook expected to publish in 2024. The course will focus on carbon neutrality and various climate scenarios, ESG investment and sustainable finance, ESG corporate management, as well as the cases of the European Union, United Kingdom, China, the United States, and Japan, based on the textbook published in July 2022. The course will focus on policy, money and civil society movements related to carbon neutrality.
This course will learn about the recent global economic and financial issues, monetary policy, and issues related to SDGs corporate management and ESG investment.
In this class, students learn about various health issues related to community health care and the healthcare systems, and learn what solutions should be formulated from the standpoint of local governments.
The class consists of three parts: Part 1: Introduction to regional systems, Part 2: Regional health issues, and Part 3: Proposing policy issues from the standpoint of local governments (group work).
Basic knowledge is not required, but students with insufficient knowledge are requested to read through the handouts and prior study materials.
Group work is only for those who wish to do so, and students who do not wish to do group work will be given tests and other assignments.
In this course, students will learn basic epidemiology, health policy and health communication. Epidemiology is "the study of how disease is distributed in populations and the factors that influence or determine this distribution" and the goals are preventing diseases, enhancing healthy life and quality of life.
By the end of the course, students will acquire the knowledge on basic research design, causal inferences, and ability for logical thinking.
In this class, students learn about various health issues related to community health care and the healthcare systems, and learn what solutions should be formulated from the standpoint of local governments.
The class consists of three parts: Part 1: Introduction to regional systems, Part 2: Regional health issues, and Part 3: Proposing policy issues from the standpoint of local governments (group work).
Basic knowledge is not required, but students with insufficient knowledge are requested to read through the handouts and prior study materials.
Group work is only for those who wish to do so, and students who do not wish to do group work will be given tests and other assignments.
In this course, students will learn basic epidemiology, health policy and health communication. Epidemiology is "the study of how disease is distributed in populations and the factors that influence or determine this distribution" and the goals are preventing diseases, enhancing healthy life and quality of life.
By the end of the course, students will acquire the knowledge on basic research design, causal inferences, and ability for logical thinking.
This class covers four major discussions in the social network studies, “personal network”, “whole network”, “networking” and “information (media) network” The goal of this class is to learn how to see and analyze social phenomena based on the concept of “network + society”, and students will learn how to make a basic research plan or action plan.
The goal of this class is to learn how to see and analyze the social phenomena based on the concept of “network + society” and will learn how to make a basic research plan or action plan.
In this class, I will give lectures on the theory of sociology after the after the 1960s, influenced by phenomenology. First, I will explain the basics of structuralism and linguistic theory, and then give lectures on how it was applied to various sociological analysis of issues such as identity, hierarchical structure, ethnicity, nationalism, and the world economy.
This class covers four major discussions in the social network studies, “personal network”, “whole network”, “networking” and “information (media) network” The goal of this class is to learn how to see and analyze social phenomena based on the concept of “network + society”, and students will learn how to make a basic research plan or action plan.
The goal of this class is to learn how to see and analyze the social phenomena based on the concept of “network + society” and will learn how to make a basic research plan or action plan.
In this course, students will learn basic epidemiology, health policy and health communication. Epidemiology is "the study of how disease is distributed in populations and the factors that influence or determine this distribution" and the goals are preventing diseases, enhancing healthy life and quality of life.
By the end of the course, students will acquire the knowledge on basic research design, causal inferences, and ability for logical thinking.
Students will share essential themes involving the mind, obtained through the theory and practice of clinical psychology, and deepen their understanding of the “movement of the heart” that occur when a person interacts with other people. Interactions that students actually experience inside the classroom are expected to bring about further awareness of their inner self.
Students will share essential themes involving the mind, obtained through the theory and practice of clinical psychology, and deepen their understanding of the “movement of the heart” that occur when a person interacts with other people. Interactions that students actually experience inside the classroom are expected to bring about further awareness of their inner self.
Students will share essential themes involving the mind, obtained through the theory and practice of clinical psychology, and deepen their understanding of the “movement of the heart” that occur when a person interacts with other people. Interactions that students actually experience inside the classroom are expected to bring about further awareness of their inner self.
In this class, we will discuss how cities and regions in Japan were formed and established, and what the future holds for cities and regions. Specifically, we will discuss recent trends in urban policy, urban planning and urban development, recovery from the Noto Peninsula Earthquake, Urban Digital Transformation, international cooperation, and other topics, and conduct exercises. The purpose of this class is to foster the ability to observe and consider events occurring in actual cities and regions, to understand the issues facing these cities and regions, and to examine and propose measures to improve them.
This lecture aims to understand the relationship between society and health with empirical evidence based on social epidemiology and behavioral economics. In the first half of the lecture, basic concepts and existing evidence of social epidemiology will be explained. Social epidemiology studies the distribution of disease and determinants of health, extending beyond individual factors such as genetics and health behaviors to the environment and society as a whole. In order to understand existing research, I will also explain methodologies for causal inference used in empirical studies. Various "social determinants of health" such as socioeconomic status and social capital will be discussed.
In the second half of the lecture, I will discuss the reasons why people do not behave in a healthy manner from a behavioral economics perspective. I will analyze people's decision-making process through the prospect theory and the model of intertemporal choice, and clarify how this affects health behavior. In addition, examples of interventions that apply the findings of behavioral economics, such as nudges and incentives, their advantages and disadvantages, and policy implementations to reduce population health disparities will be discussed.
Environmental issues have been recognized as global risks, and risks such as climate change, water, food crises, and resource depletion have become reality. The purpose of this lecture is to understand the actual situation and background of the growing environmental issues, to know the trends of domestic and foreign policies, and to acquire a basic perspective on how to realize a sustainable world. In classes, you will also learn the importance of understanding actual data and events and grasping things from a medium- to long-term perspective.
Environmental issues have been recognized as global risks, and risks such as climate change, water, food crises, and resource depletion have become reality. The purpose of this lecture is to understand the actual situation and background of the growing environmental issues, to know the trends of domestic and foreign policies, and to acquire a basic perspective on how to realize a sustainable world. In classes, you will also learn the importance of understanding actual data and events and grasping things from a medium- to long-term perspective.
Unlike routine tasks, a project is a one-time activity that has a clear beginning and end. In order to lead a project to success and produce effective results, it is important to evaluate it at the right time and provide feedback on the results.
This course will explain the positioning, significance, and methods of evaluation at each stage of a project's lifecycle, from planning to completion.
The purpose of this course is to deepen the understanding of the society and culture of the Arab world. Interest in the Arab world in Japan tends to be biased towards political and economic issues such as terrorism and oil, and unfortunately, there is still a strong lack of understanding and prejudice towards the daily lives and culture of the people living there. In this course, we will introduce not only the historical heritage of the Arab world, but also a wide range of contemporary life and culture, to touch upon the realities of contemporary Arab culture, which has been influenced by the changes of the times, such as modernization, popularization, informatization, and globalization, and to challenge the uniform perception of the Arab world. This semester, we will particularly study the situation in Palestine and Gaza from a historical and cultural perspective.
The 'unification of the world' that originated in the Age of Discovery accompanying the changes in its core regions, passed through the 'long 19th century' (from the beginning of the Age of Revolution to the outbreak of the First World War), when nation-states became the dominant unit of the global network, further progress was made as 'globalisation' after the Second World War. Today, the free movement of people, goods, capital and information move more freely than ever before, its scale is expanding and various societies are becoming more and more interconnected. On the other hand, the influence of the nation-state remains strong, which has formed a sense of national unity by emphasising homogeneity of ethnicity, language and religion, and has sought stability based on it.
In the irreversible process of globalisation, can nation-states realise a society where people of different nationalities and ethnicities can live together, recognising their cultural differences and building equal relationships? If so, how can this be achieved? The aim of this class is to seek answers to these questions.
In this lecture, we will look at religion from a social science perspective. Whether easily recognizable or not, many phenomena in our modern society are closely connected to religion. This lecture aims to provide students with the necessary skills to analyze the relationship between societal phenomena and religion.
In the first half of the lecture, we look at several examples of religious elements apparent in modern society and examine how Japanese values took form since the influx of Christian culture in the Meiji period and during the modernization of Japan.
In this lecture, we neither support nor criticize any religion. We aim to discuss religion purely from an academic point of view.