Success Story: Take Out An Umbrella
Konosuke Matsush*ta was born in 1894, in a small farming community in western Japan.
By the time he died in April 1989, the company he founded, Matush*ta Electric Industrial Co. Ltd., had become a multi-national giant in the field of electrical appliances.
With nearly 20,000 employees, Matsush*ta grew such household brand names as National, Panasonic and Technics.
East Asian Community: Is it Possible?
August 30, 2009 DPJ (Democratic Party of Japan) won Japan’s general election with its land side victory, putting to an end of 50 years of almost unbreakable rule of LDP (Liberal Democratic Party), beginning the new era of Japanese Politics.
Obama wins the Nobel Peace Prize; too soon to be true?
Bibliography Special
My first “ONSEN” experience
We all know BEPPU is famous for its ONSEN. Unfortunately I had no chance to go to ONSEN since I didn’t know where ONSEN was or how to get there. But things had changed since my Japanese teacher told us that there was a great ONSEN just near our university, and it was not expensive!
Job hunting in 10 days
To-Do-List during Your Summer Holiday
“Hey, how was your holiday?” must be one of the most popular greetings when we meet each other after the holiday ends and school starts. Some of us may really enjoy a long and nice holiday, while for some others it is just another summer break, and for many people they just do nothing when campus life stops. Two months perhaps is just way too long, so what should we do to kill time?
My Latest Encounter with Gorilla
I have a question to you all. What is your favorite animal? For me, I like all animals but Gorilla is my most favorite animal these days because I think it is one of the cutest animals and also resembles human beings, don’t they?
Brazil’s way forward
INTERVIEW WITH Prof. IJI Tetsuro
Q1. When did you join APU and what were the reasons for you to join this particular University in Japan?




