Professor TAKEMURA (right) receiving a souvenir from one of the visiting graduate students
On December 8, 2025, 29 graduate students in the MBA program at the Indian Institute of Management Bangalore (IIMB) visited Liberty Tower on the Surugadai Campus and attended special lectures delivered by faculty members of the School of Commerce.
IIMB is known as one of India's leading business schools, and the lectures were held as part of its one-week training program in Japan. The program has been conducted continuously since 2019, and this was the fifth iteration. This year’s topics ranged widely from issues facing Japanese society to corporate management.
At the outset, Professor TAKAHAMA Mitsunobu, Dean of the School of Commerce, gave a welcome address to the visiting students. The three lecture themes were: Shopping Refugees in Japan: Solutions for Sustainability by Professor TAKEMURA Masaaki; Logistics as a Valued Service by Professor MACHIDA Ippei; and Board Network and Performance in Japanese Corporations by Associate Professor NISHI Takahiro. Lively exchanges of views took place amongst the graduate students.
After the lectures, an exchange session was held between the visiting graduate students and undergraduates of our School of Commerce. Through discussion, participants deepened mutual understanding and experienced an expansion of their learning.
≪Japanese version≫IIMB is known as one of India's leading business schools, and the lectures were held as part of its one-week training program in Japan. The program has been conducted continuously since 2019, and this was the fifth iteration. This year’s topics ranged widely from issues facing Japanese society to corporate management.
At the outset, Professor TAKAHAMA Mitsunobu, Dean of the School of Commerce, gave a welcome address to the visiting students. The three lecture themes were: Shopping Refugees in Japan: Solutions for Sustainability by Professor TAKEMURA Masaaki; Logistics as a Valued Service by Professor MACHIDA Ippei; and Board Network and Performance in Japanese Corporations by Associate Professor NISHI Takahiro. Lively exchanges of views took place amongst the graduate students.
After the lectures, an exchange session was held between the visiting graduate students and undergraduates of our School of Commerce. Through discussion, participants deepened mutual understanding and experienced an expansion of their learning.