A JIU exchange poster session was held hosted by University President.

Kenji Sugibayashi University President The JIU Exchange Poster Session, sponsored by University President, was held on February 27 at Chiba Togane Campus, featuring poster presentations by JIU faculty members.

The poster session was held with the aim of promoting exchanges between the faculties, Research schools and centers of our university and promoting inter-faculty Research, and a total of 16 faculty members selected from each Research school, department and center made presentations. Many faculty members, as well as Research from outside the university, participated in the event, and there was a lively exchange of opinions and a Q&A session at the venue.

University President Sugibayashi giving a speech before the event

Poster session venue

Teachers exchanging opinions

At this poster session, voting took place using a judging sheet available at the venue, and the "JIU Special Research Awards" were selected based on the results, with the top three posters selected in order of highest average vote points.
The award ceremony for the recipients was held at the networking event (reservations required, open to those interested) held after the poster session, and the recipients were presented with certificates by University President Sugibayashi.
Many of the participating teachers commented, "It was a very good experience because I was able to hear opinions from people in different fields that I don't normally have contact with, from perspectives that I would not have noticed myself, and I was able to understand the issues I need to address in the future."
In addition, the name of the "JIU Special Research Award" was chosen based on the idea of Daijiro Katsumi, a second-year student Faculty of Media Studies, and he was awarded the "Naming Design Award."

Daijiro Katsumi (left) and University President Sugibayashi, who won the naming design award

The top three recipients of the "JIU Special Research Award," selected through voting using a screening sheet held at the venue, are as follows:

JIU Special Research Award 1st Place

Title of project: Policy trends, issues and future measures regarding "carers"
Representative: Professor Masami Shimizu, Graduate Graduate School of Social Work Studies

• Policy trends and issues related to “carers” and future measures

JIU Special Research Award 2nd Place

Title: Sustainability of the continental welfare state: Changes in the traditional private nonprofit sector in Germany and the Netherlands
Representative: Professor Akiyo Uozumi Department of Inter-cultural Studies

• Sustainability of the continental welfare state: Changes in the traditional private nonprofit sector in Germany and the Netherlands

JIU Special Research Award 3rd Place

Project title: OJAE and OJAE Dojo - Interactive Japanese language assessment and online teacher training based on it -
Representative: Associate Professor Koji Hagiwara, Graduate Graduate School of Humanities

• OJAE and OJAE Dojo - Interactive Japanese language assessment and online teacher training based on it -

*Please see below for an overview of the presentations given by each Research at the JIU Interactive Poster Session hosted by University President.

• Poster session overview