World Affairs Now - From San Francisco (Spring 2010)

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Since the first successful session in 2005, Osaka University San Francisco Center has continued to engage Japanese students by bringing in Bay Area experts from a variety of fields to talk about their experiences. Students have a rare opportunity to hear first-hand accounts about how to build venture companies, conduct collaborative research and broker deals between multi-national corporations. They are also able to ask questions directly to guests about entrepreneurial working environments and cultural adjustments to living in another country.

Yasumasa Nagamine Consul-General of Japan

Isao "Steve" Matsuura Director Bank of The West "Steak, Sushi & International Finance : My Study Abroad Experience"

Dr. Ryoichi Kuboi Executive Director Osaka University SF Center "What are you? Stress and Affordance- Recommending for studying abroad"

Hiro Masumoto CEO & President B-Bridge International, Inc. "Venture Enterprises: Starting Up a Start-Up"

Junko Nakagawa Executive Director Japanese Chamber of Commerce of Northern California "Magic of Words"

Chika Hashimoto CEO Gallasus, Inc

Toshihiko Nishimura, MD/ Ph.D CEO Center for the Advancement of Health and Biosciences "Translational Research (TR): Complimented relationship between low and high technology in basic research and clinic."