STUDY GROUP
・Japan-U.S. Digital Innovation Hub Workshop
https://air.tsukuba.ac.jp/workshop2019/
・MUMEI-JUKU
One of the activities of Takeda and Associates is Mumei-juku, which provides study sessions as a place to develop younger generation beyond the boundries of industry, government and academia started since 2010.
・BHEF (The Business-Higher Education Forum)
https://www.bhef.com/members
<Takeda’s relationship with BHEF, and US University’s presidents＞
I took Ph.D. in Physics from Ohio State University and returned to Japan in 1973. In 1990, after many years of teaching in the Department of Optical Engineering at Tokai University, I took advantage of a sabbatical to study research, teaching, and university management at an American university. At the time, I sincerely desired new learning opportunities. I spent for short stay at Cornell University in the School of Peace Study 1986, then took a leave of absence from Tokai University from 1990 to 1992 to teach at the Elliott School of International Relations at George Washington University, and then at University of Tennessee System (UT), where I served as Vice President for Research and Distinguished Professor of Computer Science. This was due to my encounter with Senator Howard Baker, the Republican Senate Majority Leader (later U.S. Ambassador to Japan).
While studying management at UT, I not only got to know outstanding professors and other faculty members, but also met some of America’s leading presidents, including President Rhodes of Cornell University, President Trachtenberg of George Washington University, and President Alexander of UT (President Alexander, who later served as Secretary of Education and then as a Republican member of the U.S. Senate. President Trachtenbert, in particular, remains a lifelong friend.)
When I was Vice President of University of Tennessee, I learned that in the U.S., presidents and business leaders formed a forum, called Business Higher Education Forum (BHEF), and I had the opportunity to attend BHEF. I wrote about my experiences at that time in my book, “Deming’s Organizational Theory,” and it was at this forum meeting that I learned Deming’s name and had the opportunity to study his ideas, too. After returning to Tokai University in 1992, I spoke with Gaishi Hiraiwa, Presiden of Keidanren about the need for setting up such a forum in Japan, which subsequently led to the establishment of the Business-University Forum of Japan (I was Executive Director of BUF from 1992ｰ2009）.
EDUCATION
