Hitotsubashi University

This course instructs on how corporate finance is being practiced in Japanese corporations. The history and status of corporate finance in Japan will be presented, focusing on the uniqueness of Japanese management from a financial management perspective.

Knowledge of corporate finance is not required; the basics of financial management will be explained in each session. Each session consists of two parts.

The first part of the session addresses the history and status of corporate finance in Japan, such as the history of Japanese stock market, banking systems, how Japanese people behave with regards to asset management, etc.

The second part of the session provides a lecture on the basics of financial management, including various finance theories, e.g. Free Cash Flow, Time value of money, Discounted Cash Flow, Net Present Value, WACC, etc.  Students will be given opportunities to discuss various topics about contemporary finance such as the latest trend of the capital market, M&A etc. For the students who have already studied corporate finance prior to their arrival in Japan, this second part may be a repetition of what they have learned. However, it would aid in the understanding of what is discussed in the first part of the session.

One of the greatest challenges for today’s global managers involved in transnational Post-Merger Integrations (PMI), is to be able to build and manage a highly effective team. Since today’s teams cross cultural boundaries, this involves building competencies that simultaneously ensure success across numerous cultural environments and enable accelerated performance through collaborative skills. The new breed of global managers must be prepared to work in a new team environment. Critical to forming and managing effective teams is an understanding and mastery of cross-cultural competence.
This interactive course builds individual and team competencies required for working, managing, and leading across cultures and geographies in the context of transnational Post-Merger Integrations. This course is aimed at demonstrating the impact of culture on communication, building relationships, business culture, and management styles, providing participants with the necessary knowledge, mindset, and skills for more effective multicultural teamwork.

The purpose of this course is to provide students with opportunities to gain knowledge about the historical development of schooling and educational problems/difficulties in Japanese society as well as to consider the meanings and roles of education and schooling from different perspectives.  The main focus is on the primary and secondary education in Japan; however, students will also examine other countries’ education systems.  This course consists of a mixture of lectures, discussions, and presentations. Students are also expected to give classmates a broader perspective on education systems/efforts/issues that will be discussed in this course.

Subsequent to Public Economics I, Public Economics II continues to analyze market failure and the function of the government, specifically what the government should do in a market economy. This course covers the basic principle of public economics, especially the role of the government and the rationale for the policy, in a framework of applied microeconomics. The course teaches the standard approach of public economics, which is the foundation of economic analysis in any policy issue. 

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This course covers what companies do, how they compete against each other, and the relationship between companies and the societies where they exist. Coming from an international perspective, the course focuses mostly on questions of strategy and organization, rather than issues or activities related to leadership, psychology, operations management, finance, or accounting. 

The course aims to: (1) Build a fundamental understanding of business and management in English, and (2) Apply and expand that understanding through discussions about real-world examples. 

This course is designed to provide students with a comprehensive overview of the American legal system. It examines the U.S constitution and the relationships it creates between federal and state governments; the separation of powers, and how basic rights are guaranteed and protected under the federal constitution. it also reviews several areas of US law, including constitutional law, contracts, torts, and criminal law.

This course is designed for students who passed the Beginner High level of the Japanese language exam or equivalent. Students will increase vocabulary knowledge through reading Japanese texts, integrating new ideas with existing ones and communicating their own opinion in Japanese. Students will be expected to describe and summarize what they can comprehend from Japanese texts.

This course instructs on skills and styles needed to write on various themes. Upon completion of the course, students will be :

1. Able to write sentences while paying attention to style, expressions, and vocabulary;

2. Able to use conjunctions well, and,

3. Able to write persuasive sentences.

Using intermediate-level grammar and vocabulary, students are trained to develop basic skills in oral expression. In the first half of the semester, students engage in activities such as role-playing and other activities to talk while communicating with others. In the second half of the semester, students give presentations and other activities to express their ideas and thoughts.

Language and our thinking capacity are closely related. This course explores the ways in which language shapes; assists, or hinders our thinking. Mastering one of the main cognitive tools in our possession means mastering our own linguistic minds.