Dr. Adesina emphasized the strategic importance of Africa and the potential of its youth. He highlighted the Bank’s initiatives aimed at investing in education and skills development, underscoring the value of Japan-Africa collaboration in fostering the growth of students and entrepreneurs. The lecture was followed by a panel discussion , panelists shared insights into the challenges faced by yo…

The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) was established in 1944 as a specialized agency of the United Nations under the Chicago Convention, and in　2024, ICAO marked its 80th anniversary. Participants will deepen their understanding of the role that ICAO has played in promoting the development of international civil aviation, fostering international cooperation, and establishing int…

Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Director General of the World Trade Organization (WTO) visited UTokyo to give a short lecture to UTokyo students. In the first half of the event, Dr. Okonjo-Iweala gave a short lecture titled“Our Challenges and Opportunities on Global Trade — Supply Chain Resilience and Sustainability.” In the second half of the event, a panel discussion with Director General Okonjo-Iweal…

The development of C++ started in 1979. Since then, it has grown to be one of the most widely used programming languages ever, with an emphasis on demanding industrial uses. It was released commercially in 1985 and evolved through one informal standard (“the ARM”) and several ISO standards: C++98, C++11, C++14, and C++17. How could an underfinanced language without a corporate owner succeed like …

Prof. Piketty, the author of “Capital in the Twenty-First Century” gave a special lecture for UTokyo students. The lecture that contains economic inequality issue, various research data, and his suggestion will catch your attention and help you to think about the equality in the future society. - Materials and data offered by Prof. Piketty: piketty.pse.ens.fr/en/capital21c2

Prof. Piketty, the author of “Capital in the Twenty-First Century” gave a special lecture for UTokyo students. This video delivers a Q&A session after the lecture which discussed below amongst Prof. Thomas Piketty, Prof. Hidetaka Ishida, UTokyo students, and so on. 00:10 Introduction 04:27 Q1. Why is r generally larger than g? Is r>g intrinsic character of capitalism? …

Prof. Piketty, the author of “Capital in the Twenty-First Century” gave a special lecture for UTokyo students. The lecture that contains economic inequality issue, various research data, and his suggestion will catch your attention and help you to think about the equality in the future society. NOTE: - Materials and data offered by Prof. Piketty: piketty.pse.ens.fr/en/capi…

The Global Leadership Program (GLP) at The University of Tokyo and Japan Institute for Global Health (JIGH) hosted an open seminar on innovative data visualization, led by Professor Hans Rosling, a Professor of International Health at Karolinska Institute and co-founder and chairman of the Gapminder Foundation. Professor Rosling is one of the world’s most popular statisticians notable for h…

The Global Leadership Program (GLP) at The University of Tokyo and Japan Institute for Global Health (JIGH) hosted an open seminar on innovative data visualization, led by Professor Hans Rosling, a Professor of International Health at Karolinska Institute and co-founder and chairman of the Gapminder Foundation. Professor Rosling is one of the world’s most popular statisticians notable for h…

Christopher Lloyd, a world-famous science journalist and the author of What on Earth Happened: The Complete Story of the Planet (2008), gave a lecture on Komaba Campus, the University of Tokyo. His best-seller book is an attempt to integrate natural sciences and humanities in order to tell a giant narrative of the universe, from its very beginning to the present. In the lecture, he talked ab…

The Global Leadership Program (GLP) at the University of Tokyo and Japan Institute for Global Health (JIGH) are honored to host an open seminar on public narrative and community organizing, led by Professor Marshall Ganz (Senior Lecturer in Public Policy, Harvard Kennedy School) and joined by two leading Japanese social activists and entrepreneurs, Mr. Makoto Yuasa and Mr. Hiroki Komazaki. …

This lecture, co-hosted by the University of Tokyo’s Center for Research and Development of Higher Education and NHK, was held in Yasuda Auditorium. This dialog-type lecture on the highly relevant topic of “Justice” lasted for more than three hours.