Okinawa area
| Implemented area： |
Okinawa Prefecture |
| Managing organization： |
Public University Corporation University of the Ryukyus |
| Universities participating in the program： |
a total of five universities consisting of University of the Ryukyus, Okinawa University, Okinawa Christian University, Okinawa International University, and Meio University. |
| Private companies participating in the program： |
27 companies including Arakaki Tsusho Co.,Inc., Okinawa Securities Limited , OKINAWA TEA FACTORY CO.,LTD., OKINAWA TOURIST SERVICE INCORPORATED, OKINAWA FUJITSU SYSTEMS ENGINEERING LIMITED, OKINAWA WATABE WEDDING CORPORATION, Shinyou Co.,Ltd., TIGER SANGYO CO.,LTD., Chiyoda Bridal House, Inc., TISCO JAPAN,INC., Nansei Sekiyu K.K., Magna Design Net,Inc., Toshima Japanese School., LATEN CAMPANY.,LTD., RAMAYANA.CO.,LTD.,The Ryukyu Shimpo, etc. (Classes of 2008 and 2009) |
Okinawa area, located in the west end of Japan with an area of 2,275 km2 and population of approximately 1.37 million, constitutes of 49 habited islands and numerous uninhabited islands. The area is on the subtropical zone with a mild and warm weather all year round, however, on the typhoon alley, it is hit and damaged by typhoons every year.
The area has unique culture and custom as it was the Kingdom of Ryukyu which belonged to Japan and Qing (former Chinese dynasty) until it was annexed to Japan in Meiji era. The area enjoys one of the longest life expectancy in Japan and the food culture is drawing attention.
The prefectural income is the worst in Japan and the amount is approximately 70% of the national average, with high unemployment rate.
Project to attract IT related companies and financial related companies have been actively conducted under Okinawa Promotional Special Measures Law.
Outline of program
"Program under a collaboration of industry and academia for development of foreign students to contribute to the promotion of Okinawa"
Programs for promotion of Okinawa under Okinawa Promotional Special Measures Law aim to promote industries based on international business activities including "tourism and resort industries", "industries related to international distribution" and "processing trade industries" as key industries.
■ Business Japanese
(highly-practical foreign students)
・Introduction of vocabulary and grammar
・Practice of expressions in use
・Simulated practical training
■ Japanese business education
・Basic course for business culture and knowledge
・Training course for business culture and knowledge
Course to acquire basic skills as a global business person
・Course to acquire capacity to act as a business person (basic abilities as a business person)
■ Internship program
・Encounter of motivated foreign students and companies accepting interns to actually experience the attractiveness of the company. Promotion of "understanding of local companies" to lead to "employment" (collaboration among business associations and universities).
■ Job hunting support program
1. Job hunting support in Japan
・Career counseling
・Instruction on job hunting and capacity building
・Support for matching
2. Promote and redevelopment of the attractiveness of Japanese companies to foreign students (demands from foreign students to companies)
■ Research program
・Basic survey
・Survey on skill map for foreign human resources in companies
・Survey on development of human resources and evaluation model
・Survey on know-how for job hunting based on hearing of actual job hunting from foreign students
■ Program to promote participation
・Creation of brochures for the project
・Implementation of explanatory meeting for foreign students at universities participating in the project. Provision of information to international partner universities with universities participating in the project.
・Request of publication of the project in China to Chinese Student Association in Okinawa
Theme
Promote the secured global human resources in companies (including internal global human resources) thorough training of high-level Japanese language skills aiming to native level, understanding of Japanese business and communication training to be completely ready to work in actual business environment
Goal of human resources development
Acquire "special knowledge based on a major in university" and "business capability in native language and Japanese"
Able to make contact and coordination between local government and corporations at overseas base of a Japanese company and head quarter in Japan
Able to instruct Japanese business custom and operation style as a manager of overseas base of a Japanese company to locally-employed workers
Able to explain the local feeling and taste to Japanese side and make them understand in the overseas development of a Japanese company
Able to administer operations as a head of the overseas base after having worked in head quarter in Japan
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