Masaomi Ise
Editor-in-chief of the 20-year-old hall of fame email magazine "Course for Training International Japanese." As a pioneer of the so-called "Cool Japan," he is nurturing 50,000 international Japanese who will carry the future of Japan. Born in Tokyo in 1953. Graduated from the Department of Social Engineering at the Tokyo Institute of Technology. Employed at a manufacturing company. Studied at the University of California, Berkeley through the employee study abroad program. Obtained a Master of Engineering, a Master of Business Administration (MBA), and a Doctor of Business Administration (Ph.D.). In addition to his work, he lectured on "biographies of great figures in the industrial world" as a part-time lecturer at the commerce and engineering departments of private universities in Japan, where he gained popularity. In 2010, he was appointed president of an overseas subsidiary in Europe. He has visited Germany, the UK, France, Italy, Poland, Morocco, and many other countries. In 2014, he was appointed president of an overseas subsidiary in the United States. He is currently traveling around the United States, Canada, Mexico, and other places. He is a member of the National Culture Research Association.
(Updated July 2017)
Stories from This Author
Japanese roots growing in a foreign land. The history of suffering and glory of Japanese people in Brazil - Part 2
July 7, 2017 • Masaomi Ise
Read Part 1 >> Winners and losers On August 14, 1945 (one day behind Japan time due to the time difference), news arrived that their homeland had been defeated in the war. For the immigrants who had hoped to return home someday, defeat meant that they had no place to return to. In addition to this psychological resistance, many people thought, "It's already strange that the Emperor's sacred edict was published in the newspapers in Portuguese," and "There is no …
Japanese roots growing in a foreign land. The history of suffering and glory of Japanese people in Brazil - Part 1
July 6, 2017 • Masaomi Ise
A century of struggle for Japanese immigrants in Brazil When I was studying abroad in the United States, I was happy to hear from a student from Brazil that "Japanese people in Brazil make up only 1% of the population, but they account for 10% of university students." For example, the University of São Paulo is the most difficult university to enter not only in Brazil but in Latin America as a whole, and has produced many Brazilian presidents, yet …
