from: September 7, 2026 NIKKEI page 24 Dr. Professor ICU president of International Christian University, a graduate of St. Joseph College, 1965 国際教育研究所 aiinstitute@gmail.com

 September 21, 2026

A thought from an article of Dr. Hirotaka Joseph Takeuchi, NIKKEI, page 24 of September 7, 2026 on Japanese style education VS. international style education

" Don't have an education to make 　忖度" in time of worldwide(global) playing field.

Japan has been low progress society for quite long but there are companies grew 400 times in 30 years.  That is UNIQLO. Mr. Yanai, CEO believes in challenge not "SONTAKU".

There are people saying in AI era we don't have to learn English. 

About 70% of Harvard Business School graduates are now pursuing to be a Start Up proprietors. The most important thing for them is to convince the investors in the worldwide and their common language is English. We call it "Elevator pitch", in 15 seconds you must convince them to inves

t.

The reason why English became a common language is it is a language in "Black and White, a "direct language".  "Rhetorics" are important, but you must include humor in communication.

Is there a need to change the way you teach the English language asked by NIKKEI reporter and Dr. Takeuchi answered: " the schools have changed a lot compared to my young days.   "In my young days there were only very few international schools existed"(I want to add in 1965 there was only one international boy's high school to graduate in Japan, that was St. Joseph College, and he graduated with Summa Cum Laude from SJC). Dr. Takeuchi added " today there are over 100 international schools, though their tuitions may be high, but there are some schools with scholarships to accommodate the needs. They are the schools which can overcome the AI era and can acquire an English command to live through in challenging world." "Hope the Ministry of Education and parents understand the command of English needed in this global age."

(Dr. Takeuchi explains about the higher education, Harvard Business School, Liberal Arts, Hitotsubashi, and change going to happen in ICU education with Dorm system I will write later.)

September 16, 2026, Wednesday A Blog/a thought of a day 国際教育研究所 Ai.Institute

 September 16, 2026

A Blog/ A thought of a day

I heard from the head of Yokohama Christian School/Yokohama Union Church

that there will be an international school called Akiya-Hayama International School in 2028 or 2029.

They have recruited a principal and some other teachers from St. Maur International School and becoming a threat to the other international schools.

St. Maur incident

reminded me of a principal in Makahari International School whom Beyondia International CEO had a chance of meeting at their school and was a principal of St. Maur middle school for 6 years before becoming a principal of Makuhari International.  One of the leading teachers at the Horizon International School whom I think is a good teacher and helped the Horizon International School and previous Shinagawa International School to be successful international schools was a mathematics/science teacher for many years at St. Maur. I am not really sure why St. Maur International School is a good place to recruit good teachers, but I guess it is a discipline education you learn and acquire in the strict style Catholic schools like Eiko, Futaba, Sacred Heart, Gyosei, or St. Joseph College make a disciplined teacher which the society wants. St. Joseph College provided good teachers to ASIJ, YIS and other schools so as Gyosei Kokusai. I think the major reason is the pay of Christian international schools are far cheaper compared to others.

I have read about Akiya-Hayama International School in Nikkei several months ago as an ICHIJOUKOU dorm facility sponsored by a  Gakkouhoujin and a Fund and will start an international school in a beautiful Hayama/Yokosuka Nagai area near prefectural research dorm facility area. Asuka Sensei of Beyondia International principal at that time asked me where  can you get the teachers and students in such a remote place and I remember answering that it is very easy to recruit housewives from Yokosuka base and I mentioned that the reason they are building it is for Mr. Koizumi family and well to do people in Hayama-Kamakura-Tokyo area.

September 9/10/11/12, 2026 国際教育研究所 aiinstitute@gmail.com Finally I can be out of long leg injury

 September 9/10/11/12, 2026

Dear Friends 

Finally, after July 20th leg injury, spending more than a month with weekly Keiyu Hospital, run by the police and Keio U. Medical School, I can be close to a normal life.

I went to Beyondia International School Headquarters at Higashi Yamata on 11 of September and met Yayoi Sensei and Nishiyama Sensei and talked about their primary school, Canadian education and St. Joseph School in Tsurumi and St. Maur visit and Yokohama Yamate area visits and embassy visits and also about Yamata's Dianne Sensei's workshop and online school discussions.

This was a long overdue visit which should have taken in July, and it was my first public visit since then.  

This summer I could not visit Keio University/sessions due to my leg injury.

I think it is sad that I could not be there after 20 years of consecutive attendance. Most probably I will concentrate in their studies and can improve Japanese to March 2027and eventually take courses in Harvard and Tsukuba affiliated university.

I missed so much this summer, but it may lead to better solution in my future studies

However, I hope to catch up this fall to spring and be able to write my thesis.

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