More than a thousand audiences come to see the school’s annual “Miss and Mister Chuo” pageant. As Chuo’s faces of the year, contestants set the mood for various campus events during the runup to the contest. They make serious efforts to be successful, hoping to bring some changes to their present st …
Chuo’s women table tennis club won the pennant at the spring Kanto Students Table Tennis League competition last May for the first time in six years. Rei Yamamoto, a 22-year-old fourth grader of the Faculty of Literature, played a key role in Chuo’s 25th career victory. Hakumon Herald interviewed Ya …
世界の著名な観光地が今、「オーバーツーリズム」の問題に悩まされている。タイ政府がこのほど、アメリカ映画「ザ・ビーチ」の撮影地として名を広めた同国南部ピピ・レイ島のマヤ湾で、今年６月から４カ月間、観光客の入域を禁止することを決定したのもオーバーツーリズム対策の一環だ。 Overtourism occurs when tourists visit a destination beyond its acceptable limit, causing grave impacts on the life of local residents, its environment and ecosystem. …
“Brain foods” are now drawing people’s attention because of their effectiveness as a way of preventing dementia. Typical among them are blue-skinned fish, soybean products and nuts which are known to help enhance brain functions. According to the Brain Food Meister Association in Tokyo’s Takadanobab …
Çタベルモの親会社「ちとせグループ」が運営する情報サイト「藻ディア（Ｍｏｄｉａ)」によると、スピルリナは藍藻（らんそう）類に属する全長０・３～０・５ミリの螺旋（らせん）状の微細藻類で、３５億年前に地球上に誕生し、マヤ文明の時代から人々の貴重な栄養源の1つとして世界中で食されてきたという長い歴史を持つ。ビタミン、ミネラル、タンパク質など５大栄養素をはじめ、食物繊維、抗酸化作用のある植物性色素など、実に６０種類以上の栄養素をバランスよく含んでおり、「スーパーフードの王様」と称されることもある。 Along with spirulina, chia seeds, quinoa and acai ha …
The Nihon Keizai Shimbun reported that one of the venture companies it polled replied, “We never fail to check the SNS blogs of job applicants to see their ‘true’ self in daily life.” WORKPORT Inc., a personnel placement agency, carried out what it called a “survey of recruitment staff’s real intent …
On October 14 last year, the Nihon Keizai Shimbun carried an article saying that a growing number of companies in the fashion industry hire individual influencers who have a better ability to send out their massages on SNS. The article drew much attention among job-seeking students. Indicative of th …
Social networking service (SNS) is taking root in Japanese society in keeping with the spread of smartphones. According to the 2017 White Paper on Telecommunications released by the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, people who use at least one of six major SNS portals like LINE, Faceb …
“Research Festa”, an annual forum of research presentations by Chuo University’s Faculty of Policy Studies (FPS) students, was launched four years ago. Hiroshi Miyashita, an FPS associate professor, has been associated with the event as judge since its inauguration. Students who attend his seminar h …
Spring is a turning point in life for students. As a new academic year begins, some leave school to set out into the world and others advance to the next grade to continue their studies. Some may be full of hopes and others may feel uneasy prior to their new challenges. Hakumon Herald interviewed Mi …
More than a thousand audiences come to see the school’s annual “Miss and Mister Chuo” pageant. As Chuo’s faces of the year, contestants set the mood for various campus events during the runup to the contest. They make serious efforts to be successful, hoping to bring some changes to their present st …
Many congratulations to you all on joining Chuo University. Here is an article contributed by Mr. Kenji Nakadate, former editor-in-chief of the Hakumon Herald who graduated from Chuo University in 1965. Based on his own experiences, Mr. Nakadate talks about the pleasure and difficulty of writing. It …
A student club named “Venture & Leaders” was organized at Chuo University last year. This club, which had 18 members as of March this year, aims at developing human resources for next-generation Japan by providing students with opportunities to start up a business or experience corporate interns …
