AnIllustrationfromtheDepartmentofLaw

Males, eighteen
Females, sixteen
Males, twenty-two
Females, twenty
Different countries have different family laws. Legal marriageable
ageisdifferent,too!
Takinggettingmarriedforexample,therelevantlawsincludingcivillaw,marriagelawandsomelaws
related to property inheritance are involved. In fact, every detail of life is related to law, such as
parttimework,buyingthingsinaconveniencestore,drivingavehicle,etc.Fromthedetailsoflifeto
newsevents,studyinglawbyunderstandingsocialknowledgeisthelearningstyleofourDepartment
ofLaw. FacultyofLaw,Departmentoflaw,Senior,KaoriHashiguchi

JAPAN
CHINA
Set up special classes with fewer
student numbers for those that want
to pass the entrance examination of
Graduate Departments of Law, mainly
teaching legal thinking method, theory
andformofperformance,etc.
The characteristics of the Department of Law

Aim:PoliceorFireDepartment

Everyyearmanyofourgraduatesfindwork
inthepoliceandfiredepartments.Thishas
become one of our characteristics. We
invite active police and firefighters to
lecture here. Also, in cooperation with a
wellknownspecialschoolforcivilservants,
wehavestartedcivilservantlectures.

Aim:NonGovernmentEnterprises

This school specializes in corporation law
regardingenterprises,forexample,finance
law,laborlawandsoon.Inadditiontolaw
science, it is also involved in economics
and Business Administration, and we
devote ourselves to creating a slightly
betterlevelofstaffforenterprises.

CivilServantCourse
JudgeTrainingCourse
A special course for passing the entrance
examinationaimingatbeingaMasterofLaws
GeneralAdministrativeCourse
General administrative position, especially
NationalII,aimsforlocaladvancedlevel
Police/FireCourse
Aimstocreatepoliceandfirefighters
CompanyCourse
EnterpriseManagement+LawScience
Aimstotrainpersonstobeenterprisemanagers
possessinglegalknowledge
FinanceScience+LawScience
To train businesspeople to have both financial
andcompanyfinanceknowledge
CorporateTransactions+LawScience
Aimstotrainpeoplewithknowledgeofcontract
andcreditorrecoverylaw
About the Courses
In these volatile times, we should learn more about law and
become someone who can make a contribution to society
Acatastrophesaidtobeoncein1000yearshasovercameourcountryinthemiddleofan
unprecedentedworldwideeconomiccrisis.Theeconomyismoreandmoreconfused,and
socialunresthasneverbeensobad.Againstsuchabackground,inordertobettermaintain
socialorder,aneducationinlawscienceappearsespeciallyimportant.TheFacultyofLaw
aimstotrainpeopletocomprehendtheoryandhavefairjudgmentthroughlegallearning,
inordertomakecontributionstosociety.OfthegraduatesofourFacultyofLaw,someare
eligible to become graduate students at national universities, some become local civil
servants,policeofficers,firefighters,andallbeingactiveinsocietyinvariousforms.Wealso
haveanextremelymeticulouseducationsystemespeciallyforthosewhowanttobecivil
servants. Anyone in such an unstable era, in order to face challenges more favorably,
shouldpleaseconsiderstudyingattheFacultyofLaw.
Aim:LegalExperts
HaruhikoIto,DeanofFacultyoflaw


A c ame o f r o m t he De par t me nt o f Ec o no mi c s
As the temperature
rises by 1 degree
ice cream sales
increase by ten
percent
Ifwecancalculatethecorrelationcoefficient,
thenwecanpredicthowmanypeoplewillbuy!
The characteristics of the Department of Economics
Learning Economic Theory in
contactwiththeRealWorld

The contents of Economics, including financial
crisis, unemployment, endowment insurance,
medical systems and so on, are closely related
to us. This faculty aims to make economic
theory and economic policy more easily
understoodthroughcasestudies.
Based on Economics, Improving the
AbilitytoProcessPracticalInformation
Here we learn basic economic theory
and economic history. We become
familiar with computer processing
skills, and cultivate students'
information analysis and ability to
expressthemselves.
ForStudentswithhigherdemand,wehave
setupprofessionalknowledgelectures.
Striving to teach students in accordance with
their aptitude, we have adopted the small class
teaching system. We have advanced classes for
thosestudentswhowanttoenterPostgraduate
schoolsorwhowanttogathermoreprofessional
knowledge.
About the Courses
PolicyCreationCourse
To train professionals who can put
forward practical policy to solve a
varietyofsocialproblems.
Thesocalledpolicyistoattainachievable
targets,andoffersthemeansofachieving
objectives, as well implementing them.
Through the study of economic theory
and policy, we aim to train students'
abilitytodealwithproblems.

DataAnalysisCourse
To train people to understand economic
trendsthroughdataanalysis.
Data analysis is to analyze economic data,
and to obtain findings of economic trends.
We create people who can manipulate
economic sciences in order to understand
dataanalysisandinadditionhavetheability
to operate a computer as a tool for data
analysis.
Our Faculty of Economics is a young faculty born only in 2005. Though it has little
tradition or history, it can be said to be a faculty able to meet any challenge, with
unlimitedpossibilities.
Againstabackgroundofanintegrativeglobalworld,Japanisstillalittleunenlightened,
and has not clearly realized its own existing position; it has also accumulated many
problemstobesolved,suchasemploymentrestlessness,socialsecuritysystem,tax,etc.
Intheseturbulenttimes,Economicsisparticularlyimportant.
In order to create students able adapt to this changeable era, the Faculty of Economics
openedtwocourses,thePolicyCreationcourseandDataAnalysiscourse.Basedonthe
first year, the Major course runs from the second grade thru to year four, lasting four
years in total. In addition, this Faculty is also equipped with special senior classes, to
meet the different needs of the students. We hope that in the relaxed happy
atmosphere of our faculty, we can find deeper communication with you, our students,
and help you to realize your dream. This is the mission of all the Faculty of Economics
staff.
KenichiroTada,Dean,FacultyofEconomics

Training prospective students to be able to deal with problems of a global

society by studying the growingly important Economic Sciences
Through the study of the theory of economics, such as the correlation coefficient, standard
variance and so on, you can explain the phenomena of economics, for example, the market
conditionsandthereasonsforhitcommodities.OnecharacteristicofthisFacultyistobeable
to process information on a computer and improve students' ability to analyze data. Through
collecting data by computer, if you can succeed in analyzing economic flows, then it will surely
bepossibletopredictfutureresults.
FacultyofEconomics,DepartmentofEconomics,Sophomore,SakiSugiyama


AsmallWindowinto
theDepartmentofBusinessAdministration
Yourown
effort10
Theability
ofothers90
100

If you can get the maximum out of 100 staff, then those one
hundredcanbeatthreehundred!
Konosuke Matsushita, founder of Panasonic, took personnel
training as a pillar of his operations, based on NingenGaku
people study, and made Panasonic into a worldfamous
enterprise. Our study of Management here, which analyzes
growth processes and strategies, personnel training mode,
company culture and so on through actual enterprise cases,
lets the students learn about the theoretical knowledge of
business. Through our study of business administration, we
come to a clear understanding of what kind of person
companiesreallylookoutfor.

FacultyandDepartmentofBusinessAdministration,
Junior,RyoheiMiki
The characteristics of the Department of Business Administration

The courses were established in
accordance with the classifications of the
BusinessAdministrationresources
The three courses of Management,
Information, Accounting, focused around
management resources (human, material,
funds, and information), are a practical
curriculum based upon a Seminar style.
Students can pick and choose comparatively
freelywhattostudywithintheirdepartment.

DrawupyourownPracticalCurriculum
Withamixofcompulsory,majorfield
coursesandsmallclassseminars,the
department enables students to
learn the latest management
theories, and with internships
available, lets students attain
practicalknowledge,inordertolaya
goodfoundationforthefuture.
HelpinattainingHigherQualifications
With a flexible curriculum for people
aiming to become Certified Public
Accountants for example, students
have the benefit of unique
professional knowledge and counsel
from the university in order to obtain
variousqualifications.
About the courses
InformationTechnology
People will be trained in
information technology from
boththeoryandpractice
Information and knowledge is
veryimportantinenterprisesand
business organizations, and the
development of information
communication technology has
created a new marketeconomic
environment. This Major devotes
itself to training people in
information technology closely
following as they occur,
innovationsindevelopment.

Accounting
Training accounting personnel who
cangraspthepulseofsociety
Accounting records the activities of
enterprisesaccordingtocertainrules
and reports results within a certain
period of time. In recent years,
accounting for enterprise
management has been gaining
attention, so this course teaches the
necessaryknowledgeandaccounting
theoriesandrelatedsystems.

Drawing upon more than 40 years of tradition and experience to train
peoplewhocanmakeacontributiontoregionaldevelopment
Inordertoadapttodevelopmentsintheinternationalbusinesscommunity,
the Business Administration Faculty has created the two Departments of
BusinessAdministrationand
Business & Commerce for further development and extension of traditional
and existing achievements, in order to meet students' different levels of
demand. Management discipline means learning specific professional
knowledge which may be necessary for playing a role in regional area
development and industrial development. The reason why these two
disciplinesexistwithinthebusinessFacultyiscloselyrelatedtothefoundation
learning spirit of our college. Seeing the world with a much broader field of
vision, summarizing experiences from the societal theory, collecting
informationandanalyzing,thesearetheabilitiespeoplecangainhere.Asour
faculty develops such people, so will they be able to make a contribution to
regionaldevelopment.Ourschoolhastraversedmorethanfortyyears,andit
has a rich experience of business education. Welcome to our Faculty of
Business;comeheretolearnandtorealizeyourdreams.
KazunoriKawai,Dean,FacultyofBusinessAdministration
BusinessAdministration
Trainsstudentsintheabilityto
discoverandsolvequestions.
For the operation of a
company, changes in the
business environment, and
flexibleusageandmanagement
of resources are very
important. This course enables
students to discover and solve
questions creatively within real
businessenvironments.



One experience in the Department of
Business & Commerce
Plan
Questionnaire
Research
and
Discussion
Proposal
for Local
Development
Firstandsecondyearstudentsbenefitedfrom
joiningtheProgramofRegionalDevelopment
Research.
Doyouhaveanyexperienceoftakingpartinurbanplanning?Itookpartina
programnamed:ProposalbyDepartmentofBusinessandCommerce
studentsSustainableDevelopmentPlanforthe(Okayama)Awaarea.Under
guidancefromourseniors,ourstudentgroupwithnoideaofurbanplanning
gatheredtogetheranddeterminedtheitemsforinvestigation.FromJanuary
toMarch,weundertookafieldstudyinAwawhereabout600peoplelive,
andinterviewed113localpeople.Thenwestudiedthisinformationand
concludedwithsixproposalsforlocalregionaldevelopment.Itwasthefirst
timeanyofushadcompletedaprogramlikethis.Withthehelpand
encouragementofourteachersandthelocalpeopleweaccomplishedthis
taskprettysuccessfully.Afterthisactivity,Irealizedthatitisimportanttouse
theknowledgewelearntodosomethingoutsideschool,andthefeelingof
personalprogressIgotfromthisexperiencereallyimpressedme.

FacultyofBusinessAdministration,DepartmentofBusiness&Commerce,
Sophomore,DaikiHarada
Characteristics of the Department of Business and Commerce
FocusonJapaneseEconomic
Stimulus
TodaysAsiahasbecomeacentre/centerof
globalization.Specializedsubjectslike
marketingmanagement,program
developmentanddesign,tourismand
financialplanningwhichariseastheworld
developsrequirefurtherprofessional
knowledgeinordertostayaheadofthe
game.Therefore,inordertomeetthe
needsofinternationalizationchieflywithin
Asia,thisschoolsetuptheDepartmentof
BusinessandCommerce.
Cultivateadesireforautonomous
learning,payingattentiontonew
businesstopics.
Youcanlearnbasicbusinessoperating
theoryhere.Thecurriculumismainly
focusedonpracticalknowledge,and
atthesametimeweofferavarietyof
seminarsforqualificationsand
providedifferentindustryinternship
opportunitieswhichlayasolidsocial
foundationtohelpourstudentsfor
thefuture.
Developbusinessexpertswith
allroundunderstanding.
TheDepartmenthasfourMajor
coursesandwiththisgenerous
lineupattachesimportanceto
developingwellroundedstudents
withapositivestrategicattitude.It
isalsocommittedtodeveloping
theirinternationalperspectiveand
professionalqualitybusinessskills.
Financial Planning
Program Development & Design
Marketing Management
Tourism Management
Four Courses
Finding Financial Support for
Residents Standard of Living
Internationalization of Local
Developing New Products
[Examples of possible Research Themes]
Designing a Mascot for the City
Enhancing the Attraction of a Shopping
Attracting Domestic & Foreign
Business in Asia programs
Develop your own unique global integration; keep yourself
abreast of the latest changes in internationalization Nowadays, the economic development of East Asia is
an integral part of the whole Asian economy. If you
truly feel the need for global economic integration,
you should try studying Business in Asia. No matter
which of the four courses you have joined, you can
enjoy this program. Whatever your future vision, you
can also choose your class time and level of difficulty.
OkayamaandJapanarebothpartsofEastAsia.Inthe
future, there may be a strong possibility of your
workinginEastAsia.InAsianBusinessEconomics,you
can experience and study current affairs and the
development of Asian business economics through
BusinessinAsiacourses,whileyouareatcollege.
1ContactwithEastAsiathroughJapan Communicateand cooperate
withstudentsfrom17universitiesinatleast3countriesinEastAsia
2ExperienceEastAsiafirsthand
AthreedaystudytourinChina.
3BrushupyourlanguageskillsinChinaandSouthKorea.
Dothreeweeksstudyduringthelongvacation
4LongertermstudyinChinaandSouthKorea. Experienceliving
thereforhalforevenawholeyear;youcanalsostudythereand
graduatein4years.
5PostgraduationpracticeinChinaforcredits
TrycompanyinternshipswhilestudyinginEastAsia.