HIDA Journal 2015 SPRING No.6

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13No. 6 SPRING 2015(2) Examples of activities by the alumni societiesThe alumni societies in each country and region carry out activities that contribute to economic and industrial development and local communities as well as those that promote friendly relations with Japan, in a manner suited to their own respective circumstances. Here we will introduce a number of examples of activities by alumni societies from among those that applied for this recent Success Story Contest, but which unfortunately were not selected for it. ◆ Bangladesh AOTS Alumni Society Since the establishment of this alumni society, it has established a TQM association, die and mold industry association and the Japan-Bangladesh Chamber Of Commerce and Industry, with the alumni society as the parent organization to each of them. These have contributed to human resource development, industrial promotion and encouraging business with Japan. What is more, it has also established the Bangladesh-Japan Training Institute in order to further promote human resource development, and is currently moving forward with projects such as constructing its campus. ◆ Kenshu Kiokay del Peru (alumni society in Peru)This alumni society has continuously contributed to activities to disseminate 5S. In October 2014 this alumni society took the lead in hosting a 5S convention and grand prize awards ceremony, which was the first of its kind in Peru, in cooperation with the Asociación Peruano Japonesa (Japanese Peruvian Association), the Japanese embassy, the Cámara de Comercio e Industria Peruano Japonesa (Japan-Peru Chamber of Commerce and Industry), JETRO, JICA and other related organizations. ◆ Alumni Society of AOTS, Kerala Regional Centre (alumni society in Kerala, India)The predecessor to this alumni society was organized in 1968 on the reasoning that, “Those of us that have been so fortunate to receive training in Japan must not only give back to our companies, but must also convey our knowledge to those who have not been blessed with such opportunities.” Ever since then, it has continuously carried out activities to disseminate Japanese-style management techniques, the Japanese language, Japanese culture, and more. What is more, it has also contributed to promoting business with Japan by building the Nippon Kerala Centre and establishing the Indo Japan Chamber of Commerce Kerala (INJACK) in order to develop local human resources and promote investment in Kerala State.HIDA’s programs and network based on its alumni societies(1) Programs by HIDA Research Institute through the use of its networkHIDA launched HIDA Research Institute (hereafter referred to as HRI) in April 2013 and earnestly initiated its own independent programs based on HIDA’s original ideas and concepts. Programs capitalizing on the network HIDA maintains make up the core of this.As a result of its programs over the past 55 years, HIDA has strong connections with industrial human resources primarily in developing countries with an excellent understanding of Japan, such as the members of its alumni societies and returned trainees. To date, HIDA has received requests from these people saying that they would like to hold business exchanges with Japanese companies. On the other side of this, Japanese companies that have set their sights on advancing into overseas markets have expressed interest in the potential with HIDA’s network. As such, HRI deploys new, independent programs in order to join together the needs of both sides. It has received the cooperation of numerous alumni societies in proposing and implementing programs and other ways, and at present it has amassed a track record of results little by little. Recently, it held a training course as well as individual business conferences and company introductions utilizing industry exhibitions together with Instituto AOTS Alumni São Paolo (alumni society in Sao Paulo, Brazil), held business conferences via Skype with ABK-AOTS Dosokai Tamil Nadu Centre (alumni society in Chennai, India), and held a tour of the Myanmar sewing industry, including business conferences, with the Myanmar HIDA (AOTS) Alumni Society. Representatives from the participating Japanese companies have appraised this highly, with comments such as “We were able to obtain precisely the information we needed” and “We went into the negotiations feeling at ease.”(2) Exchanges via our official Facebook pageAn official Facebook page* for the Association was started in 2009 with the goal of publicizing what was AOTS at the time and providing services and a forum for exchange to trainees. The number of fans has increased over the scant five years since then to its current number of about 9,500 (as of December 2014), and we are quickly closing in on 10,000. HIDA has posted articles to the page reporting on training programs and center events, as well as detailing courtesy calls by important foreign visitors. Conversely, from the trainees it receives photos capturing scenes of great interest that they experienced while in Japan and their impressions almost every day. *Even though the current abbreviated name of the organization is HIDA, since we are on the way to raising the name recognition of the page we have kept the name of our official Facebook page AOTS as it was when it was founded. (3) Commemorative Event: Let’s Make Mosaic Art!We created a photo mosaic to commemorate the 55-year anniversary since the founding of HIDA and the holding of the 9th World Convention of HIDA/AOTS Alumni Societies. The photo mosaic was created by combining together the thousands of photos and images contributed by alumni society members and the other people involved. Those who contributed can see an expanded view of their photos by entering their email address on HIDA’s website, which shows the photo mosaic image (https://mosaic55.hidajapan.or.jp/mosaic/mosaic.php). Selling related merchandise created independently at the World Convention of HIDA/AOTS Alumni Societies to contribute to raising proceeds for the WNF Fund

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