Students study through this course i) how economic policies have evolved since the demise of the Bretton Woods system in the 1970s, ii) what were impacts of Asian financial crisis in the late 1990s and the global financial crisis in 2008/09, iii) how Asian countries have achieved high growth and poverty reduction, and iv) what are new and emerging challenges for Asia and the World. Lecture is both theoretical and empirical, and based on the lecturer’s experiences. He is Chairman, Center for International Economy & Strategy. He was President of Asian Development Bank (ADB) (2013-2020), Vice-minister of Finance for International Affairs dealing with G7, G20, and IMF issues (2011-2013). He was engaged in many policy issues regarding tax, budget, and financial sector policy since he joined the Ministry of Finance in 1978. He was also an advisor in IMF’s Policy Development and Review Department (1994-97) and Minister at the Embassy of Japan in Washington DC (2005-2007).

Statistics and biometrics have emerged as crucial disciplines not only in agricultural sciences but also in various other fields. This significance is primarily attributed to three factors: Firstly, advancements in data measurement techniques have facilitated the collection of extensive and diverse biological and agronomic data that were previously unattainable. Secondly, the evolution of data science methodologies has enabled the integration and modeling of such collected data. Thirdly, the enhancement of computational capabilities has empowered the utilization of these methodologies. These advancements have rendered statistical and biometric methods indispensable for extracting insights from the vast and varied biological and agronomic datasets. Throughout this lecture series, a diverse array of biological and agronomic datasets will serve as illustrative examples to demonstrate various analytical methods. Delivered in a hands-on format, utilizing R, Python, and Matlab, the aim is to equip students with practical analysis skills. The initial portion of the course, spanning the first one-third, will focus primarily on techniques for summarizing, visualizing, and modeling relationships within multivariate datasets. In the subsequent one-third, students will delve into linear models, linear mixed models, local regression, and nonlinear models. Finally, in the last segment, students will explore image analysis, machine learning, and deep learning methods. While the course will cover a broad spectrum of methods, ranging from introductory to advanced levels, the emphasis will be on developing the capability to independently conduct analyses rather than on elaborating on the theoretical underpinnings of the methods.

　磁石の存在は約５千年から知られてきたとされるが、その微視的な理解には量子力学と統計力学の登場を待たねばならなかった。本講義では、これらの基礎を習得した学生を対象に、磁性に関する基礎的内容を紹介する。孤立磁性イオンのスピンについて説明した後、スピン間相互作用を導入し、スピンの集合体である磁性体が示す秩序状態への相転移などについて紹介する。スピン系を記述する表式の理解を通じて、巨視的スケールで現れる量子多体系の物理について学ぶ予定である。 　Although permanent magnets have been known for about 5,000 years, a microscopic understanding of them had to wait for the advent of quantum and statistical mechanics. In this lecture, we will introduce basic subjects on magnetism to students who have learned these mechanics. After explaining the spins of isolated magnetic ions, we will introduce inter-spin interactions and the phase transitions to ordered states exhibited in many-body systems. Through the formulation describing spin systems, we will learn the physics of quantum many-body systems that appear on macroscopic scales.

高分子，液晶，コロイド，ガラス，アクティブマターなどの「ソフトマター」は，近年，機能性材料として工業的に広く利用されるようになるとともに，生体構成物質および複雑系の典型例として基礎工学的関心を集めている。本講義では，これらの“ソフト”な材料をあつかう上で基本となる重要な概念や代表的な物性測定法を解説するとともに複雑流体に特徴的な興味深い現象を紹介する。 Soft materials, such as polymers, liquid crystals and colloids are widely employed recently as functional materials in industrial processes. In the lecture, we introduce the methodology and the physics of these materials. We also discuss typical and characteristic properties and phenomena seen in these soft matters.

Students study through this course i) how economic policies have evolved since the demise of the Bretton Woods system in the 1970s, ii) what were impacts of Asian financial crisis in the late 1990s and the global financial crisis in 2008/09, iii) how Asian countries have achieved high growth and poverty reduction, and iv) what are new and emerging challenges for Asia and the World. Lecture is both theoretical and empirical, and based on the lecturer’s experiences. He is Chairman, Center for International Economy & Strategy. He was President of Asian Development Bank (ADB) (2013-2020), Vice-minister of Finance for International Affairs dealing with G7, G20, and IMF issues (2011-2013). He was engaged in many policy issues regarding tax, budget, and financial sector policy since he joined the Ministry of Finance in 1978. He was also an advisor in IMF’s Policy Development and Review Department (1994-97) and Minister at the Embassy of Japan in Washington DC (2005-2007).

固体の電子状態、光学応答・輸送特性、超伝導、測定手法について講義を行う。電子間相互作用の取り扱いについても解説する。バンド計算手法や素励起･集団励起などの基本的手法・概念についても解説を行う。 Subjects of the lecture are electronic states, optical responses, transport properties, superconductivity, and measurement mathods. Electron-electron interaction will also be treated as well as band calculation methods, and basic concepts of quasiparticle excitation and collective excitation.

"The Art of Attention" explores attention as a social, cultural, and personal phenomenon, with a special focus on the concept of Radical Human Attention. Drawing on philosophical, psychological, and sociocultural perspectives, the course examines various attentional practices and their applications in everyday life, art, and social change. 「注意の技法」は、注意を社会的、文化的、個人的な現象として探求し、特にラディカル・ヒューマン・アテンションの概念に焦点を当てます。哲学的、心理学的、社会文化的な観点を取り入れ、日常生活、芸術、社会変革におけるさまざまな注意の実践とその応用を検討します。」

"The Art of Attention" explores attention as a social, cultural, and personal phenomenon, with a special focus on the concept of Radical Human Attention. Drawing on philosophical, psychological, and sociocultural perspectives, the course examines various attentional practices and their applications in everyday life, art, and social change. 「注意の技法」は、注意を社会的、文化的、個人的な現象として探求し、特にラディカル・ヒューマン・アテンションの概念に焦点を当てます。哲学的、心理学的、社会文化的な観点を取り入れ、日常生活、芸術、社会変革におけるさまざまな注意の実践とその応用を検討します。」

This course aims to cultivate internationally competitive young researchers equipped with literacy and competency to become future leaders in industry and academia. The course deals with multidisciplinary application skills and the in-depth research in specialized fields so that students accomplish the ability to work in a broader spectrum and apply one’s skills to a multidisciplinary setting. The topics of the course include medical and biomedical robotics, medical high-tech industries, disease prevention, health care system, science technology and industrial policy, energy technology, and health security and community resilience.

Topological phases of matter have been one of the most actively studied condensed matter systems in past decades. In this course, we learn the basics of topological insulators and superconductors from the prototypical models to the general classification based on fundamental symmetry.