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  SEKI Akinori
   Department   Tokyo Keizai University  , Center for General Education
   Position   Professor
■ Profile
Akinori Seki is a Professor at Tokyo Keizai University, specializing in cross-cultural communication and motivation toward learning foreign languages. As the chairperson of the International Exchange Committee at the university, he actively promotes the development of international and multicultural collaboration networks worldwide. Outside of the university, he serves as the President of the Asia Association of Education and Exchange (AAEE), an educational organization with over 20,000 followers on Facebook. Having organized more than 35 international exchange programs in English with university students in Japan, Southeast and South Asia, he diligently observes student attitudes toward English learning and their styles of intercultural communication during these programs. Additionally, he holds the position of the official regional advisor for the Union of Friendship Organizations on People's Diplomacy, Vietnam.
■ Business career
1. 2017/04~ Tokyo Keizai University Center for General Education Professor
2. 2012/04~2013/03 Nepal Tourism and Hotel Management College Guest Professor
3. 2011/03~2012/03 Chulalongkorn University Fuculty of Education Guest Professor
4. 2007/04~2017/03 Tokyo Keizai University Center for General Education Associate Professor
5. 2004/04~2006/03 Niigata Women's College Assistant Professor
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■ Degree/Academic background
1. Faculty of Education, Niigata University, Graduated,
2. 〔Master Course〕, Graduate School, Division of Education, Niigata University, Completed,
3. 1994/03/31
Degree Acquisition
Niigata University,
■ Qualification and license
1. 1994/03/31 Specialized certificate for teaching at Junior High School and Senior High School
■ Reseach Areas
cross-cultural exchange, cross-cultural communication, learning motivation, Foreign Language Teaching (Key Word:Cross-cultural Exchange, Cross-cultural communication, Learning motivation, Foreign language learning and teaching) 
■ Research Subject
1. 1994/04/01
2021/12/15
■ Book and thesis
1. 2005/11/01 Book 35 Motivational Strategies in Foreign Language Classroom   (Collaboration) 
2. 2024/06/21 Article The Reality and Challenges of Multicultural Conviviality in Japan
-Towards Fostering Multicultural Competence among the Youth- International Conference on Higher Education for Human Resource Requirements and Local Socio-Economic Development—International Experiences and Suggestions for Vietnam  (Collaboration) 
3. 2024/02 Article Realigning divergent paths:
Facilitating mutual learning between International Students’ collaboration projects in Nepal and Vietnam Journal of Humanities and Natural Sciences (154),pp.121-143 (Collaboration) 
4. 2022/02/25 Article Self-reflection by bouncing off others : Cross-cultural exchange learning method developed by AAEE  pp.217-251 (Collaboration) 
5. 2021/02/17 Article Reflections on Online International Collaboration Projects in Covid Times The Journal of Humanities and Natural Sciences pp.113-146 (Collaboration) 
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■ Academic conference presentation
1. 2024/10/27 Teaching STEM and Not Forgetting the ‘A’ (HORASIS Global Meeting)
2. 2024/06/21 The Reality and Challenges of Multicultural Conviviality in Japan -Towards Fostering Multicultural Competence among the Youth- (International Conference on Higher Education for Human Resource Requirements and Local Socio-Economic Development—International Experiences and Suggestions for Vietnam)
3. 2023/12/04 The Neccesity of Asian Youthe Employment (Horasis Asia Meeting 2023)
4. 2023/10/23 Recovering Time, Education and Productivity Lost to COVID (Horasis Global Meeting 2023)
5. 2023/03/05 A Consideration of the Qualities Educators Should Possess in a Diverse World -Insights Gained through Supporting International Exchange and Multicultural Collaboration Projects in the Asian Region- (17th Education and Development Conference [2023])
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■ Lecturer and lecture
1. 2024/03/23 Transition of Foreign Language Education in Japan (Srinakharinwirot University)
2. 2023/10/14 Ten characteristics of Vietnamese students compared with Japanese students -Cultural Factors Affecting Their Sttitudes and Behaviors. (Foreign Trade University)
3. 2022/10/05 Be the Captain, Hold the Wheel, Rides to The Big Sea (BINUS University)
4. 2022/01/05 Embracing Diversity Through Intercultural Collaboration (BINUS University)
5. 2019/11/05 The Role of Student-Centered International Collaboration Projects in delivering student outcomes - A case for Cross cultural experiences in Nepal and Vietnam- (Ramkhamhaeng University, Thailand)
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■ Main Courses Taught
1. Cross-cultural Communication
2. Special Seminar (Cross-cultural Communication)
3. Graduaton Thesis
4. Reading English Research Papers (Graduate School)
■ Educational ability
● Practice example of education method
1. 2023/12/23~2023/12/30 Bangladesh-Japan Exchange Project 2023 バングラデシュ―日本国際交流プロジェクト実施責任者
2. 2021/03/09~2021/03/14 International Student Summit on SDGs 2021 AAEE x ENVIRONMENT ~ UNITE 実施責任者
● Announcement concerning education
1. 2013/01 "Introduction of student life in Japan", Special lecture at SMA6 Jakarta in Indonesia.
● Matter that should be mentioned specially in others educational activity
1. 2016/08/17~2016/08/26 Nepal-Japan Exchange Program 2016. Supervisor
2. 2016/08/14~2016/08/26 Vietnam-Japan Exchange Program 2016. Chief Director
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■ Activity in society
1. 2021/08 Keynote speech at IELTS for better Vietnam
2. 2020/02~2020/03 Journal referring: Asian Journal for Public Opinion Research (AJPOR)
■ Belonging society
1. 2008/04 Asia Association of Education and Exchange
2. 2018/04 The Asian Network for Public Opinion Research (ANPOR)
■ Committee and society
1. 2009/04/01~ Asia Association of Education and Exchange President
2. 2019/10/30 Binh Phuoc Union of Friendship Organizations on People Diplomacy, Vietnam Adviser of Binh Phuoc Union of Friendship Organizations on People Diplomacy, Vietnam