SOPHIA ANNUAL REPORT 2018 · The History of Sophia 1 SOPHIA ANNUAL REPORT 2018 Sophia School Corporation 1549 St. Francis Xavier, S.J. comes to Japan. 1906 The Pope Pius X asks the

SOPHIA ANNUAL REPORT 2018

SOPHIA SCHOOL CORPORATION

The History of Sophia

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Sophia School Corporation

1549 St. Francis Xavier, S.J. comes to Japan.

1906 The Pope Pius X asks the Society of Jesus to establish a higher educational institution in Japan.

1908 Three Jesuit priests arrive in Japan to prepare for the establishment of a university.

1911 Sophia School Corporation (Zaidan Hojin Jochi Gakuin) is formed.

1912 Sophia School Corporation purchases land in Kioi-cho in central Tokyo.

1913 Ministry of Education approves establishment of Sophia University (three departments: Philosophy, German Literature, Commerce) under

Special School Law

1928 Sophia is reorganized as a full-fledged university under University Law, with two faculties: Humanities and Commerce.

1932 Night-school program established in Economics, Commerce, Law, and Journalism. ／ The construction of Building 1 is completed. ／

Taisei Junior High School is founded.

1937 Sophia University Alumni Association is established. ／ Rokko Gakuin School Corporation is founded.

1938 Rokko Junior High School is founded.

1946 Public lecture series are launched.

1947 Rokko Junior/Senior High School is founded under new school system. ／ Eiko Gakuen Junior High School is founded.

1948 Sophia University begins operations under new school system, with two faculties: Humanities and Economics. ／ Taisei Senior High

School is founded.

1949 International Division, predecessor of the present Faculty of Liberal Arts, is founded.

1950 Sanada Moat Athletic Ground is opened. ／ Eiko Gakuen Senior High School is founded.

1951 Sophia School Corporation changes status of academic legal entity (Gakko hojin) according to provisions of Private School Law. ／

Graduate Programs are started in Theology, Philosophy, Humanities, and Economics. ／ Taisei Gakuen School Corporation is founded.

1956 Hiroshima Gakuin School Corporation is founded. ／ Hiroshima Gakuin Junior High School is founded.

1957 Faculty of Law is established. ／ First female students are admitted. ／ Eiko Gakuen School Corporation is founded.

1958 Faculty of Theology and Faculty of Foreign Studies are established.

1959 Hiroshima Gakuin Senior High School is founded.

1962 Faculty of Science and Technology is established.

1964 Sophia School of Social Welfare is founded.

1966 Graduate Programs in Law, and Science and Technology are established.

1970 Graduate Program in Foreign Studies is established.

1973 Sophia Junior College is founded.

1980 Construction of Hoffmann Hall is completed. ／ International Division is closed.

1984 Central Library is opened.

1987 Faculty of Comparative Culture is established.

2004 Juris Doctor Program (Law School) is established.

2005 Faculty of Human Sciences is established. ／ Graduate Programs in Human Sciences and Global Environmental Studies are established. ／

Building No.2 is completed.

2006 Faculty of Comparative Culture is reorganized as Faculty of Liberal Arts. ／ Graduate Program in Global Studies is established.

2007 Graduate Program in Economics is reorganized.

2008 Faculty of and Graduate Program in Science and Technology are reorganized.

2011 Academic legal entity Seibo Gakuen is merged with Sophia School Corporation. ／ Department of Nursing is added to Faculty of Human

Sciences. ／ Taisei Junior/Senior High School is renamed as Sophia-Fukuoka Junior-Senior High School.

2012 Sophia Junior College is renamed as Sophia University Junior College Division. ／ Sophia Soshigaya International House is opened.

2013 Celebration of centennial anniversary of founding of Sophia University, 40th anniversary of Sophia University Junior College Division, 50th

Anniversary of Sophia School of Social Welfare.

2014 Faculty of Global Studies is established.

2015 Course of Midwifery is established

2016 Renewal of Sophia School Corporation with merging of five school corporations (Sophia, Eiko Gakuen, Rokko Gakuin, Hiroshima Gakuin,

and Taisei Gakuen). ／ Graduate School of Applied Religious Studies is established.

2017 Building No.6 (Sophia Tower) is completed.

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Organigram

Graduate SchoolsSophia University

Faculties

Course of Midwifery

Sophia Research Organizations Research Institutes Division

Project Research Division

Intra-University Research Division

Research Institutes/Centers

Department of English LanguageSophia University Junior College Division

Nursery School TeachersSophia School of Social Welfare

Social Welfare

Correspondence Course of Psychiatric Social Workers

EIKO GAKUEN Junior and Senior High School

Rokko Junior/Senior High School

Hiroshima Gakuin Junior and Senior High School

Sophia-Fukuoka Junior-Senior High School

Kirishitan Bunko Library

Asia Center for Research and Human Development

Office of Management PlanningBureau of General Affairs

Office of General Affairs

Office of Public Relations

Office for Community & Alumni Relations

Top Global University Project Office

Office of Secondary Education

Office of Human Resource DevelopmentBureau of Personnel Affairs

Office of Personnel Services and Benefits

Office of AccountingBureau of Financial Affairs

Office of Capital

Office of Property

Center for Academic AffairsBureau of Academic Affairs

Admissions Office

Center for Extension Programs

Office of Global Education and Collaboration

Office of Language Education

Center for Student AffairsBureau of Student Affairs

Health Center

Counseling Center

Career Center

Bureau of Academic Research and Information

Library

ICT Office

Center for Research Promotion and Support

Office of Institutional Research

Office for the Promotion of Diversity

Jesuit Education Center

Catholic Center

Office of Sophia University Junior College Division

Office of Sophia School of Social Welfare

Office of Mejiro Seibo Campus

Audit Office

Alumni Association Office

Sophia SchoolCorporation

Theology

Philosophy

Humanities

Practical Studies of Religion

Human Sciences

Law

Economics

Languages and Linguistics

Global Studies

Science and Technology

Global Environmental Studies

Theology

Humanities

Human Sciences

Law

Economics

Foreign Studies

Global Studies

Liberal Arts

Science and Technology

Center for Language Education and Research

Center for Global Education and Discovery

Education and Research Center for Information Science

Center for Teaching and Curator Credentials

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Sophia School of Social Welfare


Sophia University junior College Division


Status of Schools and Facilities Status of Schools and Facilities As of March 31, 2019

Schools Campuses

Sophia University

・Faculty of Theology, Humanities, Human Sciences, Law, Economics,

Foreign Studies, Global Studies, Liberal Arts, Science and Technology

・Graduate School of Philosophy, Humanities, Practical Studies of Religion, Human Sciences, Law, Economics,

Languages and Linguistics, Global Studies, Science and Technology, Global Environmental Studies

①Yotsuya

・Department of Nursing, Faculty of Human Sciences

・Course of Midwifery

②Mejiro Seibo

・Department of Information and Communication Sciences, Faculty of Science and Technology ③Ichigaya

・Graduate School of Theology ④Shakujii

(Sports grounds) ⑤Hadano

(Institute of Grief Care: offers Human Resource Developing Course, etc） ⑥Osaka

Sophia University Junior College Division

・Department of English Language

⑤Hadano

Sophia School of Social Welfare ①Yotsuya





Location ①Yotsuya Campus

7-1 Kioi-cho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, 102-8554

⑥Osaka Satellite Campus

3-12-8 Toyosaki, Kita-ku, Osaka 531-0072

②Mejiro Seibo Campus

4-16-11 Shimo-Ochiai, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, 161-8550

⑦EIKO GAKUEN Junior and Senior High School

4-1-1 Tamanawa, Kamakura-shi, Kanagawa 247-0071

③Ichigaya Campus

4 Yonban-cho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, 102-0081

⑧Rokko Junior / Senior High School

2-4-1 Shinohara, Obanoyama-cho, Nada-ku, Kobe-shi, Hyogo 657-0015

④Shakujii Campus

4-32-11 Kamishakujii, Nerima-ku, Tokyo, 177-0044

⑨Hiroshima Gakuin Junior and Senior High School

1-630 Furueue, Nishi-ku, Hiroshima 733-0875

⑤Hadano Campus

999 Sannoudai, Kamiozuki, Hadano-shi, Kanagawa, 257-0005

⑩Sophia-Fukuoka Junior-Senior High School

1-10-10 Terukuni, Chuo-ku, Fukuoka 810-0032

① Yotsuya Campus

② Mejiro Seibo Campus

③ Ichigaya Campus

④ Shakujii Campus

⑨Hiroshima Gakuin Junior and

Senior High School

⑧Rokko Junior /

Senior High School ⑩Sophia-Fukuoka

Junior-Senior High School

⑥Osaka Satellite Campus ⑤Hadano Campus

⑦EIKO GAKUEN Junior

and Senior High School

Sophia School Corporation ‐ Annual Topics

Efforts to deepen understanding of Jesuit education In fiscal 2018, welcoming the third year of our merger with the school corporations of four Jesuit secondary schools (Eiko Gakuen, Rokko Gakuin, Hiroshima Gakuin and Taisei Gakuen), we engaged students, faculty and staff in increasing opportunities of exchange, deepening their understanding of Jesuit education. In August, we held a workshop at the Jesuit Retreat House in Kamakura for all faculty and staff employed at all schools run by Sophia School Corporation. The workshop aimed to foster Ignatian leadership based on knowledge of discernment (individual discernment and communal discernment) among participants. Fr. Johnny Go, Education Secretary of the Jesuit Conference of Asia Pacific (JCAP) facilitated the workshop, which had the participation of eighteen faculty and staff members. Also, in August, JCAP hosted the Ignatian Student Leadership Forum (ISLF) at Hadano Campus was hosted by the Jesuit Conference of Asia Pacific (JCAP). This event is held biennially in an Asian country. This year, 68 students of Jesuit high schools in the Asian district (this time, schools from Indonesia, the Philippines, Hong Kong, Macau. Taiwan, East Timor and Japan participated) were joined by members of the Jesuit Secondary Education Committee (JSEC), faculty and staff of Sophia School Corporation (mainly the four secondary schools), Sophia University students and alumni of the four secondary schools. A total of 106 people participated for hands-on learning of the peace and reconciliation of Jesus Christ and strengthened their friendships with peers of other Jesuit sister schools. Furthermore, in terms of the network shared with overseas Jesuit higher education institutions, the

Presidents’ Forum of the International Association of Jesuit Universities (IAJU) was held for the first time in three years at Deutso University in Bilbao, Spain. President Yoshiaki Terumichi, Vice president Miki Sugimura for Global Academic Affairs, Dean Hitoshi Kawanaka of the Faculty of Theology, and Professor Midori Okabe of the Faculty of Law participated in it. IAJU is a major global network centered on the Jesuit organizations representing each of the six regions, namely, North America, Latin America, Asia-Pacific, India, Europe and Africa, sharing common visions and prioritized agenda. The recent meeting addressed how Jesuit universities should engage in research and education to deal with the challenges faced by modern society. The meeting adopted the IAJU Charter, signed by the representatives of the six regions of the world. In December, the Japan Provincial of the Society of Jesus, the Chancellor of Sophia School Corporation, the President and two Vice Presidents of Sophia University and the Principals of the four secondary schools met at the Takarazuka Mefu Retreat House for the “Four Schools Forum” hosted by the Japan Province of the Society of Jesus. Participants reflected upon the activities undertaken during the three years since the corporate merger and engaged in intensive discussion about how Jesuit secondary education and higher education should evolve in the future. The contents were compiled into a proposal. As a school corporation with both a secondary school division and higher education division, we are determined to promote events and projects to further strengthen our connections.


Establishment of “Sophia Medical Info”, Sophia University’s first university venture

On October 1, 2018, we founded Sophia Medical Info Co., Ltd., a venture based in Sophia University. The company’s business operations are based on the Sophia Cross-lingual Health Assistant System (SoCHAS) developed by a team led by Professor Eiko Takaoka of the Faculty of Science and Technology, Department of Information and Communication Sciences with aim to achieve co-existence in a diversified society. Using smartphone applications, etc., it seeks to solve communication-related challenges in multicultural societies, for example by supporting foreigners travelling/staying in Japan when they need to see a doctor.

Sophia University embraces an interdisciplinary research and education environment with both humanities and social science faculties and science and engineering-oriented faculties on one campus, as well as an enriching environment for language and linguistics research, with a Center for Language Education and Research and opportunities to study 22 different languages. The company takes full advantage of such strengths of the university to develop the contents of SoCHAS and invites students, faculty and staff members, and alumni to take part in the developing the business. Through the deployment of this tool, we will promote social contribution activities.


Acquisition of highest rating “A+” in annual UN Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI) assessment

Sophia School Corporation scored an “A+,” the highest performance band in the AY2018 annual PRI assessment (total assessment / organization and governance).

Total

Performance

Commissioning: Selection, Appointment and Monitoring of external

managers (SAM)

Organization and

governance Listed stock

Securities

(Government

bonds, etc.)

Securities

(Corporate

bonds / financial)

Securities

(Corporate

bonds/ non-

financial)

A+ A A A A

The PRIs, adopted by the United Nations in 2006, include incorporating environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors into investment analysis and decision-making processes, etc. In November 2015, Sophia School Corporation became the first Japanese higher education institution to become a signatory to the Principles to incorporate investment principles consistent with our founding spirit, and practice in our asset management, the principles of the United Nations Global Compact, in which we also participate. The PRI secretariat annually assesses the status of responsible investment of signatory institutional investors and rates them on a 6-level scale of A+ to E, with A+ being the highest rating.

Sophia School Corporation has been engaged in ESG investment with an aim to contribute to resolving issues related to “poverty, environment, educational, and ethics” that threaten human dignity through academic research and social contribution, which is one of our basic principles, as well as in formulating guidelines and the organizational framework for ESG investment. We believe that the appropriate assessment of ESG factors in investment not only positively impacts medium- to long-term performance but also contributes to the healthy development of capital markets and the achievement of sustainable society.


Engaging in Social Impact Investment to improve life in impoverished regions Since October 2018, Sophia University has been engaged in Social Impact Investment (venture capital fund Aavishkaar (India)), with a clear aim to improve life in impoverished regions. Aavishkaar was launched in 2001 as a fund investing in socially responsible early-stage companies and has developed into one of Asia’s largest funds, collecting funds from investors worldwide and investing in socially responsible entrepreneurs that run businesses in agricultural areas of South Asia. With a clear aim to improve life in impoverished regions, the fund has improved the lives of a total of 7000 people. In addition to having significant social impact, it has generated large economic returns for investors. Having proved that large social impact can

be achieved without compromising economic returns, Aavishkaar has been received awards at UN and G20 meetings and has been introduced in case studies at business school. We see social impact investment as a way to further promote PRI and to support the UN SDGs in asset management. Sophia School Corporation utilizes the profits generated from asset management to enhance scholarships and other financial support for students as well as academic and research activities. Sophia School Corporation will continue to support ESG investment to be socially responsible as a public entity that manages a research and education institution and as a responsible asset owner.


Special Exhibition “The Century of the Kirishitans”: an exhibition of rare Kirishitan material in the possession of the Kirishitan Bunko Library On July 30, 2018, the Hidden Christian Sites in the Nagasaki Region in Nagasaki and Kumamoto Prefectures was registered as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. In commemoration of the UNESCO designation, we held a special exhibition “The Century of the Kirishitans” in the exhibition space on the first floor of Bldg. No. 6 from October 19, 2018 to March 8, 2019. Of the rare materials in the possession of the Kirishitan Bunko Library, we exhibited seven replicas of historically important material, including the “Galeuta Tokai Kinshi” street bulletin of 1639 issued in Nagasaki), known as the last national seclusion order, which banned the entrance of Portuguese

ships and “Kirishitan-ban,” a book printed using the first metal printing machine introduced to Japan by Father Valignano. The exhibition displayed the starting point of the World Heritage Hidden Christian Sites in the Nagasaki Region. In addition, we held a lecture “Hidden Christians of Nagasaki and Amakusa Regions: What was the global significance of the emergence of Kirishitans?” on January 15, 2019. Professor Shinzo Kawamura of the Department of History of the Faculty of Humanities delivered the lecture, offering an in-depth explanation of the materials on display and discussed the historical significance of the Hidden Christians of Nagasaki and Amakusa regions.

Special Exhibition “The Century of the Kirishitans” (at exhibition space on the first floor, Bldg. No. 6)


Sophia University

Conferring the Royal Orders of Cambodia to three Sophia University professors

From right, Professor Ishizawa, Minister Phoeurng Sackona, Professor Koso, Professor Hirayama

On December 4, 2018, three professors, including Professor Yoshiaki Ishizawa, were presented Royal Orders by Cambodian Minister Phoeurng Sackona of Culture and Fine Arts (*1)at the 25th meeting of the ICC(*2), held in Siem Reap, Cambodia. The conferment of the Royal Orders was a result of the high recognition that Sophia University has received for many years of contribution to the restoration of the Angkor Wat Western Causeway and human development efforts to foster Cambodian specialists, as well as for the success of its undertakings. The Royal Orders were bestowed upon Dr. Yoshiaki Ishizawa, Professor at Sophia University (Director of the Asia Center for Research and Human Development), who has been responsible for leading the local restoration work and human

development efforts for many years; Fr. Toshiaki Koso, Professor by Special Appointment at Sophia University (former Chancellor of Sophia School Corporation), who offered the university’s full support in restoring the Angkor Wat Western Causeway; and Visiting Professor Zenkichi Hirayama of the Asia Center for Research and Human Development who compiled the basic construction plan for the restoration work. The recipients and the Royal Orders awarded are as follows: Toshiaki KOSO, Professor by Special Appointment: Royal Order of Sahametrei Commander Class (*3) Zenkichi HIRAYAMA, Visiting Professor: Royal Order of Sahametrei, Knight Class (*3) Yoshiaki ISHIZAWA, Professor: Royal Order of Monisaraphon, Grand Officer Class (*4)

Higher Education Division - Annual Topics


Upon receiving the Royal Order, Professor Ishizawa said, “Prime Minister Hun Sen delivered a speech before the conferment, mentioning that ‘when Cambodia signaled <S.O.S at Angkor Wat> to the rest of the world, Sophia University was the first to run over to help.’ (speech at Siem Reap on December 4, 2018). Sophia University’s efforts to restore the ruins, along with refugee relief efforts led by Father J. Pittau, former president of Sophia University, have enabled the Cambodians to regain their ethnic pride. Our activities were spotlighted with the conferment of the Magsaysay Award in 2017. The conferment of the Royal Orders is a special token of their appreciation for the efforts that Sophia University has been engaged in over a very long period of time.”

(*1) Minister Phoeurng Sackona visited Sophia

University on February 22, 2019 to deliver a keynote

speech at the international symposium “Restore Angkor

Wat: by the Cambodians, for the Cambodians.”

(*2) ICC-Angkor stands for the International

Coordinating Committee for the Safeguarding and

Development of the Historic Site of Angkor, which has

met annually since the Tokyo Conference for

Preservation of Angkor Monuments held in 1993. Japan

and France co-chair the Committee and coordinate the

support offered by countries.

(*3) The Royal Order of Sahametrei is conferred upon

foreigners who have rendered distinguished services to

the King and the people of Cambodia, particularly in the

fields of foreign relations and diplomatic services.

(*4) The Royal Order of Monisaraphon is conferred

upon those who have rendered distinguished services

in the fields of literature and the fine arts, education,

justice, administration, and science.


Establishment of the Doctoral Program in Death and Life Studies in the Graduate School of Applied Religious Studies In 2016, Sophia University established the Program in Death and Life Studies in the Graduate School of Applied Religious Studies (Master’s Program) in order to build a hub for research and education on applied religious studies and death and life studies in Japan, as well as to develop Sophia University’s educational spirit of “Men and Women for Others, with Others” in a way that meets the needs of modern society. The program was designed so that half of the courses, including compulsory courses, are offered in the evening, and has introduced an extended enrollment system in order to facilitate learning for working adults. Therefore, students with a wide variety of backgrounds in terms of age, undergraduate majors, and professional experience are pursuing research and education together. In order to expand on these endeavors, we established a Doctoral Program in April 2018. With a stronger emphasis on human resource development in the areas of “public nature of

religion,” “view of life and death and life ethics,” and “clinical spiritual care,” which are addressed in the Master’s Program, the Doctoral Program seeks to foster “human resources who will, in times of diversified religious views, values and views of death and life, take on the role of cultural creation through public dialogue, acquire high expertise, practical abilities and comprehensive perspectives will take the initiative in addressing unsolved issues.” We welcomed five students (admission capacity: three enrollees) in our initial academic year. We will form a faculty of professors with outstanding research performance and rich experience in clinical practice in order to foster not only researchers but also human resources that will become social leaders that show respect for diverse religious values buried in society and contribute to the wider acceptance of diversity. We seek to lead the elevation of education and research on applied religious studies and death and life studies in Japan.

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Conclusion of a comprehensive agreement with International Christian University, Kwansei Gakuin University and Nanzan University On May 24, Sophia University concluded a comprehensive agreement on partnership and collaboration with International Christian University (ICU). Both founded upon Christian values, ICU and Sophia University share much in common in terms of university principles, human ideals, as well as research and education; and therefore, we had engaged in joint research and faculty and staff exchange in the past. Our recent conclusion of a partnership agreement aims to further enhance our research and education and to accelerate globalization. On June 20, Sophia University concluded a comprehensive agreement with Kwansei Gakuin University with an aim to achieve the philosophy shared between our universities: to “contribute to our neighbors, society and the world by promoting highly international research and education based on Christian spirituality.” Under this agreement, we will engage in student, faculty and staff exchange and mutually offer courses, thereby strongly

promoting the achievement of our educational principles. We will also promote social contribution both domestically and internationally by engaging our students in joint international volunteering activities and planning educational programs in relation to the 2020 Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games. Furthermore, on December 14, Sophia University concluded a comprehensive agreement on partnership and collaboration with Nanzan University. As Catholic universities, our universities have led the Japan Association of Catholic Universities and have shared close ties in the promotion of Catholic Universities in Japan. Under this agreement we will promote the enhancement of research and education and social contribution based on Catholic spirituality. In addition to student exchange such as the Sophia-Nanzan Sports Festival (Jonan-sen), we will host joint training programs for faculty and staff members of both schools and conduct personnel exchange.


A Global Citizenship Education Program using online learning (COIL) under partnership among three domestic universities and ten US universities Sophia University, Ochanomizu University and Shizuoka Prefectural University proposed a joint program for “Developing a Collaborative Online International Learning Program to Identify Challenges in Human Security and Multicultural Coexistence,” which was adopted as an “Inter-University Exchange Project 2018: Support for fostering COIL-based inter-university exchange with US universities” offered by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology. The program will promote bilateral inter-university partnership centered on courses and exchange programs using Collaborative Online International Learning (COIL). Three Japanese universities and ten American universities, mostly partner universities of Sophia, joined forces in September 2018 toward the three goals of: (1) providing students opportunities for global education; (2) promoting multifaceted student exchange utilizing the various resources offered by partner

universities and local community; and (3) contributing to correcting the education gap in developing countries by expanding COIL to other countries. By promoting the introduction of COIL in courses, learners who have limited access to study abroad due to economic reasons or the curriculum at university are granted the opportunity to learn with students from other countries without leaving Japan. Through collaborative education among students with different cultural backgrounds, students will be able to acquire a multidimensional understanding of issues and multifaceted thinking. In addition, this program will allow inbound students to attend lectures at one of the two universities in Tokyo and join internships at companies and organizations in Shizuoka Prefecture through Shizuoka Prefectural University, thus promoting international exchange outside the Greater Tokyo area and a new form of industry-academia partnership.


Opening the Los Angeles Office Sophia University signed a service contract with Lighthouse, a company with experience in international education programs on the American West Coast and opened the Los Angeles Office. Establishing an office on the West Coast had always been a part of our Top Global University vision. The Los Angeles Office is our ninth overseas office. One of the aims of basing ourselves in Los Angeles is to strengthen student recruitment targeting the “new second-generation,” or Japanese people who have been brought up in the US by parents who were born in Japan, which had been an urgent agenda in our student recruitment strategy. Being situated in an area where many partner schools with which we share student exchange programs and where there is intensive student exchange, with a great number of inbound and outbound students, we have great expectations for enhanced international communications, as well as planning recruiting

campaigns targeting local high schools, Japanese language supplementary schools, and juku. In October, Associate Professor Takehiro Watanabe of the Faculty of Liberal Arts and Admissions Office staff visited Los Angeles and Hawaii. With the cooperation of the Los Angeles Office, they participated in two joint admissions briefings held with other universities and visited ten local high schools on the West Coast and in Hawaii to promote mainly our English-taught programs to both Japanese and local students. The establishment of the Los Angeles Office has allowed us to gain information on how other universities engage in international communication, the status of language education in each area, the level of local interest in Japanese culture, and the status of college enrollment of both Japanese and American high school students. We seek to collaborate with relevant sections to use the plan our admissions strategy based on the important information collected.


Partnership with Aeon Bank to offer internship in Japanese-taught courses for international students In the AY2018 autumn semester, students enrolled in “Business Japanese for Internships,” a Japanese-taught course targeting international students at the Center for Language Education and Research (CLER), were granted the opportunity by Aeon Bank, Ltd. to attend practical lectures for the acquisition of Japanese for business and join an internship. With an aim to facilitate job-hunting and internships for international students, the course is offered to international students with a high level of Japanese proficiency and allows students to acquire Japanese skills for business while also learning about the preparation and business manners required for job-hunting in Japan and corporate culture, based on basic knowledge of the procedures and the human resources sought by companies. Six international students from China, South Korea, Taiwan and the US, all hoping to find a job in Japan or in an overseas branch of a Japanese company, enrolled in the course. In the preliminary lectures, students received training on how to study industries in depth and

learned about communication methods unique to Japan and business manners, including exchanging business cards. On January 25, an internship training program was offered at the Head Office of Aeon Bank. Students visited different sections and a television conference room where meetings are held with overseas branches, and experienced the busy atmosphere of a workplace. Later, in the working session, young employees of foreign nationalities introduced the work at their respective sections and students met employees working in various divisions, including personnel affairs, planning, international projects, and analysis. Students actively engaged in conversation about Japanese corporate culture and rules, job-hunting and what employees find rewarding working at Aeon Bank. In the wrap-up session, students commented that they learned much about job-hunting as a foreign national and that they felt the passion that employees working for Aeon Bank held for their job, after an enriching initial experience in a Japanese workplace.


A team of students and faculty and staff members surveys the Indonesia 2018 Asia Para Games Having surveyed the Rio de Janeiro and Pyeong Chang Paralympic Games, a team of students and faculty and staff members went to the Indonesia 2018 Asia Para Games. We were surprised to see that despite news reports of delays in infrastructure construction, lack of information and low public interest, the venue was full of excitement that could be heard beyond the premises. Eighty to ninety percent of the 8,000 volunteer staff were university students. The stands were also full of young people and we could see that they were trying to actively contribute to the event. The team visited local universities, kindergartens and welfare facilities for children with special needs and interviewed people about the status of parasports development in Indonesia and local needs, thus receiving many hints toward the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games. The expedition was also an opportunity to explore how we could offer developing countries support through parasports in the future.

<Other inter-university partnerships and collaboration with private companies for the Olympic and Paralympic Games> -Launched “Go Beyond,” a Sophia-based student project for the Olympic and Paralympic Games -Concluded a comprehensive partnership agreement with Aioi Nissay Dowa Insurance Co., Ltd. -Offered the course “Thinking about Parasports and Inclusive Society with Para Athlete” jointly with Aioi Nissay Dowa Insurance Co., Ltd. -Joint TV program by WOWOW×Sophia University “Para-Sports Night” -Briefing on recruitment of volunteers for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games -Held the Universal Manners Test -Offered “Sports Liberal Arts Course” under the partnership of seven universities (Kanda University of International Studies, Keio University, Sophia University, Tsukuba University, University of Tokyo, Rikkyo University, Waseda University) For more details, see: https://www.tokyo2020sopp.com


Opening the Active Commons In April 2018, Sophia University refurbished the cafeteria in the basement of Building No. 9 and reopened it as Active Commons, a space with wi-fi, movable tables and chairs, screens and projectors for use with permission, as well as the conventional functions of a cafeteria. Students use the Active Commons individually and as a group to study, for extra-curricular activities and for presentations planned by students. Since its opening, the whole floor has been used

as the venue for a music event “Yukata Jazz” “Yukata Orchestra” on the campus Yukata Day and for the “Autumn Freshman Week” event to recruit freshman to extracurricular activities, including clubs and circles. Smaller groups have used it for workshops. We are determined to encourage students to take the initiative in planning more events and increase the functions of the Active Commons in order to support such activities.

Holding the “MIRAI Seminar” hosted by Japan-Sweden International Academic Consortium (interuniversity partnership) Sophia University is a member of an international academic consortium comprising eight domestic universities, including Sophia, and seven Swedish universities that promotes the MIRAI project. Celebrating 150 years of diplomatic relations between Japan and Sweden, we held MIRAI Seminar 2018 on October 9-12, 2018. As Japan was the host in 2018, we had the University of Tokyo and Waseda University also offer venues. Leading researchers and government officials gathered from Japan and Sweden to give and attend lectures and join panel discussions on a diversity of research themes. On October 11 and 12, concurrent sessions were held on each theme. The concurrent session held at

Sophia University was on “sustainability” and enjoyed the participation of 45 people. The session began with a keynote speech and poster session, followed by research presentations and discussion in smaller groups. This project has provided foundations for several joint research projects between Sophia University and a Swedish university that have already been launched and we hope that this will lead to further international academic exchange. A Materials Science workshop is planned for May 2019 and the next full seminar will be held in Sweden in November. We are determined to continue to deepen our bilateral academic exchange.


Hosting the Kumamoto Earthquake Photo Exhibition “Reality taken by High Students in Kumamoto” / Summer 2018 Natural Hazard Photo Exhibition and Poster Report on Volunteering in Kurashiki On April 17-20, Sophia University hosted the Kumamoto Earthquake Photo Exhibition “Reality taken by High Students in Kumamoto,” which had been granted a subsidy for restoration support activities the previous year. The photos were taken by the students of the Photography Club at Dai-ni High School, and were exhibited accompanied by captions written in both Japanese and English about matching episodes and impressions (based on interviews with the high school students, arranged by students of Sophia University. The exhibition attracted not only people on campus but also visitors from outside the university. We received many messages that people were “surprised that the damage was more serious than seen on TV” and that “the photos were powerful because they were taken by high school students and not adults.” Visitors were excited to be welcomed by Sophia University and Kumamoto Prefecture’s mascots, Sophian-kun and Kumamon, on the first day.

The exhibition was covered in the newspaper and on the radio. In October, Hamamatsu Keiyo High School in Shizuoka Prefecture asked to exhibit the photos at their school festival and we delivered the photos and lecture. Our strong message, “Don’t forget the Kumamoto Earthquake” was communicated from Kumamoto Daini High School to Sophia University to Hamamatsu Keiyo High School. In December, students who participated in volunteer activities in Kurashiki City, Okayama Prefecture after the heavy rainfalls in July 2018 took the initiative in holding a natural disaster news photo exhibition (photo taken by Asahi Shimbun) and a Japanese calligraphy exhibition (works by the Japanese calligraphy club at Okayama Prefectural Kurashiki Commercial High School) in the entrance of Building No. 2, as well as a charity miso soup drive using miso and vegetables produced in Okayama Prefecture in the piloti of Building No. 8.


Sophia University Junior College Division Largest number of applicants in the past 18 years The Sophia University Junior College Division has maintained a comparatively good status in terms of the number of applicants and enrollees, and admissions for the 2019 academic year saw further increase in the number of applicants, marking a record high of 590 people. (Admission capacity: 250 students / New students: 282 students) Factors that contributed to the significant rise in applicants were: 1) maintaining growing trends in the number of requests for admissions information and visitors to campus through total management of public relations for student recruitment; 2) enhancing events, such as open campus events and classroom visits; 3) increasing opportunities of going to high schools to deliver classes and briefings on admissions; 4) efforts toward the permeation of special admissions using TEAP and EIKEN (Test in Practical English Proficiency). External factors also contributed to the increase: 5) the decrease in the number of accepted applicants as a result of stricter regulations on the admission capacity; 6) the trend among applicants not to extend their decision on which school to enroll in

beyond AY2019 admissions in order to avoid the high competition expected in the AY 2020 admissions, the last opportunity before the admissions system changes in AY2021; and 7) the suspension of student recruitment by many other junior colleges specializing in educational studies that many applicants also applied to. The selection of students in the AO admissions, admissions by recommendation and special entrance exams are based on the three elements of academic ability (i. knowledge and skills; ii. thinking skills, judgment and expression; iii. attitude to collaborate with various people). The general entrance exams Type A, B and C measure thinking skills, judgment and expression (ii), in addition to knowledge and skills (i). Group discussions were introduced to Type C exams in the AY2019 admissions to measure the candidate’s attitude to collaborate with various people (iii). The rate of applicants to capacity (rate of competition) in the AY2019 admissions revealed that it was becoming increasingly difficult to be accepted: Type A: 1.72:1, Type B: 1.55:1, Type C: 4.0:1.


Sophia School of Social Welfare Educational outreach programs The Sophia School of Social Welfare offers as an innovative educational project, outreach programs for students seeking educational activities outside the classroom, transcending conventional learning through textbooks and prescribed training programs. Educational outreach is focused on practical learning: for example, includes, participating in community café activities and events, alumni visits and internships, joining training programs for working social workers and workshops for alumni, engaging students in designing local children and

family support programs (child-rearing support program) commissioned to the school. In the child-rearing support program commissioned to the school by Chiyoda-ku, students actually offered child-rearing support. By gaining opportunities to work with children, students were able not only to deepen their understanding for them but also received hands-on training on how to support parents. Educational outreach programs offer alternative experience-based education that is not covered by the prescribed curriculum.

Sophia University student wins the grand prize in the First Recreation Instructor Festival The First Recreation Instructor Festival sponsored by the Tokyo Recreation Association was held on February 23 in Bldg. 6 on Sophia University’s Yotsuya Campus. Among the many participants in the event, Ms. Makiho Nakamura, a sophomore enrolled in the Course of Care Workers represented Sophia University, presented the “Mock Olympic Games” program by acting out the sports. Ms. Nakamura was awarded the Grand Prize.


EIKO Gakuen Junior and Senior High School AY2018 Annual Report (Summary) We welcomed our second year after moving to our new school building. In our new building, we have continued to hold the events that our school has valued through time, adding new elements as the times change. In May, we had a lively school festival (Eiko Festival), welcoming a record-high number of visitors, attributable in part to the renewal of our school building. The annual Sports Festival scheduled at the end of September was formally cancelled due to bad weather, but we later decided to hold it on a regular school day. Although it was closed to the public as we had no time to make announcements, many parents came to route for their children, making it a successful event as any other year. At Eiko Gakuen, all school events are planned and operated by our

students, offering them special learning opportunities transcending the classroom. Students are also enjoying the advantages of the new building in their daily extra-curricular activities. In AY2018, representing Kanagawa Prefecture in the “National Science Koshien” (National Science Competition) and the “National Mathematics Competition,” our school teams were awarded Second Place and the Grand Prize, respectively. Students of our school also won awards in the world championships of several international science olympiads. The school baseball team came in first place in the spring and summer prefectural tournaments, and proceeding to the Kanto regional tournament, won first place in the spring tournament, and second place in the summer tournament.


Secondary Education Division - Annual Topics

Topics 1) Partnerships with overseas Jesuit education institutions In May 2018, we received ten students from Sacred Heart School of Ateneo de Cebu, Jesuit secondary school in the Philippines. During their two-week visit, they stayed at students’ homes and joined our classes and school festival. In July, ten students went from Eiko Gakuen to their school and enjoyed participating in classes and exposure programs.

In August 2018, thirty students visited Boston College, a Jesuit university in Massachusetts, USA, to participate in “Ever to Excel” a Jesuit education program hosted by Boston College for high school students across the US. From AY2018, students from Seisen Senior High School join our students in both programs from the preparatory study sessions.

2) Partnership with Sophia University Before joining the program at Boston College, students participate in a two-day preparatory program at the end of July to reflect upon their past and envision their future, as well as observe the meaning of daily events in English. Sophia University supports this program by having international student, Jesuit priests teaching at the university and students of the Faculty of Theology to teach our students. Classes were given in Building No. 6 at Sophia University.

We invited Professor Minoru Sawada of the Faculty of Humanities to speak at our training program for faculty and staff at the start of the academic year. We were able to acquire broad knowledge on the new Guidelines for the Course of Study and how to address them. In December, we invited part-time lecturer of Sophia University, Mr. Takeo Fujikura, to deliver a pantomime performance and powerful Christmas message based on his own experience.


Rokko Junior/Senior High School AY2018 Annual Report (Summary) In AY2018, we offered small-sized English classes for junior high school students. Each homeroom class was divided into three groups of around fifteen students, each taught conversation-based classes by native speakers. Counting thirty hours in one year, the classes proved to be satisfactory in terms of the volume of conversation for more than 60 percent of all target students, who also found the lessons to be very inspiring. Teachers in charge of the classes have discussed appropriate pacing and other ways to improve them. In terms of enhancing IT, we equipped every high school second-year homeroom classrooms with projectors with electronic blackboards. Faculty members were keen to deliver interactive lessons that were not possible with conventional projectors and strongly requested their

installation in other classrooms. The summer heavy rains caused sediment to flow into the Kyudo dojo and caused a landslide on a steep hill on the school premises. Given the scale of the damage we spent almost six months applying for national disaster recovery subsidies and we will finally be able to start construction work early the next academic year. We also partially refurbished the old monastery that we received from the Society of Jesus and installed a classroom for students with special needs, replaced old tables and chairs in the smaller rooms, which we made into counselling rooms and club activity rooms and partially renovated the restrooms and plumbing. We did not alter the building itself but the interior now has a sense of freshness amid legacy.

Topics 1) Rokko Gakuin Social Services Committee receives the 38th Kobe Youth Award On Saturday, February 16, 2019, the Rokko Gakuin Social Services Committee was awarded the 38th Kobe Youth Award. Since 1977, our school has recruited donations of around USD20,000 to send to the Damian Social Welfare Center in India every year. We have continued our Red Feather fundraising campaign, standing in the streets of Sannomiya every October. From April 2017, our students have participated as volunteer tutors for children in first grade through third grade in “Iwayakko,” a project to offer children a place of comfort at the Iwaya Youth Hall in Nada-ku, Kobe City. These activities received appraisal and led to our being awarded the 38th Kobe Youth Award. We hope that through their experience in engaging in social services our students will grow

up to be people who are self-motivated to take on social responsibilities. Furthermore, in order to be able to offer support to those who need it, we hope to deepen our relations with local communities.


2) Brother Mersch’s desks are contributing to East Timor The desks handmade by Brother Mersch (deceased), a German Jesuit brother, who worked as a woodcraftsman at our school for a long period of time are being used overseas. According to a blog article posted by a priest based in East Timor in February

2019, when he visited Urumera Village as a part of a local education project, he found Brother Mersch’s desk still being used by the children in local elementary schools.

3) Hosting the Rokko Hakuyukai’s 75th Anniversary Event “Big Rokko Festival” On Saturday, August 11, 2018, we hosted the “Big Rokko Festival” on campus to celebrate the 75th anniversary of Rokko Hakuyukai, our alumni association. We invited alumni, students and their families, as well as elementary school students who are considering applying to our school to the Rokko Festival. Before celebrating the 75th anniversary of the Hakuyukai at the commemorative ceremony, we held concurrent events, including lectures, concerts,

panel discussions and demo lessons, open to the public. Students took the initiative or played a supporting role in some of the events, such as the Rokko Student Debate Championship and the School Tour for Elementary School Children, thus nurturing stronger ties among students and alumni. The event was covered in a special article in the October 2018 edition of a local magazine, “Monthly Kobekko”.


Hiroshima Gakuin Junior and Senior High School AY2018 Annual Report Important academic activities include enhancing the Ignatian Leadership Program (ILP), which bears an important role promoting Jesuit education at our school, preparing for the new common university entrance exams, and considering sending students to overseas leadership programs. Major financial and property-related activities included organizing an academic affairs system, repairing decrepit buildings and implementing disaster prevention works on and outside campus. ILP aims to follow Saint Ignatio de Loyola’s footsteps and foster “servant leadership,” letting students acquire the ethical values of “Men for others, with others” through experience-based learning. Each

grade is assigned a different theme; “Basic Understanding of Christianity,” “Interacting with Various Members of Society,” “World and Peace,” “Self-discovery and Seeking My Way of Life,” and “Living as a Human (thought, philosophy, social ethics).” The faculty member in charge of ILP designs the lessons, which are generally delivered by each homeroom teacher. Lecturers are invited from outside the school or students are taken on excursions, according the theme. Once a week, faculty members in charge of ILP meet to discuss further enhancement of ILP, which has come to bear an important role in promoting Jesuit education at our school.

Topics 1) Offering “Online English Conversation” to a wider range of grades in preparation of the new standardized university entrance exams In AY2017, we introduced “Online English Conversation” using an Internet video chat system into our English classes. We started by offering the tool only to ninth graders; and this academic year, not only do ninth graders use it in class, the same students continue to use the tool as tenth graders. Students use the video chat system to engage in real-time conversation with native speakers who live

abroad. Because the system allows all students to have a one-on-one meeting, we can secure more time for each student to speak; and therefore, their speaking and listening skills have steadily improved. Current tenth graders will be the first to take the new standardized university entrance exams, which will test the four language skills.


2) Enhancing social service activities We encouraged our students to continue to join social service activities. Under our educational principle, “For Others, With Others,” we support self-motivated volunteer work and teachers become more aware of Jesuit education by accompanying students. In AY2018, 15 students went in three groups to join volunteer activities in the Tohoku region (based in

Haramachi) and 8 students went in two groups to help out in the soup run in Kamagasaki. In addition, volunteering students engage in periodical exchange with local children’s institutions and collaborate with the Memorial Cathedral for World Peace in hosting bimonthly soup runs for people living on the streets.

Social service activities

3) Refurbishing the campus facilities and disaster prevention in dangerous areas on campus This fiscal year we addressed the yearly deterioration of our buildings by waterproofing and reinforcing the roof of the Xavier Gymnasium. A survey of dangerous spots on campus conducted upon the corporate merger revealed that there were many spots with fallen rocks and weathered ground surfaces that

required treatment mainly in the hills in the back of the school. We asked experts to conduct a detailed survey and provide a construction work plan to address dangerous spots. We held a bidding based on the construction plan and will start and complete disaster prevention measures in AY2019.


Sophia Fukuoka Junior-Senior High School AY2018 Annual Report (Summary) Our activities for AY 2018 can be largely summarized into two activities. Firstly, with an aim to enhance our academic program, we introduced a scoring rubric (5 grades, 13 items) to measure the level of achievement toward the “future vision as a graduating student;” and based on the results of reflection, which is conducted twice a year, we established a verification system to improve classes and school events. Then, we incorporated this system in our summer and spring faculty training programs, using grade-specific and subject-specific check lists to verify the effects of our educational program; and based on the results, we set up targets for the next reflection. Recent verification results have revealed that the qualities and skills of students are steadily reaching higher standards, as provided below: -The average score for all items was high for twelfth

graders, ninth graders and eleventh graders, in the order of high scores, with ninth graders substantially improving their score by 0.34. -While twelfth graders marked the highest score for all items last year, the twelfth graders this academic year marked the highest score in only seven items. -Score comparisons between seventh graders and twelfth graders showed improvements ranging from 0.16-0.61 -The score difference between adjacent grades ranged between 0.05-0.24, from seventh grade to eleventh grade, and marked -0.03 between eleventh and twelfth grade, showing improvement as students enrolled in upper grades. We abolished our Junior High School Student Promotion Regulations as planned and revised our regulations so that basically all students can advance to the next grade.


Topics 1) Educational partnership program with Sophia University The main contents of the partnership program are: i) co-sponsored courses; ii) educational reform; 3) admission of students from educational partnership schools by recommendation. Furthermore, we published a pamphlet containing the summaries of the classes delivered at our school.

Department Lecturer Date Target grade Contents

International legal studies

Shohei Eto, Associate Professor

6/27 9 Thinking about life ethics, environmental issues and energy issues from the viewpoint of “our precious Earth”

Materials and life sciences

Nobuhiro Suzuki Assistant Professor 6/25 9 The mechanism of the adaptation of vegetation

to dry and high temperature conditions Engineering and Applied Sciences

Tetsubun Hirano, Professor 6/28 10 “Ultra-high temperature physics front”

Theology Hideyuki Koyama, Professor 8/31 12 “Pacifism, Japan’s Role”

My Mission, as a leader serving others

Nursing Hiroko Kusayanagi, Professor

6/14 7 The importance of life and sexuality

Philosophy Shunsuke Kuwahara, Assistant Professor

10/15 8 “Doing philosophy in art”

Social Services Tomofumi Oka, Professor 2/25 10 Avoiding condescending social services: the

tree: the pruned tree bears beautiful fruit

Liberal Arts Masashi Yasuno, Associate Professor

2/14 11 Introduction to American Foreign Policy

English Studies Kazuto Oshio, Professor 2/19 7 Global competency

Information and Communication Sciences

Haruka Yamashita, Assistant Professor 2/18 8 Big Data and machine learning

Economics Masahiro Ishii, Professor 2/12 9 Before studying business management

Global Studies Takashi Nemoto, Professor 2/26 11 European offshoring and Southeast Asia

As a part of our educational reform, we invited Professor Minoru Sawada to our school on our classroom research day in June and February to ask him for his advice on class delivery in math, science, social studies and integrated studies classes. We also held two English Department training sessions, to which we invited Professor Kensaku Yoshida to ask him to provide advice. Twenty-two students were admitted to Sophia University by recommendation.


2) Welcoming students and teachers under the Visit Japan program of Saint Ignatius Loyola College From May 27 to June 3, two twelfth grader students, Giovannia and Arifa came from East Timor with their teacher, Francisco, accompanied by Father Yoshitaka Ura S.G. During their visit, Francisco received training in teaching math and becoming a

homeroom teacher, while Giovannia and Arifa stayed at a student’s home and not only got to know their classmates but also enjoyed cultural experiences unique to Japan, such as tea ceremony and Athletic Day.

3) Mock international conference (eleventh grade) On the classroom research day in February, the eleventh grade held a mock international conference in their Studies for Others class. Under the theme “Cross-border relocation and comprehensive measures against intellectual outflow,” students were divided into 14-15 NGOs and countries, and conducted research on the status of emigrants, refugee policy and support across six months to

prepare for the conference. At the mock conference students struggled to come up with a resolution that could be accepted by all participating countries and used their negotiation time to the full. Although they failed to reach consensus, advisor Professor Minoru Sawada pointed out that the students had fostered an attitude.

Giovannia and Arifa visiting from Saint Ignatius Loyola College in East Timor and our

host family.

The ninth graders had an Aboriginal culture experience in Brisbane language training.

They blew Didgeridoo.

The eleventh grade held a mock international conference general meeting.


Financial Situation

Summary of 2018 financial resultsConversion rate : USD 1 = JPY 110.99 (TTM rate on March 29, 2019)

Item FY2018 Yen(million Yen)

FY2018 US$ (thousand dollars)

Tuition and other student fees 18,972 170,934Entrance examination fees and other fees 1,285 11,578Donations 700 6,307Grants 4,046 36,454Income from business activities 750 6,757Miscellaneous 1,215 10,947Total 26,968 242,977Personnel expenses 14,905 134,291Expenses for education and research 9,389 84,593Expenses for institutional administration 1,792 16,146Total 26,086 235,030

882 7,947Interest and dividend 956 8,613Others 450 4,054Total 1,406 12,668Interest on loans 148 1,333Others 0 0Total 148 1,333

1,258 11,3342,140 19,281

Gain on sales of assets 95 856Others 255 2,298Total 350 3,153Loss on disposal of assets 216 1,946Total 216 1,946

Extraordinary balance 134 1,207

2,274 20,488 3,462 31,1922,270 20,4521,082 9,749 15,546 140,067 14,464 130,318

28,724 258,79826,450 238,310

Total revenue Total expenditure

Transfer to capital fund Reversal of capital fund Balance of current year Balance carried over from previous year Balance carried forward to next year（Reference）

Extraordinaryrevenue andexpenditure

RevenueExpendi

ture

Reserve fund Balance of current year before transfer to capital fund

Non-educational activities

RevenueExpenditure

Balance of non-educational activities Ordinary balance

(1) Statement of Revenue and Expenditure

Educational activities

RevenueExpenditure

Balance of educational activities

Donations700 million Yen2.4%

Tuition and other student fees18,972 millionYen66.0%

Grants4,046 million Yen14.1%

Entrance examination fees and other fees1,285 million Yen4.5%

Interest and dividend956 million Yen3.3%

Others2,765 million Yen9.6%

Total revenue28,724 million Yen

Personnel expenses14,905 million Yen49.8%

Expenses for education and research9,389 million Yen31.4%

Expenses for institutional administration1,792 million Yen6.0%

Others364 million Yen1.2%

Transfer to capital fund3,462 million Yen11.6%

Total expenditure+

Transfer to capital fund29,912 million Yen

Statement of Revenue and Expenditure (Summary) Sophia School Corporation welcomed its third fiscal year-end since its merger. The balance of research and education activities (Balance of

Educational Activities) was 882 million yen, which was 701 million yen more than the budget amount. This increase occurred because revenue from Entrance examination fees and Donations from support groups, private companies and individuals to the Sophia Future Fund exceeded projected amounts, while revenue from Tuitions and other students fees and Grants was underachieved, and expenditures in Personnel expenses, Expenses for education and research, and Expenses for institutional administration were all less than budgeted amounts. Major reductions in expenditure included a 107 million yen drop in Repair expenses under Expenses for education and research and a 39 million yen reduction in Public relations expenses under Expenses for institutional administration.The balance of Non-educational activities was 1,258 million yen, marking an increase of 451 million yen compared to the planned budget. With a revenue of 956 million yen from asset management, the budget was overachieved by 355 million yen. As a result, the Ordinary balance ([Balance of educational activities] + [Balance of non-educational activities]) for FY2018 was 2,140 million yen, overachieving the budget by 1,152 million yen.

The Extraordinary balance was 134 million yen, overachieving the budget by 397 million yen, as a result of revenue from balance of sale of securities, contributions for building projects, in-kind donations and subsides for facilities construction/maintenance.

As a result, Balance of current year before transfer to capital fund ([Total Revenue] – [Total Expenditure]) was 2,274 million yen. Furthermore, given the transferring of 3,462 million yen to Capital fund and the reversal of 2,270 million yen of Capital Fund, Balance of current year ([Balance of current year before transfer to Capital fund] – [Transfer to Capital fund]+[Reversal of Capital fund]) amounted to a surplus of 1,082 million yen. Balance carried forward to next year was overachieved by 2,774 million yen from the budget, amounting to -14,464 million


FY2018 Yen(million Yen)


18,972 170,9341,285 11,578

768 6,9204,093 36,877

956 8,6134,645 41,8511,200 10,8121,281 11,5415,175 46,6267,012 63,1776,655 59,960 5,594 50,4017,244 65,267

53,692 483,755

ExpensesFY2018 Yen(million Yen)


14,956 134,7516,693 60,3031,531 13,794

146 1,3151,145 10,3168,799 79,277

811 7,30710,323 93,008

1,485 13,380

1,038 9,3528,841 79,656

53,692 483,755

Loans

(2) Cash Flow StatementIncome

Item

Tuition and other student feesEntrance examination fees and other feesDonationsGrantsInterest and dividendIncome from the sales of assetsIncome from business activitiesMiscellaneous

Payment for land, buildings, and other construction in progress

Prepaid tuition and other deferred creditsOtherIncome-flow adjustmentCash and cash equivalents carried over from previous yearTotal

Item

Personnel expensesExpenses for education and researchExpenses for institutional administrationInterest on loansRepayment of loans

Total

Payment for equipment, libraries, and otherPayment for asset managementOther expensesReserve fundExpenses-flow adjustmentCash and cash equivalents carried over to next year

Cash Flow Statement (Summary)Total cash flow amounted to 53,692 million yen, overachieving the planned budget by 928 million yen. From

the income side, in addition to Entrance examination fees and other fees, donations, interest and dividend, other income, including reversal revenue from reserved assets, amounted to 6,655 million yen, overachieving the planned budget by 576 million yen.

In contrast, from the expenses side, Payment for land, buildings, and other construction in progress amounted to 8,799 million yen, underachieving the planned budget by 1,675 million yen and consequently increasing Cash and cash equivalents carried over to next year by 1,597 million yen from that of the previous fiscal year to 8,841 million yen.

Payment for land, buildings, and other construction in progress mainly included 3,787 million yen for the purchase of land surrounding Yotsuya Campus, 1,452 million yen for the construction of the Sophia-Arrupe International Residence and 2,967 million yen for construction in progress (mainly renovation expenses for Buildings No. 3, 4, and 9).

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AssetsFY2018 Yen Changes Yen FY2018 US$ Changes US$

147,270 6,516 1,326,876 58,70889,907 6,557 810,046 59,07757,363 41 516,830 369

9,831 1,462 88,576 13,172157,101 7,978 1,415,452 71,880

Liabilities, Capital Fund, Balance of Income and ExpendituresFY2018 Yen Changes Yen FY2018 US$ Changes US$

18,625 483 167,808 4,35213,469 5,221 121,353 47,040

(Total liabilities) 32,094 5,704 289,161 51,392139,471 1,192 1,256,609 10,740 14,464 1,082 130,318 9,749157,101 7,978 1,415,452 71,880

thousand dollars

(3) Balance Sheet

Itemmillion Yen thousand dollars

Fixed assets(Tangible fixed assets)(Other assets)Current assetsTotal

Itemmillion Yen

Long-term LiabilitiesCurrent liabilities

Capital fundBalance carried forward to next yearTotal

Balance Sheet (Summary)This fiscal year, Tangible fixed assets increased significantly, due to the acquisition of land and building (Building

No. 14) around Sophia University which amounted to increases of 3,787 million yen in land and 146 million yen in building, as well as the construction of the Sophia-Arrupe International Residence which amounted to an increase of 2,134 million yen in building. In terms of construction in progress, Expenses for the renovation of Buildings No. 3, 4, and 9 increased by 2,967 million yen and transfers were reduced by 843 million yen due to the completion of construction works.

Under Specific Assets, due to the completion of the plan, Reserved assets for No.2 Capital Fund decreased by 4,597 million yen and Specified assets for accrued depreciation increased by 3,389 million yen. Accumulated depreciation is 48,475 million yen, amounting to reserves of 58%.

As a result, Total Assets increased by 7,978 million yen since the end of the previous fiscal year, reaching 157,101 million yen. Other Fixed Assets include 4,681 million yen of Capital contribution in ancillary operation.

In contrast, Liabilities include an increase of 1,500 million yen in Long-term liabilities for the construction of the Sophia-Arrupe International Residence and an increase of 3,500 million yen in Current liabilities for the acquisition of land and building (Building No. 14). Advances received include 2,490 million yen as a deposit for sales of Ichigaya Campus land.

Under Total Net Assets, Capital fund was 139,471 million yen, marking an increase of 1,192 million yen from the previous year and Balance carried forward to next year was improved by 1,082 million yen and amounted to -14,464 million yen.


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