HIROSHIMA -- A group of students and scholars at Hiroshima University have formed Global Society, which they hope will be one of Japan's leading international research bodies for overseas development activities.
Led by Dr. Shuichi Nakayama, dean of the university's International Development and Cooperation graduate program, and Hilarius Costa, a graduate student, the organization was launched earlier this year as about 30 Japanese and foreign exchange students began working on a variety of international development issues. "Global Society was created because students and faculty recognized the need to create an international network of people interested in a variety of development issues," Nakayama said.
"The society is open to anyone of undergraduate level or above, inside or outside of Japan, who wants to exchange information on cultural, economic, environmental and political issues that affect world peace," Costa said.