2021/11/9

A career development program for KUFS students hosted its first lecture of its lecture series “A peek at the world” on Tuesday, October 26th. The series invites business owners, business leaders and entrepreneurs to share their experiences to give students some advice. It is aimed to provide students an opportunity to think about their future careers by learning about how the world functions and think about where it’s going.
The guest speaker was Mr. Atsushi Horiba, Chairman and Group CEO of HORIBA, Ltd. Some 90 participants attended his lecture, titled “From Knowledge to Creativity: What you need to be in this period of transformation”.

HORIBA is a leading manufacturer of analytical and measurement systems, and about 60% of their 8,000 employees are those with foreign nationalities. In his lecture, Mr. Horiba shared about how he flew around the world to expand his company after he assumed his position as CEO. From his perspective as a business owner, he also spoke about the kind of aspects that are necessary to be successful internationally. As the head of a global and diverse company, he said, “If you’re talking to someone with a different cultural background who speaks a different language, it’s important that you try and connect with that person, with your own words, even if your language skills might not be as good. Keep doing that and that would earn you a deep level of trust.” Mr. Horiba also advised the students, “Study hard while you’re still at KUFS so that you’ll have the skills to say what you want in a foreign language.” Participants listened intently to his lecture, filling the room with laughter from time to time as Mr. Horiba shared his wisdom with humor.

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