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“Geo” Otsu is an external relations officer at Temple University, Japan Campus (TUJ). TUJ is the oldest and largest overseas university in Japan. He provides expertise in political and government relations and works closely with other universities and the alumni. His work also involves organizing the university’s annual graduation and other school wide initiatives. Before joining TUJ, Geo was an administrator for Tokyo International School and Tokyo International Progressive School. He has more than 22 years of experience in international education and can support the MBIS students with the transition from secondary to higher education. He enjoys running, trekking, watching football, and eating snacks.
Having been raised in an international community in Kobe, Japan, Akira is English-Japanese bilingual. He graduated magna cum laude double majoring in psychology and philosophy at Boston College. He studied with Professor Eugene Gendlin at the University of Chicago Graduate Division and then returned to Japan. He worked at the Kitakyushu Municipal Hospital and then at the University of Occupational & Environmental Health School of Medicine where he got his doctorate. Since then, he has taught at Okayama University, Kobe College and now at Kansai University. He has taught part-time at universities including Shizuoka University Graduate School, Hyogo University of Teacher Education Graduate Division, Kyushu University, the University of Strathclyde (UK). He has also been a doctoral thesis examiner at the University of East Anglia (UK) and the University of Sydney (Australia).
Akira has served as one of the founders and past-presidents of the Japan Focusing Association, and has served as board members of the Japanese Association of Humanistic Psychology, The International Focusing Institute (USA), World Association of Person-Centered and Experiential Psychotherapy and Counseling (UK). Currently he is a member of the steering committee of the Eugene Gendlin Center and an editorial member of the journal, Person-Centered and Experiential Psychotherapies. He teaches Focusing all across Japan and worldwide, including China, Australia, Greece, United Kingdom, United States of America.
Paolo born in Italy, is an alumnus of 1995. Father of three children, whom two of them already graduated from Marist.
He has over 25 years of experience in business management and administration. He is running companies in the aviation, oil, logistics and transport industry.
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Kenji is a “Tokutei Gyousei Shoshi;” a “Designated Certified Legal specialist for Public Administration Procedures”, who has worked for Kobe Municipal Government for 33 years. He also has worked for organizations of the Japanese Central Government, Hyogo Prefectural Government, the Kobe Tourism Bureau, and Japan Bank for International Cooperation. Currently as an “Independent Administrative Agent,” he assists people with liaison works for governmental procedures.
