Dr. Miyataki Retires

June 30, 2006 HONOLULU – After ten years of service as president, Dr. Glenn Miyataki retired at the end of June 2006. A search committee has been formed to locate a new president for JAIMS. Mr. Naoyuki Akikusa, Chairman of Fujitsu Limited, and Chairman of the JAIMS Board of Trustees, has taken over as interim President.

As president, Dr. Miyataki brought a global vision to JAIMS and broadened its scope and reach to the point where its graduates now reside in approximately 59 countries, including the U.S., Japan, Turkey, Russia, Kyrgyzstan, France, the United Kingdom, and most of the countries in Asia.  During his tenure, he promoted cutting-edge global management issues by bringing together high-level senior executives from the U.S., Japan, and other countries to executive roundtables hosted by JAIMS that featured the late management guru Peter Drucker and John Naisbitt, renowned author of Megatrends.  Also, in 1997, JAIMS created one of the more unique China-focused MBA programs in the country through a partnership forged with the UH College of Business that paralleled its Japan-focused MBA program.

“Dr. Miyataki has made significant contributions to the education and training of future business leaders from the Asia-Pacific region.  He enhanced the quality of programs offered by JAIMS, its visibility and esteem, and the importance of cross-cultural management and communication in global business,” said Fujitsu Limited Chairman Akikusa.  “We appreciate his dedication to the goals of JAIMS and wish him the best for continued success,” he added.

A committee has been formed to find Dr. Miyataki’s successor.  Serving as chairman of the committee is Dr. Fujio Matsuda, former President of the University of Hawaii and JAIMS Trustee.  Other members serving on the committee include:  Constance Lau, Chairman, President & CEO, American Savings Bank and President & CEO, Hawaiian Electric Industries; Dr. David McClain, President, University of Hawaii; Dr. George Packard, President, United States-Japan Foundation and a JAIMS Trustee; and Naoki Tanaka, President, 21st Century Public Policy Institute of Japan and a JAIMS Trustee.

JAIMS is a nonprofit post-graduate education and training institution established in 1972 by Fujitsu Limited of Japan to foster studies in global management education through intercultural understanding and communications.  JAIMS offers its pioneering six-month intercultural management program, two 15-month cooperative Japan-focused and China-focused MBA programs with the UH College of Business, and customized short-term business seminars and workshops focusing on information technology, cross-cultural communications, and health care management.  JAIMS also provides public forums and conferences on critical issues facing the world and public lectures by visiting scholars and business leaders.