Yesterday, I gave a webinar on “Ikigai” at the request of the “ASEAN Youth Organization/AYO”, a very well-known non-profit organization in ASEAN even by prime ministers across ASEAN. With 45 minutes of lecture and 15 minutes of Q&A, I was very happy to hear good questions from the audience. We had 100 young and bright
Just the other day, I received an email notification that a medical information project I participated in during my time at UM (Univ. Malaya) called “DeSProg” received the “International Innovation Award, <Silver Award>” from the “Malaysia Technology Expo 2025”. This is one of the previous work at my former place, and I am pleased to
The day finally arrived… a farewell dinner with my excellent colleagues who worked together at UM (Universiti Malaya) for three years. Although it was called “farewell,” we had a good time for three hours talking about various topics, no different from the usual dinner, and then we ended it simply, saying “Let’s meet again” without
Today, I received an email from the organizer with a certificate of appreciation for the webinar for medical students hosted by UMMC (University of Malaya Medical Center) that I did in May this year. It was already half a year ago. Time flies, man. Coincidentally today, I left Japan for Malaysia for the final procedures
It’s finally here, my last day of work at the University of Malaya, and it has been a very valuable 3-year experience. My official contract was to last until December 14, but I had 25 days of “on-leave/paid leave” for this year that I had not used at all, so I decided to use these
As usual, the small group and closed discussion space made it possible to talk about this sensitive or even radical topics, which are difficult to discuss in front of a large audience, but is extremely important, nonetheless. This online salon, where people of a certain social standing can discuss with a sense of humor in
The eHealth Unit of the Faculty of Medicine, in collaboration with the Department of Computer Science and a private 3rd party vendor, has completed the first phase of this MyCR@UM project, after demonstrating the web system in June and July to UM specialists interested in clinical registry research. The first phase of the project, which
It is a very serious topic, we know. However, recent enactments of laws in Switzerland and Canada that lower the hurdles for “death with dignity” will make it impossible to avoid serious discussions in Japan in the near future. In those Western countries, in addition to “bioethics” as an academic discipline, the discussion is also
Last week we had a wide-ranging meeting regarding the production of SIMs (Self-Instructional Material) for the new Master of Digital Health course that we at the eHealth Unit have been working on for the past few years. A SIM is a series of instructional materials designed to allow students to learn at their own pace,
The other day, for the 52nd time already (…it’s been going on for so long!) at the “Buddhism and Science Salon, I had a good talk with Rev. Gwen as my partner, the head monk of Hongwanji Temple. The theme this time was “Hero Brain and Villain Brain.” Needless to say, from the Pure Land