The following information has been provided by Toyoko Morita (Shingetsu Member No. 12). Morita is a lecturer at both Osaka University of Foreign Studies and Kagoshima University.

NEW BOOK: ARANI ON “KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT IN JAPAN

I would like to introduce a new book that has just been published in Iran. The title is “Modiriyate Danesh,” or, in English, “Knowledge Management.” The main subject of the book is the higher education system in Japan.

The author of the book is Dr. M. D. Sarkar Arani, who is currently studying in Nagoya University. I have contacted the author, and this is his description of the book:

“I think that the book brings a Japanese experience to Iranian society and helps them to understand the Japanese situation better. Japan, as I introduce in the book, is now in period in which they can create knowledge, and most universities in Japan are research-based. On the other hand, Iran is still in the phase in which we are still seeking knowledge, and most universities are teaching-based. In light of this, I analyze in the book what can be learned from the Japanese experience, which in the past, like Iran, was once seeking knowledge and teaching-based. In this way, I hope that Iranian universities can soon create their own knowledge and become more research-based in higher education.”

The book seems interesting, and so I hope that anyone who is interested in Japan-Iran relations (and can read Persian) will try to obtain this book.