Profile
Introduction
Hello, everyone！Thank you so much for visiting this blog!
I’m Ryo, the author of this blog.
I decided to start this blog to try something new in my life. This blog aims to provide valuable information to many people by sharing my knowledge, experience, and skills.
I obtained two Master’s degrees in Japan and Korea while engaging in activities related to international cooperation. After graduating from the two graduate schools, I started working at a start-up company primarily providing services in health, web promotion, and employment support. I was responsible for the HR department at the company. Now I’m working for a family business that is involved in recycling used clothes.
I’m excited to share my study-abroad experiences, expert knowledge gained from graduate school, and skills acquired through my work experience on this blog.
To be honest, I’m completely new to writing blogs, so my posts might lack a professional writing structure at first. By consistently writing blogs, I aim to improve my skills and develop a professional writing style, ultimately providing valuable information to my readers. I hope to inspire individuals who, like me, are considering starting a blog. 🙂
If you’re interested in learning more about my background, please read the “Personal History” section, where I detail my experience in depth.
*You can change the language of this article from English to Japanese. I will try to create bilingual posts on this blog to improve my English. You may already realize how far my English writing is from native level, but I keep working on it with a challenge-anything spirit!!!
“A person who never made a mistake never tried anything new.”
Albert Einstein
“A person who never made a mistake never tried anything new.” This is my favorite quote from Einstein. I might make many mistakes in writing and English, but I hope to improve step by step with your help. By improving myself, I aim to provide more insightful information to everyone!
Objectives of this Blog
The primary goal of this blog is to contribute to solving any problems or questions related to my experience that you may have.
For example… if you want to
- Learn effective ways to study English.
- Achieve a better score on TOEIC.
- Obtain information about studying abroad.
- Gain knowledge related to international cooperation.
- Enter graduate school.
- Understand how to write a professional research proposal or master’s thesis.
- Search for job interview tips.
This blog aims to address the aforementioned questions and issues by sharing my experiences.
In my experience, I’ve encountered numerous situations where I wished I had known certain things in advance, should have prepared before starting, or discovered more efficient and effective ways to proceed. I would like to share my experiences with you to help prevent you from encountering similar situations.
In the future, I will strive to create a variety of articles beyond those mentioned above to enhance this blog 🙂
Personal History
Below is a summarized overview of my detailed background.
I’ve traveled to numerous countries, and my favorite one is Cambodia. If you share a love for Cambodia, let’s connect and be friends!!
If you have any questions about my background or if you have specific article requests you’d like me to write, please feel free to contact me here.
EDUCATION
●Apr. 2017-2020
KOBE UNIVERSITY, GRADUATE SCHOOL OF INTERNATIONAL
COOPERATION STUDIES, Kobe, Japan
Master of Economics (Major: Economics of Education, Expected Mar. 2019)
●Apr. 2018-Feb. 2019
KOREA UNIVERSITY, GRADUATE SCHOOL OF INTERNATIONAL STUDIES,
Seoul, Republic of Korea
Master of International Studies (Major: International Commerce)
Double degree program
●Feb. 2013-Mar. 2017
OSAKA UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS AND LAW, FACULTY OF ECONOMICS,
Osaka, Japan
Bachelor of Economics (Major: Economics)
●Sep. 2015-Feb. 2016
NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF MANAGEMENT, FACULTY OF INTERNATIONAL
MANAGEMENT, Phnom Penh, Kingdom of Cambodia
Certificate of International Business
●Aug. 2014-Dec. 2014
MERCED COLLEGE, Merced, United States of America
Study Abroad Program
EXPERIENCE
●Nov. 2017-Jun. 2018
KOBE UNIVERSITY, GRADUATE SCHOOL OF INTERNATIONAL
COOPERATION STUDIES, Kobe, Japan
Research Assistant
➢ Conducted literature reviews on public administration and finance of education and
educational policy in Japan.
➢ Drafted research paper in terms of 21st-century competencies of the Japanese secondary
education.
➢ Reviewed literature examining student flow in primary and secondary education in
developing countries.
➢ Analyzed school-based data on student flow in Mongolian primary education.
●Sep. 2017
MINISTRY OF EDUCATION, YOUTH AND SPORT, Phnom Penh, Cambodia
Internship
➢ Led desk review to understand the government’s education policy and international
organizations’ project documents.
➢ Directed interviews with government officers (at central, province, and district levels),
and education and economics experts at UNESCO, UNICEF, World Bank, and NGOs to
understand Cambodian education and economic climate and their support of the sector.
➢ Conducted interviews and questionnaire surveys on teachers’ job satisfaction to school
principals, teachers in primary schools.
●Aug. 2017
KOREA UNIVERSITY, GRADUATE SCHOOL OF INTERNATIONAL STUDIES,
Seoul, Republic of Korea
Two-Week Training Course
➢ Participated in workshops on risk management, economics, political science, and
international relations among China, Japan, South Korea, and North Korea.
➢ Drafted workshop report in terms of risk management.
●Mar. 2015
CHUBANAN HIGH SCHOOL, Hanoi, Vietnam
Field Research
➢ Performed join research on businesses in Hanoi to learn about prices, line of industry, as
well as to identify Japanese businesses operating in Hanoi.
➢ Wrote a research report about marketing management.
Conference Presentation
●Kanazawa, R. “The Impact of ASEAN-Korea Free Trade Agreement on Foreign Direct Investment”, Full paper presented at the 2018 Campus Asia Symposium, 2018.
●Kanazawa, R. “Analyzing the Level of Teachers’ Job Satisfaction in Primary Education in Cambodia”, Research proposal presented at the 2017 International Education Development Forum, 2017.
Language： TOEIC 970（2019）
Vision
I explain the vision of this blog here.
This is last but not least
The vision of this blog is to create life-changing articles.
Have you ever experienced significant life changes from reading books and blogs, meeting new people, or watching movies and YouTube? Personally, my life has been considerably changed by meeting many people and sharing viewpoints from around the world
I know I am still young and have much to learn, but I believe that I can enrich someone’s life by sharing my invaluable experiences.
I also believe that people are capable of achieving great things with strong faith and a believing heart. With this belief in mind, I chose “WILL POWER” as the name of this blog.
If you have your own will, believe in yourself, and never give up, your bright future will come true! I am truly happy to support you in realizing your dreams through this blog. 🙂
Thank you for reading!
Best regards,
Ryo