7th | Sponsorship of the Intercollegiate Negotiation Competition | Sponsorships | About Public Affairs Committee

Sumitomo Group Public Affairs Committee strives to support college students’ negotiation skills, assist in upgrading higher education and contribute to global human resource development through the Intercollegiate Negotiation Competition.

The 7th intercollegiate negotiation competition was held at Sophia University on December 6th and 7th, 2008.

This year’s competition featured students from 16 schools: University of Tokyo, Kyoto University, Osaka University, Kyushu University, Hokkaido University, Nagoya University, Chuo University, University, Doshisha University, Waseda University, Keio University, Sophia University, Hitotsubashi University, Tohoku University, Gakushuin University, Ritsumeikan University and The Australian National University. In total, 260 undergraduate and graduate students from these 16 universities performed enthusiastically.

Opening ceremony

Hisakazu Suzuki, Secretary General, Sumitomo Group Public Affairs Committee

Performance in Japanese

Performance in English

Pairing

	Round A/arbitration		Round B/negotiation
	Red	Blue	Red	Blue
1	Gakushuin1	Kyushu2	Tokyo2	Hitotsubashi2
2	Chuo1	Tohoku	Gakushuin1	Waseda1
3	Doshisha2	Waseda3	Doshisha2	Sophia12
4	Osaka1	Kyushu1	Chuo1	Kyushu1
5	Keio2	Nagoya	Gakushuin2	Tohoku
6	Gakushuin2	Ritsumeikan1	Tokyo1	Ritsumeikan3
7	Doshisha1	Sophia1	Hokkaido1	Kyoto
8	Australia	Hitotsubashi1	Osaka1	Hitotsubashi1
9	Hokkaido2	Ritsumeikan3	Hokkaido2	Waseda3
10	Keio1	Hitotsubashi2	Australia	Sophia1
11	Tokyo2	Kyoto	Keio2	Ritsumeikan2
12	Chuo2	Ritsumeikan2	Chuo2	Waseda2
13	Hokkaido1	Waseda2	Doshisha1	Ritsumeikan1
14	Tokyo1	Sophia2	Keio1	Kyushu2
15	Osaka2	Waseda1	Osaka2	Nagoya

	Round A/arbitration		Round B/negotiation
	Red	Blue	Red	Blue
1	Osaka	Sophia1	Keio 2	Waseda
2	Gakushuin	Nagoya1	Chuo	Sophia2
3	Australia	Kyushu2	Doshisha1	Tohoku
4	Tokyo	Waseda	Australia	Nagoya1
5	Chuo	Nagoya3	Doshisha2	Hitotsubashi1
6	Keio 2	Tohoku	Tokyo	Kyushu
7	Doshisha1	Kyushu1	Gakushuin	Sophia1
8	Hokkaido	Hitotsubashi1	Keio 1	Nagoya3
9	Keio 1	Sophia2	Osaka	Kyushu2
10	Doshisha2	Nagoya2	Hokkaido	Nagoya2

Problem establishment and competition outline (Red vs. Blue companies)

The theme of this year’s competition was problems encountered in the remaking of a movie and the televising of it between two companies, the Red Company, which played the role of a publishing company, movie production studio and TV production company in the fictitious country of Negoland; and the Blue Company, which played the role of a movie production studio, TV station and movie theater chain in the fictitious country of Arbitoria.

During Round A on the first day, the issue was “arbitration.” This was to establish whether or not the Blue company’s filmmaking and release were faulty and if so, how much would it cost for appropriate financial restitution. Also, another point discussed was whether the red company’s concluding a program telecast contract without telling the Blue Company about its broadcast would be cause for cancellation of the contract or release of responsibility.

During Round B on the second day, the subject was “negotiation.” The negotiations were tense because of the difficulties encountered in the cooperation needed to produce a movie on the theme of the relationship between two countries after the year 1900 as part of the 40th anniversary of the normalization of relations between them. Other challenges included negotiations on publication and sales rights, the title of the movie, its content, total budget, cast, methods of funding, and a secondary publication.

Party at the canteen of Sophia University

Guest speaker
Mitoji Yabunaka Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs

Judges

Every year, the Sumitomo Public Affairs Committee receives assistance with the competition. This year they appreciated the cooperation of people in judicial circles, professionals from each participating university as well as the Judicial Affairs Divisions of various corporations. As the competitions take place each year and students graduate, both male and female alumni return to the competition and now serve as judges for the competition and in various other capacities. The guest speaker this year was Mr. Mitoji Yabunaka, Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs and an expert on arbitration methods.

Results of the 7th Intercollegiate Negotiation Competition.

This year, the University of Tokyo won again for the first time in four years, bringing this years’ competition to a successful conclusion.

The final results for 2008 are as follows.
The 1^st prize : University of Tokyo
The 2^nd prize : Hitotsubashi University
The 3^rd prize : Kyoto University
The 4^th prize : Waseda University
The 5^th prize : Sophia University

Presentation of championship cup

The University of Tokyo, winner of 7th Intercollegiate Negotiation Competition.