8th | 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 8th intercollegiate negotiation competition was held at Sophia University in Tokyo, on December 5th and 6th, 2009. This year’s competition featured students from 17 schools: University of Tokyo, Kyoto University, Osaka University, Kyushu University, Hokkaido University, Nagoya University, Chuo University, Doshisha University, Waseda University, Keio University, Sophia University, Hitotsubashi University, Tohoku University, Gakushuin University, Ritsumeikan University ,The Australian National University and The University of Sydney. In total, 240 undergraduate and graduate students from these 17 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	Doshisha1	Keio2	Osaka2	Ritsumeikan2
2	Sophia1	Tokyo1	Tohoku 1	Keio2
3	Tohoku 1	Waseda1	Kyushu2	Australia
4	Hokkaido	Ritsumeikan1	Hitotsubashi1	Gakushuin1
5	Osaka1	Australia	Tohoku 2	Ritsumeikan1
6	Hitotsubashi2	Waseda3	Chuo1	Tokyo2
7	Kyushu1	Gakushuin1	Kyushu1	Waseda3
8	Osaka2	Waseda2	Sophia2	Kyoto 1
9	Sophia2	Nagoya	Chuo2	Keio1
10	Hitotsubashi1	Kyoto 1	Doshisha1	Kyoto 2
11	Doshisha2	Tokyo2	Osaka1	Gakushuin2
12	Chuo1	Ritsumeikan2	Sophia1	Waseda2
13	Tohoku 2	Kyoto 2	Hokkaido	Nagoya
14	Kyushu2	Keio1	Hitotsubashi2	Tokyo1
15	Chuo 2	Gakushuin2	Doshisha2	Waseda 1

	Round A/arbitration		Round B/negotiation
	Red	Blue	Red	Blue
1	Kyushu 1	Kyoto	Sophia3	Nagoya2
2	Doshisha1	Nagoya1	Hitotsubashi	Nagoya1
3	Sophia3	Gakushuin	Kyushu 1	Ritsumeikan2
4	Osaka	Tokyo	Doshisha2	Australia
5	Kyushu2	Nagoya2	Sophia2	Kyoto
6	Hitotsubashi	Ritsumeikan2	Osaka	Keio
7	Sophia2	Australia	Sophia1	Ritsumeikan1
8	Doshisha2	Ritsumeikan1	Doshisha1	Gakushuin
9	Sophia1	Keio	Kyushu 2	Tokyo

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

The theme of this year’s competition was challenges encountered in the license of the Nego Park business between two companies, the Red Company, which played the role of a company which manages “Nego Park”, where elementary school or junior high school students can learn how to negotiate through role-playing games, etc in the fictitious country of Negoland; and the Blue Company, which played the role of a general trading company 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 Red Company actually gave permission to the Blue Company to use a new character mascot for their business.

If the Red Company concluded that they didn’t give permission to use the character, then it was an issue of whether or not they should petition the Blue Company for the discontinuance of using the character. This would result in a breach of contract, if the Red Company concluded they didn’t give any permission to the Blue Company for the usage of the character. Also, another point discussed was whether the Red Company has any liability for an upfront-fee to the Blue Company.

During Round B on the second day, the subject was “negotiation.” The negotiations were tense because of the difficulties encountered with solving the problems from “arbitration” as well as the content of the establishment of another Nego Park business in Japan which is what the Blue Company was planning.

Party at the canteen of Sophia University

Panel Discussion

Judges

Every year, the Sumitomo Public Affairs Committee receives assistance with the competition from many people and groups. 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. Moreover, new this year, the judges also received questions from the participants of the competition during the panel discussion at the conclusion of this year’s competition.

Results of the 8th Intercollegiate Negotiation Competition.

This year, the University of Tokyo won again from last year, bringing this years’ competition to a successful conclusion.

The final results for 2009 are as follows
The 1^st prize : University of Tokyo
The 2^nd prize : Doshisha University
The 3^rd prize : Waseda University
The 4^th prize : Kyushu University
The 5^th prize : Sophia University

The championship cup and the shield for the 2nd prize

Presentation of championship cup

The University of Tokyo, winner of the 8th Intercollegiate Negotiation Competition.