On December 4th (Sat) and 5th (Sun), the 13th Student Presentations of the Consortium of Universities in Hachioji (Organizer: Consortium of Universities in Hachioji / Support: Hachioji City Board of Education) were held at the Hachioji City College Community Center. This presentation series has been organized with the purpose of presenting research results and ideas of students attending the 25 universities associated with the university consortium, and to provide an opportunity for industry-academia collaboration and regional revitalization.

Students Propose Directly to the Hachioji City Mayor! The Final Selection (City Policy Proposals Section), a session of presentations directly to the Hachioji City Mayor held on December 5th was attended by 7 groups (among them 5 were from Soka University). Team AguColle from Masashi Nakayama Seminar, Faculty of Law received the Grand Prix (first place), Group 1 from the same Nakayama Seminar and Yukio Maeda Seminar, Faculty of Law received the Award of Excellence (second place), Group 1 from Kensaku Aono Seminar, Soka Women's College/International Business received the Special Award (third place), and the same Aono Seminar Group 1 received the Encouragement Award (fourth place).
Additionally, Maeda Seminar, Faculty of Law received first prize in the Tourism Session. Likewise, various other seminar members actively participated in the event.

On the topic of ‘Hachioji City Problem Solution through Student Agricultural Support’ within the City Policy Proposals Section, and with regards to the decline of the industry due to the aging of the population within Hachioji City, the first prize recipient Team AguColle from Nakayama Seminar presented the establishment and activities of a student-led interdisciplinary agricultural support initiative in cooperation with the Hachioji City for taking full advantage of the city’s agricultural and academic potential.
Among others, the Screening Committee Head Mr. Yasushi Aoyama offered the following evaluation: “This proposal has high possibilities for materialization since it highlights the current Hachioji agricultural and academic potential, and also follows the government promoted endeavors regarding climate change.”

Team Leader Ms. Nene Nakamori (Faculty of Law, third year) stated: “We were able to receive this wonderful prize, not because of my own efforts, but owing to the continuous support of our group, fellow seminar members, and our supervisor. We received the prize due to the collective effort of everyone in the Nakayama Seminar. Since this participation of the Nakayama Seminar in a public contest was our first-time experience, I believe we made history and were able to carve a new path for our junior colleagues. We will continue with the learning process through this newly acquired experience on a daily basis.”

<Nakayama Seminar Team AguColle Members>
Nene Nakamori, Mikako Yoshino, Yuki Sakiyama, Yasuto Mikami, Mai Murakami, Eunjin Lee, Yufu Tao, Ruru Tatsuzaki

City Policy Proposals Section: Students Propose Directly to the Hachioji City Mayor! The Final Selection
<Grand Prix>
- Faculty of Law, Masashi Nakayama Seminar: Hachioji City Problem Solution through Student Agricultural Support
<Award of Excellence>
- Faculty of Law, Yukio Maeda Seminar: Let’s Live Green! ‘The Tree of Life’
- Masashi Nakayama Seminar, Faculty of Law: Intergenerational Exchange at Community Canteen
<Special Award>
- Junior College/International Business, Kensaku Aono Seminar: Targeting 0 Suicides with Youth Bullying As the Cause
<Encouragement Award>
- Junior College/International Business, Kensaku Aono Seminar: The Future of Hachioji Created By Students

Agriculture/Food Session
<Screening Committee Award>
- Faculty of Science and Engineering, Shinsaku Maruta Seminar: Development of Bioplastic from Rice Flour Used in Hachioji Brewers’ Rice
- Faculty of Economics, Yoshinori Yasuda Seminar: Unattended Sales Location Digital Mapping Promotion Plan for Local Production & Local Consumption
<Special Award>
- Junior College/International Business, Noboru Mizumoto Seminar: Vegetable Disposal Solution Application

Tourism Session
<Grand Prix>
- Yukio Maeda Seminar, Faculty of Law: Connecting Nature and People, People and People Through Experiences in Nature
<Screening Committee Award>
- Yukio Maeda Seminar, Faculty of Law: Enjoying the ‘Hachisato’

Oral Presentation (On-site)
<Award of Excellence>
- Junior College/International Business, Tae Yoneda Seminar: Implementation Program for Cognition Exercise with Robot

Oral Presentation (Online)
<Award of Excellence>
- Faculty of Law, Noriaki Watari Seminar: Obtaining Reputation of ‘Tama Metropolis’
- Junior College/International Business, Tae Yoneda Seminar: Implementation of Programming and Foreign Language Learning with Robot in Special Education Classes

Oral Presentation (Online in English)
<Award of Excellence>
Faculty of Science and Engineering, Shinsaku Maruta Seminar: Photocontrol of Chromatin Remodelers as an ATP Driven Molecular Motor Using Photoresponsive Molecules