October 7, 2026

As part of an initiative by Professor Maruta's seminar in the Faculty of Science and Engineering, students from Hachioji Municipal Minami-Osawa Junior High School have started a Hachioji CFO (Chief Financial Officer) activity at a local company.

On August 24th (Monday) and August 25th (Tuesday), with the cooperation and collaboration of Professor Shinsaku Maruta's seminar in the Faculty of Science and Engineering at our university, two students from Minami-Osawa Junior High School in Hachioji City, Tokyo, began their activities as "Hachioji CFO (Chief Future Officer)" at Magome Co., Ltd. (Hachioji City, Tokyo) and the Workers' Co-op Center Business Group, Tokyo Santama Yamanashi Business Headquarters (same location).

The "CFO" project is an initiative in which companies hire children of the future generation to solicit ideas for management and research. The "Hachioji CFO" project aims to promote regional development while companies in Hachioji City hire students from the city as CFOs, co-creating the future of the companies.
This initiative is one of the efforts undertaken by the Maruta Seminar to achieve its theme, "Promoting STEAM Education through Collaboration between Local Companies and Universities in Hachioji City (Towards Hachioji as a Model City for STEAM Education)," under the University Consortium Hachioji's "FY2026 Student Project Grant."
Please see the link below for details.

Soka University Official Website News: The Maruta Seminar of the Faculty of Science and Engineering conducted a special lecture connecting junior high schools and companies at Minami-Osawa Junior High School in Hachioji City.

On the day of the event, two students from Minami-Osawa Junior High School participated. They attended meetings at each business location to discuss the Hachioji CFO inauguration ceremony and the outline of the CFO activities to be implemented this year, and also toured stores and factories. Moving forward, they will work on activities to develop and propose ideas that will lead to problem-solving and regional revitalization, using the actual workplaces of local companies as their stage.
Please note that this activity is scheduled to run until January of next year.