IreceivedadmissionintoSophiaUniversityin1976,atatimewhenProfessorKazukoTsurumiwasattheUniversity.In1980,theyearIproceededtobeginstudiesformyMaster’sdegree,ProfessorSadakoOgatajoinedtheUniversityafterendinghertermofofficeasEnvoyExtraordinaryandMinisterPlenipotentiary,atthePermanentMissionofJapantotheUnitedNations.Everyweekonaparticulardayduringthelunchbreak(presumablyafterameetingattheSophiaInstituteofInternationalRelations),IwouldseebothprofessorsstrollingconfidentlyalongthemainroadtowardswheretheSophiaTowernowstands.Havingjustbegunmygraduatestudies,IlackedaclearimageofwhatIwantedmyfuturetolooklike,butsomewherealongthelineIfoundmyselfthinkingthatIwouldliketofollowintheirfootsteps.WhenIlaterdiscoveredthatProfessorTsurumihadobtainedherPh.D.fromPrincetonUniversityandProfessorOgatahadcompletedherownattheUniversityofCalifornia,Berkeley,IcommencedarrangementswhichIhopedwouldallowmetostudyabroadatagraduateschoolintheUS,afterIhadprogressedtothePh.D.stageofmyprogram.Fortunatelymywisheswerefulfilled,andinSeptember1983IsetoffforPhiladelphia,whichwastheDeclarationofIndependenceandtheLibertyBell,nottomentionthemovieRocky.DuringtheroughlyfouryearsofmydoctoralprogramattheUniversityofPennsylvania,IthrewmyselfnotonlyintomystudiesbutintoallaspectsoflifeinAmerica,includingsingingintheUniversity’sChoralSociety.MyonlyconcernwastheweightIputoninmyfirstyear.IdecidedthatIhadtodosomethingaboutit,andsofrommysecondyearonwardsIparticipatedinthesimpleexerciseclassestheuniversityprovidedatreasonableprices,forstudentsandstaffduringlunchbreaks.IhatedsportswhileIwasastudentatSophia,asalsothroughelementary,middle,andhighschool.Theseclasseshoweverseemedlikeafinalresort,andsoIcontinuedtheprogramuntilmyreturntoJapan.Thismeantregularexercisehadbecomeadailyhabitforme,andsoIjoinedagymnotlongaftermyreturn,whereIcontinuetothisday.Regardlessofwhetheroneassumesaleadershiproleornotproblemsofvariedtypesformaninevitablepartofdailylifeandwork,andIsuspecthardlyanyonepursueslifewithouttheexperienceofstress.Thebestmeansofresolvingstressisbyregularexercise.Itrelievestheburdensofboththebodyandmind,leavingusrefreshedandabletoviewpositively,anythingwemightbeencountering.13famousforManagingDirectoroftheSacredHeartSchoolCorporationandProfessorEmeritaatInternationalChristianUniversity.ShegraduatedfromtheDepartmentofFrenchStudiesoftheFacultyofForeignStudiesofSophiaUniversity,receivedherM.A.fromtheGraduateSchoolofSophiaUniversityintheDivisionofForeignLanguages,andobtainedaPh.D.fromtheUniversityofPennsylvania.Herfieldofresearchissociolinguistics.Since2020,shehasalsoservedasaCounciloroftheSophiaSchoolCorporation.SheisacommitteememberoftheCentralCouncilforEducationandmemberoftheScienceCouncilofJapan.The main street of the YotsuyaCampus,Sophia UniversityMeetingMyRoleModelsWaystoReduceStressFromJunkoHIBIYATowards New Horizons
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