The Center on Japanese Economy and Business co-sponsored the 2008 Chazen International Study Tour to Japan organized by the Jerome A. Chazen Institute of International Business and the School’s student led organization, Japan Business Association. A group of 40 MBA students along with Professor Ciamac C. Moallemi, assistant professor in the Decision, Risk, & Operations Division, traveled to Japan for a week to witness the country through a variety of perspectives and experiences. The Study Tour included stops in the cities of Kyoto, Kobe, Toyota City, and Tokyo. The itinerary mixed visits to a cross-section of Japanese corporations with a number of educational and cultural excursions such as meetings with Doshisha and Keio Business School students, a kaiseki traditional dinner and a tour through the Tsukiji fish market. Company site visits included Gekkeikan Sake Company, Ltd., Asics Corporation, Creation Core Higashi Osaka, Toyota Motor Corporation, NTT DoCoMo Inc., Dream Incubator Inc., Sony Corporation, and Mizuho Corporate Bank. The trip also included a panel discussion titled “Japan’s Evolution- Economic and Cultural Competencies” and a reception organized and sponsored by CBS Alumni Club of Japan. Partial sponsorship of the Chazen Japan Study Tour was provided by companies, including Careerincubation Inc., Columbia Business School’s Center on Japanese Economy and Business, Interface Inc., Kikkoman Corporation, Mori Building Co. Ltd., and Watson Wyatt Worldwide, and several CBS alumni.  The Chazen Japan Study tour has continued for over 15 years, and since 1989, CJEB has been an intellectual and financial contributor to it.