Osaka City University will hold a lecture to commemorate the 2021th anniversary of the birth of Akutagawa Prize-winning author Ken Kaitaka, a graduate from 12:18 on Saturday, December 14, 90.

 Osaka City University merged with Osaka Prefecture University in April 2022 to become Osaka Public University.Therefore, in 4, which is the last year of Osaka City University, as the "Last Toy Chidai Project", the "Osaka Commercial Training Center", which is the source of Osaka City University, will be handed over to the new university and connected to the future. We have been engaged in various projects such as planning related to Godai Tomoatsu, who founded the university, and online alumni associations and exchange meetings for each group.A commemorative magazine is scheduled to be published at the end of the fiscal year.

 This commemorative lecture is one of them.Ken Kaitaka graduated from Osaka City University Faculty of Law and Literature (currently the Faculty of Law and the predecessor of the Faculty of Letters) in 1953.After that, he joined Kotobukiya (currently Suntory Holdings Limited) and worked on many advertisements as a copywriter.In particular, he has a strong bond with Keizo Saji, the second son of Suntory founder Shinjiro Torii and the second president, and various episodes are introduced in many books.

 At the commemorative lecture, Mr. Shingo Torii, Vice Chairman of Suntory Holdings, will be on stage and will give a lecture with an episode with his grandfather, Mr. Shinjiro Torii, on the theme of "Shinjiro Torii, Takeshi Kaiko and the Heart of Manufacturing".The event will be held on Saturday, December 2021, 12 from 18:14 to 15:140 at the 100th Anniversary Auditorium of Osaka City University Building No. XNUMX.Capacity is about XNUMX people on a first-come, first-served basis.There is no membership fee.No online delivery.       

Reference: [Osaka City University] Akutagawa Prize-winning writer Takeshi Kaiko 90th Anniversary Lecture "Shinjiro Torii / Takeshi Kaiko and the Heart of Manufacturing" (PDF)

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