Center for Global Education (Komaba Branch)

Office

Center for Global Education (UTokyo GlobE) was launched in April of 2023 to support the UTokyo students to gain more global experiences. UTokyo GlobE is committed to offering a range of programs to assist UTokyo students' global career.

The Center for Global Education (Komaba Branch), GlobE Komaba, was established as one of the international offices on campus. The office supports international students and foreign researchers in four departments (Graduate School of Arts and Sciences / College of Arts and Sciences, Graduate School of Mathematical Sciences / Faculty of Science, Institute of Industrial Science, and Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology) at Komaba I and Komaba II campuses.

If you have any questions about your life in Japan or your research or studies at the university, please feel free to stop by the office.
Office Hours Weekday 10:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.
Location 21 KOMCEE West (B1), Komaba I Campus Map
Contact
globe.komaba.adm[at]gs.mail.u-tokyo.ac.jp
(Please replace [at] with @.)
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Counseling Services

Komaba I Campus

The Center for Global Education (Komaba Branch) offers counseling service in both English and Japanese. A clinical psychologist is available for consultation about any worries or problems that students might encounter in their daily life. It is our hope that through counseling services students will be able to recover peace of mind and live a healthier and happier student life, so please feel free to come by for a visit. All information is kept strictly confidential.
Office Hours Weekday 10:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.
*Please make an appointment in advance by email.
Location Room 21A, Building 101 (2F) Map
Open to International Students & Foreign Researchers

Komaba II Campus

Counseling service by a clinical counselor is available for international students and foreign researchers at the office in the CCR Building at Komaba II Campus as well. Your private information is strictly protected. Please feel free to come to talk about your concerns.
Office Hours Weekday 10:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.
*Please make an appointment in advance by email.
Location Room B-210, CCR Building (2F) Map
Open to International Students & Foreign Researchers
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Counselor

Keiko ITO

I was born and raised in down-town Tokyo, and lived in the U.S.A. for over 20 years. I received my doctoral degree (Ph.D.) in counseling psychology from Stanford University. I am a licensed clinical psychologist and teach college classes in clinical and cross-cultural psychology. I am professionally trained to help students with a number of issues such as cultural and personal transitions as well as adjustments associated with college life. "Counseling orientation" is an integrative approach drawing from a number of areas, including psychodynamic, interpersonal, humanistic, CBT, positive psychology, and multicultural perspectives. Past research has focused on preventive psycho-educational intervention for eating disorders, acculturation and ethnic identity development, bicultural self-efficacy, eco-cultural family studies of children with developmental disabilities, and disaster mental health (including PTSD). 

Message to students

The Center for Global Education (Komaba Branch) counseling section is dedicated to helping students with any problem or concern that may require professional psychological assistance. We try to be sensitive to students' needs, and we aim to make student experiences at the counseling center as comfortable and pleasant as possible.  Together with other Globalization Office staff members, we can walk towards wellness.  We are excited and honored to serve you, and we care about your success here at the University of Tokyo.

Personal interests

Cooking, Gardening, Yachting, Japanese Taiko, Noh, any kind of music (including Okinawa Sanshin), and Mikoshi.

Languages spoken

Japanese, English, and conversational Swahili