Arrival

Wednesday 7 Jan 15

On our arrival at Kansai Airport, Osaka around 7 o clock with accompanied by Professor Naoki Ohshima, we experienced a nice weather but a little bit cold with temperature around 4-5 degree Celsius. Luckily, all students had prepared themselves with warm clothes.

From there we had moved to Hiroshima for another 4 hours by express bas. Our first impression of Japan since arriving were the cleanliness and living cost is very high in Japan. It was very hard to find any kind of rubbish and waste in every corner. This shown that Japanese people are very high disciplined and civilized people. The dustbins prepared with certain categories such as for plastic, bottle and can as well as the others. For high living cost, we can take an example a set of lunch meals. It might cost us Yen 1000 equal to almost RM30 means that in general living cost in Japan almost triple times higher than in Malaysia. Second thing, which gave us unforgettable memory, was the delicious foods. Even we can easily find Halal Foods especially for Muslim students.

Thursday 8 Jan 15

Mazda Museum and Factory Visit

On second day, we had visited MAZDA, one of the biggest Japanese carmaker. We had experienced a tour on Mazda Museum where we had learned about the history of MAZDA since the beginning 1920. From its history also explained about the fallen and raised again after Atomic Bombing and so on.

Latest production vehicles, exhibitions on Engineering and development of the new products are also available. Mazda Development efforts are focused on new environment-friendly technologies then “Zoom-Zoom” concept-incorporated car manufacturing begins.

The vehicle manufacturing process from planning to production and the latest technologies in the assembly plant are very efficient and productive. But sometimes, we can still find some workers have ample time while waiting for next cars in the assembly line.

The Mint of Japan Visit

We were very fortunate to have a chance to visit Japan coins factory. The history and activities of the factory also been explained briefly. We also had been acknowledging that this factory wild held Sakura flower festival each year because there are a lot of Sakura trees in the compound.

Visit inside factory also very interesting because the machines do most of the jobs. All were automated. Only a few people will involved in the whole process of making the coins especially in quality and inspection division as well as maintenance department. This is shown how technology played important part in Japanese industries.

Friday 9 Jan 15

Mitsubishi Cement Factory

After that we had move to Fukuoka to visit Mitsubishi Cement Factory. The company is very vast with mostly very advance and gigantic machineries to ensuring good materiel can be selected to produce varieties and type of cements. The most surprising fact was that this company having just only 80+ personnel to run this factory smoothly. Again, Japanese technology and quality system proved that they applied it better that most of the other cement companies.

TOYOTA Visit

Our visit to TOYOTA Factory was the most exciting visit we had. This factory which mainly to produce Lexus luxury Toyota car provided a close up to the system applied by Toyota to ensure productive and high end quality car can be delivered to the customers. Toyota that has their own quality system calls JIT (Just In Time) shown a different perspective in car manufacturing. The encouraged their personnel to give an ideas in how to make their work more convenience and more practical in ensuring high productivity and quality end product. In assembly line, we can easily seen that one personnel can do many things and al tools and parts required will be delivered on time and with enough quantity. The workers in assembly lines also have been provided with portable and adjustable chair which make them confortable to do their work and reduce any unnecessary movement.

Saturday 10 Jan 15

Yamaguchi University. MOT, Fukuoka satellite Our last official visit was to Fukuoka Satellite,
Advanced Financial Strategy, MOT Graduate School of Yamaguchi University Yamaguchi University. We had a chance to join MOT class with 8 Japanese students whom all of them are part time students as well as they are come from many kind of professional career background.

There, we had experienced in how Professor Matsuura handled the class, which had a little bit different approach compare to Malaysian university’s lecturers. Professor Matsuura also gave a short lecture about

Sunday 11 Jan 15

Again, we had to move back to Osaka using Peach Air flight before

Your reflection
Photograph
Thanks to Prof. Matsuura

Special Thanks to Yamaguchi University
This program was provided by Yamaguchi University.
Yamaguchi University will plan a program of the next year by hearing the thanks of all of you.
And the next year student of MOT department, MJIIT may visit Japan by the program of the next year.
Therefore, please express special thanks to Yamaguchi University.
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