About Us

Universal Brains Limited
Our service

Universal Brains Ltd specialises in training and development specifically tailored to your needs. If you are looking for training workshops, management development programmes, one-to-one executive coaching or performance-related consultancy, then contact us.

Our Focus

Universal Brains Ltd is focusing on HRM (Human Resource Management) particularly including alignment to the vision/mission/strategy statement, enhancement of leadership value, designing of organization associated with vision/mission/strategy together with salary/award system, change management, motivation management, team building and all that.
Our coverage
It is covering widely cross-cultural issues, diversity, conflict management, knowledge management, Project management and other work-site managements. Executive Coaching is another important area.
Our Capacity
We are capable to offer any Japanese (global) companies who may have overseas operation a speciality training for cross-culture and management of home-foreign business.
In addition, the foreign direct investments toward Japanese market on joint-venture style or the foreign company who is struggling with relationship matters or market entry strategical issues with Japanese employees are also key-issues which we are most capable to deal with.

'Deep cover training' and consultation for such critical issue is vitally important for any entity to proceed with local operation either in Japan or overseas. These are normally provided by the in-house-site training.

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The trainers are well-experienced specialist with high-end knowledge and knowhow with practical background equipped with management skills. Bilingual training is always available.

Any inquiry on this specialist boutique training course by e-mail will be appreciated.
For more info call +81-3-6214-2238

Specialist Associates

CEO is OIKAWA yoshimoto.
Oikawa Yoshimoto is a specialist in Human Resource Management, Compliance/Governance and Strategy. He graduated from Tokyo University in 1977 and worked for British and German insurance companies in the areas of underwriting, reinsurance, administration, M&A, and compliance. HR worked both as a line manager or a managing director and during more than 20 years of business experience in the financial sector. He is a member of Japanese Academy of Human Resource Development, the Japanese Association of Industrial/Organizational Psychology, and The Japanese Association of Administrative Science. He is a visiting lecturer of RoppongiBiz business school sponsered by RoppongiHills Academy. He is interested in a Interface Deep Culture network. He is currently the CEO of Universal Brains Limited. He is also Auditor of Shinsai Partners Inc, a young insurance company.

Associate Member:

Dr.Joseph Shaules(PhD) is the director of Interface International and the creator of the PICO Intercultural Learning System. He is an associate professor at the Rikkyo University Graduate School of Intercultural Communication, Tokyo and at Keio University. He is developing seminars in leadership skills for intercultural professionals. He has lived and worked abroad (Mexico, Japan, France) for more than 20 years and is proficient in English, Japanese, French and Spanish. Currently, he lives in Tokyo and Paris.

KODAMA miho (Social insurance consultant & author)
Dr. Keichi Kobayashi (ICU, Viennna Univ. developed FFS theory for US government)
Dr. Nair Padkumar (Texas University, Dallas, Director of Leadership Center, Fellow of Cambridge University,UK)
Mr.Shutaro Togashi (graduated from Tokyo University, IHI Corporation Plant Enigineering,corporate planning, Supervisor of US Naval nuclear submarine engineering, "Kepner-Tregoe'' Japan Branch Office, business consultant)
Mr. Kennichiro Akiyama (graduated from Hitotsubashi University, Mitsui and Co, Isuzu Motor, IBM consultant dept & Pricewaterhouse consulting, Hay consulting Japan partner, HR development consultant)
Dr. Eric Kasahara (Waseda Univ. PhD, International studies, Thunderbird Business School MBA/MIM, Business Strategy & Marketing strategy, Research, executive trainings, Representative of Asia Pacific Research Institute of Marketing. He is currently a Prof. of Rikkyo University.)

For more info contact, call +81-3-6214-2238

Universal Brains Limited

Office
Our operational office is at Nihonbashi, adjacent to the Bank of Japan in a nice access of only 0 minutes from B1 exit of Mitsukoshi-mae station of Hanzomon-sen subway or 5 minutes walk from JR Tokyo Station.
Location: Nihonbashi Aspa Bldg.
2-1-1 Nihonbashi Hongokucho Chuo-ku Tokyo 〒103-0021
Tel: Tokyo 03- 6214-2238


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