{"id":17766,"date":"2025-03-16T19:18:40","date_gmt":"2025-03-16T10:18:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.total.titech.ac.jp\/?page_id=17766"},"modified":"2026-05-26T11:25:15","modified_gmt":"2026-05-26T02:25:15","slug":"ws_negotiation","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.total.titech.ac.jp\/en\/lead_innov\/workshops\/ws_negotiation\/","title":{"rendered":"Negotiation Process for Consensus Building"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-left is-style-vk-heading-plain vk_block-margin-0--margin-bottom vk_block-margin-0--margin-top\">Practice negotiation and mediation with role-play exercises<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-vk-blocks-spacer vk_spacer vk_spacer-type-margin-top\"><div class=\"vk_block-margin-md--margin-top\"><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-vk-blocks-grid-column vk_gridColumn\"><div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-vk-blocks-grid-column-item vk_gridColumn_item col-12 col-sm-6 col-md-6 col-lg-6 col-xl-6 col-xxl-6\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/www.total.titech.ac.jp\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Negotiation_2024_1-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17744\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.total.titech.ac.jp\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Negotiation_2024_1-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.total.titech.ac.jp\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Negotiation_2024_1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.total.titech.ac.jp\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Negotiation_2024_1-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.total.titech.ac.jp\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Negotiation_2024_1-1536x1153.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.total.titech.ac.jp\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Negotiation_2024_1.jpg 1999w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-vk-blocks-grid-column-item vk_gridColumn_item col-12 col-sm-6 col-md-6 col-lg-6 col-xl-6 col-xxl-6\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/www.total.titech.ac.jp\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Negotiation_2024_2-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17745\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.total.titech.ac.jp\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Negotiation_2024_2-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.total.titech.ac.jp\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Negotiation_2024_2-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.total.titech.ac.jp\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Negotiation_2024_2-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.total.titech.ac.jp\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Negotiation_2024_2-1536x1153.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.total.titech.ac.jp\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Negotiation_2024_2.jpg 1999w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-vk-blocks-spacer vk_spacer vk_spacer-type-margin-top\"><div class=\"vk_block-margin-md--margin-top\"><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Overview<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Negotiations are pervasive in business, government, academia, law, and everyday life with family and friends. The problem with negotiation is that it often fails&#8211;deals are not made, relationships are damaged, and money and time are wasted. Recognizing possibilities for mutual gain is a possible solution for a successful negotiation, and we need to learn a simple and systematic way to do it. This program will give you an opportunity to increase your self-awareness and diagnostic capability as a negotiator.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-flexible-table-block-table vk-table--mobile-block vk-table--th--width25 vk-table--th--bg-bright is-style-vk-table-border-top-bottom is-style-stripes has-small-font-size\"><table class=\"\"><tbody><tr><td>\ud83d\udcc2 <strong>Category<\/strong><\/td><td>Initiative<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>\ud83d\udccc <strong>Keywords<\/strong><\/td><td>Negotiation, Mediation, Consensus Building, Role-play<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>\ud83c\udfaf  <strong>Objectives<\/strong><\/td><td>Experience negotiation through role-plays, and learn the concepts necessary for consensus-building<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>\ud83c\udf10 <strong>Language<\/strong><\/td><td>Japanese &amp; English<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>\ud83d\udc65 <strong>Target Participants<\/strong><\/td><td>Graduate &amp; Undergraduate Students<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>\ud83d\uddd3 <strong>Format<\/strong><\/td><td>2 sessions (5 hours x 2, attendance for all sessions required, in-person)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>\u2705 <strong>Past &amp; Upcoming Sessions<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Day 1 Saturday, June 20, 2026, 13:00-18:00<br>Day 2 Saturday, July 4, 2026, 13:00-18:00<\/strong><br><br>Held annually since FY2019<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>\ud83d\udccd Venue<\/strong><\/td><td>S4-202, Ookayama<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>\ud83c\udf1f <strong>Recommended for<\/strong><\/td><td>&#8211; Students who want to improve their communication skills<br>&#8211; Students who want to be able to express their opinions clearly<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>\ud83d\udcca <strong>Points<\/strong><\/td><td>10 points in total (Points to be awarded to students enrolled in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.total.titech.ac.jp\/lead_innov\/course_registration\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"16745\">courses<\/a> for credits. Please refer to the syllabus for details.)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>\ud83c\udf9f\ufe0f <strong>Capacity<\/strong><\/td><td>30 participants<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-vk-blocks-spacer vk_spacer vk_spacer-type-margin-top\"><div class=\"vk_block-margin-md--margin-top\"><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Main Content<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>Lecture on basic theories of negotiation and mediation<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Case analysis<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Negotiation style analysis<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Role play (one-on-one, group)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Group discussion<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Facilitator<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-1 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1586\" height=\"1999\" src=\"https:\/\/www.total.titech.ac.jp\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Mayu_Watanabe.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17743\" style=\"width:200px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.total.titech.ac.jp\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Mayu_Watanabe.jpg 1586w, https:\/\/www.total.titech.ac.jp\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Mayu_Watanabe-238x300.jpg 238w, https:\/\/www.total.titech.ac.jp\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Mayu_Watanabe-812x1024.jpg 812w, https:\/\/www.total.titech.ac.jp\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Mayu_Watanabe-768x968.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.total.titech.ac.jp\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Mayu_Watanabe-1219x1536.jpg 1219w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1586px) 100vw, 1586px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><strong>Mayu Watanabe, Ph.D<\/strong><br>Specially Appointed Professor<br>Center for Entrepreneurship Education<br>Institute of Science Tokyo<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Specializes in civil dispute resolution procedures and has taught negotiation, mediation, ODR, and Legal Design classes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mayu Watanabe is a member of the ODR Promotion Council of the Ministry of Justice, a board member of the Japan ODR Association.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Also a Visiting Fellow at the Gould Negotiation and Dispute Resolution Center at Stanford Law School<br>(2014-2016), Senior Fellow for the Weinstein<br>International Foundation (2017-present), Fellow of the National Center for Technology and Dispute Resolution at the University of Massachusetts (2021-present).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-vk-blocks-spacer vk_spacer vk_spacer-type-margin-top\"><div class=\"vk_block-margin-md--margin-top\"><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<!--\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Message from the Facilitator<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Message<\/p>\n\n\n\n-->\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Past Event Records<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Voices from Participants<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>Instead of learning good negotiation techniques, you will learn the essence of negotiation and the types of negotiations there. I think it is a valuable workshop to learn how to negotiate to build a win-win relationship, not win\/lose. (M2, OPEN student) (M2, OPEN student)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Before participating in this workshop, I did not have a good and negative image of negotiation. However, after participating in the workshop, I changed my image of negotiation, and it was a good opportunity to learn the necessity of negotiation. (D1, OPEN student)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>This was the second time I participated in this workshop, and I learned more deeply by being aware of the issues and points I reflected on the first time. Because I was able to learn through experience, I deepened my understanding. I highly recommend attending the second session as well as the first. (M2,ToTAL student)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>We could really learn how to negotiate hands-on. (D2,ToTAL student)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Event Report<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-vk-blocks-select-post-list vk_posts vk_posts-postType-post vk_posts-layout-card vk_postList\"><div id=\"post-6098\" class=\"vk_post vk_post-postType-post card card-post vk_post-col-xs-12 vk_post-col-sm-6 vk_post-col-md-4 vk_post-col-lg-4 vk_post-col-xl-4 vk_post-col-xxl-4 post-17766 page type-page status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry en-US\"><div class=\"vk_post_imgOuter\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/www.total.titech.ac.jp\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/dbb320b5b887495a0b4c45480118fd6333c7fef8.jpg)\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.total.titech.ac.jp\/en\/20220723negotiatione-2\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"275\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.total.titech.ac.jp\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/dbb320b5b887495a0b4c45480118fd6333c7fef8.jpg\" class=\"vk_post_imgOuter_img card-img-top wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/div><!-- [ \/.vk_post_imgOuter ] --><div class=\"vk_post_body card-body\"><h5 class=\"vk_post_title card-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.total.titech.ac.jp\/en\/20220723negotiatione-2\/\">Workshops on &#8220;Negotiation Process for Consensus Building&#8221; were held on 9 and 23\/Jul 2022 (reported by Abdek Mahamoud  Abdi, D2, Dept. of Transdisciplinary Science and Engineering, ToTAL Open student)<\/a><\/h5><\/div><!-- [ \/.card-body ] --><\/div><!-- [ \/.card ] -->\n\n<div id=\"post-6099\" class=\"vk_post vk_post-postType-post card card-post vk_post-col-xs-12 vk_post-col-sm-6 vk_post-col-md-4 vk_post-col-lg-4 vk_post-col-xl-4 vk_post-col-xxl-4 post-17766 page type-page status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry en-US\"><div class=\"vk_post_imgOuter\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/www.total.titech.ac.jp\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/20220723negotiationJ1.jpg)\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.total.titech.ac.jp\/en\/20220723negotiationj-2\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"291\" height=\"219\" src=\"https:\/\/www.total.titech.ac.jp\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/20220723negotiationJ1.jpg\" class=\"vk_post_imgOuter_img card-img-top wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/div><!-- [ \/.vk_post_imgOuter ] --><div class=\"vk_post_body card-body\"><h5 class=\"vk_post_title card-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.total.titech.ac.jp\/en\/20220723negotiationj-2\/\">Workshops on &#8220;Negotiation Process for Consensus Building&#8221; were held on 9 and 23\/Jul 2022 (Reported by Hiroshi Noma, D2. School of Materials and Chemical Technology, ToTAL Open Participant) *In Japanese<\/a><\/h5><\/div><!-- [ \/.card-body ] --><\/div><!-- [ \/.card ] -->\n\n<div id=\"post-6200\" class=\"vk_post vk_post-postType-post card card-post vk_post-col-xs-12 vk_post-col-sm-6 vk_post-col-md-4 vk_post-col-lg-4 vk_post-col-xl-4 vk_post-col-xxl-4 post-17766 page type-page status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry en-US\"><div class=\"vk_post_imgOuter\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/www.total.titech.ac.jp\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/negotiation2020-1E.jpg)\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.total.titech.ac.jp\/en\/negotiation_process2020-2\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"277\" height=\"170\" src=\"https:\/\/www.total.titech.ac.jp\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/negotiation2020-1E.jpg\" class=\"vk_post_imgOuter_img card-img-top wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/div><!-- [ \/.vk_post_imgOuter ] --><div class=\"vk_post_body card-body\"><h5 class=\"vk_post_title card-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.total.titech.ac.jp\/en\/negotiation_process2020-2\/\">Recognition of Social Issues Workshop I #1: Negotiation process for consensus building -Day 1 was held on 20th of June, 2020 and Day 2 was held on 27\/Jun. (reported by Oleksii Kyrylchuk, 2019 ToTAL student and Marcello Gecchele, 2020 ToTAL student)<\/a><\/h5><\/div><!-- [ \/.card-body ] --><\/div><!-- [ \/.card ] -->\n\n<div id=\"post-6274\" class=\"vk_post vk_post-postType-post card card-post vk_post-col-xs-12 vk_post-col-sm-6 vk_post-col-md-4 vk_post-col-lg-4 vk_post-col-xl-4 vk_post-col-xxl-4 post-17766 page type-page status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry en-US\"><div class=\"vk_post_imgOuter\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/www.total.titech.ac.jp\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/973e9873849ed35e964dcf9757baa824-1-1024x555.jpg)\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.total.titech.ac.jp\/en\/report_20190517\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"163\" src=\"https:\/\/www.total.titech.ac.jp\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/973e9873849ed35e964dcf9757baa824-1-300x163.jpg\" class=\"vk_post_imgOuter_img card-img-top wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.total.titech.ac.jp\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/973e9873849ed35e964dcf9757baa824-1-300x163.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.total.titech.ac.jp\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/973e9873849ed35e964dcf9757baa824-1-1024x555.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.total.titech.ac.jp\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/973e9873849ed35e964dcf9757baa824-1-768x416.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.total.titech.ac.jp\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/973e9873849ed35e964dcf9757baa824-1.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/div><!-- [ \/.vk_post_imgOuter ] --><div class=\"vk_post_body card-body\"><h5 class=\"vk_post_title card-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.total.titech.ac.jp\/en\/report_20190517\/\">Day-2 of &#8220;Negotiation Process for Consensus Building&#8221; was held on 17\/May. (reported by: Naoki Goto, 2018 ToTAL student)<\/a><\/h5><\/div><!-- [ \/.card-body ] --><\/div><!-- [ \/.card ] --><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-vk-blocks-spacer vk_spacer vk_spacer-type-margin-top\"><div class=\"vk_block-margin-md--margin-top\"><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Contact Faculty<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Mayu Watanabe, Specially Appointed Professor, Academy for Leadership<br>\ud83d\udce9 watanabe.m.6bd9 [at] m.isct.ac.jp<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Practice negotiation and mediation with role-play exercises<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":17745,"parent":16355,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_locale":"en_US","_original_post":"https:\/\/www.total.titech.ac.jp\/?page_id=16894","vkexunit_cta_each_option":"","footnotes":"","schedule_terms":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.total.titech.ac.jp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/17766"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.total.titech.ac.jp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.total.titech.ac.jp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.total.titech.ac.jp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.total.titech.ac.jp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17766"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.total.titech.ac.jp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/17766\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23450,"href":"https:\/\/www.total.titech.ac.jp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/17766\/revisions\/23450"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.total.titech.ac.jp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/16355"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.total.titech.ac.jp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17745"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.total.titech.ac.jp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17766"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}