Summer Internship: Nihon Keiei Group

By: Clint Hugie

ご挨拶 from the soaring concrete and neon jungle of Tokyo! I am serving as a summer health consultant for Nihon Keiei Group, which is one of the largest consulting firms in Japan. Our clients include businesses, hospitals, universities, and other healthcare groups all over Japan and other parts of Asian. My headquarters is in the Tokyo office, but I am mostly onsite serving our client’s needs. As a result, I am constantly traveling via plane, train, subway, ferry, taxi and sometime even sprinting from client to client all around Japan. 


In addition to soaking up as much knowledge, both culturally and professionally, as I can from the dedicated staff at NK Group, I have worked on two primary types of projects. The first includes facilitating hospitals to become compliant with Joint Commission International standards. These projects include drafting hospital policies that align with specific standards, working directly with meeting groups to ensure approval and ratification by the board, and developing action plans to implement the new policies. The second type of projects includes working with the Mergers & Acquisition consultants on drafting proposals for new hospitals and leadership. In Japan, the CEO is required to be a physician. However, many doctors are retiring without a clear successor. As such, we work with the hospitals to solve such issues. Additionally, my hope is to propose to NK Group a plan to expand into the American market. 


Japan and NK Group have both served as insightful mentors into the benefits of big city living. Tokyo has more Michelin-starred restaurants than any other place in the world, resulting in absolutely stunning cuisine. I often play “dinner roulette” by pointing to something on a menu without having the slightest idea about what I am ordering. Furthermore, with a city center of about 15 million, simply navigating between our office and the apartments tends to result in a daily adventure. Cramming into subways, having vending machines every 20 feet, and constantly bowing to everyone are things I have grown to love about Japan!

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