Keith Johnson, professor at Georgia Regents University, gives a detailed presentation on Cyberpunk Ecologies: Manga, Anime, and the Posthuman.

Keith Johnson, professor at Georgia Regents University, gives a detailed presentation on Cyberpunk Ecologies: Manga, Anime, and the Posthuman.

Tad Watanabe, professor of Mathematics, KSU, Catherine Lewis, Mills College and Blake Peterson, Brigham Young discuss math and science education in Japan.

Tad Watanabe, professor of Mathematics, KSU, Catherine Lewis, Mills College and Blake Peterson, Brigham Young discuss math and science education in Japan.

Dr. Akiko Orita conducts research related to online privacy and identity. She received her M.A.in Media and Governance at Keio University, then served as a research associate working as an assistant of Professor Jun Murai to establish national IT strategy in Japan. She stood for the Diet election in 2002 as an official candidate appealing for individual control for privacy, but marked the third position. After earning her Ph.D. in Media and Governance at Keio University in 2007, she served as...

Dr. Akiko Orita conducts research related to online privacy and identity. She received her M.A.in Media and Governance at Keio University, then served as a research associate working as an assistant of Professor Jun Murai to establish national IT strategy in Japan. She stood for the Diet election in 2002 as an official candidate appealing for individual control for privacy, but marked the third position. After earning her Ph.D. in Media and Governance at Keio University in 2007, she served as...

Since the collapse of Japan's "Bubble Economy" in 1990, Japanese industry, finance, and society have struggled with persistently low growth, deflation, ineffective government policies, demographic shifts, and devastating natural disasters. What lessons does the Japanese experience of the past 25 years hold for the United States, as we struggle now with many of the persistent economic, political, and social issues that have afflicted (and paralyzed) Japan for a generation?

Since the collapse of Japan's "Bubble Economy" in 1990, Japanese industry, finance, and society have struggled with persistently low growth, deflation, ineffective government policies, demographic shifts, and devastating natural disasters. What lessons does the Japanese experience of the past 25 years hold for the United States, as we struggle now with many of the persistent economic, political, and social issues that have afflicted (and paralyzed) Japan for a generation?

Professor LeBaron discusses the macro history of Japan and the United States. National history teaches us what is distinctive about a particular land and people. Macro history emphasized the problems, and challenges that humans have shared because they are humans. Macro history examines the characteristics and behaviors that all humans have in common.

Professor LeBaron discusses the macro history of Japan and the United States. National history teaches us what is distinctive about a particular land and people. Macro history emphasized the problems, and challenges that humans have shared because they are humans. Macro history examines the characteristics and behaviors that all humans have in common.

Takashi Takahara discusses Oniitashi (ogre-tilemakers) and Japanese figurative ceramics.

Takashi Takahara discusses Oniitashi (ogre-tilemakers) and Japanese figurative ceramics.

Takashi Takahara discusses Oniitashi (ogre-tilemakers) and Japanese figurative ceramics.

In this illustrated talk, Professor Eric Muller discusses rare Kodachrome photographs of imprisoned Japanese Americans taken by internee photographer Bill Manbo at Wyoming's Heart Mountain Relocation Center in 1943 and 1944. The color photographs jar settled understandings of Japanese American incarceration. Not only are the images beautiful, but they show imprisoned Japanese Americans engaging in both culturally Japanese and culturally American activities, thus expanding many viewers’...

In this illustrated talk, Professor Eric Muller discusses rare Kodachrome photographs of imprisoned Japanese Americans taken by internee photographer Bill Manbo at Wyoming's Heart Mountain Relocation Center in 1943 and 1944. The color photographs jar settled understandings of Japanese American incarceration. Not only are the images beautiful, but they show imprisoned Japanese Americans engaging in both culturally Japanese and culturally American activities, thus expanding many viewers’...

In this illustrated talk, Professor Eric Muller discusses rare Kodachrome photographs of imprisoned Japanese Americans taken by internee photographer Bill Manbo at Wyoming's Heart Mountain Relocation Center in 1943 and 1944. The color photographs jar settled understandings of Japanese American incarceration. Not only are the images beautiful, but they show imprisoned Japanese Americans engaging in both culturally Japanese and culturally American activities, thus expanding many viewers’...

Expanding from Edo (Tokugawa) Era Japanese merchant stores from the 1600s, full-scale department stores emerged in Japan early in the twentieth-century, and were later joined by railway based department stores. This paper discusses department stores as a mirror of 20th century Japan, then looks at them for insights on 21st century Japan. During the 20th century Japan’s department stores were arbiters of culture, taste, and fashion, and a major means through which Japanese were introduced to...

Expanding from Edo (Tokugawa) Era Japanese merchant stores from the 1600s, full-scale department stores emerged in Japan early in the twentieth-century, and were later joined by railway based department stores. This paper discusses department stores as a mirror of 20th century Japan, then looks at them for insights on 21st century Japan. During the 20th century Japan’s department stores were arbiters of culture, taste, and fashion, and a major means through which Japanese were introduced to...

Timothy George will discuss the two parts of his current research project on Toroku, a hamlet in the mountains of Miyazaki Prefecture on Japan’s southernmost main island of Kyūshū devastated by arsenic poisoning that was Japan’s fourth officially recognized postwar pollution disease. He will first describe five key moments in the longue durée environmental history of Toroku, from neolithic times up to the early years of the arsenic mining that began there in 1920 and ended in 1962. Next he...

Timothy George will discuss the two parts of his current research project on Toroku, a hamlet in the mountains of Miyazaki Prefecture on Japan’s southernmost main island of Kyūshū devastated by arsenic poisoning that was Japan’s fourth officially recognized postwar pollution disease. He will first describe five key moments in the longue durée environmental history of Toroku, from neolithic times up to the early years of the arsenic mining that began there in 1920 and ended in 1962. Next he...

Speakers, Masako Racel, Doug Reynolds, Kazumi Hasegwa and Denis C. Gainty present at Year of Japan panel discussion on the topic of Perspectives on the Meiji Period.

Speakers, Masako Racel, Doug Reynolds, Kazumi Hasegwa and Denis C. Gainty present at Year of Japan panel discussion on the topic of Perspectives on the Meiji Period.

Kerim Yasar, Assistant Professor in Japanese, Ohio State University presents The Body in the Films of Akira Kurosawa.

Kerim Yasar, Assistant Professor in Japanese, Ohio State University presents The Body in the Films of Akira Kurosawa.