Multimedia provides an engaging window into Japanese language and culture for students of Japanese. This workshop will explore the selection and use of multimedia materials such as TV clips, commercials, songs, and YouTube videos. Participants will bring and share their own examples of how they use multimedia in their teaching; examples will also be

Jackson School professor Emeritus and Asia expert Donald Hellman gives his analysis to KING 5 News on what President’s Trump’s proposed budget cuts to the U.S. State Department might mean for the U.S. role in the world. “The separation of defense and diplomacy is an artificial one,” he said, describing the multiple components of an embassy

Japan and outer space expert professor Saadia Pekkanen was interviewed by NIKKEI Asian Review. Pekkanen focused on space exploration as a promising new opportunity for science and commerce, but warned that an excessive focus on national interests could create a militarized space.

Professor Saadia Pekkanen, an expert in international political economy, international law, space security and policy, and the international relations of Japan/Asia, has launched her new book Asian Designs: Governance in the Contemporary World Order. Based on the assumption that Asian nations are no longer “rising” powers in the world order but rather have risen, how will they conduct

Jackson School Professor Saadia Pekkanen explores in her recent Forbes column the Asian race for wining Google’s prestigious lunar X Prize competition, a challenge designed to inspire engineers, entrepreneurs and innovators from around the world to develop low-cost methods of robotic space exploration. Asia’s proven track record in outer space affairs have lured space entrepreneurs in India, Japan and Malaysia to form

Professor Saadia Pekkanen, director of the Jackson School’s Ph.D. program and a Japan space expert is quoted by Nature International Weekly Journal of Science in an article discussing the future of Japan’s space agency. Recently, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), received negative attention after a software error caused the agency’s Hitomi X-ray astronomy satellite

Over most of the past decade, Japan has been attempting to galvanize a foothold in the small satellite industry. The nation sees the potential of the technology for both economic and security reasons, and has steered space policy with the intent of capitalize on it. While these changes provide some level of promise, as reflected

Newer, smaller, and potentially transformative businesses are today bringing forth what can best be described as a revolution in space affairs, writes Jackson School Professor Saadia Pekkanen, an expert in outer space and international relations, in her latest Forbes article “Japan looks set to dominate “newspace” in Asia; India, China in play.” Pekkanen analyzes Japan’s policy

Read why Japan is the space power to watch in Prof. Saadia Pekkanen’s latest Forbes article: “Japan’s Space Security Worries Are Not Just China And N. Korea, But Also The U.S.”

The Japan Times named “Japan Decides 2014: The Japanese General Election” (Palgrave Macmillan), a collection of 21 essays by prominent specialists on Japan and edited by Jackson School Professor Robert Pekkanen, Steven Reed and Ethan Scheiner, in its recommended reading for the holidays and beyond article published on Dec. 19.