The UW Japan Studies Program is an interdisciplinary graduate program that gives students in-depth knowledge of the Japanese language, many facets of Japan, and familiarity with Japanese society and culture. The 2018 UW Japan Studies Program cohort will be graduating at the end of Spring Quarter 2018 with graduate degrees, and embody the variety and

Jackson School Japan Studies and International Studies professor Saadia Pekkanen, an expert in outer space governance, security and policy, comments on the venture of a new Seattle-based startup EarthNow, that plans to build a network of several hundred camera satellites to monitor the Earth. Pekkanen says that “while they are certainly promising to revolutionize business and economic intelligence as never before,

The UW Japan Studies Program is sponsoring SIFF this year.  This festival brings films from all over the world — including Japan — May 18 through June 11.  See your favorites, including the award-winning film “The Third Murder” by Japanese film maker Hirokazu Kore-eda, who was our special guest last spring as part of the

Please introduce yourself. I’m a PhD candidate in the Department of Asian Languages and Literature at UW. I came here after doing and MA at Portland State University, and hope to someday become a professor of Japanese language or literature. My passions are teaching, humor, canoeing, pickling, my cats, my dogs, my fish, cooking, and

What impact is the Trump administration having on Japan’s role in the world? How is Japan shaping international relations economically and politically as a result? Join us for a talk by Takako Hikotani of Columbia University at the Griffith and Patricia Way Lecture on April 19, 2018 at 7 PM. Hikotani’s recent article “Trump’s Gift

Please introduce yourself. My name is Devin (they/them/theirs) and I am a 22 year-old Seattle native in my second year of the Japan Studies MA program. My hobbies include knitting, writing, and video gaming. よろしくお願いします。   Why did you choose the Japan Studies program? I chose the Japan Studies MA program after graduating in 2016

Each year Jackson School students work in teams on real-world issues as part of the Donald C. Hellmann Task Force Program, a program that has become a cornerstone of the Jackson School’s undergraduate experience. Task Force is the capstone project undertaken by students in the International Studies Program. Groups of students work with a faculty advisor as

Longtime professor Donald Hellmann launched a capstone course to encourage student analysis of a complex global issue. Known as the Task Force Program, it has become a cornerstone of the Jackson School’s undergraduate experience. Thanks to a recent endowment from Hellmann’s son and daughter-in-law, the program will continue to grow — and give students valuable

On January 19, 2018, Japan Studies Program professors Donald Hellmann and Marie Anchordoguy received special commendations from the Consulate-General of Japan in Seattle. Consul General Yoichiro Yamada acknowledged both professors by awarding them each the official Consul General’s Commendation. The awards are given in recognition of outstanding achievements and of both professors’ contributions to Japan-US

Professor Ken Tadashi Oshima, Chair of Japan Studies and UW Professor of Architecture, has co-curated two major exhibitions in New York and Tokyo. At the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York, Professor Oshima featured Frank Lloyd Wright’s legendary Imperial Hotel (1923) in “Frank Lloyd Wright at 150: Unpacking the Archive” (June-October 2017). This