Since 1990, the Blakemore Foundation, with the support of The Freeman Foundation, has awarded over $18 million in grants to college graduates, graduate students and young professionals for an academic year abroad in full-time intensive language study. The fellowships cover tuition and a stipend for related educational expenses, basic living costs and transportation. Superior candidates

The region around the University of Washington is rich in opportunities to learn about and connect with Japan. From cuisine, to arts, fashion, business, history, and friendship the Puget Sound area is home to many organizations dedicated to celebrating Japan and Japanese culture and strengthening ties of business and government through myriad events.  Bookmark our

Janet Heineck, ’70, ’72, studied several languages during her 34 years as a UW employee. Now she has made a lasting investment in future language students with the establishment of an endowment at the Department of Asian Languages and Literature.

Meet the JSIS Japan Studies MA program graduates by reading short interviews with them, below. Tiancui Liu Tiancui came from China where his major at the undergraduate level was international politics. He is interested in Japan’s political party system as well as the change in status of the emperor after the Second World War. Read Tiancui’s

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,

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? Takako Hikotani (Columbia University) gave her talk “Stepping Up (Is hard to do?)” on April 19, 2018, as part of the Griffith and Patricia Way lecture series. Hikotani’s recent article

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