Mark your calendars! The 71st Japan-America Student Conference (JASC) will begin accepting delegate applications on Tuesday, October 2, 2018.  Students from all academic backgrounds are welcome to apply, and no previous experience in Japan studies or Japanese language is required. 2019 Application Information The 71st JASC will bring together Japanese and American college students from

Griffith Way, a lawyer in both the United States and Japan and a long-time collector of Japanese art, passed away on July 27, 2018. Griff was for decades a friend to the Japan Studies Program. His work as Trustee for the Blakemore Foundation, and his service on the Jackson School’s Visiting Committee were just two

Jackson School Professor Saadia Pekkanen is interviewed for the cover story “The US-Japan Space Alliance — the Most Critical Bilateral Relationship for Peace & Prosperity” of Japan Spotlight, a Japan Economic Forum journal. In her interview, Professor Pekkanen, an expert in outer space security, law, and policy, says that as the most important bilateral space relationship, the United

We are happy to share the news that today, July 17, 2018, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan announced the recipients of the Foreign Minister’s Commendation for 2018. The Japanese Language and Literature Program, Department of Asian Languages and Literature at the University of Washington, Seattle was among those selected for this honor. Since

Robert Pekkanen is co-editor of two new volumes this year. The first is  The Oxford Handbook of Electoral Systems. Contributions from the top scholars in the field cover the design and adoption of election rules, how rules influence representation, policy, and the functions of other institutions, and the emerging horizons of electoral systems research. In

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,