The Japan Studies Program was pleased to welcome Hitoshi Abe as he delivered a two-part lecture and panel discussion for the 2015-2016 Mitsubishi Corporation Lecture Series. On January 13th, he shared his insight and work related to the rebuilding efforts of post 3.11. Abe is professor and chair of the UCLA Department of Architecture &

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.

A guest speaker for the UW Japan Studies program and the Simpson Center for the Humanities was denied a visa to speak at a three-day conference on Socially Engaged Art in Japan, according to a press release from the Simpson Center. Fram Kitagawa, a Japanese curator who espouses art’s return to slow, rural values as

Leading-edge in international studies  Professor Kenneth B. Pyle may be retiring this year after 51 years of full-time teaching at the Jackson School of International Studies, but his influential role on international studies at the University of Washington and beyond continues to draw crowds. On Oct. 27, over 160 Jackson School and University of Washington students,

Ph.D. student Christopher Pearson wrote an article for The Diplomat about how a Japanese party split could signal a new round of mergers and alliances.

In her latest contribution to Forbes, Professor Saadia Pekkanen writes that the “U.S.-Japan Military Space Alliance Promises To Grow In ‘New Ways.’”

Kenneth B. Pyle is retiring after 51 consecutive years of teaching at the University of Washington. In his honor, the Jackson School will host a keynote speech on “U.S. and the Rise of Asia” on Tuesday, Oct. 27 at 3:30 p.m. in the Walker-Ames Room. U.S. and the Rise of Asia A program in celebration

From the Chair Ken Tadashi Oshima Chair, UW Japan Studies It is my great pleasure to welcome you to Japan Studies at the University of Washington as the incoming chair of our inter-disciplinary, university-wide program that builds on its strategic position on the Pacific Rim and its vibrant academic and professional communities. Just as Japan

Yoshihiko Miyauchi continued the 2014-2015 Mitsubishi Corporation Lecture Series with a talk that looked at the changing Japanese corporation and entrepreneurship from WWII to the present day. As a Japanese business icon and ORIX corporation senior chairman, Miyauchi demonstrated the changes in entrepreneurship through a close examination of ORIX’s experience from the post-war high economic