Tateuchi East Asia Library (TEAL) is hosting a special research presentation by Azusa Tanaka, TEAL Japanese collection librarian as part of the 2025-26 Digital Scholarship Series.  Tanaka’s research using microscopic examination and artificial intelligence unlocks the origin and age of paper used in premodern media. November 6, 2026 Gowen Hall 3 FL Seminar Room (enter

Ultra-Low Birth Rate in East Asia: Crisis Discourses and Collaborative Responses The purpose of the conference is to deeply consider how young women (and their female and male counterparts) across East Asia are inadvertently, in some cases, and intentionally in others, challenging socio-cultural, gender, labor, family and national-cultural norms and expectations. We will look closely

Join us on Tuesday, April 22, 2025 at 5:30 PM in Kane Hall 225 for a special evening lecture: Consolidating Constitutional Legitimacy in Japan: Concepts, Metrics, and Pathways Forward Kenneth Mori McElwain, University of Tokyo and Columbia University Amidst global challenges to established institutions, rights, and norms, the role of constitutions in preserving democratic governance

The UW Japan Studies Program, the campus-wide organization of faculty and units serving students studying Japan in various disciplines has been renamed the UW Center for Japanese Studies. While our mission remains the same, the new name better reflects our role as the hub for Japanese research, teaching, non-classroom programming, collaborations across the entire UW

Join us in-person to learn about research fellowship opportunities in Japan through the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS). Funding is available for: Graduate Students Postdoctoral Scholars Professors (of any level) Researchers (of any level) JANUARY 16, 2025 Noon – 1:00 PM Thomson Hall 317

The Inter- University Center for Japanese Language Studies (IUC) in Yokohama is currently accepting applications for our 2025–2026 10- month intensive program. The Inter-University Center for Japanese Language Studies (IUC) is the world’s leading center for the study of advanced Japanese and has provided language training to over 3,000 individuals. First established in Tokyo in

On November 18 we look at Nakagawa Shun‘s 2017 short film Karankoe no Hana. On a summer school day the school nurse enters an English class to make a brief remark that LGBT (Q+) persons are real and it is normal. Students begin to wonder why the ‘announcement’ and if it involves a classmate. Reactions,

On November 13 award-winning author Tomoka Shibasaki joined us at the UW for a screening of ‘Asako I & II’, Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s (Drive my Car) 2018 award-winning film following Shibasaki’s mysterious pop romance novel ‘Nete mo Samete mo’. The story begins with Asako, a young woman who meets and falls madly in love with a

UW Japan is screening three movies in November featuring Documentary / Drama / Diversity it is a full month.  First up on November 7 our documentary Carving the Divine (2019, 99 min.) a film that offers a rare look into a 1400-year-old Buddhist woodcarving tradition and the practitioners struggling to preserve its legacy in a

The UW Japan Studies Program is pleased to announce that the Waseda Global Leadership Fellows Program (GLFP) is transitioning from its current home in the Honors Program to the UW Japan Studies Program effective October 1. Now in its 11th year the GLFP offers undergraduate students a chance to study a full year at Waseda