Keijiro Suga (b. 1958) is a poet and critic based in Tokyo. Formerly the president of ASLE (Association for the Study of Literature and Environment) Japan, his work covers ethnopoetics, ecocriticism, contemporary world literature, and translation theory. He was awarded the Yomiuri Prize for Literature in 2011 for his travel essays Transversal Journeys. With nine collections

What can you do with a Japanese language major or minor? Are you interested in becoming a Japanese language teacher? Bring your curiosity and love of language to this workshop and learn about how you can apply your Japanese language skills in your OWN classroom! Join the President of the Washington Association of Teachers of

WATCH RECORDING HERE Join us for a special event featuring international policy specialist Dr. Narushige Michishita, executive vice president of the National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies, as he discusses the current multi-faceted security policy of Japan. With the introduction of three security policy documents in December 2022, Japan committed to strive to maintain peace

Join us via Zoom for a talk with Dr. Mina Qiao of the Tokyo University of Foreign Studies about the meanings behind coronavirus narratives taking us back, not forward. Rather than “neo-” or new, a “re-”: returning to the past, revealing existing problems, and reclaiming memories lost and lessons forgotten. In her 2021 short story collection Unsocial Distance, Japanese

While the UW campus is busy with intensive Japanese language and other courses this summer, our events programing won’t reappear in full swing until autumn. Some of the upcoming events will be with Christopher Johnstone of the Center for Strategic International Studies; Keijiro Suga, an eminent poet and scholar of literature from Meiji University; the

August 1 marks the fiftieth anniversary of a one-million dollar endowment grant from the Government of Japan to the University of Washington to support and promote Japanese Studies.  The announcement of this prestigious award in 1973 affirmed UW (with nine other recipient institutions) as a leader in teaching and research about Japan in the United

See article by Saadia Pekkanen titled, “Repositioning the U.S.-Japan Alliance for Space” for the Center for Strategic & International Studies (CSIS). This commentary is part of the Exploring New Horizons: Japan’s Defense Priorities project, a CSIS Japan Chair initiative featuring analysis by leading Japanese and American scholars examining the implications of Japan’s new national security

We are deeply saddened by the passing of our friend and former colleague, Rob Britt, who died in June from an illness. He is greatly missed. Robert was an alum (MAIS Japan 1987) and had a long career in the East Asian Law Department of the Gallagher Law Library, where he worked from 1987 to

Interview with Professor Marie Anchordoguy: Can Japan return as a global innovation leader? In 2022, the Kishida administration announced its New Form of Capitalism concept, aimed at increasing stability within the Japanese economy and undoing some of the excessive effects of “shareholder capitalism,” while also nurturing the tech industries needed for Japan to once again

The UW Japan Studies Program congratulates ALL our students on completing the year, particularly our graduates. We hope that you take well earned lessons and rewards with you into the next adventure. YOU are what the world needs and we couldn’t be more proud of you. Keep in touch and let us know where you