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

The May issue of The Hague Journal of Diplomacy Volume 18 (2023): Issue 2-3 (May 2023) has been devoted completely to the special topic of space diplomacy “The Final Frontier of Theory and Practice”, Mai’a K. Davis Cross and Saadia M. Pekkanen editors. In addition to the introduction by co-editors, S. Pekkanen has also written one

UW students and non-UW students (including high school students) can register and take our summer courses.  All intensive Japanese language courses will be in-person ONLY this summer. Learn about the summer quarter application process and registration here. Each course covers roughly the same material that is offered in our equivalent nine-month course that span the

Study in Japan: MEXT Scholarship 2024 Japan’s Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) offers fully funded government scholarships to international students to further their studies at a Japanese university or college. The Consulate-General of Japan in Seattle accepts applications for the following scholarships from residents in Alaska, Idaho, Oregon, Montana and Washington State.

After more than 20 years of near-zero interest rates and 10 years of extraordinary quantitative easing – all seemingly to little effect – a new path has to be forged amidst competing vested interests. Join us for a special ON-LINE WEBINAR presentation by Professor Takeo Hoshi of the University of Tokyo for a discussion of

On April 19, Washin Kai presents a lecture by Professor Ken Tadashi Oshima of University of Washington’s Department of Architecture, with participation by Professor Paul Atkins, Department of Asian Languages and Literature, and Washin Kai member and architect, Hiroshi Matsubara. Sponsored by the Department of Asian Languages and Literature, University of Washington and Washin Kai,

Spring is here! Let’s Yoshino!  The UW webcams bring the beauty of the Seattle campus to you wherever you have an internet connection. Keep watch on the quad Yoshino cherry trees as they bloom over the next several weeks, and enjoy the season. The UW Seattle campus has an impressive and well known stand of

Lecture recording available HERE. REGISTER NOW for the April 12, 2023 special lecture event ‘Stagnation or Renewal? Japan’s Energy and Climate Change Policy’ with Phillip Y. Lipscy as he walks us through Japan’s response to climate change. Once heralded for responding effectively to the 1970s energy crisis through  ambitious energy conservation and diversification —  which

UW Japan Studies Program Affiliate Faculty Walter Hatch‘s latest book Ghosts in the Neighborhood: Why Japan is Haunted by its Past and Germany is Not, is now available.  In his book, Hatch debunks the conventional wisdom about why Japan remains haunted by its militarist past in Asia, but Germany does not face such ghosts in