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

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

STUDENT SPOTLIGHT: Meet Raechel, a second-year Asian Languages & Cultures MA student. Raechel graduated from UW in 2021 with a Bachelor’s of Arts in Linguistics, Japanese, and Asian Languages & Cultures and has returned to UW to further her studies. Her research interests are how transgender and gender non-conforming people navigate the explicitly gendered aspects

The UW Japan Studies Program congratulates ALL our students on their hard work this year, particularly those who are graduating! 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

UW Global Affairs recently released an article examining how study abroad is a high-impact practice. Based on evidence, certain teaching and learning practices make it more likely for students to stay in college and graduate – these practices include study abroad, service learning and internships. You can read the article here. To learn more about

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 2024 3:30 – 5:00 PM TEAL Reading Room, GOWEN HALL Open House / Grand Re-opening Celebration: The library completed the reading room renovation late last year, and it was the first ever renovation since the library moved to Gowen Hall in 1976. To celebrate this milestone, and to introduce the library to those

Students with any Japanese background (including no Japanese language background at all), are welcome at this workshop on manga language. Japanese manga are well known for their expressive illustrations, but less apparent to language learners is how the Japanese language contributes to the vividness of character development via yakuwariko ‘role language’ (Kinsui 2003) and hatsuwa

Juan Felipe Arroyave (MA/PhD Japanese) spent the summer in Japan with support from the Kasai-Buerge Scholarship. “Thanks to this award, I was able to spend two weeks in Japan as a Seminar Leader for the last edition of Komatsu Summer School (KSS),” reports Arroyave. “This bilingual summer camp, held in a rural area of Ishikawa Prefecture,

Special workshop for educators and UW students. In this interactive, reflective and practical workshop, William Matsuzaki with lead participants in posing various strategies to foster more welcoming, respectful, and safe learning environment/classrooms. Each person’s journey within diversity, equity, inclusion and access (DEIA) work is different, and it is important to honor each person’s place and

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