During her 2024-2025 research leave, Japan Studies Librarian Azusa Tanaka addressed a longstanding challenge in Japanese book history: dating premodern books (pre-1868) that lack publication dates. Traditional methods are often subjective or invasive, but Tanaka used a novel, non-invasive approach combining microscopic imaging and machine learning. Using a digital microscope, Tanaka captured over 13,000 images

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

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.

On August 21, 2020, Mr. Hisao INAGAKI arrived in Seattle to assume the post of Consul General of Japan in Seattle. Consul General Inagaki joined the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1985.  After serving as Director of Internet Public Relations Division, Minister’s Secretariat, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA), he was appointed as Consul General of

With the melting of the snows, we see the cherry trees of the Quad begin to bud. Watch the UW Quad cam for live viewing of the changing of the yoshino cherry trees. Read Michelle Ma’s article through the link below and follow the link therein to a full report on the history of UW

Congratulations to Don Hellmann on the selection of his dissertation for republication in the Voices Revived series from the University of California Press.  Japanese Foreign Policy and Domestic Politics: The Peace Agreement with the Soviet Union is now available in on-demand paperback. “UC Press Voices Revived commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and