October 13, 2021
We are saddened to announce that Kyoko Tokuno, one of the longest serving senior lecturers at the Jackson School with Comparative Religion and Japan Studies, passed away on September 28, 2021, in
June 14, 2021
Jackson School Professor Robert Pekkanen has co-authored an Oxford University Press book titled “Party Personnel Strategies: Electoral Systems and Parliamentary Committee Assignments” that offers a theory of how political parties
April 14, 2021
The Journal of Japanese Studies (JJS), a twice yearly publication by the Society for Japanese Studies and housed at the University of Washington, has announced a new annual award in honor of
January 27, 2021
On February 5, 2021, Oxford University Press will publish the first paperback edition of “The Oxford Handbook of Electoral Systems,” a book co-edited by Jackson School Professor Robert Pekkanen, also
January 26, 2021
In a January 27, 2021 article titled “America’s Exceptional Two Party System” Robert Pekkanen, professor of Japanese politics at the Jackson School and co-author of “The Oxford Handbook of Electoral
January 22, 2021
In “Japan’s space defence policy charts its own course” Jackson School Professor Saadia Pekkanen, also co-director of the University of Washington Space Policy and Research Center, analyzes why conflict in
January 12, 2021
Saadia Pekkanen, a professor at the Jackson School and co-director at the University of Washingtonʼs Space Policy and Research Center (SPARC), is quoted in an article titled “Beidou’s Global Mark”
August 17, 2020
Professor Emeritus Kenneth B. Pyle, a Japan expert and recipient of an Order of the Rising Sun from the Government of Japan, is interviewed in a video feature on Japan
May 26, 2020
In “Profound Forces: The Pandemic as Catalyst,” Jackson School Professor Emeritus Kenneth B. Pyle, also a founding member of the National Bureau of Asian Research, sounds a warning call on
March 11, 2020
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