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April 16, 2025

u:japan lectures - Hitomi Koyama: "Pacific Dementia: On the Polymorphous Epithet in Japan under Pax Americana"

From: u:japan lectures : Department of East Asian Studies : University of Vienna <ujapanlectures.ostasien@univie.ac.at>  
Date: 2025/03/28

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Temple University Japan 16 April at 12:15: Paul Blustein: King Dollar: past and furture of the world's dominant current

From: Robert Dujarric <robert.dujarric@tuj.temple.edu>  
Date: 2025/03/26

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【Call for Abstracts】 GAS Symposium "Dis-ease: Women and (Dis)order in China" (July 28, 2025)

From: Global Asian Studies (GAS) <gas@ioc.u-tokyo.ac.jp>  
Date: 2025/03/24

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My book on reviving Japanese entrepreneurship is out in Japanese

From: RICHARD KATZ <rbkatz@rbkatz.com>  
Date: 2025/03/23

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New issue of Contemporary Japan 37(1) available online (apologies for cross-posting)

From: Isaac Gagne <me@contemporary-japan.org>  
Date: 2025/03/21

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Reminder: FCCJ Book Break. March 31. 17:45. Jake Adelstein, author of "The Last Yakuza"

From: FCCJ LIBRARY <library@fccj.or.jp>  
Date: 2025/03/21

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Reminder: FCCJ Book Break. April 8. 17:45. "POP YOKAI 現代百鬼夜行 Contemporary Character Art of Japan"

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Date: 2025/03/21

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Japan Zoominar @ UC San Diego: "Japan's Zelenskyy Shock" with Yuji Idomoto

From: Takashi Kiyoizumi (JFIT) <tkiyoizumi@ucsd.edu>  
Date: 2025/03/20

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u:japan lectures - TOKU Satoko: "Japan's Foreign Policy: UN Security Council Sanctions on North Korea and their Implications"

From: u:japan lectures : Department of East Asian Studies : University of Vienna <ujapanlectures.ostasien@univie.ac.at>  
Date: 2025/03/16

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New Book on Japan's Industrial Policy

From: Mary Alice Haddad <mahaddad@wesleyan.edu>  
Date: 2025/03/12

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DIJ Study Group: "Speaking of competence: Lived experiences of language between the private and the professional", March 26 / 6.00 pm (JST) / 10.00 am (CET)

From: Luise Kahlow <kahlow@dijtokyo.org>  
Date: 2025/03/12

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Call for Presentations: Queer Migrations - Critical Perspectives on Mobility, Displacement, and Belonging, KoMiReC, June 7-8

From: Spela Drnovsek Zorko <sdzorko@gmail.com>  
Date: 2025/03/11

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7 April at 12:15 Book talk Donald Low: The Price of Zero: China's policy missteps during and after Covid

From: Robert Dujarric <robert.dujarric@tuj.temple.edu>  
Date: 2025/03/11

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2 April 2025 at 12:15 at Temple University Japan:Mark Davidson: The Death of Pax Americana: Implications for Japan and the Indo-Pacific

From: Robert Dujarric <robert.dujarric@tuj.temple.edu>  
Date: 2025/03/11

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DIJ Study Group ONLINE ONLY: "Writing With, Against, or for Machines? Generative AI and the Question of Authorship", March 19, 6 pm (JST)/ 10 am (CET)

From: Luise Kahlow <kahlow@dijtokyo.org>  
Date: 2025/03/11

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Call for Applications: Japan Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship, 2025-26

From: Fujihira, Shinju <sfujihira@wcfia.harvard.edu>  
Date: 2025/02/27

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2026 MJHA Book Prize, First Book Prize, and Dissertation Prize for Japanese Studies

From: Nick Kapur <nickkapur@gmail.com>  
Date: 2025/03/11

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u:japan lectures - Brigitte Pickl-Kolaczia: "Domain Shinto in Early Modern Mito: Impacts on Village Populations and Rural Networks"

From: u:japan lectures : Department of East Asian Studies : University of Vienna <ujapanlectures.ostasien@univie.ac.at>  
Date: 2025/03/08

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FCCJ Book Break. April 8. 17:45. "POP YOKAI 現代百鬼夜行 Contemporary Character Art of Japan"

From: FCCJ LIBRARY <library@fccj.or.jp>  
Date: 2025/03/07

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Reminder: DIJ Forum "From the Rice Grain to the Shop - Exploring Sustainable Food Practices in Japan", March 13, 2025 / 18.30 - 20.00 (JST)

From: Luise Kahlow <kahlow@dijtokyo.org>  
Date: 2025/03/06

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Upcoming Webinar: 'Media in Japan: The Fuji TV Scandal'; 3rd Mar from 9 pm (JST) / 12 pm (GMT)

From: Nanaka Kishi <nanaka.kishi@dajf.org.uk>  
Date: 2025/03/03

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April 14, 2025

Next DIJ Study Group: "Writing With, Against, or for Machines? Generative AI and the Question of Authorship", March 19, 6 pm (JST)/ 10 am (CET) External Inbox

From: Luise Kahlow <kahlow@dijtokyo.org>  
Date: 2025/03/03

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March 13 Free Lecture at Lakeland University: Patrick Parr and Biography Writing

From: Roger Grabowski <grabowski@japan.lakeland.edu>  
Date: 2025/03/03

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20 March 2025 at 18:30 at Temple University Japan: Gender equality in South Korea with Jiwon Ok

From: Robert Dujarric <robert.dujarric@tuj.temple.edu>  
Date: 2025/02/28

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PhD position at University of Zurich

From: David Chiavacci <dachiava@hotmail.com>  
Date: 2025/02/28

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NEH-JUSFC Fellowships for Advanced Social Science Research on Japan (Deadline: April 23, 2025)

From: Silver, Mark <msilver@neh.gov>  
Date: 2025/02/28

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DIJ Forum: "From the Rice Grain to the Shop - Exploring Sustainable Food Practices in Japan", March 13, 2025 / 18.30 - 20.00 (JST)

From: Luise Kahlow <kahlow@dijtokyo.org>  
Date: 2025/02/21

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JPOSS February 27 (Thurs) ET/28 (Fri) JST: Masanori Kikuchi (Washington University in St. Louis), "Legacies of Atomic Bombings on Foreign Policy Attitudes in Japan"

From: Program on U.S.-Japan Relations <usjapan@wcfia.harvard.edu>  
Date: 2025/02/14

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Tenured faculty position - Waseda University Graduate School of Asia-Pacific Studies

From: LEHENY David <dleheny@waseda.jp>  
Date: 2025/02/20

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PhD position for research on "climate citizenship" in Japan

From: Littlejohn, A.L. (Andrew) <a.l.littlejohn@fsw.leidenuniv.nl>  
Date: 2025/02/19

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March 7 Architalk by Award-Winning Sustainable Architect Xu Tiantian on "Wanwu -- All Things"

From: Junko Ikeda <ikeda@i-house.or.jp>  
Date: 2025/02/17

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FCCJ Book Break. March 31. 17:45. Jake Adelstein, author of "The Last Yakuza"

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Date: 2025/02/14

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Temple University Japan 25 Feb 2025 at 18:30: John Wright on Indo-Pacific security

From: Robert Dujarric <robert.dujarric@tuj.temple.edu>  
Date: 2025/02/14

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Call for Papers | Japan Conference: University of Toronto

From: Centre for the Study of Global Japan <csgj.munk@utoronto.ca>  
Date: 2025/02/15

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I'm Speaking In New York City and San Francisco (the latter will be livestreamed)

From: RICHARD KATZ <rbkatz@rbkatz.com>  
Date: 2025/02/15

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Temple U. Japan: 5 March (12:15) Paul Nadeau on Nippon/US Steel: What it reveals about US international economic policy

From: Robert Dujarric <robert.dujarric@tuj.temple.edu>  
Date: 2025/02/16

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