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Meet the faculty and staff of the Centre for the Study of Global Japan.
- Event Report: Takako Hikotani Lecture on Japan’s ‘Value Diplomacy’ and the Rise of China
- Welcome: Phillip Y. Lipscy, Inaugural Director of the CSGJ
- Preliminary Information on Confirmed Upcoming Events
- Welcoming Prof. Ito Peng as Affiliated Faculty
- Welcoming Prof. Kenichi Ariga as Affiliated Faculty
- Welcoming Prof. Rie Kijima as Affiliated Faculty
- Prospects for Japan’s G20 Osaka Summit: A Symposium
- EVENT REPORT: REFLECTIONS ON KAKEHASHI 2019
- KAKEHASHI PROJECT: Engaging Japanese Culture on a More Personal Level
- Democracy in Asia: Building Sustainable Institutions and Practices in Turbulent Times
- Hidenori Sakanaka, Director of the Japan Immigration Policy Research Institute
- Event Report: “Japan as a ‘Normal’ Country? Retrospect and Prospect”
- Japan Now Lecture Report: Dismantling Japanese Developmentalism
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Event Report: Takako Hikotani Lecture on Japan’s ‘Value Diplomacy’ and the Rise of China
On Thursday, November 21, 2019, Takako Hikotani delivered an engaging lecture on Japanese foreign policy.
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Welcome: Phillip Y. Lipscy, Inaugural Director of the CSGJ
Professor Phillip Y. Lipscy has joined the Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy as our Centre's inaugural director. He is an expert of Japanese politics and foreign policy who comes to us from Stanford University.
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Preliminary Information on Confirmed Upcoming Events
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Welcoming Prof. Ito Peng as Affiliated Faculty
The Centre welcomes Sociology Professor Ito Peng as affiliated faculty. She is an expert of political sociology specializing in family, gender, migration and comparative social policy.
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Welcoming Prof. Kenichi Ariga as Affiliated Faculty
We welcome Professor Kenichi Ariga, associate professor of political science, as affiliated faculty with the Centre for the Study of Global Japan. His research analyzes elections and incumbency advantage in Japan.
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Welcoming Prof. Rie Kijima as Affiliated Faculty
The Centre for the Study of Global Japan welcomes Professor Rie Kijima. Formerly a lecturer and Interim Director of the ICE/IEPA program at Stanford's Graduate School of Education, she is now an assistant professor in the Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy.
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Prospects for Japan’s G20 Osaka Summit: A Symposium
On May 8, 2019, the Centre for the Study of Global Japan, G20 Research Group (UofT), and the Consulate-General of Japan in Toronto presented a symposium on the upcoming G20 Osaka Summit, bringing together a range of distinguished international scholars and officials.
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EVENT REPORT: REFLECTIONS ON KAKEHASHI 2019
On Monday, April 8, 2019, ten students who participated in this year’s Kakehashi Project shared academic and personal reflections on their experiences in Japan during a roundtable presentation.
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KAKEHASHI PROJECT: Engaging Japanese Culture on a More Personal Level
"The Kakehashi Project has profoundly impacted me, providing a first step towards my own deeper and more substantive immersion in Japanese culture, history, and politics."
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Democracy in Asia: Building Sustainable Institutions and Practices in Turbulent Times
Bringing together a distinguished group of scholars, this symposium places research on the evolution of democratic institutions & governmental practices in dialogue with cutting-edge conceptual work on democracy and democratization.
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Hidenori Sakanaka, Director of the Japan Immigration Policy Research Institute
On February 7, 2019, Mr. Hidenori Sakanaka discusses why it is necessary for Japan to become a major destination for immigrants and how the country can effectively manage immigration in the 21st Century.
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Event Report: “Japan as a ‘Normal’ Country? Retrospect and Prospect”
On November 21, 2018, the Centre for the Study of Global Japan presented “Japan as a 'Normal Country'? Retrospect and Prospect” as part of the 2018-19 Japan Now Lecture Series.
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Japan Now Lecture Report: Dismantling Japanese Developmentalism
Event Report by Sooyun (Clara) Hong, fifth-year student in East Asian Studies and Neuroscience
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