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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
"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."
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.
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.
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.