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Meet the faculty and staff of the Centre for the Study of Global Japan.
- Go Murakami: Voting Experiments in Japan
- Event Report: Takako Hikotani Lecture on Japan’s ‘Value Diplomacy’ and the Rise of China
- Event Report: JAPAN NOW Lecture Series with Prof. Ryo Sahashi
- 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
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Go Murakami: Voting Experiments in Japan
If more ethnic minority candidates ran for national office in Japan, would voters support them? What factors shape these choices? Join us on January 31 as Prof. Murakami discusses the implications of his research for elections in Japan and globally.
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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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Event Report: JAPAN NOW Lecture Series with Prof. Ryo Sahashi
On November 27, 2019, The Centre hosted the latest installment of the JAPAN NOW lecture series, featuring Prof. Ryo Sahashi of Tokyo University.
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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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