February 22, 2020
On February 13, 2020, The Centre for the Study of Global Japan hosted a talk on Japanese foreign policy that was delivered by Junya Nishino, Professor, Department of Political Science, Faculty of Law and Politics, Keio University in Tokyo, Japan....
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February 11, 2020
On January 31, 2020, The Centre for the Study of Global Japan hosted a talk on voting experiments in Japan delivered by Go Murakami, an Associate Professor from the College of Law at Ritsumeikan University in Japan. He is currently...
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January 22, 2020
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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December 10, 2019
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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November 28, 2019
On Thursday, November 21, 2019, Takako Hikotani delivered an engaging lecture on Japanese foreign policy.
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October 20, 2019
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October 14, 2019
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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September 30, 2019
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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September 21, 2019
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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September 21, 2019
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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