January 25, 2019
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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November 12, 2018
In this talk, Kent E. Calder discusses his new book: an overview of the economic, political, and bureaucratic interests that dictate corporate and individual responses to investment and innovation in Japan.
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October 24, 2018
On Thursday, October 4, 2018 the Centre for the Study of Global Japan hosted “Walk in Canada, Talk on Japan.”
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October 16, 2018
In this panel discussion Yoshihide Soeya, Masayuki Tadokoro, and David A. Welch revisit their 2011 volume, “Japan as a ‘Normal Country’? A Nation in Search of Its Place in the World” to examine how well its analysis has stood up, and what we can learn from the exercise to inform Japanese policy and Japan’s regional and global role in years to come.
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October 2, 2018
The Kakeshashi Project is an experiential learning program in Japan open to senior undergraduate and graduate students at the University of Toronto. Applications to the 2019-20 Kakehashi Project are due November 1, 2019.
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October 2, 2018
On August 9, 2018, Prof. Louis Pauly, Interim Director of the Centre for the Study of Global Japan welcomed a delegation from the Japan International Cooperation Center (JICE) for a fruitful discussion of the Kakehashi Project, an experiential learning program in Japan.
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August 31, 2018
Join the Centre for the Study of Global Japan for a unique opportunity to engage with Ambassador Shotaro OSHIMA, Former Economic Minister of the Japanese Embassy in the U.S. and former Ambassador of Japan to South Korea and Saudi Arabia, along with his team of three panelists to discuss Japan-Canada economic and business relations.
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March 26, 2018
In February 2018, fourteen University of Toronto students participated in the Kakehashi Project.
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March 23, 2018
Event report by Yuri Kaku, third-year undergraduate student and editor of Synergy: The Journal of Contemporary Asian Studies
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March 17, 2018
The Kakehashi Project was an eye-opening experience that allowed me to gain a deeper understanding of the Japanese culture, foreign policy, and political issues.
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