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On November 7, 2023, Rory Medcalf (National Security College), Shihoko Goto (Wilson Center), and Trevor Kennedy (Business Council of Canada) discussed the latest developments in the Indo-Pacific in this webinar.
On November 2, 2023, Session 1: Security of the G7 Symposium took place featuring speakers Nobumasa Akiyama (Hitotsubashi University), Ayumi Teraoka (Columbia University), Daisaku Higashi (Sophia University), and Dani Nedal (University of Toronto).
On November 2, 2023, Session 2: Economy of the G7 Symposium took place featuring speakers Glen S. Fukushima (Center for American Progress), Deanna Horton (University of Toronto), Louis Pauly (University of Toronto), and John Kirton (University of Toronto).
On November 2, 2023, Session 3: Societal Transformation of the G7 Symposium took place featuring speakers Nobumasa Akiyama (Hitotsubashi University), Ayumi Teraoka (Columbia University), Daisaku Higashi (Sophia University), and Dani Nedal (University of Toronto).
On March 27, 2023, speakers Yuichi Hosoya (Keio University), David Welch (University of Waterloo), Rie Kijima (University of Toronto), Louis Pauly (University of Toronto) discussed the Canada-Japan relationship and Canada's new Indo-Pacific strategy.
On March 27, 2023, Professor Janice Stein (University of Toronto), who co-chaired the government's Indo-Pacific Advisory Committee, and Kim Nossal, Queen's University political scientist and commentator on Canadian foreign policy shared their thoughts about the history of Canadian engagement with the region, the objectives of the new strategy, and challenges they foresee in its implementation.
On February 28, 2023, The Initiative for Education Policy and Innovation hosted an online panel event on various initiatives and innovations in education that are empowering youths in Japan.
On October 29, 2021, Tom Le (Pomona College) challenged the conventional “normal nation” narrative in international relations scholarship by explaining why Japan has not remilitarized despite the changing international context.
On October 27, 2021, in this presentation, speaker Yujin Woo (Hitotsubashi University) explored Japanese people’s views on citizenship (their views on naturalization) and migration (factors impacting their views on migrants).
On September 21, 2021, Prof. Takahara Akio (University of Tokyo) delivered a lecture on his research on the security in East Asia in light of the growing influence of China and current Japan-China relations. Prof. Takahara was joined by Prof. Stephen Nagy (International Christian University) and Mr. Jonathan Berkshire Miller (Japan Institute of International Affairs) for discussions following the presentation.
On March 15, 2021, Ulrike Schaede (University of California, San Diego) laid out changes in Japanese businesses and showed why we should pay attention to what they mean for global business and politics.
On March 12, 2021, Micheal Strausz (Texas Christian University) outlined the central argument of his 2019 book, Help (Not) Wanted: Immigration Politics in Japan, and provided context to recent developments in Japanese immigration policy – particularly the December 2018 decision to admit more than 300,000 low skilled foreign laborers as well as the immigration policy response to the COVID pandemic.
On March 8, 2021, the Centre for the Study of Global Japan welcomed Professor Hiroko Akiyama (University of Tokyo) to present her research on the ageing societies. Professor Akiyama was joined by Prof. Margarita Estevez-Abe (Syracuse University) and Professor Michelle Silver (University of Toronto) for discussions following the presentation.
On February 25, 2021, Levi McLaughlin (North Carolina State University) drew on his ethnographic engagements with Shinto priests, members of ethics training seminars, and other Kaigi affiliates to create a complex picture of how the group manifests through local-level activities.
On February 12, 2021, The Centre for the Study of Global Japan partnered with the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada and UBC’s Centre for Japan Research to talk with international experts on the implications of RCEP.
On December 2, 2020, this online event honoured Okamoto Yukio’s legacy, examining Japan’s current place in the region and liberal international order. Okamoto was a leading thinker and practitioner of foreign policymaking in Japan who tragically passed away in April 2020 due to complications arising from COVID-19.
On November 20, 2020, Saori N. Katada (University of Southern California) introduced her new book Japan’s New Regional Reality which studied the dynamics that have contributed to economic and political realities in the Asia-Pacific today, with significant implications for future regional trends.
On October 21, 2020, this seminar featuring speaker Marie Söderberg (European Institute of Japanese Studies) gave a historic perspective on Japan-EU relations and followed the developments until today.