Center for Japanese Studies 50th Anniversary
Hybrid Japan
2009 Program of Events
| January | The Pacific War Revisited |
| Letters from Iwo Jima and Clint Eastwood in Person – film screening and comments from the director | |
| A Scholar's View of Letters from Iwo Jima – symposium | |
| The Inaugural (2009-2010) Berkeley Japan New Vision Award: Clint Eastwood | |
| February | Kazuo Inamori: A Conversation on Business Innovation and Philosophy |
| April | Toyo Ito: A Conversation on Japanese Architecture |
| May | Kazuo Hara: Documentary Film Making |
| Kazuo Hara's Documentary Films – film screenings and comments from the director | |
| Kazuo Hara and Japanese Film Studies – symposium | |
| June | Berkeley in Japan II: The Berkeley-Nichibunken Dialogue |
| July | Hayao Miyazaki in Berkeley |
| San Francisco Bay Area Premier of Ponyo | |
| The Hayao Miyazaki Symposium | |
| The 2009-2010 Berkeley Japan Prize: Hayao Miyazaki | |
| Hayao Miyazaki: A Conversation | |
| September | Tracing Japanese Buddhism: An International Conference |
| October | Japan and Japanese America |
| Norman Mineta: "U.S.-Japan Relations: A Japanese American Perspective" – keynote lecture | |
| Japan and Japanese America: Connections Across the Pacific Rim | |
| November | Japanese Food Culture on the Global Stage |
| The History and Contemporary Forms of Japanese Food Culture – symposium | |
| The Longest California Roll: A World Record Attempt | |
| Washoku and Wine: A Benefit Gala Dinner | |
| December | Japanese Studies at Berkeley and the U.S.: Past, Present, and Future |