CJS Recorded Event

[Berkeley Japan Prize] Composer Toshio Hosokawa ~ Bringing Japanese Sounds and Aesthetics in Classical Music: In conversation with Ken Ueno and a koto performance by Kyoko Kawamura

January 20, 2023

Toshio Hosokawa and Kyoko KawamuraJanuary 20, 2023 | 5:00 - 6:30PM | The Faculty Club, Seaborg Room, UC Berkeley Campus

Featured Speaker: Toshio Hosokawa, Composer
Featured Performer: Kyoko Kawamura, Koto Player
Moderator: Ken Ueno, UC Berkeley

The Center for Japanese Studies (CJS) of UC Berkeley welcomes Japanese composer, Toshio...

Who Cares for Japan’s Aging Society? How Are Immigrant Nurses and Care Workers Faring in Japan？

November 15, 2022

November 15, 2022 | 5:00-6:30PM | Online - Zoom WebinarAging Society in Japan

Speakers: Michiyo Yoneno-Reyes, University of Shizuoka; Sachi Takahata, University of Shizuoka

Discussant: Pei-chia Lan, National Taiwan University

Speaker 1| Michiyo Yoneno-Reyes, Ph.D., Professor, University of Shizuoka

Economic...

Japan’s Immigration Policy Conundrum: Technical Interns, Specified Skills, and International Students

April 11, 2023

Speaker photosApril 11, 2023 | 5:00 - 6:30 PM | Online - Zoom Webinar

Speakers: Glenda S. Roberts, Professor, Waseda University;
Noriko Fujita, Adjunct Researcher, Waseda Institute for Asia-Pacific Studies;
Gracia Liu-Farrer, Professor, Waseda University

Discussant: Michael Sharpe, Professor, York College of the City University of New York

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What does matter?: Beyond the cultural explanation of the immigrant society of Japan

October 19, 2022

October 19, 2022 | 5-6:30 p.m. | Online - Zoom WebinarYu Korekawa

Speaker: Yu Korekawa, Ph.D., Director, National Institute of Population and Social Security Research

Discussant: Kazuo...

YU Miri & YANAGI Takeharu: Listening to Voices of Residents in Fukushima

September 29, 2022

September 29, 2022 | ASUC Student Union: Martin Luther King Jr. Building, Stephens RoomYU Miri Special Lecture Title Screen

Speakers: YU Miri, YANAGI Takeharu

Moderator: Junko Habu,...

YU Miri, Berkeley Japan Prize Recipient: In Conversation with Karen Tei Yamashita - Diasporic Imagination, History, and Writing

September 30, 2022

September 30, 2022 | 5-6:30 p.m. | David Brower CenterYu Miri

Featured Speaker: YU Miri

Speaker: Karen Tei Yamashita

Moderator: Andrew...

The dispersal of rice in prehistoric Japan — tempo, mode, and consequences

September 12, 2022

September 12 | 2-4 p.m. | Anthropology and Art Practice building, Rm 221, UC BerkeleyEnrico Crema

Speaker: Enrico Crema, University of Cambridge

Moderator:...

From Global Financial Crisis to Covid-19 Pandemic: Old and New Challenges for Nikkei Brazilians in Japan

May 10, 2022

May 10, 2022 | 5-6:30 p.m. | Online - Zoom WebinarIshi Image

Speaker: Angelo Ishi, Professor, Musashi University

Discussant: Keiko Yamanaka, Lecturer, UC Berkeley

The reform of the Japanese Immigration law in 1990 enabled foreigners of Japanese descent (...

"The Ones Who Leave" by Nagahara Hideaki

April 30, 2022

The Ones Who Leave posterApril 30 | 2-5 p.m. | Zellerbach Hall, Room 7

A Stage Reading of Nagahara Hideaki's --The Ones Who Leave-- translated by Andrew Way Leong with Q & A moderated by Philip Kan Gotanda.

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The Ones Who Leave (Sariyukumono, 去り行く者, 1927)...

Explicating the evolution and limits of Japan’s Asylum Policy

March 16, 2022

Hashimoto Event PicMarch 16, 2022 | 5 p.m. | Online - Zoom Webinar

Speaker: Naoko Hashimoto, Graduate School of Social Sciences, Hitotsubashi University

Discussant: Keiko Yamanaka, Ethnic Studies...