Events

Date: March 25th, 2024 Time: 17:00-20:00 Location: Choi 120, Choi Building, UBC As the sakura 🌸 begin to bloom, we are excited to announce the CJR Open House 2024 will be happening on March 25th, from 5PM – 8PM (PST). The event is organized and funded by the Institute of Asian Research‘s Centre for Japanese Research. The Centre […]

  Date: March 7th, 2024 Time: 12:45-14:00 Location: Choi 120, Choi Building, UBC Speaker: Dr. Millie Creighton Event Description: Tourism is highlighted in Japan for community revival and sustaining outlying areas. Japan is an archipelagic country comprised entirely of islands. However, there are islands and there are islands, with Japan’s four ‘main islands’ considered more […]

Date: March 20th, 2024 Time: 17:00-18:30 Location: The Place of Many Trees, Liu Institute, UBC Looking to study abroad and learn about the amazing opportunities available in Japan? The Center of Japanese Research, Go Global, Consulate General of Japan in Vancouver and the Canada Japan Co-op Program are teaming up to host a Study in Japan Session just […]

Date: March 12th, 12:00-13:30 PST Location: Case Room, Liu Institute for Global Issues, University of British Columbia Please join the Center for Japanese Research on US-Japan Alliance and the Taiwan Strait. We are honoured to invite Professor Adam P. Liff, the Visiting Chair in Modern and Contemporary Japanese Politics and Foreign Policy at Georgetown University’s School of Foreign […]

Date: November 16, 2023 Time: 10: 00 am – 4:30 pm PST Location: Room 120, C.K. Choi Building, UBC You are invited to join the G7/G20 Youth Japan Policy Design Workshop facilitated by G7/ G20 Youth Japan and organized by the Hiroshima Organization for Global Peace (in Prefectural Government), Japan Travel Bureau and Centre for Japanese Research, UBC. […]

On November 3, 2023, the Centre for Chinese Research and UBC Konwakai Chair Program organized a seminar talk on the Impact of Social Capital on the Successful Localization of Chinese Enterprises in ASEAN with Professor Bin Xiong. <About the event> As the biggest trading partner of ASEAN countries, China became a significant source country for FDI […]

Date: November 2nd, 17:00-18:00 PDT and followed by a reception at 18:00-19:00 PDT. (Networking opportunity with Dr. Mori from 16:45-17:00) Location: Place of Many Trees, Liu Institute for Global Issues, University of British Columbia   Please join the Center for Japanese Research and the Consulate General of Japan in Vancouver’s joint event on Japan’s Role in Indo-Pacific Security. […]

Location: CK. Choi Building, Room 351 Date: October 3, 17:30-19:00 Please join The Center for Japanese Research for an interactive kimono talk and demonstration event, presented by former IAR Fellow, Bailey Irene Midori Hoy. Bailey will be speaking on the relationship between the kimono and the evolving identity of Japanese and Japanese Canadian women, as presented […]

On June 20th, the Konwakai Chair in Japanese Research and Centre for Japanese Research, supported by the Nissan Endowment Fund, and Centre for Korean Research, organized a panel event on the political economy of the digital and green technology industrial revolutions with the following motivation and objectives. Motivation and Objective: The current global order is […]

Date: March 29 2023, 12:15-13:30 PST Location: Liu Institute, Place of Many Trees The Konwakai Chair in Japanese Research and the UBC Political Science Department will be hosting a lunch series with Professor Chung-Min Tsai (Executive Director of Academic Affairs, Taipei School of Economics and Political Science (TSE); Professor of Political Science and Vice Dean […]