

The 2011 March 11th Disaster and Nuclear Power Plant Accident: Five Years On….
March 9th Workshop and Film Showing
Registration required.
Registration required.

Interaction and Collaboration as a Source of Community Recovery and Empowerment: Insights from Minamata and Kizawa (Chuetsu) for Post-disaster Sustainable Community Development
March 11th 12:30-2:00 @ UBC Institute of Asian Research Room 120
Takayoshi Kusago (Kansai University)
Takayoshi Kusago (Kansai University)
Pop Culture, History and “Contents Tourism” in Japan
March 14th 3:00-4:30 @ UBC Institute of Asian Research Room 120
Philip Seaton (Hokkaido University)
Philip Seaton (Hokkaido University)

Inventing the Way of the Samurai: Nationalism, Internationalism, and Bushido in Modern Japan
March 17th 3:30-5:00 @ UBC Institute of Asian Research Room 120
Oleg Benesch (University of York)
Oleg Benesch (University of York)

Can the Subaltern Bark? Dogs, Japan, and the Making of the Modern Imperial World
February 26th 12:30-2:00 @ Buchanan Tower 1197
Aaron Skabelund (Brigham Young University)
Aaron Skabelund (Brigham Young University)

How Treaties are Approved and Concluded in Japan: From Negotiation to Execution
March 24th 3:30-5:00 @ UBC Institute of Asian Research Room 120
Akira Uchida (Deputy Consul General)
Akira Uchida (Deputy Consul General)

Do Virtual Earthquakes Still Shake Us to the Core? Simulating Survival in Japan’s Disaster Report Video Game
February 9th 12:30-1:30 @ Asian Centre Room 604
Ben Whaley (Ph.D. student, Asian Studies)
Ben Whaley (Ph.D. student, Asian Studies)

Geopolitical Transformation in East Asia: Chinese Ambitions and Japan’s Reaction toward an Emergence of a New Regional Order
March 29 4:00-6:00 @ UBC Allard School of Law Room 101
Tosh Minohara (Kobe University)
Tosh Minohara (Kobe University)