Japan-Canada Relations and Beef C. Holroyd: The Evolution of Canada-Japan Relations This paper explores how Canada-Japan relations have evolved and changed over the past three decades. It looks at major trends in trade, investment, diplomacy, security, and scientific collaboration between Canada-Japan and reflects on the prospects for an expanded and mutually beneficial partnership. J. Church:…
Trade and Foreign Policy Tony Tai-Ting Liu: Japan’s Economic Diplomacy: challenges and opportunities amidst changing order Since China replaced Japan as the second largest economy in the world in 2010, observers seemed to have diverted even more attention to China and consider China as a sure leading state in the development of regional integration in…
Hosting the World L. Tkach-Kawasaki: A Perfect Storm: Examining Political Discourse in Japan in a COVID-Olympic Summer The summer of 2021 saw Japan’s leading politicians weigh in via social media on topics ranging from COVID-19 and vaccination roll-outs to public opinions concerning the Olympics. Social media platforms such as Twitter and YouTube continue to play…
Indo-Pacific Security Roundtable 2 Canada-Japan cooperation in the Free and Open Indo-Pacific On May 3rd, 2021 Canada and Japan released the Shared Canada-Japan Priorities Contributing to a Free and Open Indo-Pacific statement as a framework for their cooperation in the Indo-Pacific.Focusing on (1) The Rule of Law; (2) Peacekeeping Operations, Peacebuilding, and Humanitarian Assistance and…
Dr. Noriko Aso Aquapolis, Aquarium, and Aquafutures at the 1975 Okinawan Ocean Expo. The 1975 Okinawa International Ocean Exposition was officially a celebration of the recent reversion of the islands to Japanese sovereignty after almost three decades of U.S. military governance. Less officially, the exposition was supposed to be an opportunity to address ways in…
Religion and Culture S. Kanzaki: Arayashiki 阿頼耶識: Robots, AI and VR For some time now, the relationship and compatibility between Buddhism and science has been on the mind of practitioners and contemporary scholars alike. Today, Japan elaborates its Society 5.0, the idea of a super-smart society, a wider-reaching idea beyond the Fourth Industrial Revolution. In…
Fine Arts and Architecture M. Creighton: Japan and Africa Connections via Tange Kenzo Designing Abuja, Nigeria’s Capital Countries seeking greater global prominence, often contemplate constructing the Ideal City. For Nigeria this was a new capital, Abuja, between different tribal areas, to enhance national identity. Tange Kenzo emerged as Japan’s foremost architect from post-WWII until the…
Gender (2) S. Baiton: Looking for the Bright Life: Consuming Modernity in Late 20th-Century Japan. The late 20th Century in Japan, particularly the 1980s, was a period in which personal and household consumption converged with discourses surrounding individual and collective, and cultural and national identity. This paper examines how certain patterns of consumption came to…
