New courses will be offered for the Spring Semester
Japanese Studies News
Learn about the Japanese Studies program and future events/course offerings
Professor Yasuda will be giving a talk on her recent book, Beauty Matters: Modern Japanese Literature and the Question of Aesthetics, 1890 - 1930
Welcome to our International Language Fellow!
Capstone Colloquium for Japanese Studies was held Friday, April 26
Two events being held in Japanese Studies
Panel will include two guest speakers.
Professor Tomoyuki Sasaki publishes book on Japanese cinema
Three new classes will be offered
Learn more about our new language instructor, Shinji Shimoura
Shinji Shimoura joins the Japanese Studies program
J-House Conversation Hours for Fall 2023
Japanese House Fellow Junko Ishizu connects students with with wide variety of Japanese culture.
Carina Rosenberg takes a moment to reflect on her experience as a peer assistant for the two-day online W&M-Keio Cross-Cultural collaboration during the summer 2022.
Dr. Tomoyuki Sasaki, associate chair of departmental affairs and associate professor of Japanese studies, has been awarded the 2022 Phi Beta Kappa Award for the Advancement of Scholarship. This distinction is reserved for faculty members who have not yet attained the rank of Professor but have demonstrated excellent scholarly achievement and display promise for continued success.
More than twenty-five students participated in a lively Karaoke Night hosted by Japanese House on Thursday, November 30.
Daniel Johnson joins Japanese Studies faculty
An interview with J House fellow Ms. Junko Ishizu
MLL and the Japanese studies program are proud to announce inductees into the Japanese National Honor Society for 2021 - 2022 academic year.
Randy Berry has been awarded the Modern Languages and Literature Book Prize in the Japanese Studies program for his stellar academic achievements.
Prof. Tomoyuki Sasaki has written an op-ed for the Nihon Keizai Shimbun and a longer article for Nippon.com commenting on COVID-19 border controls.
Graduating Japanese studies majors present their final research projects.
On March 25, Dr. Aoki of Ehime University gave a lecture on the meanings of cherry blossoms in Japanese poetry, manga, and anime.
