CJS Winter 2026 Film Series | The Legend of the Stardust Brothers (星くず兄弟の伝説)
Directed by Makoto Tezuka, 1985, 1 hr 40m
A shady music mogul brings together two wannabe stars—punk rock rebel Kan and new-wave crooner Shingo—and transforms them into the...
Film Screening: The Vow From Hiroshima
Mitchie Takeuchi
In an age of deep division and growing global challenges, education has a vital role to play in cultivating peace....
Capturing Prestige: Human Trafficking in Japan's Maritime Borderlands, c. 1350-1600
Peter Shapinsky, University of Illinois, Springfield
This presentation traces the evolution of human trafficking networks among so-called Japanese pirates (Kn. Waegu, Ch. Wokou) from the island...
Lessons from Hiroshima: Cultivating Mindful Peace Leadership
Ray Matsumiya, Kathleen Sullivan, Mitchie Takeuchi, Ram Mahalingam
In an age of deep division and growing global challenges, education has a vital role to play in cultivating peace....
CJS Noon Lecture Series | Transgressive Navigation: Tanegashima, Kyoto, and the Wokou in Sixteenth-Century Maritime East Asia
Peter Shapinsky, Professor of History, University of Illinois, Springfield
Please note: This lecture will be held in person in room 555, Weiser Hall, and virtually on Zoom. The webinar is free and open to the...
CJS Noon Lecture Series | James Marshall Plumer’s Collecting Journey in War-torn Japan: Mingei Pottery, Folk Deities, and Ainu Art
Natsu Oyobe, Curator of Asian Art, University of Michigan Museum of Art
Please note: This lecture will be held in person in room 1010, Weiser Hall, and virtually on Zoom. The webinar is free and open to the...
CJS Winter 2026 Film Series | Good Morning (お早よう)
Directed by Yasujirō Ozu, 1959, 1h 34m
A lighthearted take on director Yasujiro Ozu’s perennial theme of the challenges of intergenerational relationships, Good...
CJS Noon Lecture Series | Powering Empire: Hydroelectricity and Highland Taiwan under Japanese Colonial Rule
John Kanbayashi, Assistant Professor of History & Sociology of Science, University of Pennsylvania
Please note: This lecture will be held in person in room 1010, Weiser Hall. It will not be livestreamed or recorded....
CJS Noon Lecture Series | A Queer Girl in Modern Japan: Yoshiya Nobuko
Sarah Frederick, Associate Professor and Associate Chair, Department of World Languages and Literatures, Boston University
Please note: This lecture will be held in person in room 1010, Weiser Hall, and virtually on Zoom. The webinar is free and open to the...
CJS Winter 2026 Film Series | School in the Crosshairs (ねらわれた学園)
Directed by Taku Mayumura, 1981, 1h 30m
Obayashi’s first groundbreaking idol picture is a dazzling mix of special effects and blue-screen artifice—a stylistic flair perfected...
The 31st Central Association of Teachers of Japanese Conference (CATJ 31)
Reimagining Japanese Language Education: Challenges, Opportunities, and Transformations
We are pleased to announce the 31st Central Association of Teachers of Japanese Conference (CATJ) to be hosted jointly by the University of...
