Center for Japanese Studies at the University of Michigan. Advancing the study of Japan through research, education, and engagement.
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ALT Yutaka Yoshida Nov. 12, 2026 12-1:30 pm ET East Hall 4448 & Zoom When Self-Empowerment Goes South (or East, More Precisely): Gender, Neoliberalism, and Romance Fraud in Japan. Features a photo of the speaker and a photo of a pile of Japanese 10,000-yen bills with a 3-D clay-like red heart with some chips and cracks.
ALT A graphic that reads: Joshua Schlachet, Nov. 5, 2026, 12-1:30 pm ET, Weiser 1010 & Zoom, Nourishing Life: Cultures of Food and Health in Early Modern Japan. Features a photo of the speaker smiling and an image of a colorful old Japanese woodblock triptych showing a bustling market scene with black ships on the sea in the background.
ALT A dark blue graphic with white text and maize accents provides a brief description of the 2027-28 Teaching Postdoctoral Fellowship in Japanese Studies at the U-M Center for Japanese Studies. Researchers in all fields of Japanese studies are welcome to apply, and the deadline to do so is January 7, 2027. Applications must be submitted through Interfolio at https://apply.interfolio.com/195843. Any questions may be sent to [email protected].
ALT A graphic that reads: Yasuko Yokoshi, A History of Unowned Dance: Bodies in Transmission, Oct. 15, 2026, 12-1:30 pm ET, East Hall 4448. Features a black-and-white photo of the speaker, as well as a photo of her performing a dance piece on a stage, wearing a kimono and holding a fan.
ALT Graphic that reads "Kanako Uzawa, Oct. 1, 2026, 12-1:30 pm ET, Weiser 1010 & Zoom, Living Ainu Art: Community, Nature, and Intergenerational Knowledge through Song and Dance." Includes a photo of the speaker. She is crouching outside a large gray, museum-like building, looking pensive as she looks up at the sky.
ALT A graphic that reads: Sept. 24, 2026, 12-1:30 pm ET, East Hall 4448 & Zoom, Rivers and the Politics of Temporality in Ainu Mosir, Michael J. Ioannides. Features a photo of the speaker smiling and a small motorized boat with a small wooden vessel latched to the side, floating on a small river with a small concrete bridge in the background.
ALT Graphic featuring a photo of the full moon, a photo of the Judy & Stanley Frankel Detroit Observatory against a starry background. It reads: Sept. 25, 2026, Full Moon Festival, Judy & Stanley Frankel Detroit Observatory 6:00 pm: Astronomy Talks, Hybrid, registration required. 8:00-11:00 pm: Full Moon Fest Activities, observatory tours, & telescope Moon viewing! μΆμ ζθ¦ δΈη§η―
ALT A graphic that reads: Joy Taniguchi, Gathering Fading Voices: Endangered Dialect Research in Japan Today, Sept. 17, 2026, 12-1:30 pm ET, East Hall 4448 & Zoom. It features a photo of the speaker smiling and a photo of a wooden footbridge over a wide river in the Japanese mountains on a clear day.
ALT A graphic that reads "Fall 2026 Noon Lecture Series, Thursdays, 12-1:30 pm ET. Gathering Fading Voices: Endangered Dialect Research in Japan Today, 9/17. Rivers and the Politics of Temporality in Ainu Mosir, 9/24. Living Ainu Art: Community, Nature, and Intergenerational Knowledge through Song and Dance, 10/1. A History of Unowned Dance: Bodies in Transmission, 10/15. Nourishing Life: Cultures of Food and Health in Early Modern Japan, 11/5. When Self-Empowerment Goes South (or East, More Precisely): Gender, Neoliberalism, and Romance Fraud in Japan, 11/12"
ALT A graphic with a desaturated photo of a bookshelf with the text "Looking for your next read?"
ALT Graphic promoting Ann Arbor Japan Week reading: The Sounds of Japan, June 20, 6-7 pm @ AADL Downtown, featuring two photos of stringed Japanese instruments: a close-up of someone strumming a koto, and a close up of someone playing a shamisen.
ALT Graphic promoting Ann Arbor Japan Week reading: June 20, 11 am @AADL Downtown Japanese Storytime With Momo Kajiwara, featuring a photo of Momo smiling wearing a blue dress
ALT Graphic promoting Ann Arbor Japan Week reading: Sushi Demo with Chef Nakano June 19, 6 pm @AADL Downtown, feauting a photo of someone making a sushi roll using a bamboo mat
ALT Graphic promoting Ann Arbor Japan Week, reading: Okko's Inn, Free Film Screening, June 18, 7:30 pm @ Michigan Theater, featuring a still from this animated film of a young Japanese girl in front of an old inn with friendly Japanese spirits behind her.
ALT Graphic promoting Ann Arbor Japan Week, reading: Yubinuki Workshop: Japanese Thimble Rings AADL June 18, 4:30-7:30 pm @ AADL Downtown, featuring a photo of Japanese cloth thimble rings
ALT Graphic promoting Ann Arbor Japan Week, reading: June 17, 5-7 pm @ AADL Downtown, Letterpress Lab: Japanese Family Crests, featuring a photo of Japanese crest letterpress plates
ALT Graphic promoting Ann Arbor Japan Week, reading: June 17, 11 am @AADL Downtown, Puppet Play: The Japanese Classic Tale "Omusubi Kororin" (Tumbling Riceballs), with an illustration of an elderly Japanese man chasing a large tumbling rice ball.