Japan

Joshua Schlachet's new monograph investigates how 18th- and 19th-century Japan related healthy eating to a healthy society. 

Deadline for all application materials (including letters of reference): Friday, May 22.

The newest Studies title, co-authored by two Columbia alumnae, benefits from unusual access to an insular community who chose to stay in Japan after WWII. 

The Japan scholar's absorbing ARB conversation touches on Hokusai, the transformation of the Japanese landscape, and even a Godzilla movie.

MJHA hails a literary study for exploring the Japanese novel as "a uniquely capacious instrument for social critique and political agency."

Japan historian's work-in-progress will consider the confinement of more than 120,000 civilians in eight countries as "an experiment in global racial management." 

Running from May 21 to June 7, 2026, the not-for-credit program is open to Columbia, Barnard, and Kyushu University undergraduates and MA students.

The scholar of contemporary Japan opens his series of reminiscences by impressing on younger readers, "It is not at all strange not to know what you want to do in life."

Speaking in Tokyo, the veteran Japan-watcher argues that Sanae Takaichi's election as president of the Liberal Democratic Party will hasten the demise of the LDP. 

Kyushu University professor hopes his book heightens recognition of migrants and ethnic minorities in postwar Japan.

Annual award recognizes a scholar from outside Japan who has made a significant contribution to international Japanese studies.