Ryo Morimoto awarded Modern Japan History Association Book Prize
Ryo Morimoto has been awarded the Modern Japan History Association (MJHA) Book Prize for his recently published monograph Nuclear Ghost: Atomic Livelihoods in Fukushima's Gray Zone (University of California Press, 2023).
Read MoreAya Goto leads Harvard School of Public Health students on field trip to Fukushima Prefecture, Japan
This January, Prof. Aya Goto, Professor of the Practice of International Community Health and faculty director of the Takemi Program in International Health at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, is leading a cohort of fifteen graduate students on an immersive tour of Fukushima Prefecture.
Read MoreMiya Qiong Xie (Ph.D. '17) awarded 2024 Modern Language Association Prize for First Book
Miya Qiong Xie (Ph.D. 2017) was recently awarded the 2024 Modern Language Association Prize for First Book for her monograph Territorializing Manchuria: The Transnational Frontier and Literatures of East Asia (Harvard University Asia Center, 2023).
Read MoreMari Miura featured in article in the Asahi Shimbun
Mari Miura, Professor of Political Science at Sophia University and 2024-25 Reischauer Institute Visiting Scholar, has recently been featured in the Asahi Shimbun in an article titled, なお「男性の壁」、女性議員の層厚くしないと ("Facing the gender barrier: the number of female legislators must increase"). In this article, she discusses challenges in Japanese politics, especially around gender representation and the recent election outcomes.
Read MoreTakao Hensch conferred the Order of the Rising Sun, Gold Rays with Neck Ribbon by the Government of Japan
Takao Hensch, Professor of Molecular and Cellular Biology at Harvard University and Professor of Neurology at Harvard Medical School, has been named in the 2024 Autumn Conferment of Japanese Decorations on Foreign Nationals by the Government of Japan. He will receive the Order of the Rising Sun, Gold Rays with Neck Ribbon.
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