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RIJS Director Mary Brinton interviewed on BBC and ABC News Channels

Mary Brinton, Reischauer Institute Professor of Sociology and Director of the Reischauer Institute of Japanese Studies, was interviewed on January 23rd on the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) "The World Tonight" program and on the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) NewsRadio. In each interview, she discussed Prime Minister Fumio Kishida's promise to take urgent steps in response to Japan's declining birth rate.

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Ian Miller featured in Harvard Gazette for new "Quad Lab" course

Professor Ian Miller (Professor of History and Faculty Dean of Cabot House) was recently featured in The Harvard Gazette for his new course HIST 15B "Quad Lab: Histories of Technology, Society, and Everyday Life at Harvard." This course investigates the people and places of the Radcliffe Quadrangle, formerly the residential campus of Radcliffe College, which now contains three Houses: Currier, Pforzheimer, and Cabot.

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2022 Tazuko Ajiro Monane and Noma-Reischauer Awards Ceremony

On Monday, December 5, 2022, the Tazuko Ajiro Monane and Noma-Reischauer Prizes were awarded to this year's recipients in a ceremony held at 5 Bryant Street.

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Melissa McCormick interviewed by Japan Foundation about Metropolitan Museum "Tale of Genji" Exhibition

Melissa McCormick (Andrew W. Mellon Professor of Japanese Art and Culture) was recently interviewed for an article, titled "American Scholar Revealed the Profound World of The Tale of Genji," by the Japan Foundation as part of a series of special stories in celebration of the foundation's 50th anniversary. Prof.

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RIJS Japan Summer Internship Program participant Lauren Baehr (Harvard College '23) publishes report with Asia Pacific Initiative (API)

The Reischauer Institute congratulates Lauren Baehr ('23, History & Literature and East Asian Studies) on her recently published report on the response to COVID-19 in East Asia! As part of the RIJS Japan Summer Internship Program, Lauren worked as a research intern with the Asia Pacific Initiative (API), a Tokyo-based independent think tank and program brand of The International House of Japan (I-House).

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