A conversation with Robert Cole, Mike Flynn, and John Campbell on the CJS-led U.S.-Japan Automotive Study and the 1981-1989 U.S.-Japan Auto Conferences.
The Law in Translation – Bonnie Dixon
1983 U.S. Japan Auto Conference – Paul McCracken, Keichi Oshima, Robert Perkins
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In 1981, the U-M Center for Japanese Studies launched the U.S.-Japan Automotive Conference (USJAC). Held annually until 1989, the USJAC facilitated reasoned dialogue between U.S. and Japanese business, political, and labor leaders against a backdrop of increasingly heated competition between the two countries’ auto industries.
In this episode, we bring you the opening panel of the 1983 U.S.-Japan Auto Conference, featuring Paul W. McCracken (University of Michigan), Keichi Oshima (University of Tokyo), and Robert Perkins (Chrysler).
Complement this episode with the printed proceedings of the 1983 conference: Automobiles and the Future: Competition, Cooperation, and Change.
Early Japanese Studies at Michigan – Gary Saxonhouse on Masakazu Toyama and Eijiro Ono
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Continuing our commemoration of CJS’s 70th anniversary, we’re sharing a special minisode about Japanese Studies at Michigan before the founding of CJS in 1947. This lecture was delivered at CJS’s 50th anniversary symposium in 1997 by Gary Saxonhouse, a Professor of Economics at U-M.
To learn more about CJS’s history, see the history page on our website.
“The Only Woman in the Room” – Beate Sirota Gordon and the Making of Japan’s Postwar Constitution
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2017 marks the 70th anniversary of the U-M Center for Japanese Studies. Throughout the year, the Japanese Studies Radio Hour will share special recordings from the CJS archives, starting with this special address by Beate Sirota Gordon, given on the occasion of CJS’s 50th anniversary in 1997.
Complement this recording with Sirota Gordon’s The Only Woman in the Room: A Memoir of Japan, Human Rights, and the Arts.
“Staged Seduction: Selling Dreams in a Tokyo Host Club” – Akiko Takeyama & Allison Alexy
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Brad and Prof. Allison Alexy (University of Michigan) sit down with Prof. Akiko Takeyama (University of Kansas) to talk about her new book Staged Seduction: Selling Dreams in a Tokyo Host Club. Stay tuned after the ending theme for a podcast extra!
Sustaining and Diversifying Japanese Studies – Dyron Dabney, Patricia Maclachlan, and Leonard Schoppa
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Sustaining and Diversifying Japanese Studies
A discussion at the 2016 Association for Asian Studies conference with Prof. Dyron Dabney (Albion College), Prof. Patricia Maclachlan (University of Texas, Austin), and Prof. Leonard Schoppa (University of Virginia) about the challenges and opportunities that lie ahead for the field of Japanese Studies. Thanks to the Japan-U.S. Friendship Commission for organizing the panel that inspired this podcast!
Yamakiya Taiko – Interview with Genki Endo, Keisuke Suzuki, Erik Santos, Toko Shiiki
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Yamakiya Taiko
Fukushima’s Yamakiya Taiko Ensemble is one of Japan’s leading taiko performance groups, having played such prestigious venues as the Kennedy Center for Performing Arts in Washington D.C. The leaders of Yamakiya Taiko (Genki Endo and Keisuke Suzuki) sat down with JSRH ahead of two Ann Arbor performances organized by local filmmaker Toko Shiiki and Prof. Erik Santos (U-M SMTD). We discuss the history of their troupe, their connection to Michigan, and what taiko drumming signifies for them as they negotiate the difficulties of life in Fukushima after the nuclear disaster.
Reflecting on the 3/11 Disasters – Mieko Yoshihama & Satsuki Takahashi
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Reflecting on the 3/11 Disasters
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This episode features a discussion with Prof. Mieko Yoshihama (University of Michigan School of Social Work) and Prof. Satsuki Takahashi (U-M CJS Toyota Visiting Professor / George Mason University Dept of Sociology and Anthropology)about their on-going research projects in northeastern Japan, which was devastated by a massive earthquake, tsunami, and nuclear disaster five years ago this month.
The photos described in the interview can be viewed below:
These photos are taken from the book PhotoVoice Japan. To check out the this book from the U-M library, please see this link: mirlyn.lib.umich.edu/Record/013660947