The University of Pennsylvania Center for East Asian Studies is pleased to announce that it will offer the Phila-Nipponica Project, the 14th year in a series devoted to preparing educators in schools in the…
Over the past five decades Japan experienced an extraordinary rise in its economic power and standing in the world. This rise occurred against the background of dramatic changes in its security environment. The Soviet…
Johan Elverskog is Altshuler University Distinguished Teaching Professor and Chair of Religious Studies at Southern Methodist University and is author of books including Buddhism and…
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Acclaimed Director Hayao Miyazaki’s final film, The Wind Rises is based loosely on the life of Jiro Horikoshi. Young Horikoshi is in love with flight, but cursed with poor eyesight, making his dream of becoming a…