_{With our mission to promote the intellectual foundation for study at PSU, the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences is proud to bring the languages, literature, thoughts, and culture of Japan to our students and community. Building on the strength and qualiy of our faculty, PSU provides the leadership to create a new level of understanding and appreciation of all things Japanese to our community.}

_{Marvin Kaiser
Dean, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences}

The Center for Japanese Studies

The Center for Japanese Studies, housed in the Institute for Asian Studies at PSU, supports research on Japan and the Japanese-American experience. CJS provides a forum for related academic activities and the free exchange of ideas. The Center is commited to preparing PSU students to become leaders in business, government, arts, and the academy by fostering cross-cultural understanding. It seeks to facilitate understanding of Japan as well as the Japanese-American experience among students, faculty, and the greater Portland community through a variety of curricular and outreach programs.

Oregon and Beyond

Located in downtown Portland, PSU has the most comprehensive program in Japanese Studies in the greater Portland metropolitan area that includes Vancouver, Washington. Internationally-recognized faculty offer a variety of courses in Japanese language, art, economics, geography, history, international management, literature and theater, and politics.

PSUs special relationship with Waseda University, Japan's preeminent private university located in Japan's capital Tokyo makes PSU an especially exciting center of Japanese studies. Waseda selected PSU as the location for its American branch. Numerous exchange programs are available for students from both universities. Likewise, faculty of the two universities have a variety of research options available for study outside their home cities.

PSU also maintains a longstanding relationship with Hokkaido University, one of Japan's premier public universities. Hokkaido University is located in Sapporo, Portland Sister City in Japan. Summer exchange opportunities allow studies to not only study Japanese in Japan but also to live with a Japanese host family during their time in Sapporo.

The Center for Japanese Studies facilitates student and faculty exchanges with Waseda and Sapporo universities and other Japanese instutions of higher learning through a series of scholarships and grants.