CJS Upcoming Events

 

Fall 2025

Uneasy Neighbors: 
Japan-China Relations Today
Professor Shin Kawashima
October 7, 2025
 5:30pm – 7:00pm
Smith Memorial Student Union Room 327/8/9

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和製洋風を求めて―皇后のドレスと
日本最初の憲法の奇異なるつながりー
Fashioning Japan: 
The Empress's Dress 
and the Meiji Constitution
Professor Kazuhiro Takii
October 29, 2025
5:30pm – 7:00pm
Smith Memorial Student Union Room 327/8/9

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The Chef Naoko Story
Naoko Tamura
November 13, 2025 
5:30pm – 7:00pm
Smith Memorial Student Union Room 327/8/9

The Chef Naoko Story Flyer

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Winter 2026
 

Japan-India Relations

India’s Economic Development & Japan India Relations
Professor Masanori Kondo
January 13, 2026
5:30 – 7:00 PM 
Smith Memorial Student Union Room 327/8/9

 

Japanese Treatment of Indian Prisoners of War in Relation to the Indian National Army
Professor Yuma Totani
January 27, 2026 
5:30 – 7:00 PM
Smith Memorial Student Union Room 327/8/9

 

Indian Migration to Japan from the Perspectives of Identity, Memory, and Politics
Professor Megha Wadhwa
February 24, 2026
5:30 - 7:00 PM
Smith Memorial Student Union Room 327/8/9

 

Spring 2026
 

Depopulation in Japan: America, Meet Your Future

Title TBD
Professor James Raymo
April 21, 2026
5:30 – 7:00 PM
Smith Memorial Student Union Room 327/8/9