CURRENTQuarterly Newsletter of the Center for Japanese Studies, University of Hawai‘i at Mânoa

Spring 2004 Vol. 7 No. 2

JSEN CHAIR CANDIDATES DELIVER LECTURES

1 Feature Story

2 News from the Director

2 From the Tea Center

3, 8 CJS Seminar Series

4-5 Faculty News

5 Student News

6-7 From the Library

8-9 Announcements

Contents

J-Current reports on the achievementsand activities of UHM Japanese Stud-ies faculty and students as well as Ja-pan-related events, research, scholar-ships and overseas programs. Submis-sion deadline for the next issue is July16, 2004. Please send to:

J-Current EditorCenter for Japanese Studies1890 East-West Road, Moore 216University of Hawai‘i at MânoaHonolulu, HI 96822

E-mail: cjs@hawaii.eduTel: (808) 956-2667Fax: (808) 956-2666Web: www.hawaii.edu/cjs

Copyright © 2004 Center for Japanese Studies.All rights reserved.An Equal Opportunity / Affirmative ActionInstitution

Owing to the upcoming retire-ment of Dr. Paul Varley, SenSoshitsu XV Professor of Japa-nese Cultural History (more onp. 4), the Department of His-tory at the University ofHawai‘i at Mânoa invited threecandidates for the Sen Chairposition during March, 2004.The candidates were Dr. Will-iam Wayne Farris (LindseyYoung Professor, Departmentof History, University of Ten-nessee, Knoxville), Dr. G.Cameron Hurst III (Profes-sor, Japanese and Korean Stud-ies; Chair, Asian and MiddleEastern Studies; Director, Cen-ter for East Asian Studies, Uni-versity of Pennsylvania), andDr. Karl Friday (Professor,Department of History, Univer-

sity of Georgia). The Center forJapanese Studies sponsored apublic lecture and reception foreach of the candidates. OnMarch 1, Dr. Farris gave a pre-sentation titled “PopulatingPremodern Japan” and talkedabout population cycles inpremodern Japan. Dr. Hurst, onMarch 8, explored the ‘sport’aspect of martial art in his talk“Competition and Spirituality inJapan’s Martial Arts: TheTokugawa Transformation,” andDr. Friday talked about culturalrules, constraints and meaningof war in early medieval Japanin his lecture “Rites & Wrongs:Polity, Culture and the Rules ofWar in Early Medieval Japan”delivered on March 29.

G. Cameron Hurst III Karl FridayWilliam Wayne Farris

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TRIPS TO DC AND SANTA FE

Last October, Associate Director GaySatsuma and I represented the EastAsia Council at the annual meeting ofTitle VI National Resource Center(NRC) Directors, sponsored by theUnited States Department of Education(USDE) in Washington D.C.. Also at-tending from UHM were Dr. DavidHanlon (Director of the Center for Pa-cific Island Studies) and Dr. BarbaraAndaya and Ms. Flo Lamoureaux (Di-rector and Associate Director, respec-tively of the Center for Southeast AsianStudies), as well as Dr. Dick Schmidt,Dr. David Hiple, and Mr. Jim Yoshiokafrom the National Foreign LanguageResource Center (NFLRC).

The USDE uses this annual meeting toannounce changes in policy, to traindirectors in reporting procedures, andto provide a forum for discussion ofthe problems and issues shared among

the centers. This was the first time theannual meetings for NRC and NFLRCdirectors have been held together, andthe message from the USDE was clear:foreign language study, particularly atthe highest levels of proficiency, is ahigh priority for both types of centers.

This past February, Gay and I, alongwith many of the same group of UHMrepresentatives, plus Dean Edgar Por-ter of SHAPS, attended the annualNRC Directors Council meeting inSanta Fe, New Mexico. This annualevent is coordinated by the directorsthemselves, and is held without par-ticipation from the USDE. Ittherefore provides an op-portunity to have criticaland open discussions onpolitical and policy mattersthat have an impact on ourcenters. This year’s meet-ing was dominated by talkabout a proposed NRC/

NFLRC supervisory board that the U.S.House of Representatives has alreadyapproved, and is being considered bythe Senate. This board, in its currentproposed form, would consist of threepolitical appointees who would reportdirectly to the White House. Partici-pants at the Council meeting expressedgrave concerns about what they per-ceive as an attempt to control the ide-ology of the centers. Both annual meet-ings provide our center representativeswith the opportunity to talk with ourcounterparts throughout the country,and are an important part of our annualcalendar.

L to R: David Hanlon, David Hiple, Dick Schmidt, Barbara Andaya,Gay Satsuma, Robert Huey, and Edgar Porter

News from the DirectorNews from the DirectorNews from the DirectorNews from the DirectorNews from the Director

Dr. Genshitsu Sen paid a visit to the Uni-versity of Hawai‘i on February 10 and 12,2004. Dr. Sen attended and took an activepart in two sessions of the Tea Practicum(ASAN 324) which is taught by Mr.Yoshibumi Ogawa, Senior Instructor forUrasenke Foundation. He also deliveredtwo energetic lectures to the Way of Teain Japanese History and Culture (HIST323) course in the History Department.This course, currently taught by Dr. PaulVarley (Sen Soshitsu XV Chair), has beenoffered by the History Department since1978, and is the oldest university creditcourse on chado in the world.

Upper Left & Right:Dr. Sen interactingwith students in a TeaPracticum course

Dr. Sen giving a lecture for the Way of Teacourse

Dr. Sen with Mr. Ogawa

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The Long, Hot Summer, RevisitedJanuary 29, 2004. Dr. EdwardSeidensticker, Emeritus Professorof Japanese, Columbia Universityand a scholar and translator of Japa-nese literature, returned to the CJSSeminar Series to share his experi-ences and opinions about his mostrecent stay in Japan. Dr.Seidensticker covered a broad

range of topics including the Japanese language, politicis,movies, anime, and baseball.

The Iraq War and Japan’s PoliticalLandscape February 17, 2004. Mr.Yukio Matsuyama, former chair andhonorary chair of the editorial boardof Asahi Shimbun, returned to sharehis views of Japan’s political deci-sions in relation to the Iraq war.

Schizophrenia and Shamanic Prac-tice in Okinawa February 26, 2004.Dr. Matthew Allen, Associate Dean,Associate Professor, Faculty of Artsat the University of Auckland, gave atalk about some of the contradictionsbetween science and spiritualism inasking questions about how peoplein Okinawa choose to mobilize cer-Matthew Allen

Edward Seidensticker

Hitoshi Hamatani

Brian Victoria giving a talk on Soldiers Zen(taken by Ms. S. Henna, one of our regular seminar attendees.)

tain help-seeking behaviors. Conclusions were based onfield research with shamans and psychiatrists in Okinawabetween 1996 and 2000.

Scenery for Kabuki March 4, 2004.Mr. Hitoshi Hamatani, retired tech-nical director of the National The-atre of Japan, Tokyo, presentedabout the theatrical and stylized ele-ments of Kabuki - the scenery, cos-tumes, wigs, make up, and stagesetup with numerous colorful slides.

‘Soldiers Zen’ in World War IIJapan: A Classic Case Study of‘Holy War’ March 11, 2004. Co-sponsored with the Departmentof Religion. Dr. Brian Victoria,Numata Distinguished VisitingChair in Buddhist Studies at UHMand Senior Lecturer at the Centrefor Asian Studies, University ofAdelaide, talked about the sup-port which leaders of the Zen school offered Japanese mili-tarism during World War II.

Doing Fieldwork in Japan (Panel Dicussion) March 18,2004. Dr. Takie Lebra, Professor Emeritus of Anthropologyat UH, Dr. Robert J. Smith, Professor Emeritus of Anthro-pology and Asian Studies at Cornell University, and Dr.Patricia Steinhoff, Professor of Sociology at UH, providedlively, personal accounts of conducting fieldwork in Japan,sharing their successes and failures in a wide-range of set-

Brian VictoriaYukio Matsuyama

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VARLEY RETIRES

Dr. Alexander Vovin, (Professor, East Asian Languages) with Dr. Toshiki Osada, edited a book titledNihongo Keitooron no Genzai (日本語系統論の現在) [Perspectives on the Origins of the JapaneseLanguage]. The book was published by Nichibunken (Kyoto) in December, 2003.

Dr. Mark Levin (Associate Professor, Law) is the co-author (with Teruki Tsunemoto) of the recently-published “A Comment on the Ainu Trust Assets Litigation in Japan,” 39 Tulsa L.Rev. 399 (2003), whichwas part of a Symposium on recent developments concerning the Indian Trust Doctrine.

PUBLICATIONS

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Paul Varley

Dr. H. Paul Varley, Sen Soshitsu XV Professor of Japanese Cultural History in theDepartment of History at UHM, will be retiring at the end of the spring semester of2004. Dr. Varley received his doctorate from Columbia University in 1964 and came toUHM for his first teaching position (1964-1965). He then taught for the next 29 years inthe Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures at Columbia University. Duringthat time, he established himself as this country’s foremost authority on medieval Japa-nese cultural history, and compiled a distinguished body of publications, capped bythe classic Japanese Culture, now in an expanded, 4th edition, published by UH Pressin 2000. Fortunately for UHM, his retirement from Columbia as Professor Emeritus of

Japanese History in 1994 did not mean the end of his career. Dr. Varley returned to UHM as the Sen SoshitsuXV Chair in 1994, and over the past 10 years has taught courses such as Japanese Civilization (HIST 321/322), History of the Way of Tea (HIST 323), History of the Samurai (HIST 324) and Seminars in JapaneseHistory (HIST 665B/C). In addition, he has been a steadfast supporter of CJS and a prominent figure in thelocal tea ceremony community. Most of all, Paul has been a good colleague and friend, and the Centerwishes to express its heartfelt appreciation to him for his dedication to Japanese studies at UHM.

KOBAYASHI ELECTED VICE PRESIDENT OF THE COMPARATIVE

AND INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION SOCIETY

Dr. Victor Kobayashi (Professor, Educational Foundations) has been elected Vice Presi-dent of the Comparative and International Education Society, which has many membersfrom both US and other countries who research education in Asia, including Japan, fromthe perspective of different disciplines. Dr. Kobayashi will be President-elect next yearand plans to host the annual conference in Hawaii in 2006. Victor Kobayashi

COHN SELECTED FOR “WHO’S WHO AMONG AMERICA’STEACHERS”

Dr. Joel Cohn (Associate Professor, Japanese) has been selected for inclusion in theeighth (2004) edition of “Who’s Who Among America’s Teachers.” Students nomi-nate for this publication professors who have been influential in their lives.

Joel Cohn

LOWER REPRESENTS UH AT IUC BOARD MEETING

Dr. Lucy Lower (Associate Professor, Japanese) is UH’s new representative for theInter University Center, and attended the IUC Board meeting in San Diego in conjunc-tion with the AAS (Association for Asian Studies) Annual Meeting which was heldduring March 4 - 7, 2004.

Lucy Lower

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GRANTS

Dr. Patricia Steinhoff (Professor, Sociology) received funding(approx. $98,000) for the Japan Directory Project from the JapanFoundation. Her Cross Currents Project also received grantsfrom the US CULCON funds ($35,000), the Friendship Commis-sion ($57,000) and the Technology, Innovation, and Societygrant ($39,000).

Dr. David Johnson (Associate Professor, Sociology), receiveda Fulbright Research Grant for the period August 1, 2003 toApril 30, 2004 and is currently at Waseda University.

Dr. Mark McNally (Assistant Professor, History) also received

a Fulbright Research Grant for January 1, 2005 to July 31, 2005.

Dr. Julie A. Iezzi (Assistant Professor, Theatre) received a StateFoundation on Culture and the Arts Grant (approx. $14,700)and Fulbright Scholar-in-Residence Grant (approx. $15,400) forkabuki.

CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS

Dr. Nobuko M. Ochner (Associate Professor, Japanese) pre-sented a paper titled “Teaching Kawabata Yasunari’s “SnowCountry” from an Intertextual Perspective,” at the SecondAnnual Hawaii International Conference on Arts and Humani-ties, Honolulu, January 8-11, 2004.

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CJS Graduate Fellowships ($15,000): Halliday Piel, PhD, His-tory; Mie Sanders, PhD, Linguistics; Ryoko Yamamoto, PhD,Sociology; Yuka Hasegawa, MA, Anthropology; WilliamMatsuda, PhD candidate, EALL

Tasuku Harada Graduate Scholarship in Japanese Studies($14000 & tuition): Keiko Denchel, PhD, EALL

Minae and Miki Kajiyama Graduate Scholarship ($4,200): ShokoBaba, PhD candidate, History

Hanayo Sasaki Graduate Merit Scholarship ($1,800): ShunichiTakekawa, PhD, Political Science

William P Lebra Memorial Scholarship ($2,000): Shinji Kojima,MA, Sociology

Foreign Language Area Studies (FLAS) Fellowship ($14, 000 &tuition): Katherine Drake, PhD, Sociology; Carolyn Covalt,MFA, Theatre; Steven Ikier, MA, EALL

Summer Foreign Language Area Studies (FLAS) Fellowship($2,400 & tuition): Ravi Kumar, JEMBA; Jeffrey Jensen, MA,Religion; Elizabeth Izaki, MA, EALL

CJS SCHOLARSHIP & FLAS (2004-05)

Joshua Guy to participate in the Japanese language program atSophia University in Tokyo.

Ben Jansen to study Japanese language and culture at NanzanUniversity in Nagoya.

Elizabeth West to participate in the “Year-in-Japan” program inKobe.

Jon Yamaoka to study Japanese language and culture at SophiaUniversity in Tokyo.

CJS GRADUATE STUDENT TRAVEL AWARDS

FREEMAN UNDERGRADUATE AWARDS FOR

STUDY IN ASIA (2004-05)

Congratulations to the following students who received schol-arships and awards!

Student News

Barbara Holthus-Wiecking (PhD,Sociology) presented her pa-

per, “Men as exoticized Other in the discourses of Japanesewomen’s magazines,” at the 2004 Popular Culture AssociationAnnual Conference, April 7-10, 2004, in San Antonio, Texas.

Colleen Lanki (MFA, Asian Theatre) will attend the Interna-tional Council for Traditional Music (ICTM) 23rd Symposiumon Ethnochoreology, July 10-18, 2004, in Monghidoro, Italyand present her paper titled “Layers of male and female: Thethird-gendered space in Nihon Buyô.”

At the 2004 American Association for Applied Linguistics An-nual Conference, May 1-5, 2004, held in Portland Oregon, AsukaSuzuki (PhD, Japanese) delivered her work, “Are we ‘Japa-nese’?: Construction of ethnic identity.”

(See p.9 for future application deadlines.)

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From the LibrarySHASHI (社史) : TREASURE TROVE OF INFORMATION

MVS Grant awardedIn March 2004, the UHM Japan Collec-tion was awarded over $13,000 by theMulti-Volume Set (MVS) Grant of theNorth American Coordinating Councilon Japanese Library Resources (NCC).The grant will finance 75% of the costof the Nihon no Kaishashi日本の会社史 (Japanese companyhistories), which consists of 95 reelsof microfilm. The balance of the pur-chase will be paid for by a grant fromthe Japanese Studies Endowment Com-mittee of the UHM Center for JapaneseStudies. This addition will greatly en-hance the Japanese Company Histo-

ries (Shashi 社史) Collection herewithin the UHM Japan Collection.

What is Shashi?Shashi is defined as “apublication compiledby a business com-pany on its history anddelivered as part of itsresponsibility,” ac-cording to one Shashiexpert in Japan. TheUHM Japan Collectionhas broadened itsShashi collection be-yond traditional business disciplinessuch as colleges and universities, tradeassociations and unions, for example.Japanese organizations typically com-pile their histories as part of commemo-rations, such as an anniversary or otherorganizational milestone. The titles areoften referred to as Hyakunenshi百年史 (Hundred year history) or

Gojûnen no ayumi ５０年の あゆみ (50 year milestone).

How are Shashi collected for theLibrary?Shashi are distinct from normal pub-lications in that they are not printedwith the intent that they will be avail-able to the public. Companies andother organizations only give theirShashi to select individuals and in-stitutions as gifts. Therefore, collect-ing Shashi publications is a time con-suming and inexact process under thebest of circumstances. Although pre-cise numbers are unknown, there areestimates that over 15,000 Shashititles have been published since the

early 1900s, with ap-proximately 300 newtitles added eachyear now. The micro-films that the Librarywill acquire are re-prints of major com-panies across thecommerce and indus-try sectors. We willcontinue to collectShashi through thetraditional ap-proaches within the

UHM Japan Collection, but the mi-crofilms will really help fill many ofthe gaps that presently exist.

Why are Shashi significant to theUH research community?Dr. Lonny Carlile, Associate Profes-sor of Asian Studies and a CJS fac-ulty member, summarizes it this way:

Shashi; including Bungei ShunjuShichijûnenshi and KuronikkuKodansha no Kyûjûnen

• Shashi represent sources of primaryand secondary historical informationand documentation that, under nor-mal circumstances, would not be pub-licly available.• Collectively, the Shashi in an in-dustry provides the micro-level re-sources for the comprehensive studyof the evolution of a given industry.• For students of Japanese politicaleconomy who are interested inbroader policy studies or specific his-torical incidents, Shashi provide themeans by which to supplement ac-counts provided through conven-tional sources, and to measure withgreater precision the impact of poli-cies, market forces, and technologi-cal change.

Dr. Carlile also points out that “theutility of Shashi goes well beyondthe obvious value to the scholar inthe field of Japanese business his-tory...” Indeed, Shashi publicationswould be of interest across severaldisciplines, such as business, history,anthropology, literature, education,international relations, arts, and more.

Information provided by ShashiOne may be surprised at how muchinformation is buried within Shashi.For instance, when one researcheson Japanese school textbooks, in-cluding their history and develop-ment, censorship, and other contro-versial issues, it is worthwhile tocheck the Shashi of major textbooksproducers such as Tokyo Shoseki Co.

Ltd. (東京書籍印刷) and/or as-

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EXHIBIT OPPORTUNITY AT

HAMILTON LIBRARY

Many of you may have enjoyed aninteresting exhibit at one time or an-other at the Hamilton Library. Thereare two exhibit spaces available todisplay materials on themes of inter-est to the community and/or to publi-cize the resources within the Univer-

2004, Phase II Gallery is available inJune and July. From February 2005,both galleries are currently available.For more information about reserv-ing exhibit space, please contact theLibrary Exhibits Committee atexhibits@hawaii.edu. You can also,visit the Library Exhibits web site athttp://libweb.hawaii.edu/uhmlib/ex-hibits/index.html.

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sociations such as Kyokasho Kyokai(教科書協会) . Their Shashinicely illustrate the chro-nological development ofJapanese textbooks fromthe Meiji era with discus-sion of relevant laws andissues along the way.

Shashi in the publishingindustry provide notonly individual companyhistories, but also the de-velopment of the entireJapanese publishing sec-tor. The Bungei ShunjuS h i c h i j û n e n s h i(文芸春秋七十年史 ) includesthe table of contents and cover pic-tures for all of its issues of the BungeiShunju magazine. Kodansha Shashi,Korunikku Kodansha no Kyûjûnen(クロニック講談社 の９０年 )colorfully illustrates each Kodansha’spublication, the ideas behind it, thehistory of books and printing in Ja-pan, challenges faced under the mili-tary government during World WarII, and the cover pictures for allKodansha publications.

Have you seen the first soap sold bythe Kao Company? KaoshiHyakunen (花王史百年) leads

titles from other materials in the col-lections can be a challenge. For thesereasons, the UHM Japan Collectioncreated the UH Shashi CollectionWeb site to aid researchers in identi-fying Shashi titles by industry andby organization names <http://www.hawaii.edu/asiaref/japan/com-pany/company_home.htm>

In addition, good news just came infrom Japan’s Information Center forResearch on History of Entrepreneur-ship of the Shibusama MemorialMuseum. In April, the ShibusawaMemorial Museum launched an am-bitious project to create a comprehen-sive database “like an encyclopediaand like a directory, which leads us-ers to untangle information one afteranother.” They are planning to widelydisseminate this database once it iscompleted. The Shibusawa MemorialMuseum encourages researchers toprovide suggestions and informationas to how they utilize Shashi infor-mation. The input will be used to de-velop the most useful and user-friendly indexes in the database.Please contact Tokiko Bazzell, JapanSpecialist Librarian, Hamilton Library,if you would like further informationor assistance.

sity. The two galleries are: (1) PhaseII Gallery, which offers three displaycases and wall space just in front ofthe elevators on the first floor, and(2) the Bridge Gallery, which has twohorizontal and two vertical displaycases and a wide wall space. This isthe bridge corridor between Phase II(old Hamilton) and Phase III (newaddition). For the rest of calendar year

you through the history of personalhygiene in Japan just as ShiseidoH y a k u n e n s h i

(資生堂百年史) doesfor Japanese cosmetics.Kikkoman’s Shashi ex-plains how soy sauce re-lates to the life of Japa-nese people.

The Shashi of companiesduring the Japanese co-lonial times, such as Cho-sen Shokusan GinkoNijûnenshi (朝鮮殖産 銀行二十年志) ,

Chosen Ginko Nijû-gonenshi(朝鮮銀行二十五年史) , Tai-

wan Ginko Yonjûnenshi (台湾銀 行四十年誌) , etc., provide in-sights into political and economic re-lations between Japan and colonialKorea, China, Manchuria, and otherPacific regions.

New Development of Shashi inJapanAlthough Shashi are a treasure troveof information, unfortunately, it is noteasy to access at present because ofthe lack of indexes. Furthermore, be-cause the word “Shashi” is not anofficial library term, separating Shashi

Cover pictures ofBungei Shunju

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Announcements

CJS will be sponsoring a workshop titled “Incor-porating Pragmatics into the Beginners’ Level JFL(Japanese as a Foreign Language) Curriculum”during August 9-13, 2004. The workshop will beheld for local pre-service and in-service teachersof Japanese and will be led by Ms. Emi Murayamaand Mr. Kazutoh Ishida who are both PhD candi-

SUMMER WORKSHOP ON INCORPO-RATING PRAGMATICS IN JAPANESE

TEACHINGThe Center has a new logowhich incorporates a plumeria,also known as the Hawaiian leiflower. The logo also includesthe shape of the Island of Oahuin the middle and resembles thedesign of a Japanese kamon(family crest). The Center would like thank Mr.Akio Ishida for designing the logo.

NEW LOGO FOR CJS

CORRECTION

We sincerely regret the omission of Dr. Glenda Roberts as one of the contributors to the book Doing Fieldwork inJapan in the last issue. Dr. Roberts is a former East-West Center Postdoctoral Fellow, Visiting Assistant Professor(1988-89) and Visiting Associate Professor (1995-96) in the Dept. of Anthropology at UHM, and also the formerAssociate Director of CJS (1991-95). She is currently a Professor of Anthropology at Waseda University in Japan.

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Keith Brown

(L to R): Takie Lebra, Robert J. Smith,Patricia Steinhoff.

tings and circum-stances. The idea forthis panel discussioncame from the recentpublication of DoingFieldwork in Japan,edited by TheodoreC. Bestor, PatriciaSteinhoff, andVictoria Lyon Bestorand discussion wasled by Dr. Gay Satsuma, Associate Director of CJS.

Farm Families and Family Farms:The Changing Rural Scene inNortheastern Japan April 1, 2004.Dr. Keith Brown, Professor ofAnthropology, UCIS ResearchProfessor, Department of Anthro-pology, University of Pittsburgh,gave a talk about the multiplicity

factors affecting rural life of farm families in NortheastJapan.

The Wajin’s Whiteness: Law andRace Privilege in Japan April 22,2004. Co-sponsored with the Wil-liam S. Richardson School of Law,Dr. Mark Levin, Professor of Lawat UH, talked about how CriticalRace Theory can be applied use-fully in the Japanese law context.

The Center would like to thank the presenters for theCJS Seminar Series and also express our appreciation toMs. Grace Fukumoto for providing the hand-made leisfor the presenters.

For more information for the CJS Seminar Series, pleasevisit www.hawaii.edu/cjs/seminarseries.html.

Mark Levin

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MONBUKAGAKUSHÔ RESEARCH

SCHOLARSHIPS

The Japanese Ministry of Education offersscholarships for graduate students to conductresearch at Japanese universities for terms ofone and a half or two years. Applicants must beUS citizens, under thirty-five years of age, insound health, and either have sufficient Japa-nese-language ability to enable them to carryout their research projects or be willing to betrained in Japanese upon arrival. The scholar-ships provide a monthly allowance of approxi-mately 180,000 yen (subject to change depend-ing on budget), transportation to and from Ja-pan, an arrival allowance and a field of studyallowance, university fees and tuition, and as-sistance with accommodations. Below are datesscheduled for August.

* Mandatory orientation (Moore 351) Wednesday, August 11, 3:30 pm to 4:20 pm

* Exam (Moore 351) Saturday, August 14, 9:00 am to 12:00 pm

* Interview (Moore 319: Tokioka Room) Thursday, August 19, 9:30 am to 12:30 pm

For more information, please contact Ms.Kakuko Shoji (EALL); Moore 201; tel: 956-8798.

56TH JAPAN-AMERICA STUDENT

CONFERENCE

The Japan-America Student Conference (JASC)is a 70-year old student planned and coordinatednon-profit educational and cultural exchange pro-gram for unversity students from the UnitedStates and Japan. This year’s theme is “Re-Evalu-ating the Japan-America Relationship: CivicCommitment to Global Issues,” and is sched-uled for July 21 through August 20, 2004. Theconference will be held at several locations in-cluding the East-West Center in Hawai‘i. TheCenter for Japanese Studies will be involved byhosting a welcome reception, providing logisti-cal assistance, and coordinating faculty partici-pation.

For more information, visit www.jasc.org.

dates in the Department of East Asian Languagesand Literatures (EALL) at UHM and advised by Dr.Dina Yoshimi, Associate Professor at the Depart-ment of EALL.

For more information, visit www.hawaii.edu/cjs/pragmaticsworkshop.html.

CJS Graduate Student Travel GrantAugust 1, 2004Please note that submission guidelines have recently changed. For more information, visitwww.hawaii.edu/cjs/funding.html.

Graduate Student Organization Travel GrantJune 9, September 8, 2004Contact GSO at 956-8776 or visit www.hawaii.edu/gso/docs.html for more information.

APPLICATION DEADLINES

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Note: This issue of JCurrent is available in coloron our website at www.hawaii.edu/cjs/newsletter.html.

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