Newsletters

Published: December 2016

Announcements

JFI would like to welcome its newest members to the management team:
 

Dr. Carin Holroyd is the President, Japan Studies Association of Canada, and Associate Professor of Political Studies, University of Saskatchewan.  She holds degrees from the University of British Columbia, Chaminade University/Sophia University and the University of Waikato.  She has written extensively on Japanese innovation and political economy.  Her forthcoming book, Green Japan (University of Toronto Press), examines government plans to promote the commercialization of environmental technologies. 
View Dr. Carin Holroyd's full profile.

Dr. Ken Coates is the Canada Research Chair in Regional Innovation, Johnson-Shoyama Graduate School of Public Policy, University of Saskatchewan.  He has undertaken extensive comparative research on the challenges facing rural areas and small towns.  Ken was the two-term President of the Japan Studies Association of Canada and has worked extensively on digital media in East Asia.  He has published a series of books on Japanese innovation and has worked extensively on rural development studies. His most recent studies are, with Dr. Carin Holroyd, is The Global Digital Economy and a study of Indigenous policies in Canada. View Dr. Ken Coates' full profile.

Events

Upcoming Events

• Japan Futures Initiative (JFI) and European Japan Advance Research Network (EJARN) Joint Conference: Japan’s Future: International Reflections on the Prospects for a “New Meiji” Transformation, December 11 – 12, Narita, Japan. This conference is co-sponsored by the Japan Foundation.
   
• Canada-Japan Peace and Security Symposium, December 12 – 13 in Tokyo, Japan.

Recent Events

As part of the JFI Speaker Series, on October 6, Mr. Aoyagi spoke at a guest lecture at the Japan Foundation Toronto, titled "Introduction to Kabuki theater: Tamasaburo performs Akoya."

On November 24, 2016 at Renison University College, Dr. Masayuki Tadokoro presented "Multiethnic Japan? Increasing Presence of Non-ethnic Japanese in Japan." Dr. Masayuki Tadokoro is a Professor of International Relations at Keio University, Tokyo, Japan. His primary field is international political economy, but he  also works on Japanese foreign and security policy. Currently he is working on international politics of population movement across borders.

Publications 

Recent Publications 

David W. Edgington

• D.W. Edgington (2016) Reflections on the Hanshin Earthquake of 1995 and the Reconstruciton of Kobe, Japan, in P.Daly and R.M. Feener (eds.) "Rebuilding Asia Following Natural Disasters: Approaches to Reconstruction in Asia-Pacific", Cambridge, CUP, 108-140.
• D.W. Edgington (2016) How Safe is Safe Enough? The Politics of Decontamination in Fukushima, in M. Yamakawa and D. Yamamoto (Eds.) "Unravelling the Fukushima Disaster", London, Routledge, 80-106.
• D.W. Edgington, N. Ota, N. Sato and J. Steele, (eds.) (2016) "Culture, Identity and Citizenship in Japan and Canada", ISS Research Series No. 59, Institute of Social Sciences, University of Tokyo.
• D.W. Edgington, N. Ota, N. Sato  and J.Steele (eds.) (2016) "Japan and Canada in Comparative Perspective: Economics and Politics; Regions, Places and People", a Collection of Papers from an International Conference held in Tokyo, May 2015, Japan Studies Association of Canada.

Kimie Hara

• "Takeshima/Dokdo Problem in the San Francisco System: Reconsidering its Origin and Settlement in a Multilateral Framework", Korean Journal of International & Comparative Law No.4, 2016, pp.22-42. 

Carin Holroyd

•  Japan: Environmental Technologies, Innovation Policy and the Pursuit of Green Growth, University of Toronto Press, forthcoming (2007).

David A. Welch

• “The Hague's South China Sea Ruling: Implications for East Asian Security.” Asia-Pacific Foundation of Canada (29 November, 2016).

Member News & Activities

Dr. Ken Coates is continuing his work on the potential use of scientific and technological innovation to address the challenges facing rural areas around the world.  In addition to his research work, which includes substantial focus on Japan, Ken is making efforts to connect Japanese companies and research groups with northern and rural communities.

David W. Edgington is currently completing field work in Fukushima Japan and Chernobyl Ukraine. Recently, he presented at the following conference: 

• October 2016: "Geographies of Exclusion: Fukushima Dai-ichi at Five, Chernobyl #4 at 30", Presentation to the 2016 JSAC Conference on "Globalizing Japan", held at Centre for Japanese Research, University of British Columbia.
• November 2016: "Reconstruction Along the Sanriku Coast of Tohoku, Japan: Five Years After the `3.11' Disaster", Paper presented to the Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning (ACSP) Annual Conference, Portland, Oregon. 

Kimie Hara

• “Exploring Settlements of Regional Conflicts in the San Francisco System,” International Conference - Beyond the San Francisco System: Seeking a Peace Regime in East Asia, Columbia University, October 28-29, 2016.
• “Living with a Cold Peace & Planning for a More Stable Future: Considering the Helsinki Declaration (Accords) for East Asian Borders,” The 2016 International Symposium on Boundary and Ocean Studies, Wuhan University, China, September 23-25, 2016.
• 「日本の領土問題を考えるカギ～サンフランシスコ体制と尖閣・竹島・北方領土：過去、現在・未来」(“A key to consider Japan’s territorial problems - the San Francisco System and Senkaku, takeshima and the Northern Territories: Past, Present and Future “), Nagoya University of Foreign Studies, July 16, 2016.
• “The Diaoyu/Senkaku Islands in the San Francisco System”, Hopkins-Nanjing Center for Chinese and American Studies, Nanjing, China, May 27, 2016.
• “China’s Ocean Frontier Problems,” “Japan’s Territorial Problems,” “the Cold War, and the San Francisco System,” Institute of Boundary and Ocean Studies, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China, May 24－26, 2016.

Dr. Carin Holroyd was awarded the Governor General's Meritorious Service Medal for her work with the Vietnam Education Society.  The ceremony is scheduled for December 8 in Edmonton, Alberta. 

David A. Welch

• Geopolitical Dynamics in East Asia.” Presentation to the Symposium on Korean Peninsula & Regional Dynamics in East Asia, Global Affairs Canada, Ottawa, ON, December 1, 2016.
• “The Psychology of Territorial Disputes: Cases from East Asia.” Presentation to the Department of Political Science, Guelph University, Guelph, ON, November 4, 2016.
• “Reexamining Japan in Global Context.” Public presentation, Suntory Foundation, Osaka, Japan, August 10, 2016.
• “Belief systems and foreign policy styles: Obama, Clinton, Trump.” Shibusawa-Hepburn Distinguished Lecture, University of Tokyo, Toyko, Japan, August 4, 2016.
•  “The role of the G7 in security governance.” Presentation to the 2016 pre-summit conference, “Challenges and Opportunities for Japan’s 2016 Ise-Shima Summit,” Toranomon Hills, Tokyo, Japan, May 20, 2016.
•  “Security challenges and opportunities in East Asia.” Presentation to the Canadian International Council, Ottawa, ON, May 10, 2016.
•  “Justice Considerations in East Asia’s Territorial Disputes.” Presentation to le Département de Science Politique et Relations Internationales, University of Geneva, April 18, 2016.
• “Security Challenges and Opportunities.” Presentation to the Symposium, “Seeking Security and Prosperity in Uncertain Times:  Japan and Canada Reconsider the Pacific Century.” Munk School of Global Affairs, University of Toronto, March 30, 2016.
• “Justice and Equality as Both Problem and Solution in Asia-Pacific Security.” Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the International Studies Association, Atlanta, GA, March 18, 2016.
• “How Dangerous are East Asia’s Flashpoints?” Presentation to the Faculty of Law, University of Hokkaido, Sapporo, Japan, February 5, 2016.