U-M Japanese Studies

Center for Japanese Studies at the University of Michigan. Advancing the study of Japan through research, education, and engagement.

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Announcing the 12th annual Ann Arbor Japan Week! 🎉 Join us from June 14th to 20th for a week of free, all-ages performances, workshops, crafts, and so much more! Visit https://t.co/FvaUAoIPFD to view the full schedule and all of our wonderful community partners.

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[U-M Japanese Studies @UMCJS]

Announcing the 12th annual Ann Arbor Japan Week! 🎉 Join us from June 14th to 20th for a week of free, all-ages performances, workshops, crafts, and so much more! Visit https://t.co/FvaUAoIPFD to view the full schedule and all of our wonderful community partners.

@iiumich

[U-M Japanese Studies @UMCJS]

As the International Perspectives sponsor for Cinetopia, CJS is sponsoring the Japanese film "Renoir" (2025)! 📽️

The Cinetopia Film Festival starts this week, running from May 13 to 17! Learn more at https://t.co/38K6oQhh16 🍿

[U-M Japanese Studies @UMCJS]

CJS is proud to be the International Perspectives sponsor for the Cinetopia Film Festival! 📽️
Cinetopia starts next week, running from May 13 to 17, at The Michigan & State Theaters - Marquee Arts. Learn more at the link below! https://t.co/rzZzEqxGAu

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Tomorrow, 4/16! Join us for our last Noon Lecture of the winter semester. Learn more about this free hybrid talk at https://t.co/7vh3jkWQvh

[U-M Japanese Studies @UMCJS]

Join us next Thursday for a free hybrid talk: "A Queer Girl in Modern Japan: Yoshiya Nobuko" by Prof. Sarah Frederick!

📅 Apr. 16, 12:00 p.m. ET.
📍Weiser 1010 + Zoom livestream
🔍Learn more: https://t.co/7vh3jkWQvh
🎦Register for Zoom: https://t.co/UWWayzOwH2

@iiumich

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Professor Gregory Laurence was a joint research partner for the “KidZania White Paper 2025,” and they interviewed him about his findings! Read the interview at https://t.co/xwWVA0jhMw

Read the white paper at:
English: https://t.co/vMwVxOHn2A
日本語: https://t.co/8AbAeVjyVk

[U-M Japanese Studies @UMCJS]

Free film screening next Thursday, April 16, at the State Theatre! "School in the Crosshairs" (Ōbayashi, 1981)

⏰7:00 p.m., State Theatre
🍿Doors open at 6:30, seating is first-come, first-served
🔍Learn more: https://t.co/epLcAi8PEI

@iiumich

[U-M Japanese Studies @UMCJS]

Join us next Thursday for a free hybrid talk: "A Queer Girl in Modern Japan: Yoshiya Nobuko" by Prof. Sarah Frederick!

📅 Apr. 16, 12:00 p.m. ET.
📍Weiser 1010 + Zoom livestream
🔍Learn more: https://t.co/7vh3jkWQvh
🎦Register for Zoom: https://t.co/UWWayzOwH2

@iiumich

[U-M Japanese Studies @UMCJS]

Tomorrow! We invite you to this free talk in Weiser 1010. (Please kindly note that this talk will not be livestreamed or recorded.) Learn more at https://t.co/iecWZFLGN6

[U-M Japanese Studies @UMCJS]

Free lecture next Thursday, April 9! "Powering Empire: Hydroelectricity and Highland Taiwan under Japanese Colonial Rule," by John Kanbayashi.

⏰ Apr. 9, 12:00 p.m. ET.
📍Weiser 1010
🔍Learn more: https://t.co/iecWZFLGN6

@iiumich

[U-M Japanese Studies @UMCJS]

Courtsey announcement!

[Animania @animaniaumich]

Con Jai Nai 30 is happening on April 11th from 12-8 PM in the MLB!

Live performances of anime/idol music, Anime panels, artist alley, gachapons, cosplay contest, a maid cafe run by @DCCMaidCafe , a giveaway with tons of prizes, and much more!

Admission is FREE!!!

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Prof. Shinobu Kitayama, R. B. Zajonc Collegiate Professor of Psychology and CJS faculty member, was interviewed for this article in the New York Times! Check it out below.

https://t.co/v2WKy2SH9p

[University of Michigan Library @UMichLibrary]

This Japanese map turns Buddhist cosmology into geography, and the whole thing was carved into a single woodblock in the 1700s! Every line you see was cut by hand, in reverse, before being pressed onto paper. Zoom in on the details here: https://t.co/4VebAKrRWq #MapMonday

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You’re invited! All graduating international students and their guests are invited to join LSA in celebrating our global graduates.

Learn more: https://t.co/RlIH7eNG41

[U-M Japanese Studies @UMCJS]

Free lecture next Thursday, April 9! "Powering Empire: Hydroelectricity and Highland Taiwan under Japanese Colonial Rule," by John Kanbayashi.

⏰ Apr. 9, 12:00 p.m. ET.
📍Weiser 1010
🔍Learn more: https://t.co/iecWZFLGN6

@iiumich

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Tonight! (April 2) Join us at the State Theatre for this free screening of "Good Morning." Doors open at 6:30 p.m., and the film starts at 7!

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FREE film on Thursday, April 2nd! 🎥 Good Morning (Ozu, 1959) 📺 7:00 p.m. at the State Theatre, doors open at 6:30 🍿 No registration required and open to all!

Learn more at https://t.co/wYVQc4LrDd

In partnership with @MarqueeArtsA2 ! 🎬

@iiumich

[U-M Japanese Studies @UMCJS]

Tomorrow, 4/2! Join us for this talk by the Curator of Asian Art at the University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA), Natsu Oyobe. Learn more at https://t.co/rOKEVNCTMC

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Free lecture next Thursday, April 2! "James Marshall Plumer’s Collecting Journey in War-torn Japan: Mingei Pottery, Folk Deities, and Ainu Art," by Natsu Oyobe.

⏰ Apr. 2nd, 12:00 p.m. ET.
🗺️Weiser 1010 & Zoom livestream
🔍Learn more at https://t.co/rOKEVNCTMC

@iiumich

[U-M Japanese Studies @UMCJS]

FREE film on Thursday, April 2nd! 🎥 Good Morning (Ozu, 1959) 📺 7:00 p.m. at the State Theatre, doors open at 6:30 🍿 No registration required and open to all!

Learn more at https://t.co/wYVQc4LrDd

In partnership with @MarqueeArtsA2 ! 🎬

@iiumich

[U-M Japanese Studies @UMCJS]

Free lecture next Thursday, April 2! "James Marshall Plumer’s Collecting Journey in War-torn Japan: Mingei Pottery, Folk Deities, and Ainu Art," by Natsu Oyobe.

⏰ Apr. 2nd, 12:00 p.m. ET.
🗺️Weiser 1010 & Zoom livestream
🔍Learn more at https://t.co/rOKEVNCTMC

@iiumich

[U-M Japanese Studies @UMCJS]

Tomorrow! (3/26) Free hybrid lecture: "Transgressive Navigation: Tanegashima, Kyoto, and the Wokou in Sixteenth-Century Maritime East Asia," by Peter Shapinsky.

⏰ March 26, at 12:00 p.m. ET.
🗺️Weiser 555 & livestreamed on Zoom
🔍Learn more at https://t.co/NjCiKFlbCA

[U-M Japanese Studies @UMCJS]

Japan Culture Festival 2026 is this Sunday, March 29th, at Mason Hall, 12-4 PM!

This is the largest JSA event of the year, featuring Japanese culture-related games, crafts, and performances for FREE!

Learn more at https://t.co/L7ooepVp8j
Cosponsored by CJS!