JCURRENT

Quarterly Newsletter of the Center for Japanese Studies, University of Hawai‘i at Mânoa
Spring 2004 Vol. 7 No. 2

Contents
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Feature Story

2

News from the Director

2

From the Tea Center

3, 8

CJS Seminar Series

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Faculty News

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Student News

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From the Library

8-9

Announcements

SEN CHAIR CANDIDATES DELIVER LECTURES

J-Current reports on the achievements
and activities of UHM Japanese Studies faculty and students as well as Japan-related events, research, scholarships and overseas programs. Submission deadline for the next issue is July16, 2004. Please send to:
J-Current Editor
Center for Japanese Studies
1890 East-West Road, Moore 216
University of Hawai‘i at Mânoa
Honolulu, HI 96822
E-mail: cjs@hawaii.edu
Tel: (808) 956-2667
Fax: (808) 956-2666
Web: www.hawaii.edu/cjs
Copyright © 2004 Center for Japanese Studies.
All rights reserved.
An Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action
Institution

William Wayne Farris

G. Cameron Hurst III

Owing to the upcoming retirement of Dr. Paul Varley, Sen
Soshitsu XV Professor of Japanese Cultural History (more onp. 4), the Department of History at the University of
Hawai‘i at Mânoa invited threecandidates for the Sen Chair
position during March, 2004.
The candidates were Dr. William Wayne Farris (Lindsey
Young Professor, Departmentof History, University of Tennessee, Knoxville), Dr. G.
Cameron Hurst III (Professor, Japanese and Korean Studies; Chair, Asian and Middle
Eastern Studies; Director, Center for East Asian Studies, University of Pennsylvania), and
Dr. Karl Friday (Professor,
Department of History, Univer-

Karl Friday

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

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News from the Director
TRIPS TO DC AND SANTA FE
Last October, Associate Director Gay
Satsuma and I represented the East
Asia 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 attending from UHM were Dr. David
Hanlon (Director of the Center for Pacific Island Studies) and Dr. Barbara
Andaya and Ms. Flo Lamoureaux (Director and Associate Director, respectively of the Center for Southeast AsianStudies), as well as Dr. Dick Schmidt,
Dr. David Hiple, and Mr. Jim Yoshioka
from the National Foreign Language
Resource Center (NFLRC).

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

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

NFLRC supervisory board that the U.S.
House of Representatives has alreadyapproved, and is being considered by
the Senate. This board, in its current
proposed form, would consist of threepolitical appointees who would report
directly to the White House. Participants at the Council meeting expressed
grave concerns about what they perceive as an attempt to control the ideology of the centers. Both annual meetings provide our center representatives
with the opportunity to talk with ourcounterparts throughout the country,
and are an important part of our annual
calendar.

This past February, Gay and I, alongwith many of the same group of UHM
representatives, plus Dean Edgar Porter of SHAPS, attended the annual
NRC Directors Council meeting in
Santa Fe, New Mexico. This annual
event is coordinated by the directors
themselves, and is held without participation from the USDE. It
therefore provides an opportunity to have criticaland open discussions onpolitical and policy mattersthat have an impact on ourcenters. This year’s meeting was dominated by talk
L to R: David Hanlon, David Hiple, Dick Schmidt, Barbara Andaya,
about a proposed NRC/
Gay Satsuma, Robert Huey, and Edgar Porter

From the Tea Center
Dr. Genshitsu Sen paid a visit to the University of Hawai‘i on February 10 and 12,
2004. Dr. Sen attended and took an active
part in two sessions of the Tea Practicum(ASAN 324) which is taught by Mr.
Yoshibumi Ogawa, Senior Instructor for
Urasenke Foundation. He also delivered
two energetic lectures to the Way of Tea
in Japanese History and Culture (HIST323) course in the History Department.
This course, currently taught by Dr. Paul
Varley (Sen Soshitsu XV Chair), has beenoffered by the History Department since1978, and is the oldest university credit
course on chado in the world.

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

Dr. Sen with Mr. Ogawa

Dr. Sen giving a lecture for the Way of Tea
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Spring 2004
The Long, Hot Summer, Revisited
January 29, 2004. Dr. Edward
Seidensticker, Emeritus Professorof Japanese, Columbia University
and a scholar and translator of Japanese literature, returned to the CJS
Seminar Series to share his experiences and opinions about his mostEdward Seidensticker
recent 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 share
his views of Japan’s political decisions in relation to the Iraq war.

Matthew Allen

Yukio Matsuyama

Schizophrenia and Shamanic Practice in Okinawa February 26, 2004.
Dr. Matthew Allen, Associate Dean,
Associate Professor, Faculty of Arts
at the University of Auckland, gave atalk about some of the contradictions
between science and spiritualism inasking questions about how people
in Okinawa choose to mobilize cer-tain help-seeking behaviors. Conclusions were based onfield research with shamans and psychiatrists in Okinawa
between 1996 and 2000.

Hitoshi Hamatani

Scenery for Kabuki March 4, 2004.
Mr. Hitoshi Hamatani, retired technical director of the National Theatre of Japan, Tokyo, presented
about the theatrical and stylized elements of Kabuki - the scenery, costumes, wigs, make up, and stage
setup with numerous colorful slides.

‘Soldiers Zen’ in World War II
Japan: A Classic Case Study of‘Holy War’ March 11, 2004. Cosponsored with the Departmentof Religion. Dr. Brian Victoria,
Numata Distinguished Visiting
Chair in Buddhist Studies at UHM
and Senior Lecturer at the Centre
for Asian Studies, University of
Brian Victoria
Adelaide, talked about the support which leaders of the Zen school offered Japanese militarism during World War II.
Doing Fieldwork in Japan (Panel Dicussion) March 18,
2004. Dr. Takie Lebra, Professor Emeritus of Anthropology
at UH, Dr. Robert J. Smith, Professor Emeritus of Anthropology and Asian Studies at Cornell University, and Dr.
Patricia Steinhoff, Professor of Sociology at UH, provided
lively, personal accounts of conducting fieldwork in Japan,
sharing their successes and failures in a wide-range of setcontinued on page 8

Brian Victoria giving a talk on Soldiers Zen(taken by Ms. S. Henna, one of our regular seminar attendees.)2004 Spring

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VARLEY RETIRES
Dr. H. Paul Varley, Sen Soshitsu XV Professor of Japanese Cultural History in the
Department of History at UHM, will be retiring at the end of the spring semester of
2004. Dr. Varley received his doctorate from Columbia University in 1964 and came to
UHM for his first teaching position (1964-1965). He then taught for the next 29 years in
the Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures at Columbia University. Duringthat time, he established himself as this country’s foremost authority on medieval Japanese cultural history, and compiled a distinguished body of publications, capped by
the classic Japanese Culture, now in an expanded, 4th edition, published by UH Press
Paul Varleyin 2000. Fortunately for UHM, his retirement from Columbia as Professor Emeritus ofJapanese History in 1994 did not mean the end of his career. Dr. Varley returned to UHM as the Sen Soshitsu
XV 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 Japanese
History (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 Center
wishes 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 President of the Comparative and International Education Society, which has many members
from both US and other countries who research education in Asia, including Japan, fromthe perspective of different disciplines. Dr. Kobayashi will be President-elect next year
and 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 nominate 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 conjunction with the AAS (Association for Asian Studies) Annual Meeting which was held
during March 4 - 7, 2004.

P UBLICATIONS

Lucy Lower

Dr. Alexander Vovin, (Professor, East Asian Languages) with Dr. Toshiki Osada, edited a book titled

Nihongo Keitooron no Genzai (日本語系統論の現在) [Perspectives on the Origins of the Japanese
Language]. 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 recentlypublished “A Comment on the Ainu Trust Assets Litigation in Japan,” 39 Tulsa L.Rev. 399 (2003), which
was part of a Symposium on recent developments concerning the Indian Trust Doctrine.
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a Fulbright Research Grant for January 1, 2005 to July 31, 2005.

G RANTS
Dr. Patricia Steinhoff (Professor, Sociology) received funding(approx. $98,000) for the Japan Directory Project from the JapanFoundation. Her Cross Currents Project also received grants
from the US CULCON funds ($35,000), the Friendship Commission ($57,000) and the Technology, Innovation, and Society
grant ($39,000).
Dr. David Johnson (Associate Professor, Sociology), received
a Fulbright Research Grant for the period August 1, 2003 to
April 30, 2004 and is currently at Waseda University.
Dr. Mark McNally (Assistant Professor, History) also received

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

CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
Dr. Nobuko M. Ochner (Associate Professor, Japanese) presented a paper titled “Teaching Kawabata Yasunari’s “SnowCountry” from an Intertextual Perspective,” at the Second
Annual Hawaii International Conference on Arts and Humanities, Honolulu, January 8-11, 2004.

Student News
Congratulations to the following students who received scholarships and awards!

CJS SCHOLARSHIP & FLAS (2004-05)
CJS Graduate Fellowships ($15,000): Halliday Piel, PhD, History; Mie Sanders, PhD, Linguistics; Ryoko Yamamoto, PhD,
Sociology; Yuka Hasegawa, MA, Anthropology; William
Matsuda, PhD candidate, EALL
Tasuku Harada Graduate Scholarship in Japanese Studies($14000 & tuition): Keiko Denchel, PhD, EALL
Minae and Miki Kajiyama Graduate Scholarship ($4,200): Shoko
Baba, PhD candidate, History
Hanayo Sasaki Graduate Merit Scholarship ($1,800): Shunichi
Takekawa, 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, EALLCJS GRADUATE STUDENT TRAVEL AWARDS
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 Association
Annual Conference, April 7-10, 2004, in San Antonio, Texas.
Colleen Lanki (MFA, Asian Theatre) will attend the International Council for Traditional Music (ICTM) 23rd Symposium
on Ethnochoreology, July 10-18, 2004, in Monghidoro, Italy
and present her paper titled “Layers of male and female: The
third-gendered space in Nihon Buyô.”At the 2004 American Association for Applied Linguistics Annual Conference, May 1-5, 2004, held in Portland Oregon, Asuka
Suzuki (PhD, Japanese) delivered her work, “Are we ‘Japanese’?: Construction of ethnic identity.”(See p.9 for future application deadlines.)

FREEMAN UNDERGRADUATE AWARDS FORSTUDY IN ASIA (2004-05)
Joshua Guy to participate in the Japanese language program at
Sophia University in Tokyo.
Ben Jansen to study Japanese language and culture at Nanzan
University in Nagoya.
Elizabeth West to participate in the “Year-in-Japan” program in
Kobe.
Jon Yamaoka to study Japanese language and culture at Sophia
University in Tokyo.

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From the Library
SHASHI (社史) : TREASURE TROVE OF INFORMATIONMVS Grant awarded
In March 2004, the UHM Japan Collection was awarded over $13,000 by theMulti-Volume Set (MVS) Grant of theNorth American Coordinating Council
on Japanese Library Resources (NCC).
The grant will finance 75% of the costof the Nihon no Kaishashi
日本の会社史 (Japanese company
histories), which consists of 95 reelsof microfilm. The balance of the purchase will be paid for by a grant fromthe Japanese Studies Endowment Committee of the UHM Center for JapaneseStudies. This addition will greatly enhance the Japanese Company Histo-Gojûnen no ayumi ５０年のあゆみ (50 year milestone).

How are Shashi collected for the
Library?
Shashi are distinct from normal publications in that they are not printed
with the intent that they will be available to the public. Companies andother organizations only give their
Shashi to select individuals and institutions as gifts. Therefore, collecting Shashi publications is a time consuming and inexact process under thebest of circumstances. Although precise numbers are unknown, there are
estimates that over 15,000 Shashi
ries (Shashi 社史) Collection here
titles have been published since thewithin the UHM Japan Collection.
early 1900s, with approximately 300 new
What is Shashi?
titles added each
Shashi is defined as “ayear now. The micropublication compiled
films that the Library
by a business comwill acquire are repany on its history andprints of major comdelivered as part of its
panies across the
responsibility,” accommerce and induscording to one Shashi
try sectors. We will
expert in Japan. The
continue to collect
UHM Japan Collection Shashi; including Bungei Shunju Shashi through the
Shichijûnenshi
andKuronikku
has broadened its Kodansha no Kyûjûnen
traditional
apShashi collection beproaches within theyond traditional business disciplines
UHM Japan Collection, but the misuch as colleges and universities, tradecrofilms will really help fill many ofassociations and unions, for example.
the gaps that presently exist.
Japanese organizations typically compile their histories as part of commemoWhy are Shashi significant to therations, such as an anniversary or other
UH research community?
organizational milestone. The titles are
Dr. Lonny Carlile, Associate Profesoften referred to as Hyakunenshi
sor of Asian Studies and a CJS faculty member, summarizes it this way:
百年史 (Hundred year history) or• Shashi represent sources of primaryand secondary historical informationand documentation that, under normal circumstances, would not be publicly available.
• Collectively, the Shashi in an industry provides the micro-level resources for the comprehensive studyof the evolution of a given industry.
• For students of Japanese political
economy who are interested inbroader policy studies or specific historical incidents, Shashi provide themeans by which to supplement accounts provided through conventional sources, and to measure withgreater precision the impact of policies, market forces, and technological change.
Dr. Carlile also points out that “theutility of Shashi goes well beyond
the obvious value to the scholar in
the field of Japanese business history...” Indeed, Shashi publications
would be of interest across several
disciplines, such as business, history,
anthropology, literature, education,international relations, arts, and more.
Information provided by Shashi
One may be surprised at how muchinformation is buried within Shashi.
For instance, when one researches
on Japanese school textbooks, including their history and development, censorship, and other controversial issues, it is worthwhile tocheck the Shashi of major textbooks
producers such as Tokyo Shoseki Co.
Ltd. (東京書籍印刷) and/or ascontinued on page 7

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From the Library, continued from page 6sociations such as Kyokasho Kyokai(教科書協会) . Their Shashi
nicely illustrate the chronological development ofJapanese textbooks from
the Meiji era with discussion of relevant laws andissues along the way.
Shashi in the publishingindustry provide not
only individual company
histories, but also the development of the entire
Japanese publishing sector. The Bungei Shunju
Shichijûnenshi

you through the history of personal
hygiene in Japan just as Shiseido
H y a k u n e n s h i(資生堂百年史) does
for Japanese cosmetics.
Kikkoman’s Shashi explains how soy sauce relates to the life of Japanese people.

Cover pictures ofBungei Shunju( 文芸春秋七十年史 ) includes
the table of contents and cover pictures for all of its issues of the Bungei
Shunju magazine. Kodansha Shashi,
Korunikku Kodansha no Kyûjûnen
(クロニック講談社 の９０年 )colorfully illustrates each Kodansha’s
publication, the ideas behind it, thehistory of books and printing in Japan, challenges faced under the military government during World War
II, and the cover pictures for all
Kodansha publications.
Have you seen the first soap sold by
the Kao Company? Kaoshi
Hyakunen (花王史百年) leads

EXHIBIT OPPORTUNITY AT
HAMILTON LIBRARY
Many of you may have enjoyed aninteresting exhibit at one time or another at the Hamilton Library. There
are two exhibit spaces available todisplay materials on themes of interest to the community and/or to publicize the resources within the Univer-

The Shashi of companies
during the Japanese colonial times, such as Chosen Shokusan GinkoNijûnenshi (朝鮮殖産,
銀行二十年志)Chosen Ginko Nij û- gonenshi(朝鮮銀行二十五年史) , Taiwan Ginko Yonjûnenshi (台湾銀行四十年誌) , etc., provide insights into political and economic relations between Japan and colonial
Korea, China, Manchuria, and other
Pacific regions.
New Development of Shashi inJapan
Although Shashi are a treasure troveof information, unfortunately, it is noteasy to access at present because of
the lack of indexes. Furthermore, because the word “Shashi” is not an
official library term, separating Shashisity. The two galleries are: (1) Phase
II Gallery, which offers three display
cases and wall space just in front of
the elevators on the first floor, and(2) the Bridge Gallery, which has twohorizontal and two vertical display
cases and a wide wall space. This isthe bridge corridor between Phase II(old Hamilton) and Phase III (newaddition). For the rest of calendar year

titles from other materials in the collections can be a challenge. For thesereasons, the UHM Japan Collection
created the UH Shashi Collection
Web site to aid researchers in identifying Shashi titles by industry andby organization names <http://
www.hawaii.edu/asiaref/japan/company/company_home.htm>
In addition, good news just came infrom Japan’s Information Center for
Research on History of Entrepreneurship of the Shibusama Memorial
Museum. In April, the Shibusawa
Memorial Museum launched an ambitious project to create a comprehensive database “like an encyclopedia
and like a directory, which leads users to untangle information one after
another.” They are planning to widely
disseminate this database once it iscompleted. The Shibusawa Memorial
Museum encourages researchers toprovide suggestions and information
as to how they utilize Shashi information. The input will be used to develop the most useful and userfriendly indexes in the database.
Please contact Tokiko Bazzell, Japan
Specialist Librarian, Hamilton Library,
if you would like further information
or assistance.

2004, Phase II Gallery is available inJune and July. From February 2005,
both galleries are currently available.
For more information about reserving exhibit space, please contact the
Library Exhibits Committee at
exhibits@hawaii.edu. You can also,
visit the Library Exhibits web site at
http://libweb.hawaii.edu/uhmlib/exhibits/index.html.

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came from the recent
publication of Doing
Fieldwork in Japan,
edited by Theodore
C. Bestor, Patricia
Steinhoff,and(L to R): Takie Lebra, Robert J. Smith,
Patricia Steinhoff.
Victoria Lyon Bestor
and discussion was
led by Dr. Gay Satsuma, Associate Director of CJS.

Keith Brown

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

factors affecting rural life of farm families in Northeast
Japan.
The Wajin’s Whiteness: Law andRace Privilege in Japan April 22,
2004. Co-sponsored with the William S. Richardson School of Law,
Dr. Mark Levin, Professor of Law
at UH, talked about how CriticalRace Theory can be applied usefully in the Japanese law context.

Mark Levin

The Center would like to thank the presenters for the
CJS Seminar Series and also express our appreciation to
Ms. Grace Fukumoto for providing the hand-made leis
for the presenters.
For more information for the CJS Seminar Series, please
visit www.hawaii.edu/cjs/seminarseries.html.

Announcements
NEW LOGO FOR CJSThe Center has a new logo
which incorporates a plumeria,also known as the Hawaiian lei
flower. The logo also includes
the shape of the Island of Oahu
in the middle and resembles thedesign of a Japanese kamon(family crest). The Center would like thank Mr.
Akio Ishida for designing the logo.

SUMMER WORKSHOP ON INCORPORATING PRAGMATICS IN JAPANESETEACHINGCJS will be sponsoring a workshop titled “Incorporating 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 Murayama
and Mr. Kazutoh Ishida who are both PhD candicontinued on page 9

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 former
Associate Director of CJS (1991-95). She is currently a Professor of Anthropology at Waseda University in Japan.

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dates in the Department of East Asian Languages
and Literatures (EALL) at UHM and advised by Dr.
Dina Yoshimi, Associate Professor at the Department of EALL.
For more information, visit www.hawaii.edu/cjs/
pragmaticsworkshop.html.

MONBUKAGAKUSHÔ RESEARCHSCHOLARSHIPSThe Japanese Ministry of Education offers
scholarships for graduate students to conduct
research at Japanese universities for terms of
one and a half or two years. Applicants must be
US citizens, under thirty-five years of age, insound health, and either have sufficient Japanese-language ability to enable them to carryout their research projects or be willing to be
trained in Japanese upon arrival. The scholarships provide a monthly allowance of approximately 180,000 yen (subject to change depending on budget), transportation to and from Japan, an arrival allowance and a field of study
allowance, university fees and tuition, and assistance with accommodations. Below are dates
scheduled for August.

56TH JAPAN-AMERICA STUDENTCONFERENCE
The Japan-America Student Conference (JASC)
is a 70-year old student planned and coordinatednon-profit educational and cultural exchange program for unversity students from the UnitedStates and Japan. This year’s theme is “Re-Evaluating the Japan-America Relationship: Civic
Commitment to Global Issues,” and is scheduled for July 21 through August 20, 2004. The
conference will be held at several locations including the East-West Center in Hawai‘i. The
Center for Japanese Studies will be involved byhosting a welcome reception, providing logistical assistance, and coordinating faculty participation.
For more information, visit www.jasc.org.

* 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.

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

APPLICATION DEADLINESCJS Graduate Student Travel Grant
August 1, 2004
Please note that submission guidelines have recently changed. For more information, visit
www.hawaii.edu/cjs/funding.html.
Graduate Student Organization Travel Grant
June 9, September 8, 2004
Contact GSO at 956-8776 or visit www.hawaii.edu/gso/docs.html for more information.

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