JAPAN STUDIES ASSOCIATION OF CANADA
13TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE, OCTOBER 5-7, 2000
Japan and Asia Pacific in the 21st Century: History, Culture and Policy Issues
Centre for Japanese Research, Institute of Asian Research
University of British Columbia
PRELIMINARY PROGRAM (August 10, 2000)
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 5
17:30
Registration
17:30 - 19:00 Welcome Reception
19:00 - 20:00 JSAC Executive Meeting

IAR Foyer
IAR Foyer
CJR

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 6 (All sessions will be held in the IAR Conference Room.)
8:00 - 8:30
Continental Breakfast and Registration
8:30 - 8:35
Greetings
Frieda Granot, Dean, Faculty of Graduate Studies, UBC.
8:35 - 8:40
Greetings
Pitman Potter, Director, Institute of Asian Research, UBC.
8:40 - 10:00

Cuture and Religion: Now and Past
Chair: Fumiko Ikawa-Smith, McGill University
Fragile Heritage--Japanese Gardens in Decline: Challenges and Threats in the 21stCentury, Brian Pendleton, Langara College.
Universals and Particulars: Cultural Sharing among Japanese Canadian (Nikkei) Women,
Yuko Shibata, UBC.
Manifestation of Qi (Ki) in Japan and Asia Pacific in the 21st Century, Charles Beaupre,
St. Mary's University.
Buddhism and Social Order in Tokugawa Japan, Nam-lin Hur, UBC.

10:00 - 10:15 Coffee
10:15 - 11:45

Distinguished Speaker Invited Lecture
Chair: William D. Wray, University of British Columbia
Commercial Networks in Asia, 1850-1950, Shinya Sugiyama, Keio University.

11:45 - 13:10 Lunch
13:10 - 14:30 Contemporary Policy Issues
Chair: Ilan Vertinsky, UBC
Sannai-Maruyama and Jomon Fantasy: A Critical Look at the Origins of theAinu and the Historical Interpretation of 'Japan,' Sherry Tanaka, UBC.
Effect of State Trading Enterprise on Formation of Quality Preference of Wheat Flour byJapanese and Korean Millers, Renee Kim, University of Manitoba.
An Analysis of Problem Solving Incapability of the Japanese Society: Denial,Suppression and Marginalization of the Root Causes, Yoshihiko Wada, Sapporo
University.

Beyond Human Error and Serious Breaches of Safety Principles: Nuclear Criticality atTokaimura, Michael Donnelly, University of Toronto.
14:30 - 15:15

E.Herbert Norman: UBC Press 60th Anniversary Edition of Japan's Emergence as aModern State: Political and Economic Problems of the Meiji Period

Chair: Lawrence Woods, University of Northern British Columbia.
E.H. Norman and the Constitution of Japan, John Price, University of Victoria.
15:15 - 15:30 Coffee
15:30 - 16:50 Japan and the World (1)Chair: Yuzo Ota, McGill University
The Sea of Japan Region: A Window on the World in Medieval Japan, Isao Soranaka,
University of Western Ontario.
Complex Imagery of Christianity and Southern European Culture Manifested in Nanban
Art, Moritaka Matsumoto, UBC.
The Perception of Japanese Scholarship within International Academic Discourse,
Pamela Asquith, University of Alberta.
Creating a Pan-American Identity Among People of Japanese Descent, Millie Creighton,UBC.

17:30- 19:00 Japan Foundation Fellows Reception
Chair: Japan Foundation

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 7
8:00 - 8:40

Continental Breakfast

8:40 - 10:00 Language and Culture in Transition (Organized by Norio Ota)
Chair: James Morrison, St. Mary's University
Tokugawa Traces in 21st Century Japan: Culture and Language in Flux, Jay Goulding,York Univeristy.
Kanji Knowledge as Read-only vs. Write-only: The Effect of the Computer Age, Joe F.
Kess and Tadao Miyamoto, University of Victoria.
Coping with Socio-linguistic and Pragmatic Changes in TJFL, Norio Ota, YorkUniversity.
Advertising the Culture - A Reading of Japanese TV Commercials, X. Jie Yang,
University of Calgary.
10:00 - 10:15 Coffee
10:15 - 11:45 Distinguished Speaker Invited Lecture
Chair: Millie Creighton, University of British ColumbiaFashioning a Culture of Thrift: Promoting Saving in 20th Century Japan, Sheldon Garon,Princeton University.
11:45 - 13:00 Lunch
13:00 - 14:00 Japan and the World (2)Chair: Yoshihiko Wada, Sapporo University
Engendering the Beauty: A Comparative Study of the Media, Body, and Femininity
between Pre-modern and Contemporary Japan, Hiroshi Aoyagi, University of Texas.
The Japanese Perspective(s) on the Theatre Missile Defense System in East Asia, Wenran
Jiang, University of Alberta and University of Tokyo.
Are the Career Orientations of Japanese and Canadians Suited to the Flexible Economy?
James H. Tiessen, McMaster University
14:10 - 15:20 The Contemporary Geography of Japan: Industrial, Social and Cultural Aspects
Chair: David W. Edgington, UBC
New Vehicle Technology, Environment and Japanese Automakers, Paul Parker,
University of Waterloo.
Quality of Life of Senior Citizens Living in the Rural-Urban Fringe of Tokyo: AComparison of Long-Time and Newcomer Residents, Tom Waldichuk, University
College of the Cariboo.
Rail Names as Indicators of Enduring Influence of Old Provinces in Modern Japan, Loren
Siebert, University of Akron.
Discussant: Tim Reiffenstein, Simon Fraser University.
14:20 -15:35 Coffee
15:35 - 17:00 Modern Policies: Historians' Views
Chair: Isao Soranaka, University of Western Ontario
Introduction of English into the Curriculum of the Japanese Elementary Schools inHistorical and Cultural Perspectives, Yuzo Ota, Mcgill University.
Weeding out the Poisonous Flowers: Officials, Psychiatrists, and Japan's National
Eugenics' Law of 1940, Janice Matsumura, Simon Fraser University.
Feminism and the Pacific War: Three Women's Historians, Patricia Tsurumi, Universityof British Columbia and University of Victoria.
Four Stages of the Japanese Kokutai (National Essence), John S. Brownlee, University ofToronto.

17:00 - 17:30 Business Meeting (JSAC Members)
18:30
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