JSAC 2023 Dra� ScheduleThursday September 28, 2023
4:30pmArts 143

JSAC Welcome and Gree�ngs

4:45pmJapan’s rela�ons with North Korea: implica�ons on JapaneseNa�onal Security

Jim Tiessen, JSAC President
Brooke Milne, Dean College of Arts and Science, University of
Saskatchewan
Noriko Yamamoto, Execu�ve Director, the Japan Founda�on Toronto
Kanji Yamanouchi, Ambassador of Japan to Canada

Dr. Seung Hyok Lee, Tohoku Gakuin University
Introduc�on: Ken Coates, Yukon University

Friday September 29, 2023
8:30 a.m.

Light breakfast – outside Arts 241

8:45 a.m.

Panel 1A - Naviga�ng Changing Times: New perspec�ves onJapanese history Arts 200Chair: Tom Waldichuk, Thompson Rivers University
The Japanese consulate in Odesa and the hunt for Japanese spies
during the 1900-1930s Svitlana Pavlenko, Visi�ng Scholar at theUniversity of Manitoba (Canada) / Deputy Director of the Museumof Dnipro City History (Ukraine)
Sunset of the samurai: A study of deins�tu�onaliza�on processes
Ken Ogata, York University
Utakai Hajime in Modern Japan: The Imperial New Year Poetry
Ceremony from Meiji to Contemporary Society Gideon Fujiwara,
University of Lethbridge

Panel 1B - Japan’s Role in the Indo-Pacific (by Zoom) Arts 241
Chair: Ken Coates, Yukon University
Middle Power Cyber Security Coopera�on in the Indo-Paciﬁc: AnAnalysis Through the Lens of Neo-Middle-Power Diplomacy
Thomas Murphy, MA student, Interna�onal Chris�an University
Southeast Asia-Quad synergies in Indo-Paciﬁc? Analyzing Japan’s
middle power role Linh Ha, MA student, Interna�onal Chris�an
University
EU, Germany and coopera�on within Japan’s Free and Open IndoPaciﬁc William Winberg, PhD student, Interna�onal Chris�anUniversity

10:15 a.mCoﬀee break – outside Arts 241

10:30am

Panel 2A - Japan’s Adjustments to Demographic Stagna�on andRapid Aging Arts 200
Chair: David Telfer, Brock University
Are immigra�on policies the end-all solu�on to Japan’s rapidpopula�on decline? – Scot Harrison and Momo Sakudo, the Asia
Paciﬁc Founda�on of Canada
Facing the Disastrous Lowest Child-birth Rate and the Dras�cally
Aging Society: Vital Importance of the Cons�tu�onal Right to SexualAutonomy – Shige Matsui, University of Bri�sh Columbia
Aging well with culturally appropriate food: Meal provision forNikkei seniors in Canada - Yukari Seko and James Tiessen - TorontoMetropolitan University

Panel 2B - Teaching and Learning Across Cultural and Linguis�cDivides - Arts 217
Chair: Atsuko Hashimoto, Brock University
Nihonjin Kyoushi dake!?: The percep�ons and beliefs of a NonNa�ve Speaking Teacher In a High Intermediate Japanese Language
Class Mathew Somerville, Masters student, University of Victoria
Japan Doubles Down on English: How Foreign Language Educa�onPolicy Reﬂects Japan’s Poli�cal Priori�es in East Asia Paul Sinclair,
University of Regina
Geographies of elite Tokyo ramen noodle shops. Or where can we
expect to see sidewalk queues in Tokyo? Tim Reiﬀenstein, MountAllison University

12:00pm

Is Japan s�ll relevant today? - Arts 241
Masayuki Tadokoro, Interna�onal University of Japan, professor emeritus
Keio UniversityIntroduc�on: Scot Harrison, Asia Paciﬁc Founda�on of Canada

1:00pmLunch

1:10 p.m. Japan Founda�on chat – Arts 201
2:00pmJapan’s search for security: linking economic security andpartnership in the Indo-Paciﬁc Arts 241
Kazuto Suzuki, Tokyo University
Akiko Fukushima, Tokyo Founda�on for Policy ResearchDavid Welch, University of Waterloo
Stephen Nagy, Interna�onal Chris�an University

3:30pmCanada Japan Coopera�on in the Indo-Paciﬁc Think Tank Panel
Arts 241
Chair: Stephen Nagy, Interna�onal Chris�an University
Carlo Dade, Canada West Foundation,
Jeff Nankivell, Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada
Jeff Kucharski, Macdonald-Laurier Institute

5:15pmLeave for Wanuskewin Heritage Park and the JSAC 2023 banquet

8:15pmReturn to hotels

Bus outside Edwards building

Saturday September 30, 2023
8:00amLight breakfast – Food outside Arts 241

8:30amPanel 3 - Tourism in Japan and Canada – Arts 200
Chair: Scot Harrison, Asia Paciﬁc Founda�on of Canada
The Appeal of Canada in Travel Media for Women: Focusing on
the “Rurubu Canada” Series. Shinsuke Iwata, Aichi University andKentaro Okada, Aichi University
Historic and Heritage Tourism Along the Tōkaidō Road in Edo
Japan. David Telfer and Atsuko Hashimoto, Brock University
The Growth of Kominka Restora�on as Heritage Tourism in Japan.
David Telfer and Atsuko Hashimoto, Brock University

10:00amCoﬀee break

10:15amPanel 4A -The poli�cs of Japanese vulnerabili�es – Arts 200
Chair: Ken Coates, Yukon University
Clarifying the Threat of Populism: Japan as a case of curtailment
not absence Jiajia Zhou, PhD student, University of Toronto
Japan as a harbinger Phillip Lipscy, University of Toronto
How Urban Vulnerability Promotes Peace: Evidence from CrossNa�onal Sta�s�cs and a Longitudinal Study of Japan Dani K.
Nedal, University of Toronto

Panel 4B - Japanese Language and Culture in Perilous Times
Arts 217
Chair: Sachiyo Kanzaki, Université du Québec à Montréal
Language educa�on at a crossroads Norio Ota, York University
The apocalypse genre in manga and anime: where’s the ‘peril’?
Cary Takagaki, York University
Rethinking technology-enhanced learning in higher educa�on: Auniversity Japanese wri�ng course example Noriko Yabuki-Soh,York University

12:00pm

Japan-China Rela�ons: Balancing engagement, resilience, anddeterrence Arts 241
Stephen Nagy, Interna�onal Chris�an University. Introduc�on: JimTiessen

1:00pmLunch and JSAC AGM – Arts 241

2:15pmPanel 5A - Explora�ons in Japanese Culture – Arts 200
Chair: Kimie Hara, University of Waterloo
Talking chairs and godly cats: Media�ng the cultural trauma of the3/11 disaster in Shinkai’s Suzume no Tojimari Kyoko Telfer,undergraduate student, Huron University
Girl Warrior Narra�ves in Shōjo no Tomo Ai Yamamoto, PhD
student, University of Bri�sh Columbia
Japanese Buddhists, American Chris�ans and the Development ofModern Typography in Japan, Anne Baycro�, Phd student,
University of SaskatchewanPanel 5B - Diﬀerent Perspec�ves on Rural Revitaliza�on – Arts217
Chair: Jacob Kovalio
The Decline of Rural and Small Town Japan: Compara�ve Lessons
in Rural Revitaliza�on Ken Coates, Yukon University
Signs of Hope in a Forgoten Mountain: Shugendo,Counterculture, and Rural Revitaliza�on Shayne Dahl, Universityof Lethbridge
Japan’s ‘Art Seto’ and Global Uses of Tourism to Oﬀset RuralDepopula�on” Millie Creighton, University of Bri�sh Columbia

3:30pmCoﬀee break and taiko in the bowl (outside) (4:00 – 4:15pm)

4:30pmPanel 6A Japan's Free and Open Indo-Paciﬁc Vision Arts 200
Kazuto Suzuki, Tokyo University;
Akiko Fukushima, Tokyo Founda�on for Policy Research
Phillip Lipscy, University of Toronto andStephen Nagy, Interna�onal Chris�an University

Panel 6B Sakeology (by Zoom) Arts 241
Chair: Norio Ota, York University"Sakeology: Its Challenges and Opportunities", Yasuyuki Kishi,
Niigata University"Sake and Cost Accounting: The Need for Cost Management in
Traditional Industries” Hirokyuki Suzuki, Kyoto University andKeishi Fujiyama, Kobe University"Internationalization of Sake in the North American Market",
Takahiro Endo, University of Victoria

5:45pmAppe�zer break – Food outside Arts 241

6:15pmKeynote Speech (by Zoom) – Beliefs and Myths of the Ainu People
Arts 241

Mokottunas Kitahara, Hokkaido University.
Introduction and translation of questions: Noriko Yabuki-Soh, York
University and Atsuko Hashimoto, Brock University

Sunday October 1, 2023
8:00amLight Breakfast – outside Arts 241

8:30amJapan’s Role in Accelera�ng the Green Tech Industrial Revolu�onArts 241
Yves Tiberghien, University of Bri�sh Columbia (by Zoom)
Introduc�on: David Welch

9:15amPanel 7 - Japan Futures Ini�a�ve (JFI) Panel on Reconcilia�onand Symbiosis in East Asia from Compara�ve Perspec�ves Arts200
Chair: Kimie Hara, University of Waterloo
Ken Coates, Yukon University and Carin Holroyd, University ofSaskatchewan)
Scot Harrison, Asia-Paciﬁc Founda�on of CanadaDavid Welch, University of Waterloo

10:15amCoﬀee Break – Food outside Arts 241

10:45pm

Panel 8 - Japanese Society in Transi�on – Arts 200
Chair: Gideon Fujiwara, University of Lethbridge
Architecture as spa�al and social fabric: Japanese perspec�ves toreduce social isola�on in high density Alice Covata, Université deMontréal.
Japan and Canada between 2020-2023: similari�es and diﬀerences
Jacob Kovalio, Carleton University (by Zoom)
Culture and Environmental A�tudes in Japan Tom Waldichuk,Thompson Rivers University

“Research Ethics Commitees for Medical Research in Japan” - KenKato, Aichi Shukutoku; Kimiko Katuyama; Yokohama CityUniversity; James Tiessen, Toronto Metropolitan University

12:30pm

Conference Conclusion – Final Words