JAPAN STUDIES ASSOCIATION OF CANADA CONFERENCE
Laurel Point Inn Conference CentreVictoria, BC CanadaOctober 15-17, 2004

PROGRAM
Friday, October 15th, 2004
8:00 am – 8:30 am

Coffee8:00 am – 4:30 am

Registration in Marble Lobby

8:30 am – 10:30 am
Panel 1: Spiritual Seekers and Secular Spies (Foreign Affairs Canada (FAC) Panel) – Salon A/B
Chair: Fr. Mako Watanabe (Diocesan Priest in Victoria, currently Federal Prison Chaplain in Lower Mainland)•Hamish Ion (Royal Military College) – “Soul Searchers: Canadian Protestant Missionaries in Japan 18731951”•Richard Leclerc (Independent Scholar, Québec City) – “Les Ambassadeurs de l Église catholique duCanada au pays du Soleil-Levant: Une synthèse historique de l apport de ses missionnaires à la sociétéjaponaise du XIX au XXI siècle”•

Galen Perras (University of Ottawa) – “Covert Canucks: The 1924 Voyage of HMCS Thiepval in the NorthPacific”

Panel 2: Human Security, Defence, and Diplomacy I – Salon C/DChair: Wenran Jiang (University of Alberta)•Joshua Flumerfelt (Centre for Military and Strategic Studies, University of Calgary) – “The JMSDF:
Clearing a Path Through the Minefield of History: The Applicability and Acceptability of An Active Regional
Security Role for the Japanese Maritime Self-Defence Forces”•Karsten von Hoesslin (Centre for Military & Strategic Studies, University of Calgary) – “Japan’s Lifeline:
Identifying Maritime Security Risks to Japanese Commercial Shipping in Asia Pacific Sea Lanes ofCommunication”•Kerry Lynn Nankivell (Department of National Defence, Maritime Forces Pacific Headquarters, Victoria) –“Engaging the New Japan”•Wenran Jiang (University of Alberta) – “Exploring the Troubled Water of Japan-China Relations”

Friday, October 15th, 2004
8:30 am – 10:30 amcont’d

Panel 3: Perspectives on Japanese and Asian Philosophy – Breakout Room
Chair: Jay Goulding (Atkinson School of Social Sciences, York University)•Hwa Yol Jung (Department of Political Science, Moravian College) – “Interbeing and the Geography
Watsuji Tetsuro’s Thought”•Kuang-ming Wu (Department of Linguistics, Michigan State University) – “Tanizaki’s ‘Idleness’ and‘Japanese Philosophy’”•Jin Y. Park (Department of Philosophy and Religion, American University) – “Deconstructive Ethics andBuddhist Militarism in Japanese and Korean Zen: Should We Kill or Should We Love?”•Jay Goulding (Atkinson School of Social Sciences, York University) – “Kuki Shuzo and Martin Heidegger:ofIki (いき ) and Hermeneutic Phenomenology”•John O’Neill (Department of Sociology, York University) – “Montaigne on Being-Idle”

10:30 am – 10:45 am

Coffee and tea in Marble Lobby

10:45 am – 12:30 pm
Panel 4: War and Peace (FAC Panel) – Salon A/B
Chair: Anne Park Shannon (previously Economic and Financial Counsellor at the Canadian Embassy in Toyko;
recently retired as Assistant Deputy Minister for Economic Development Policy, Department of Finance)•John Meehan (University of Regina) – “Pacific Beginnings: Canada’s Relations with Japan during the InBetween Time, 1929-1941”•Bill Rawling (Department of National Defence) – “Unfulfilled Prospects: Canada’s War Against Japan,1941-1945”•John Price (Department of History, University of Victoria) – “Double Vision: Imagining the Postwar CanadaJapan Relationship”•Gregory A. Johnson (Centre for Global and Social Analysis, Athabasca University) – “Canada and theAmerican-Japanese War Scares of 1907-08”

Panel 5: Human Security, Defence, and Diplomacy II – Salon C/D
Chair: Satoshi Ikeda (Department of Sociology, University of Alberta)•Kimie Hara (Faculty of Social Science, University of Calgary) – “’A Land Settlement’ as a Model for the‘Northern Territories’ Problem?”•Satoshi Ikeda (Department of Sociology, University of Alberta) – “Twenty-First Century US ‘Empire’ and theTokugawa System: A Historical Comparison for the Exploration of Future Trajectories”•Yoshinobu Yamamoto (School of International Politics and Economics, Aoyama Gakuin University) –“Japan’s Security Policies After 9.11 – Iraq and North Korea”-2-Friday, October 15th, 2004
10:45 am – 12:30 amcont’dPanel 6: Pensions, Health Care, and Population Decline – Breakout RoomChair: Richard (Dick) Beason (Department of Economics and Business, University of Alberta)•Yoshihiro Kaneko (Director, Department of Empirical Social Security Research, National Institute ofPopulation and Social Security Research) – “Public Pension Reforms under the Diversification of Working
Status in Japan”•Katsuhisa Kojima (Senior Research Fellow, National Institute of Population and Social Security Research)– “Health Status and Income Difference of the Elderly in Japan”•James H. Tiessen (DeGroote School of Business, McMaster University) – “Health Care in Japan: Lessonsfor Canada”

12:30 pm – 2:00 pm
Lunch in Terrace Room (Co-hosted by Faculty of Humanities)
1:15 pm
Conference Remarks, Joseph F. Kess, Centre for Asia-Pacific Initiatives, University of Victoria
1:20 pm
Welcoming Conference Participants to Victoria, His Worship, Mayor Alan Lowe, City of Victoria
2:00 pm – 4:00 pm
Panel 7: Immigration: Legal and Illegal (FAC Panel) – Salon A/B
Chair: Midge M. Ayukawa (Historian; former Board Member of the Japanese Canadian National Museum)•David Sulz (Independent Scholar, Waterloo, Ontario) – “The Suian Maru Immigration Incident of 1906:
Unravelling the Deal”•Greg Robinson (Université de Québec à Montréal) – “Entente Cordiale? Québec, Japan, and JapaneseCanadians”•

Patricia Roy (Department of History, University of Victoria) – “Re-opening the Gate: Japanese Immigration”

Panel 8: National Institute for the Japanese Language – Salon C/DChair: X. Jie Yang (Department of Germanic, Slavic and East Asian Studies, University of Calgary)•

Eric Long, Yoshiyuki Asahi, Yukiko Wada, Shoichi Yokoyama, and Hiroyuki Sasahara (The NationalInstitute for Japanese Language) – “The National Institute for Japanese Language as a Governmental
Research Institute: Partnerships with the Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry”•Eric Long•

Yoshiyuki Asahi•Yukiko Wada-3-

Friday, October 15th, 2004
2:00 pm – 4:00 pm cont’d
Panel 9: Bridges Across the Pacific: Nitobe Inazo and His Influence on the Pre-war JapaneseCommunity in Canada – Breakout Room
Chair: John Howes, Professor Emeritus, University of British Columbia•

Teruhiko Nagao (Hokkaido University) – “A Japanese Internationalist: Inazo Nitobe’s Knowledge ofEnglish Literature”•

Hiroko Noro (Department of Pacific & Asian Studies, University of Victoria) – “Bridges Across the Pacific:
Nitobe’s Legacy in Japanese Language Education for Japanese Canadian Nisei in the Pre-WWII Period”•George M. Oshiro (Japanese History, Obirin University) – “Which Label Should We Pin on Nitobe Inazo:
Nationalist or Internationalist? – Some Reflections and Comments on Nitobe’s Niche in Modern JapaneseHistory”•Tad Suzuki (McPherson Library, University of Victoria) – “Re-thinking Nitobe’s Bushidô: Text and Context”

4:30 pm

Bus up to UVic

5:00 pm

Bus up to UVic

5:00 pm – 7:00 pm
Reception at University Club (co-hosted by Office of Special Advisor/Policy to the Commander, Maritime ForcesPacific)
5:40 pm
Welcoming Conference Participants to the University of Victoria, Professor Jamie Cassels, Vice-President
Academic and Provost, University of Victoria
5:45 pmWelcoming Conference Participants to the Reception, Rear-Admiral J-Y Forcier, the Commander, Maritime
Forces Pacific
7:30 pm – 9:00 pm
Dorothy and David Lam Distinguished Lecture in Asia-Pacific Affairs: Donald W. Campbell (Canadian Co-Chairof the Japan-Canada Forum, and previously Ambassador to Korea and Japan) – “Why Japan Matters!”, Fraser
Bldg. Room 159
9:30 pm

Buses return to Laurel Point Inn-4-

Saturday, October 16th, 2004
8:00 am – 8:30 am

Coffee8:00 am – 4:30 pm Registration in Marble Lobby
8:30 am – 10:30 am
Panel 10: Pacific Partners: Post-War Trade and Diplomacy (FAC Panel) – Salon A/BChair: Donald W. Campbell (Canadian Co-Chair of the Japan-Canada Forum)•Carin Holroyd and Ken Coates (Sea to Sky University) – “The Corporate Re-Emergence of Japan:Japanese Companies in Canada after World War II”•

Greg Donaghy (Historical Section, DFAIT) – “A Pacific Nation: Pierre Trudeau’s Canada and Japan,1968-84”•John Kirton (University of Toronto) – “Constructing A Global Partnership: The Canada-Japan Relationshipfrom 1984-2004”•Masako Tanaka (Independent Scholar, Tokyo) – “The View from the Provinces: Cultural Relations between
Canada and Japan”

Panel 11: Japanese Educational System I (JACS Panel) – Salon C/D
Chair: Michael W. Donnelly (Asian Institute, Munk Center for International Studies, University of Toronto)•Jun Hirata (Hirosaki University) – “A Broad Overview of the Educational Administration System in Japan:
From the Post-War Period to the Present”•Yo Ogawa (Seigakuin University) – “Public Schools at Risk”•

Chieko Mizoue (University of Tsukuba) – “Adult Learning in Japan”•

Nana Kodama (Kagoshima Immaculate Heart University) – “Cultural Diversity in Japanese Education
System”[to be read by Chieko Mizoue]

Discussant: Katsunosuke Namita (Hokkaido Information University)
Panel 12: Japan: A Master of Juggling Acts between Globalization and Localization – Breakout Room
Chair: Norio Ota (Department of Languages, Literatures and Linguistics, York University)•Febe D. Pamonag (Dept. of History and Classics, University of Alberta) – “Educating Meiji Women”•

Yoko Riley (Department of Germanic, Slavic and East Asian Studies, University of Calgary) – “The Relation
between Japanese Culture and Animation/Manga”•Kang-Min Yi (Hanyang University, Seoul, Korea) – “Study in Korean at Kagoshima in 19th Century”•Norio Ota (York University) – “Wakon Yosai (和魂洋才) ‘Japanese spirit with Western learning’ andGlobalization”

10:30 am – 10:45 am Coffee in Marble Lobby
10:45 am – 12:30 pm
Panel 13: Projecting Canada in Japan (FAC Panel) – Salon A/B
Chair: Stephen T. Koerner (Department of History, Malaspina University College)•Masako Iino (Tsuda College, Tokyo) – “Academic Contact: The Japanese Association for CanadianStudies”-5-Saturday, October 16th, 2004
10:45 am – 12:30 am cont’d.
Panel 13: Projecting Canada in Japan (FAC Panel) (cont’d.) – Salon A/B•Kunihiro Haraguchi (Chuo University, Tokyo) – “The Historical Evolution of Canada-Japan CulturalExchange After World War II”•Marie Josée Therrien (Ontario College of Art and Design) – “Les ambassades canadiennes à Tokyo: dessolutions en béton pour des défis diplomatiques”

Panel 14: Japanese Educational System II – Salon C/DChair: Masao Nakamura (Sauder School of Business, University of British Columbia)•Koji Nishimoto (Vice President, National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies) – “Recent Changes inHigher Education System in Japan”•Julian Dierkes (Centre for Japanese Research, Institute of Asian Research, University of British Columbia)– “The Role of Rural Juku in Shaping Educational Aspirations”•Dawn Grimes-MacLellan (Department of Anthropology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign) –“Three Years in Three Days: School Excursions as a Microcosm of Japanese Junior High School”•Michiko Oda (Tohoku Gakuin University) – “Hani Motoko’s Writing Style and Education”

Panel 15: Japan as Social and Technological Innovator – Breakout Room
Chair: James H. Tiessen (DeGroote School of Business, McMaster University)•Joji Iisaka (Department of Geography, University of Victoria) – “Roles of Canada and Japan for
Sustainable Development”•Norihiro Hagita (Director, ATR Intelligent Robotics and Communication Laboratories) – “Collaborative
Capturing of Experiences with Ubiquitous Sensors and Communication Robots – An Example of Japanese
Cutting-Edge Technology”•Bernard Saint-Jacques (Professor Emeritus of Linguistics, University of British Columbia) – “The NewJapan, A Model for Other Societies!”•Jeff Alexander (Department of History, the University of British Columbia) – “Uneasy Riders: Japan andChina Compete for Market-Share in Asia’s Deadly Motorcycle Industry”

12:30 pm – 1:30 pm Lunch in Terrace Room (co-hosted by Faculty of Business)
1:30 pm – 3:30 pm
Panel 16: Japan between Nationalism and Globalism – Salon A/B
Chair: James Morrison (St. Mary’s University)•

Cary Shinji Takagaki (University of Toronto at Mississauga) – “Can Japan’s Past ‘Matter’ in a GlobalizedWorld”•Yu Chang (McMaster University) – “What Lee Teng-hui Learned from Nitobe Inazo: The Nationalism andGlobalism of Nitobe’s Bushido”•

Bill Sewell (Saint Mary’s University) – “Crisis, War, and Culture: The Global Significance of Japanese
National Cultures”•Owen Griffiths (Mount Allison University) – “Japanese Images of War, Then and Now”
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Saturday, October 16th, 2004
1:30 pm – 3:30 pm cont’d.
Panel 17: Canadian Studies in Japan/Japanese Studies in Canada (Joint JACS/JSAC Panel) –Salon C/DChair: Fumiko Ikawa-Smith (Department of Anthropology, McGill University)•Hiroaki Kato (Daito Bunka University; President, Japanese Association for Canadian Studies) – “CanadianStudies in Japan: The Present and Future”•M. Brook Taylor (Mount Saint Vincent University) – “Canadian Studies in Contemporary Japan: The Pursuitof an Academic Niche•

Fumiko Ikawa-Smith (Department of Anthropology, McGill University; Past President, Japan Studies
Association of Canada) – “The First Half Century (Almost) of Japan Studies in Canada”•Carin Holroyd (Sea to Sky University; Past President, Japan Studies Association of Canada) – “The State ofJapan Studies in Canada: Review of Canadian Commitments to the Study of Japan”

Panel 18: Language Issues: The Media and Visual Imagery – Breakout Room
Chair: Brian Pendleton (Langara College)•Kaori Yoshida (Asian Studies, University of British Columbia) – “Blooming Anime Heroes in the North
American Soil: The Role of Japan’s Soft Power in Cultural Globalization”•Noriko Yabuki-Soh (Department of Languages, Literature and Linguistics, York University) – “Learning
English-Phobia or Obsession?: An Analysis of Advertisements of English Conversation Schools in Japan”•Peter Montgomery (Camosun College) – “Marshall McLuhan, Ezra Pound and the Japanese Connection”•Tadao Miyamoto (Graduate School of International Cultural Studies, Tohoku University) – “Kanji Writing:
A Historical Mistake”

3:30 pm – 3:45 pm

Coffee in Marble Lobby

3:45 pm – 5:30 pm
Panel 19: History and Interpreting Relationships – Salon A/B
Chair: Bill Sewell (Saint Mary’s University)•

Janice Matsumura (Department of History, Simon Fraser University) – “Unfaithful Wives and Dissolute
Female Labourers in Wartime Japan: Psychiatry and Expressions of Middle-Class Male Anxieties about theFemale Morality”•Tomoko Tsuchiya (Editor of the Vancouver Shinpo, 2002-2003) – “The Vancouver Shinpo’s Roles as theMain News Media Source for both Japanese Immigrants and Visitors from Japan”•Yuko Takahashi (Tsuda College) – “Umeko Tsuda and Inazo Nitobe: Internationalization and Their Impacton Education”•Anna Poulton (Pacific Leaves Holdings Company) – “Canada-Japan Sister Cities Relationships: Where Is
the Next Hashiwatashi?”-7-Saturday, October 16th, 2004
3:45 pm – 5:30 pm cont’d.
Panel 20: Japan-Canada Relations: Governmental Perspectives – Salon C/DChair: Carin Holroyd (Sea to Sky University)•G. Daniel Caron (Head of the Japan Division, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Canada)•Toshiyuki Taga (Consul-General, Japanese Consulate in Vancouver)•Masaya Fujiwara (Minister, Embassy of Japan in Canada)•Honourable Sindi Hawkins (Minister of State for Intergovernmental Relations, Province of BritishColumbia)

Panel 21: Language Issues: Literature and Language – Breakout Room
Chair: Yuko Shibata (Institute of Asian Research, University of British Columbia)•X. Jie Yang (Department of Germanic, Slavic and East Asian Studies, University of Calgary) – “Death inFiction: A Visual Approach to Medieval Japanese Warriors”•Qin Zhang (Chukyo University; Visiting Scholar, University of Calgary) – “Japanese Communication inPerformative Verbs”•Kozue Uzawa (University of Lethbridge) – “Onomatopoeia and Translation of Tanka into English”•Sumiko Nishizawa (University of British Columbia) – “Creating a Shared Space for Learning about Japanand Canada Through Exploring Literature”

5:30 pm – 6:30 pm
JSAC Business Meeting – Breakout Room
Chair: Jim Tiessen (President, Japan Studies Association of Canada)

7:30 pm – 9:30 pm
Banquet for registered participants (Additional ticket purchase required) – Terrace Room, Laurel Point Inn
8:45 pm
Banquet Speaker: His Excellency, Ambassador Robert G. Wright, Canadian Ambassador to Japan-8-Sunday, October 17th, 2004
8:00 am – 8:30 am Coffee in Marble Lobby
8:30 am – 10:30 am
Panel 22: Business, Trade and Commerce – Salon A/B
Chair: Teri Jane Ursacki (Haskayne School of Business, University of Calgary)•

Masao Nakamura (Sauder School of Business, University of British Columbia) – “Corporate Governanceand Management Practices in Japan: Current Issues”•Teri Jane Ursacki (Haskayne School of Business, University of Calgary) – “Making Sure Japan Continues
to Matter: Mergers and Acquisitions and Corporate Restructuring in Japan”•

Vernon Jones (Haskayne School of Business, University of Calgary) – “Canadian Pacific’s Images ofJapan”•

John Powles (President, Pacific Bizlinks Trade Consultants) – “Why Doesn’t Canada Do A Better Job of“Selling” to Japan?”

Panel 23: Language/Culture Contacts in and outside Japan – Salon C/DChair: Midge M. Ayukawa (Historian; former Board Member of the Japanese Canadian National Museum)•Shigeru Kojima (Chief Researcher, Japanese Overseas Migration Museum) – “Japanese Festivals in theAmericas: Tradition and Identity of ‘Nikkei’ Generation”•Aoi Tsuda (Graduate School of Language and Culture, Osaka University) – “Multilingual and Multicultural
Aspects of Japanese Society Today: With A Special Emphasis on the Brazilian Nikkei of Eastern Hiroshima”•Yuko Igarashi and Joseph F. Kess (Department of Linguistics and Centre for Asia-Pacific Initiatives,
University of Victoria) – “Japanese Internationalization and Canadian Multiculturalism: Parallel Ironies in
Linguistic Policy, Practice, and Ideology”•Sakurako Sherry Tanaka (Arbutus College in Vancouver) – “ A Narrative of Hope: A Perspective on
Emergent Discourse Resulting from the Encounter between Canada’s Native People and the Japanese”

Panel 24: Cityscapes and Landscapes – Breakout RoomChair: Tom Waldichuk (Geography Program, University College of the Cariboo)•Mark Watson (Department of Anthropology, University of Alberta) – “Tokyo: An Ainu City”•Hisako Hayashi (Department of Curriculum Theory and Implementation, Faculty of Education, Simon
Fraser University; Takashi Sugawara, Vancouver Academy of Japanese Culture) – “Tonari Gumi: The
Volunteering Experience in Transition”•Kimiyoshi Toyama (Department of Law, Nihon University) and Emmanuel Brunet-Jailly (School ofPublic Administration, University of Victoria) – “Globalization and Efficient Cities: A Look at Japan andCanada”•R.Y. Nakamura, B.J. Cameron, D. Potentier and J. Nicholl (Victoria Morioka Friendship Society,Victoria, BC, Canada) – “Origin and Impact of the Twin City Relationship between Victoria, BC, andMorioka, Japan”•Tom Waldichuk (Geography Program, University College of the Cariboo) – “Changing Japanese Imagesof Canadian Landscapes: An Examination of Japanese Travel Brochures and Guidebooks”

10:30 am – 10:45 am Coffee in Marble Lobby-9-

Sunday, October 17th, 2004
10:45 am – 12:30 pm
Panel 25: Agriculture and Food in Japan and Canada [JACS Panel] – Salon A/B
Chair: John M. Powles (President, Pacific Bizlink Trade Consultants)•Takanori Kusano (Faculty of Nutrition, Kobe Gakuin University) – “Canadian Grain Industry andJapanese Dietary Style”•

Toyohiko Matsubara (Faculty of Economics, Ritsumeikan University) – “Recent Changes in Japan’s Food
Market and Consumer”•Ann McDonald (Miyagi University) – “Effects to Promote Environmentally Sound Agricultural Methods – A
Case Study from Matsuyama Town, Miyagi Prefecture”•Al Kirton (Canadian Wheat Board, Vancouver Office) – will talk about this year’s crop.

Panel 26: Language Issues: New Approaches to Japanese Studies – Salon C/D
Chair: Hiroko Noro (Department of Pacific & Asian Studies, University of Victoria)•Denton Hewgill, Hiroko Noro, Cody Poulton (University of Victoria) – “Exploring Drama and Theatre in
Teaching Japanese: Hirata Oriza’s Play, Tokyo Notes in Advanced Japanese Conversation Course”•

Yoshiko Fukushima (Department of Modern Languages, University of Oklahoma) – “Reading Drama inJapanese Language Classroom: An Example of Hirata Oriza’s The Balkan Zoo”

•Nozomi Riddington (Department of Pacific & Asian Studies, University of Victoria) – “A Bridge Between
Two Countires: The Transformation of the Nurturing Mother in Yoshimoto Banana’s Kitchen”•Tim Iles (Department of Pacific and Asian Studies, University of Victoria) – “Screening Spirituality:
Traditional Beliefs in Japanese Anime and Cinema”

Panel 27: Politics, Media, and Culture – Breakout RoomChair: Robert Bedeski (Professor Emeritus, University of Victoria)•Elizabeth Noh (Senior Researcher and Producer, CBC National Radio News) – “Canadian Media Industry
on Japan: Sorry, Not Interested!”•Jacob Kovalio (Carleton University) – “A Comparison between Canadian and Japanese Reactions to the
9/11 Incident”•Kiyoko Toratani (York University) – “Wrapping Culture and Tea Ceremony”

12:30 pm – 1:30 pm Lunch in Terrace Room (co-hosted by Faculty of Social Sciences)
1:00 pm
Closing Remarks:•Joseph F. Kess, Chair in Japan and Asia-Pacific Relations, Centre for Asia-Pacific Initiatives, Universityof Victoria•

Richard King, Director, Centre for Asia-Pacific Initiatives, University of Victoria•

James Tiessen, President, Japan Studies Association of Canada

2:00 pm – 4:00 pm
Panel 28: Workshop: AICHI/2005 EXPO – Breakout Room
Chair: Barbara Helm (Canadian Heritage)- 10 -