All events sponsored by the pacific basin institute are free of charge and open to the public.
How the Message Got from Europe to Japan , a second in a series of talks and conferences on the Enlightenment in Our World sponsored by the Pacific Basin Institute. Professor Frank Gibney will discuss Fukuzawa and Japan s other foreign travelers. Pomona College Department of Sociology and the Pacific Basin Institute present two lectures focusing on Changing Families in East Asia. A Case of Japanese Child-caring Men. Professor Ishii-Kuntz is the author of a forthcoming book about Japanese corporate men who belong to Ikujiren, an advocacy group for shared parenting.