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What does the anthropology of Japan tell us about Japan - and about...

An excurse into the history of Japanese studies with William Kelly (Yale).

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Building up Steam as Consumers: Women, Rice Cookers and the Consumption of...

This talk investigates the story of the development of the first automatic electric rice cooker in Japan. With Helen MacNaughtan (SOAS). In doing so it places this product within a broader historical...

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Japan's Immigration Policy, 1999-2008: Discrepancy between Comprehensive...

David Chiavacci (University of Zurich) gives a talk for the Nissan Institute of Japanese Studies.

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Motivations for marriage and marital (un)happiness: Discourses in Japanese...

Dr Barbara Holthus (Senior Research Fellow, Social Science Section, German Institute for Japanese Studies Tokyo) gives a talk for the Nissan Institute of Japanese Studies on Thursday 16th February 2012.

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Sarin no ato: Tracing the Aftermath of the Tokyo Subway Gassing

Dr Mark Pendleton, (Lecturer in Japanese Studies, School of East Asian Studies, University of Sheffield) gives a talk for the Nissan Japanese Studies Seminar Series.

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After Cool Japan: Contemporary Art in the Post-Bubble, Post-Disaster Society

Professor Adrian Favell, (Professor of Sociology, Centre d'études européennes Sciences Po, France) gives a talk for the Nissan Japan Studies seminar series.

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Transnational History and Japan

Professor Garon, Nissan Professor of History and East Asian Studies , Department of History, Princeton University, gives a talk for the Nissan Institute of Japanese Studies Seminar Series

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Britain and Japan; Reflections on the bilateral relationship

Sir David Warren , Chair man, The Japan Society, gives a talk for the Nissan Institute of Japanese Studies Seminar Series

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Cultural Diversity and the law: From the Perspective of Cultural Policy

Mr Ryu Kojima , Kyushu University. gives a talk for the Nissan Institute of Japanese Studies Seminar Series

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Nissan Seminar: Population reproduction: a new fertility regime (with remarks...

Professor Francesco Billari, Nuffield College, University of Oxford, gives a talk for the Nissan Institute for Japanese Studies

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Little paid and Overworked: Marriage prospects of low income Japanese men

Dr Ekaterina Hertog, Nissan Institute of Japanese Studies, University of Oxford gives a talk for the Nissan Institute of Japanese Studies

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The Political Arena of Low Fertility - Comparing Japan and Germany

Professor Axel Klein gives a talk for the Nissan Centre for Japanese Studies Seminar Series.

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Declining Fertility Rates in Japan and Other Low Fertility Nations: Can We...

Leonard Schoppa, Professor of Politics, University of Virginia, gives a talk for the Nissan Institute of Japanese Studies Seminar Series.

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A Comparison of the Determinants of Low Marital Fertility between Japan and...

Professor Kazuo Yamaguchi, University of Chicago, gives a talk for the Nissan Institute of Japanese Studies Seminar Series.

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The Geography of Ageing and Population Decline in Japan

Professor Ralph Lützeler, University of Bonn, gives a talk for the Nissan Institute of Japanese Studies Seminar Series

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Productive Motherhood: Women's Labour and Japan's Lowest-Low Fertility

Professor Mary Brinton, Harvard University, gives a talk for the Nissan Institute of Japanese Studies Seminar Series

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Economic Uncertainty and Fertility: Insights from Japan’s Long Recession

Joint seminar with the Department of Sociology and the Nissan Institute of Japanese Studies

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Schoolgirls, Money and Rebellion in Japan

Talk given by Dr Sharon Kinsella, University of Manchester as part of the Nissan Institute of Japanese Studies seminar series

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The Downward Spiral of Japan's Relations with China since 2012

Dr Taku Tamaki, Loughborough University, gives a talk for the Nissan Centre for Japanese Studies seminar series.

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Take jellyfish for headaches: language, print and presentation in early...

Professor Peter Kornicki, emeritus professor, Cambridge University, gives a talk for the Nissan Institute for Japanese Studies seminar series.

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Engineering the Empire: "Comprehensive Development" in Japan's Colonial...

Professor Aaron S. Moore, Arizona State University gives a talk at the Nissan Institute.

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Japan's New Security Cooperation in Counter-Piracy Missions

A talk by Professor Wilhelm Vosse, International Christian University, at the Nissan Institute.

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The Greece of the East: Writing the History of Music in Meiji Japan

A talk from Dr Jonathan Service, Wadham College, Oxford, at the Nissan Institute.

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Introduction to the Memorial Event to Commemorate the Work and Influence of...

Professor Jenny Corbett (Australian National University), Mark's colleague, talked about the work and life of Professor Mark Rebick and his contributions to the field of Japanese economics and academic...

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An International Comparison in Hope and Happiness between Japan, United...

Professor Yuji Genda (University of Tokyo), Mark's colleague: shared his recollections about Dr Rebick and about research Mark's work inspired.

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Lessons from Studying the Japanese Economy

Professor Richard B . Freeman (Harvard University), Mark's former supervisor, talked about Dr Rebick's broader contribution to the field of Japanese Economy and the shape of that filed more generally.

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Redefining the community firm? The unionization of part-time workers in the...

Arjan Keizer, Manchester Business School, gives a talk for the Nissan Institute of Japanese Studies. The rise in non-regular employment poses a major challenge to Japanese mainstream unions which have...

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The Social Life of the Solitary Death: Aging, housing, and the limits of...

Dr Jason Danely (Oxford Brookes University), gives a talk for the Nissan Institute seminar series.

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A History of the IUD in Japan: Birth control policy and Cold War diplomacy...

Dr Aya Homei, Manchester University, gives a talk for the Nissan Institute podcast series.

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A History of the IUD in Japan: Birth control policy and Cold War diplomacy

Dr Aya Homei, Manchester University, gives a talk for the Nissan Institute podcast series.

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The Double Responsibility of Care: Balancing childcare, elderly care and...

Junko Yamashita (Bristol University), gives a talk for the Nissan Institute podcast series.

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The Double Responsibility of Care: Balancing childcare, elderly care and work.

Junko Yamashita (Bristol University), gives a talk for the Nissan Institute podcast series.

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Abenomics: Past, Present, and Future

Professor Jun Saito (Keio University), gives a talk for the Nissan Institute podcast series.

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From Growth to Shrinkage: Managing Population Decline in Western-Europe

Professor Gert-Jan Hospers, Radboud University, the University of Twente, gives a talk for the Nissan Institute as part of the ;Slow Cities? The revitalisation of shrinking communities in Japan; on...

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Cittaslow Experiences against the Social Desertification and to Promote Local...

Pier Giorgio Oliveti, Cittaslow International, gives a talk for the Nissan Institute for the Slow Cities? The revitalisation of shrinking communities in Japan on 10th March, 2016.

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The Slow City Approach and the Resilience of Japanese Shrinking Communities

Heuishilja Chang, University of Oxford, gives a talk for the Nissan Institute 'Slow Cities? The revitalisation of shrinking communities in Japan' on 10th March, 2016.

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The Degradation and Regeneration of Rural Areas in Japan

Professor Hirokazu Sakuno, Shimane University, gives talk for the Nissan Institute 'Slow Cities? The revitalisation of shrinking communities in Japan' on 10th March, 2016.

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Achieving an Asia-Pacific Depopulation Dividend: Evidence and Experience from...

Dr Peter Matanle, University of Sheffield, gives a talk for the Nissan Institute 'Slow Cities? The revitalisation of shrinking communities in Japan' on 10th March, 2016.

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Towards Synthesis of the Youth’s Counter-urbanisation Movement and the...

Dr Taro Hirai, Hirosaki University, gives a talk for the Nissan Institute 'Slow Cities? The revitalisation of shrinking communities in Japan' on 10th March, 2016.

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