Events by year: 2003

Inside the Higher Education Institution in Japan: Responding to Change and Reforms

The final seminar in the series looked at the significant changes that are taking place in higher education inJapan. This included discussions on the ongoing changes of higher education in relation to internal and external change factors/pressure (including matters relating to examinations and entrance to higher education institutions); the globalisation, regionalisation and internationalisation of higher

Daiwa Japan Forum Prize Lecture - On the place of Japanese philosophy: If the past is a different country, are different countries in the past? 

The Daiwa Japan Forum Prize 2003 was awarded to Dr Christopher S. Jones for his article, Politicizing travel and climatizing philosophy: Watsuji, Montesquieu and the European tour (vol:14, No.1 2002).

The Information Society? Education, Training and the IT Revolution in Japan

In this seminar, Dr McCormick focussed on how government, industry and education are responding to the challenges of the Information Society. Mr Sanders explored the training and communication issues in the Japanese firm based on his extensive experience of working in and with Japanese industry.

‘Innovation UK’ and Japan: Collaborations in Science, Technology and the HE Sector

This seminar provided an overview of the links of Japan and the UK and considered the potential for future collaborations while providing insights into the HE sector and the growing opportunities for bilateral research and exchange.

Women and the Labour Market in Japan's Industrialising Economy: The Textile Industry before the Pacific War

This book examines the institutions of the labour market of this critical industry during this important period for Japanese economic development. Based on extensive original research, the book provides a wealth of detail, showing amongst other things the complexity of the labour market, the interdependence of the agricultural and manufacturing sectors, and the importance of gender.

The Voluntary and Non-Profit Sector in Japan: The Challenge of Change

By Stephen P Osborne Published by Routledge The voluntary and non-profit sector is an important and emerging feature of Japanese society. It is a response both to the changing nature of this society, and to political and social trends that have encouraged the Japanese government to see this sector as a potential provider of public

Japanese National Railways

Japanese National Railways – Its Break-up and Privatization, written by one of the key insiders, offers a rare look into the politics, economics and human cost of the largest and most challenging privatization undertaken in Japan to date. The author, Yoshiyuki Kasai, today President of JR Central which runs the Shinkansen on the 500-km route

Internationalisation in Education: Japan, the Japanese and Britain

Japan and North Korea: What is the real security threat?

Culture and Creativity: Education and Training in the Arts

This seminar focuses upon culture and creativity and differing approaches to education and training in the arts, drawing upon the experience of leading academics and practitioners in the visual and performing arts, this

Bernard Leach: Life and Work

By Emmanuel Cooper Published by Yale University Press Recognised as the father of studio pottery, Bernard Leach (1887–1979) played a pioneering role in creating an identity for artist potters in Britain and around the world. Born in Hong Kong and educated in Britain, Leach acted as a courier between East and West. His pots reflect the inspiration

JAPAN: Still Building on Science and Technology

The politics of Japanare less widely reported than the Japanese economy. Most people are aware of the economic ‘miracle’ following the Second World War, whereby Japan became the second largest economy in the world after the United States, and the economic stagnation of the early 1990s is also well known. But it is difficult to