ICAS: China-Japan-South Korea relations in an era of China-US rivalry (In-person)
Wednesday, September 11, 2024 - 18:30 to 20:00
After a five-year hiatus, China, Japan, and South Korea held the 9th Trilateral Summit in May 2024. While the meeting yielded few concrete outcomes, the resumption of trilateral diplomacy signaled a desire to reinforce cooperation among the three countries...
ICAS: Japan’s Diaspora Diplomacy: how Japan has engaged with "Nikkeijin" and how this has shaped ideas of "Nihonjin" (Hybrid)
Thursday, July 18, 2024 - 18:30 to 20:00
Ever since the late 19th century, the Japanese state has engaged with its emigrants and their descendants, known today as Nikkeijin, who reside mainly in the Americas and now Japan. Recently, the government rekindled its interest in strengthening ties with them, especially in South America. In this talk, Ayumi Takenaka aims to address why, and how this has played a role in shaping ideas of Nihonjin (Japanese) by presenting a historical trajectory of Japan’s state-diaspora relationship (1868-present).
ICAS: All is Full of AI/爱. You Just Ain't Receiving: Whiteness, Race, Robots, and AI (Hybrid)
Thursday, July 11, 2024 - 18:30 to 20:00
Generative AI and robots do not so much project our future as reflect our past and the vice-like grip that past holds on our present. They replicate and embody toxic racial and gender biases and stereotypes that reinforce, rather than challenge, discriminatory patterns of human social behavior...
ICAS Book Talk: Resilience and Autonomy in Prewar and Wartime Japan: The Internal Governance of Industries (1925-1945) (In-person)
Thursday, June 27, 2024 - 18:30 to 20:00
Hiromi Murakami's book looks into the processes by which industrial manufacturing organizations in Japan conducted collective action, and how and under what conditions industries interacted with each other and responded to government interference.
ICAS Book Talk: Gamblers, Fraudsters, Dreamers & Spies: The Outsiders Who Shaped Modern Japan (Hybrid)
Friday, June 14, 2024 - 18:30 to 20:00
In this rare insider's book at Japan through the eyes of foreigners, critically acclaimed author and longtime Tokyo resident, Robert Whiting, turns his attention to the fascinating stories of the 'outsiders' who made waves and achieved notoriety in post-World War II Japan.
ICAS Book Talk: Japan and the Growth-Equity-Small Government Impossible Triangle (In-person)
Thursday, May 30, 2024 - 18:30
Jun Saito will discuss his book Japan and the Growth-Equity-Small Government Impossible Triangle (Routledge, 2024). This volume examines and analyzes the current situation of, and the future prospects for, the Japanese economy, particularly in the context of inequality.
ICAS: Reflections on Womenomics 25 Years On: A conversation with Kathy Matsui on 'where we are & what steps remain' (Online)
Tuesday, March 19, 2024 - 12:00 to 13:00
25 years have passed since Kathy Matsui coined the term 'Womenomics' in which she argues that - as important as increasing immigration and the birthrate are - a more immediate and effective solution to Japan's economic stagnation is to increase the participation of women in the workforce, with greater equity and managerial responsibility.
ICAS: Emerging Technologies: Implications and Prospects of their Proliferation for Japan and Asia (In-person)
Thursday, March 14, 2024 - 19:15 to 20:45
Join us on 14 March for a discussion with Julie George, who will present her book project, Emerging Technologies: Implications and Prospects of their Proliferation.
ICAS: Do sanctions work? The case of Russia (In-person)
Wednesday, February 21, 2024 - 18:30
Economic sanctions are not a new policy tool. However, they are definitely a new regulatory priority, especially as the world is becoming increasingly bipolar and the U.S. is heading into an election year...
ICAS: Towards a Society Where You Can Say "Help" - Sexual Violence and Gender Inequality (Hybrid)
Thursday, February 15, 2024 - 12:00 to 13:30
There have been 2 laws passed in 2023 on rape and DV that mark significant change in how the state is handling these significant problems in Japan.
ICAS: The Geoeconomics of Japan-Southeast Asia Relations (In-person)
Tuesday, February 13, 2024 - 18:30 to 20:00
For many decades, Japanese governments and businesses have taken a keen interest in Southeast Asia, first as a market and then as a location for Japanese manufacturers. Recently, there has been a growing focus on the security aspect of the Japan-Southeast Asia relationship.
ICAS: The Contest for Japan's Economic Future (In-person)
Thursday, February 8, 2024 - 18:30
Just as a wave of entrepreneurship created Japan’s postwar “economic miracle,” so it will take a new generation of entrepreneurs to revive its stagnant economy. In today’s Japan, assorted political and economic obstacles impede such newcomers...
ICAS: The Quad: Past, present, and future (Online)
Tuesday, January 30, 2024 - 14:00
The Quad, the informal grouping consisting of Australia, India, Japan and the US, is not a formal alliance. It has, however, developed as one of the important forums in global geopolitics. To help us better understand the relevance of the Quad, Jada Fraser and Eerishika Pankaj will lead a discussion to be followed by Q&A with the audience.
ICAS: The impact of the Hamas-Israel war on Japan and East Asia (Online)
Friday, January 26, 2024 - 14:00 to 15:00
The shock waves of the war between Israel and Hamas-controlled Gaza have impacted regions as distant as Japan and East Asia in general. Tokyo and Seoul sent aircraft to Israel to evacuate some of their nationals. East Asian countries have had to take positions on the conflict, risking displeasing one (or both) sides...
ICAS : The evolution of India's strategy in the Indo-Pacific and beyond (Online)
Monday, January 22, 2024 - 14:00 to 15:00
In the past several years, India has played an increasingly visible role in international security affairs in the Indo-Pacific and beyond. India's participation in the Quad, along Japan, Australia, and the US,...
ICAS: The Indo-Pacific: Taking centre-stage for the EU’s security policy (In-person)
Wednesday, January 17, 2024 - 18:30
Since the 2016 Global Strategy, the EU is on a journey to become a more active and particularly more recognised global player, recognising that security has become indivisible and that this needs a comprehensive engagement, in Asia and the Indo-Pacific region respectively...
ICAS : Book Talk: "Is British Politics Turning Japanese?" (In-person)
Tuesday, December 12, 2023 - 18:00 to 19:30
This book talk will explore what we can learn about the recent volatility of the UK premiership by comparison with Japan. It will further explore what combination of personality traits and political skills make for effective leadership in both countries against a backdrop of differing institutional and contextual constraints.
ICAS : An Outlook on Japan’s Energy Security: Can Offshore Wind Solve Japan’s Energy Dilemma? (Hybrid)
Wednesday, November 29, 2023 - 18:30 to 20:00
IEA defines energy security as “the uninterrupted availability of energy sources at an affordable price”. Ensuring stable energy supply hence becomes a key to national security as energy supports the basis of essential economic and social activities.
ICAS : France and the Indo-Pacific in times of crises (In-person)
Monday, November 13, 2023 - 18:30 to 20:00
For several years, in fact decades, tensions in the Indo-Pacific have increased, especially those involving China and its neighbors, Japan, Taiwan, countries along the South China Sea, and India...
ICAS : From historical revisionism to “post truth”: History and Memory in Heisei Japan (In-person)
Thursday, November 9, 2023 - 18:30 to 20:00
In 2016, prompted by the rhetoric of the U.S. Presidential election and the Brexit campaigns, Oxford Dictionaries declared “post-truth” the “Word of the Year.” However, the assault on organized knowledge and on professional expertise that could be observed at the time had already been a global phenomenon for many years, if not decades...