Tohoku, the six prefectures that make up the northern part of Japan’s largest island, is rarely in foreign news: it is the other Japan, with too many indicators worse than the national average. Tohoku ...

Dr. Hisako Omori teaches Cultural Anthropology at Akita International University in Japan. In her research, she has shown deep interest in the construction of personhood, identity, and altruism in ...

Assoc. Prof. Theron Muller from the Faculty of Human Sciences discusses his research on translanguaging within the Japanese sociolinguistic context. Episode 1: “Translanguaging and Identity: Research ...

Since the end of World War II, Japan has been struggling to strike the right balance between pacifism and productive security engagement with the world. In December 2022, Japan announced a new ...

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