Tetsuo Najita, eminent scholar of Japan’s early modern and modern intellectual history, 1936-2021
Historian remembered for ‘exemplary combination of kindness and rigor’
Japan scholars in West issue statement calling for 'unbiased accounting' of past
Six UChicago faculty join statement signed by nearly 200 scholars, calling upon Japan to address history of wartime aggression
The Asahi Shimbun
US, China heading toward face-off, says Mearsheimer
In Q&A, Prof. John Mearsheimer argues that growing Chinese power will spark increased conflict with the U.S. and Japan
Nikkei Asian Review
Lost art of “magic lantern” performance comes to life at Rockefeller
On Friday, April 22, the Minwa-za Company of Tokyo enchanted the crowd at Rockefeller Memorial Chapel with the lost art of magic lantern performance, utsushi-e. This Japanese art form uses lanterns (furo) and slides (taneita) to project brightly color...
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