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Tag: Japan
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Forget debt-ceiling drama. There are bigger, likelier problems
Harvard economist says political feuds come and go, but inflation, weak growth, and geopolitical tensions pose real global recession threat.
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Keeping up with the Joneses 2.0
Author and Harvard alum W. David Marx digs into how social aspirations underlie all our choices.
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How America’s ageism hurts, shortens lives of elderly
Becca Levy ‘92, Ph.D. ’95 examines hidden stereotypes of aging, their insidious effects in excerpt from her new book
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Ezra Vogel, leading expert on East Asia, dead at 90
Ezra F. Vogel, Henry Ford II Professor of the Social Sciences Emeritus, died Dec. 20 at Mount Auburn Hospital due to complications from surgery. He was 90. A remarkable contributor…
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A peek at a critical time for Japan through its art
A new Harvard Art Museums exhibit features more than 120 works from the Feinberg Collection and captures the evolving nature of Japanese painting over more than 200 years.
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Hot fun in the wintertime
A selection of theater, music, and art events in Boston this winter.
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Bond rate shift may suggest recession
An inverted bond yield curve often has been a harbinger of recession, though the odds of one are still only 1 in 3 for this year, Harvard analyst says.
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Studying Japan from ancient to modern
A revered, 700-year-old religious relic and the present-day crisis of declining births are just two of the many focuses of some Harvard researchers.
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Reflections of an envoy
During a Harvard visit, Caroline Kennedy recalls her years as ambassador to Japan, including President Obama’s trip to Hiroshima.
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Pharr honored by Japan Foundation
Susan J. Pharr has been given the Japan Foundation Award for her contribution to the study of the island nation and its international ties.
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Testament to Manchukuo
A growing Harvard collection documents life and propaganda in the controversial, short-lived Asian state of Manchukuo.
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Not backing down
Speaking at the Harvard Kennedy School, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe talked about his country’s economic and political difficulties, during the first stop of his state visit to the United States.
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In 1944, Broadway subversion
In 1944, the young and gifted creators of ‘On the Town’ quietly stirred diversity into their groundbreaking musical, Professor Carol Oja recounts in her new book.
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Hello Kitty, hello profits
On pop icon’s 40th anniversary, professor explains the global conquest of cute
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Citizen of the world
In recent years, Harvard has been strengthening its presence around the world, supporting international research, offering study-abroad opportunities, and opening offices in India, China, Mexico, Brazil, and other countries.
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Japan cultural agency honors Bestor
Theodore C. Bestor, the Reischauer Institute Professor of Social Anthropology and director of the Edwin O. Reischauer Institute of Japanese Studies, has received the Commissioner of Cultural Affairs Award for the Promotion of Japanese Culture from the Agency for Cultural Affairs in Japan.
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Take my passport, please
Patrick Harlan ’93 drifted into Japan on a Glee Club trip the summer after he graduated from Harvard and quickly found his way to the stage, becoming a well-known comedian and a regular face on Japanese television. Harlan talked to the Gazette about his offbeat journey.
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Reischauer Institute funds student research, travel in Japan
Founded in 1973, the Edwin O. Reischauer Institute of Japanese Studies (RI) promotes research on Japan and brings together Harvard faculty, students, scholars from other institutions, and visitors to create one of the world’s leading communities for the study of Japan.
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Invading Inner Mongolia’s painful past
Harvard graduate student Sakura Christmas is drawn to a tumultuous time in the history of northern China, when invasion, migration, and culture change altered the lives of traditional people forever.
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A Harvard bridge to Japan
Carl Kay, president of the Harvard Club of Japan, reflects on a career in which his undergraduate concentration in Japanese studies led to a business helping U.S. companies gain a foothold in Japan.
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Creator of skyscrapers
Harvard College and Graduate School of Design alumnus Paul Tange is changing skylines across Asia through the work of his Tokyo-based architecture firm, Tange Associates.
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With radiation, worries about food
Harvard anthropology doctoral student Nicolas Sternsdorff Cisterna is living in Japan to study food safety and how people make decisions to keep their families safe following the nuclear meltdown.
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Harvard-Asia: Ties deep and broad
Harvard President Drew Faust’s coming trip to South Korea and Hong Kong is framed against a long history of Harvard’s engagement with Asia’s many nations.
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Last stretch for Community Gifts
As Harvard Community Gifts comes to a close on Jan. 15, Program Manager Mary Ann O’Brien hopes Harvard employees are inspired to start the New Year in the spirit of giving.
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Suzanne Vogel, researcher of Japanese culture, 81
Suzanne Hall Vogel, a psychotherapist at Harvard University Health Services for 27 years, died on June 19.
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Old Japan, online
“Early Photography of Japan,” a virtual collection of more than 2,000 images from three Harvard University libraries, documents the early history of Japanese commercial photography, and reflects the Western image of traditional Japanese culture before modernization.
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Reischauer Institute funds student research, travel in Japan
Founded in 1973, the Edwin O. Reischauer Institute of Japanese Studies promotes research on Japan and brings together Harvard faculty, students, leading scholars from other institutions, and visitors to create one of the world’s leading communities for the study of Japan.
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Japan’s mistakes
Assurances of the safety of Japan’s nuclear industry lulled the government and the public into a false sense of security that was shattered a year ago when a massive earthquake and tsunami rocked the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, the head of a panel that reviewed the disaster told a Harvard audience March 26.
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The record of Japanese disaster
Harvard experts were among the lead organizers of a major effort to construct a multimedia archive of last year’s devastating earthquake and aftermath in Japan. The site goes live this week.
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Critical preoccupations
Rem Koolhaas, a professor in practice of architecture and urban design at the Harvard Graduate School of Design (GSD), shared his thoughts on those and other subjects before an overflow crowd at Piper Auditorium with a presentation titled “Current Preoccupations.”
