All meeting rooms are on the 2nd floor of the Hyatt Place.
Wednesday, January 3rd
9:00-11:00 am
JSA Board Meeting
Room: Lokahi 3, 2nd floor
Noon-2 pm
Executive Board Meeting
3:30-5:30 pm
Conference registration
Table outside Pua Melia Ballroom, 2nd floor
5:30-7:00 pm
Conference meet and greet
Meet in conference hotel reception gallery (in the lobby) for welcome drinks
7:00-
Dinner on your own
9:00-11:00 am
JSA Board Meeting
Room: Lokahi 3, 2nd floor
Noon-2 pm
Executive Board Meeting
3:30-5:30 pm
Conference registration
Table outside Pua Melia Ballroom, 2nd floor
5:30-7:00 pm
Conference meet and greet
Meet in conference hotel reception gallery (in the lobby) for welcome drinks
7:00-
Dinner on your own
Thursday, January 4th
8:30am-2:30pm
Conference registration
Table outside Pua Melia Ballroom, 2nd floor
9:00-9:15
Opening Remarks, President of JSA Joe Overton
Room: Pua Melia Ballroom, 2nd floor
9:15-9:30
Welcome by the Consul General
Room: Pua Melia Ballroom, 2nd floor
9:30-10:30
Plenary Session
Keynote Presentation: Michiko Yamanae
Hiroshima World Friendship Chair, 2012-2022Continuing the Work of Hiroshima’s World Friendship Center in the 21st Century
Room: Pua Melia Ballroom, 2nd floor
Introduced by Fay Beauchamp
10:30-10:45
Coffee/tea break: Outside Pua Melia Ballroom
10:45-12:00
Panel 1 Considering the Wartime Legacy: Japan and World War II Legacies
Room: Pua Melia Ballroom, 2nd floor
Chair: Michael Charlton
Fay Beauchamp, Community College of Philadelphia
Civilian Deaths and Justifications: Remembering Hiroshima in 2023?
Xinghan Ma, Keio University
Who Were Selected as Repatriate? —A Case Study on the Japanese Repatriation of the First Exchange Ship in 1942
Barbara Lass, City College of San Francisco
The WWII US Occupation of Japan: A Personal Perspective
10:45-12:00
Panel 2: What Nature in Japan Can Teach Us
Room: Lokahi 3, 2nd floor
Chair: Andrea Stover
Gabrielle Bryant, University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Yin and Yang: How the Goddess Chronicle’s Feminism Harmonizes a World of Nature
Mara Miller, Research Scholar
The Wisdom of Trees in Japan
Adam Silverman, Yale University
Landscape Theories, Visual Culture, and the Postwar Invention of ‘Frontier’ Hokkaido
12:00-1:15
Lunch on your own
1:15-2:30
Panel 3: Japan Studies and Japanese Students at U.S. Community Colleges: A Panel Discussion
Room: Pua Melia Ballroom, 2nd floor
Chair: Joseph Overton
This panel will explore the development of Japan Studies in U.S. Community Colleges using the examples of Johnson County Community College in Overland Park, KS, and Kapiolani Community College in Honolulu, HI.
Dawn Gale, Johnson County Community College
Takashi Miyaki, Honda International Center, Kapiolani Community College
Leon Richards, former Chancellor, Kapiolani Community College
1:15-2:30
Panel 4: Japan’s Evolving Post-Postwar Political Economy and Identity
Room: Lokahi 3, 2nd floor
Chair: Hanae Kramer
Kathryn Ibata-Arens, DePaul University
Cultivating a Medicine Commons: A Comparative Analysis of Neo-Traditional Medicinal Practices in Japan and China
Zhihai Xie, Kyoai Gakuin University
Understanding Japan's Economic Security Policy
Ryoko Yamauchi, Tokyo University
The Production Methods and Positioning of Picturebooks Within the Publishing Industry
2:30-2:45
Coffee/tea break: Outside Pua Melia Ballroom
2:45-4:00
Panel 5: Rethinking Aspects of Japanese Culture and Religion
Room: Pua Melia Ballroom, 2nd floor
Chair: Barbara Lass
Chunyan Zhang, University of Rochester
Continuity in Flux: The General Subjects’ Practice of Kagura from Premodern Japan
Diego Oliveira, Nihon University, College of International Relations
Exploring the Motivations and Challenges of Writing an Ending Note in Japan
Jennifer Welsh, Eastern New Mexico University
“Have your servant bake bread in the rice pot”: Travel and Cultural Advice for Western Tourists in the Meiji Era
2:45-4:00
Panel 6: Potpourri
Room: Lokahi 3, 2nd floor
Chair: Stacia Bensyl
Andrea Thimesch, Johnson County Community College
Anime and Manga in America: Rise in Censorship and Sanitation
Paul Dunscomb, University of Alaska Anchorage
Now It Can be Told! The Story of Heisei Japan
Michael Charlton, Missouri Western State University
Meet Godzilla, Again and Again: The Millennium Era and the Monster’s Identity Crisis
4:00-4:15
Coffee/tea break: Outside Pua Melia Ballroom
4:15-5:30
Panel 7: The Obligatory History Panel
Room: Pua Melia Ballroom, 2nd floor
Chair: Dawn Gale
Erik Glowark, Johnson County Community College
The Maritime World of Kyushu: International Trade, Diplomacy, and Buddhist Monks and Christian Missionaries in the Late Medieval Period
Hanae Kramer, University of Hawai’i
Hayashi Shihei and Japan’s Southern Advance
Annette Condello, Curtin University Australia
The Afterlife of Tokyo’s Imperial Hotel
4:15-5:30
Panel 8: Wrestling With the Inescapable: Reform Initiatives in Japan
Room: Lokahi 3, 2nd floor
Chair: Narumi Ito
Safa Choi, Doshisha University
Human Rights Politics: Permanent Residency for Pro-North Koreans in Japan
Wade Huntley, Naval Post Graduate School
What's Next for Japan? An International Security Perspective
Zhuoran Li, John’s Hopkins SAIS
The Farm Lobby’s Stranglehold on Japanese Politics Chokes Reform Agenda [ZOOM]
6:00
Dinner on Your Own
8:30am-2:30pm
Conference registration
Table outside Pua Melia Ballroom, 2nd floor
9:00-9:15
Opening Remarks, President of JSA Joe Overton
Room: Pua Melia Ballroom, 2nd floor
9:15-9:30
Welcome by the Consul General
Room: Pua Melia Ballroom, 2nd floor
9:30-10:30
Plenary Session
Keynote Presentation: Michiko Yamanae
Hiroshima World Friendship Chair, 2012-2022Continuing the Work of Hiroshima’s World Friendship Center in the 21st Century
Room: Pua Melia Ballroom, 2nd floor
Introduced by Fay Beauchamp
10:30-10:45
Coffee/tea break: Outside Pua Melia Ballroom
10:45-12:00
Panel 1 Considering the Wartime Legacy: Japan and World War II Legacies
Room: Pua Melia Ballroom, 2nd floor
Chair: Michael Charlton
Fay Beauchamp, Community College of Philadelphia
Civilian Deaths and Justifications: Remembering Hiroshima in 2023?
Xinghan Ma, Keio University
Who Were Selected as Repatriate? —A Case Study on the Japanese Repatriation of the First Exchange Ship in 1942
Barbara Lass, City College of San Francisco
The WWII US Occupation of Japan: A Personal Perspective
10:45-12:00
Panel 2: What Nature in Japan Can Teach Us
Room: Lokahi 3, 2nd floor
Chair: Andrea Stover
Gabrielle Bryant, University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Yin and Yang: How the Goddess Chronicle’s Feminism Harmonizes a World of Nature
Mara Miller, Research Scholar
The Wisdom of Trees in Japan
Adam Silverman, Yale University
Landscape Theories, Visual Culture, and the Postwar Invention of ‘Frontier’ Hokkaido
12:00-1:15
Lunch on your own
1:15-2:30
Panel 3: Japan Studies and Japanese Students at U.S. Community Colleges: A Panel Discussion
Room: Pua Melia Ballroom, 2nd floor
Chair: Joseph Overton
This panel will explore the development of Japan Studies in U.S. Community Colleges using the examples of Johnson County Community College in Overland Park, KS, and Kapiolani Community College in Honolulu, HI.
Dawn Gale, Johnson County Community College
Takashi Miyaki, Honda International Center, Kapiolani Community College
Leon Richards, former Chancellor, Kapiolani Community College
1:15-2:30
Panel 4: Japan’s Evolving Post-Postwar Political Economy and Identity
Room: Lokahi 3, 2nd floor
Chair: Hanae Kramer
Kathryn Ibata-Arens, DePaul University
Cultivating a Medicine Commons: A Comparative Analysis of Neo-Traditional Medicinal Practices in Japan and China
Zhihai Xie, Kyoai Gakuin University
Understanding Japan's Economic Security Policy
Ryoko Yamauchi, Tokyo University
The Production Methods and Positioning of Picturebooks Within the Publishing Industry
2:30-2:45
Coffee/tea break: Outside Pua Melia Ballroom
2:45-4:00
Panel 5: Rethinking Aspects of Japanese Culture and Religion
Room: Pua Melia Ballroom, 2nd floor
Chair: Barbara Lass
Chunyan Zhang, University of Rochester
Continuity in Flux: The General Subjects’ Practice of Kagura from Premodern Japan
Diego Oliveira, Nihon University, College of International Relations
Exploring the Motivations and Challenges of Writing an Ending Note in Japan
Jennifer Welsh, Eastern New Mexico University
“Have your servant bake bread in the rice pot”: Travel and Cultural Advice for Western Tourists in the Meiji Era
2:45-4:00
Panel 6: Potpourri
Room: Lokahi 3, 2nd floor
Chair: Stacia Bensyl
Andrea Thimesch, Johnson County Community College
Anime and Manga in America: Rise in Censorship and Sanitation
Paul Dunscomb, University of Alaska Anchorage
Now It Can be Told! The Story of Heisei Japan
Michael Charlton, Missouri Western State University
Meet Godzilla, Again and Again: The Millennium Era and the Monster’s Identity Crisis
4:00-4:15
Coffee/tea break: Outside Pua Melia Ballroom
4:15-5:30
Panel 7: The Obligatory History Panel
Room: Pua Melia Ballroom, 2nd floor
Chair: Dawn Gale
Erik Glowark, Johnson County Community College
The Maritime World of Kyushu: International Trade, Diplomacy, and Buddhist Monks and Christian Missionaries in the Late Medieval Period
Hanae Kramer, University of Hawai’i
Hayashi Shihei and Japan’s Southern Advance
Annette Condello, Curtin University Australia
The Afterlife of Tokyo’s Imperial Hotel
4:15-5:30
Panel 8: Wrestling With the Inescapable: Reform Initiatives in Japan
Room: Lokahi 3, 2nd floor
Chair: Narumi Ito
Safa Choi, Doshisha University
Human Rights Politics: Permanent Residency for Pro-North Koreans in Japan
Wade Huntley, Naval Post Graduate School
What's Next for Japan? An International Security Perspective
Zhuoran Li, John’s Hopkins SAIS
The Farm Lobby’s Stranglehold on Japanese Politics Chokes Reform Agenda [ZOOM]
6:00
Dinner on Your Own
Friday, January 5th
8:30am-2:30
Conference registration
Table outside Pua Melia Ballroom, 2nd floor
9:00-10:00
Plenary Session
Keynote Presentation: Ethan Segal
Michigan State UniversityCan Samurai Teach Critical Thinking: Using Myth and History in the Classroom
Room: Pua Melia Ballroom, 2nd floor
Introduced by Paul Dunscomb
10:00-10:15
Coffee/tea break: Outside Pua Melia Ballroom
10:15-11:30
Panel 9: Rewards and Challenges of Understanding Japan Through Popular Culture
Room: Lokahi 3, 2nd floor
Chair: Douglas de Toledo Piza
Robert Curl and Jesse Burns, Museum of Art and Digital Entertainment
Shoshinsha Asobikata: Beginner Techniques, Methods, and Contacts for Teaching and Researching Japanese Video Games and Software.
Minna Nizam, Monmouth University (mnizam@drew.edu)
Japan and the Western World: How Western Museums Seek to Represent Japan
10:15-11:30
JSA Presents Linked Roundtable l: Women in Asian Studies: Personal Stories of Professional Development(s).
Room: Pua Melia Ballroom, 2nd floor
Moderator: Alisa Freedman
These two Roundtables acknowledge the resources of faculty from the University of Hawaii.
This roundtable brings together four scholars from different disciplines (history, anthropology, sociology, and cultural studies) for lively discussion about the diverse roles that women have played in cultivating Asian Studies.
Patricia Steinhoff, Professor Emerita, University of Hawaii
Barbara Andaya, Professor Emerita, University of Hawaii
Cathryn Clayton, Associate Professor and Chair of the Department of Asian Studies, University of Hawaii
Alisa Freedman, Professor, University of Oregon, Moderator and Participant
11:30-12:30
Lunch on your own
12:30-1:45
Panel 10: The Forgotten and the Unseen in Japanese Literature
Room: Lokahi 3, 2nd floor
Chair: Diego Oliveira
Narumi Ito, Kanazawa University
The Representation of Japanese-Brazilian Identity in Nihonjin (2011), by Oscar Nakasato and Brazil-Maru (1992), by Karen Tei Yamashita
Douglas de Toledo Piza, Lafayette College
Mnemonic Activism of Brazilian Nikkei: Acknowledging Brazil’s Anti-Japanese Oppression
Makoto Sakai, Meiji University
An analysis of contemporary literary works set in Japan's regional cities and countryside
12:30-1:45
JSA Present Japan Studies Dialogue II: The Future of Japan Studies
Room: Pua Melia Ballroom, 2nd floor
Moderator: Alisa Freedman
Dr. Alisa Freedman will moderate and take part in informal discussion by University of Hawaii faculty. Guiding questions will include “What would you like to see as the future of Japan Studies? What is most exciting or important to you in the field now? What important changes have you observed? What advice would you give junior colleagues?” Panelists will bring their perspectives from different stages in their careers:
Mark Levin, Director, Center for Japanese Studies, University of Hawaii
Gay Satsuma, Associate Director, Center for Japanese Studies, University of Hawaii
Jayson Makoto Chun, Associate Professor, University of Hawaii, West Oahu
Alisa Freedman, Professor, University of Oregon, Moderator and Participant
2:00-2:45
Plenary JSA Membership Meeting
Everyone is welcome
Room: Pua Melia Ballroom, 2nd floor
Chair: Joseph Overton, JSA President
Special Event: Japanese Culinary Experiences with Chef Alan at Kapi’olani Community College
Bus leaves at 3:00
Please meet at bus to transport us to Kapi’olani Community College
3:30- 5:30
Japanese Cooking Demonstration and Tasting at Kapi’olani Community College
5:30
Meet at bus to transport us back to Hyatt Place Hotel
6:00
Dinner on your own
8:30am-2:30
Conference registration
Table outside Pua Melia Ballroom, 2nd floor
9:00-10:00
Plenary Session
Keynote Presentation: Ethan Segal
Michigan State UniversityCan Samurai Teach Critical Thinking: Using Myth and History in the Classroom
Room: Pua Melia Ballroom, 2nd floor
Introduced by Paul Dunscomb
10:00-10:15
Coffee/tea break: Outside Pua Melia Ballroom
10:15-11:30
Panel 9: Rewards and Challenges of Understanding Japan Through Popular Culture
Room: Lokahi 3, 2nd floor
Chair: Douglas de Toledo Piza
Robert Curl and Jesse Burns, Museum of Art and Digital Entertainment
Shoshinsha Asobikata: Beginner Techniques, Methods, and Contacts for Teaching and Researching Japanese Video Games and Software.
Minna Nizam, Monmouth University (mnizam@drew.edu)
Japan and the Western World: How Western Museums Seek to Represent Japan
10:15-11:30
JSA Presents Linked Roundtable l: Women in Asian Studies: Personal Stories of Professional Development(s).
Room: Pua Melia Ballroom, 2nd floor
Moderator: Alisa Freedman
These two Roundtables acknowledge the resources of faculty from the University of Hawaii.
This roundtable brings together four scholars from different disciplines (history, anthropology, sociology, and cultural studies) for lively discussion about the diverse roles that women have played in cultivating Asian Studies.
Patricia Steinhoff, Professor Emerita, University of Hawaii
Barbara Andaya, Professor Emerita, University of Hawaii
Cathryn Clayton, Associate Professor and Chair of the Department of Asian Studies, University of Hawaii
Alisa Freedman, Professor, University of Oregon, Moderator and Participant
11:30-12:30
Lunch on your own
12:30-1:45
Panel 10: The Forgotten and the Unseen in Japanese Literature
Room: Lokahi 3, 2nd floor
Chair: Diego Oliveira
Narumi Ito, Kanazawa University
The Representation of Japanese-Brazilian Identity in Nihonjin (2011), by Oscar Nakasato and Brazil-Maru (1992), by Karen Tei Yamashita
Douglas de Toledo Piza, Lafayette College
Mnemonic Activism of Brazilian Nikkei: Acknowledging Brazil’s Anti-Japanese Oppression
Makoto Sakai, Meiji University
An analysis of contemporary literary works set in Japan's regional cities and countryside
12:30-1:45
JSA Present Japan Studies Dialogue II: The Future of Japan Studies
Room: Pua Melia Ballroom, 2nd floor
Moderator: Alisa Freedman
Dr. Alisa Freedman will moderate and take part in informal discussion by University of Hawaii faculty. Guiding questions will include “What would you like to see as the future of Japan Studies? What is most exciting or important to you in the field now? What important changes have you observed? What advice would you give junior colleagues?” Panelists will bring their perspectives from different stages in their careers:
Mark Levin, Director, Center for Japanese Studies, University of Hawaii
Gay Satsuma, Associate Director, Center for Japanese Studies, University of Hawaii
Jayson Makoto Chun, Associate Professor, University of Hawaii, West Oahu
Alisa Freedman, Professor, University of Oregon, Moderator and Participant
2:00-2:45
Plenary JSA Membership Meeting
Everyone is welcome
Room: Pua Melia Ballroom, 2nd floor
Chair: Joseph Overton, JSA President
Special Event: Japanese Culinary Experiences with Chef Alan at Kapi’olani Community College
Bus leaves at 3:00
Please meet at bus to transport us to Kapi’olani Community College
3:30- 5:30
Japanese Cooking Demonstration and Tasting at Kapi’olani Community College
5:30
Meet at bus to transport us back to Hyatt Place Hotel
6:00
Dinner on your own