As both a historian of disability and an accessibility consultant living and working in Japan today, I am often asked my thoughts about the future of inclusive higher education. What can stakeholders in universities do to…
In this blog series, we interview new members of Tokyo College. For this entry, we spoke with Dr. Laur KIIK, a Postdoctoral Fellow who joined us this April. Welcome to Tokyo College! Could you tell us…
This blog post was created as part of the “zengaku zemi” seminar “Life and Language in the 21st Century” offered at the University of Tokyo during the 2021-2022 academic year. In this course, undergraduate students from…
This month, Tokyo College welcomed its fourth academic year since its founding in February of 2019. As I noted in the blog titled “Graduate No. 1” from this past February, Tokyo College has grown steadily over…
In this blog series, we interview new members of Tokyo College. For this entry, we spoke with Dr. Yen Yen Sally RAHAYU, a Postdoctoral Fellow who joined us this April. Welcome to Tokyo College! Could you…
Indonesia will begin the construction of Nusantara[1], the country’s new 2,560 square kilometer capital city, within the second half of 2022 with aims to inaugurate it in 2024, the year when Joko Widodo’s presidency ends. Nusantara…
For the past two years, visiting faraway places has been unrealistic for many people. Restricted travel and extended physical separation during the Covid-19 pandemic has made distances feel farther than ever. This has also affected students…
At a research meeting, I had the chance to hear an individual involved in the practicalities of rehabilitating juvenile delinquents explain some common yet easily misunderstood statements made by such youth. They’re difficult to comprehend. This…
Tokyo College was established on February 1, 2019. As of the end of January, exactly three years have passed. The first picture you see here is of myself and Distinguished University Professor TOKURA on the…
