During my dissertation research conducted during the 2016-2017 academic year, I was based at Kyushu University in Fukuoka, some 1,500 kilometres away from my primary research site. My research focuses on the 19th century Japanese colonization…
In a time of pandemic crisis, language issues are central. We linguists question how to best inform citizens in multilingual societies in order to foster better international cooperation in a global world. To demonstrate the impact…
In my previous two blogposts, I introduced two specific functions that science can offer society in an emergency. One is to explain rationally and from a scientific viewpoint the crisis the society is confronting. The other…
In my previous posting on this topic, I examined the history of quotidian social practices, mask-wearing in particular, which have been relatively distinctive in Asia in general, and Japan in particular. This practice helps explain the…
In this and one upcoming blog posting, I offer some thoughts on what historical inquiry can offer to an understanding of the COVID 19 pandemic, focusing mainly on Japan, with some attention as well on Taiwan…
The current coronavirus crisis has had a serious impact on China, just as it has changed the rest of the world. Over the last four months, there has been broad debate and analysis among scholars in…
April 2020 was supposed to mark a memorable month for Tokyo College. This was because entering the second year from its establishment, besides adding a new Project Professor MINO Takashi, Tokyo College was expected to see…
It goes without saying that the economic sector is the first to be hit by the spread of the novel coronavirus. As things stand, there are also whispers about a retreat of globalization. It is possible…
When facing an emergency, people and their broader societies expect science and scientists to provide possible countermeasures capable of mitigating the situation. Especially in case of an unknown event, the utilization of scientific knowledge and ability…
