Nissan Institute of Japanese Studies

The University of Oxford is one of the world's leading centres for the study of Japan. The Nissan Institute, within the School of Interdisciplinary Area Studies, acts as a focal point for graduate level work and faculty research on Japan in the social sciences. Alongside vibrant doctoral programmes, the MSc and MPhil in Modern Japanese Studies, inaugurated in 2008, are recognized as among Europe's most prestigious and successful training programmes.

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Title	Description	People	Date
Towards Synthesis of the Youth’s Counter-urbanisation Movement and the Governmental-led Measures for Shrinking Communities in Japan	Dr Taro Hirai, Hirosaki University, gives a talk for the Nissan Institute 'Slow Cities? The revitalisation of shrinking communities in Japan' on 10th March, 2016.	Taro Hirai	7 April, 2016
Achieving an Asia-Pacific Depopulation Dividend: Evidence and Experience from Shrinking Regions in Japan and New Zealand	Dr Peter Matanle, University of Sheffield, gives a talk for the Nissan Institute 'Slow Cities? The revitalisation of shrinking communities in Japan' on 10th March, 2016.	Peter Matanle	7 April, 2016
The Degradation and Regeneration of Rural Areas in Japan	Professor Hirokazu Sakuno, Shimane University, gives talk for the Nissan Institute 'Slow Cities? The revitalisation of shrinking communities in Japan' on 10th March, 2016.	Hirokazu Sakuno	7 April, 2016
The Slow City Approach and the Resilience of Japanese Shrinking Communities	Heuishilja Chang, University of Oxford, gives a talk for the Nissan Institute 'Slow Cities? The revitalisation of shrinking communities in Japan' on 10th March, 2016.	Heuishilja Chang	7 April, 2016
Cittaslow Experiences against the Social Desertification and to Promote Local Micro-economies on Resilient Way	Pier Giorgio Oliveti, Cittaslow International, gives a talk for the Nissan Institute for the Slow Cities? The revitalisation of shrinking communities in Japan on 10th March, 2016.	Pier Giorgio Oliveti	7 April, 2016
From Growth to Shrinkage: Managing Population Decline in Western-Europe	Professor Gert-Jan Hospers, Radboud University, the University of Twente, gives a talk for the Nissan Institute as part of the ;Slow Cities? The revitalisation of shrinking communities in Japan; on 10th March, 2016.	Gert-Jan Hospers	7 April, 2016
Abenomics: Past, Present, and Future	Professor Jun Saito (Keio University), gives a talk for the Nissan Institute podcast series.	Jun Saito	10 March, 2016
The Double Responsibility of Care: Balancing childcare, elderly care and work.	Junko Yamashita (Bristol University), gives a talk for the Nissan Institute podcast series.	Junko Yamashita	10 March, 2016
A History of the IUD in Japan: Birth control policy and Cold War diplomacy	Dr Aya Homei, Manchester University, gives a talk for the Nissan Institute podcast series.	Aya Homei	10 March, 2016
The Social Life of the Solitary Death: Aging, housing, and the limits of dwelling	Dr Jason Danely (Oxford Brookes University), gives a talk for the Nissan Institute seminar series.	Jason Danely	10 March, 2016
Redefining the community firm? The unionization of part-time workers in the retail industry	Arjan Keizer, Manchester Business School, gives a talk for the Nissan Institute of Japanese Studies.	Arjan Keizer	26 February, 2016
Lessons from Studying the Japanese Economy	Professor Richard B . Freeman (Harvard University), Mark's former supervisor, talked about Dr Rebick's broader contribution to the field of Japanese Economy and the shape of that filed more generally.	Richard B Freeman	9 July, 2015
An International Comparison in Hope and Happiness between Japan, United Kingdom, and United States	Professor Yuji Genda (University of Tokyo), Mark's colleague: shared his recollections about Dr Rebick and about research Mark's work inspired.	Yuji Genda	9 July, 2015
Introduction to the Memorial Event to Commemorate the Work and Influence of Dr Mark Rebick	Professor Jenny Corbett (Australian National University), Mark's colleague, talked about the work and life of Professor Mark Rebick and his contributions to the field of Japanese economics and academic life at the Nissan Institute of Japanese Studies.	Jenny Corbett	9 July, 2015
The Greece of the East: Writing the History of Music in Meiji Japan	A talk from Dr Jonathan Service, Wadham College, Oxford, at the Nissan Institute.	Jonathan Service	22 June, 2015
Japan's New Security Cooperation in Counter-Piracy Missions	A talk by Professor Wilhelm Vosse, International Christian University, at the Nissan Institute.	Wilhelm Vosse	22 June, 2015
Engineering the Empire: "Comprehensive Development" in Japan's Colonial Borderlands	Professor Aaron S. Moore, Arizona State University gives a talk at the Nissan Institute.	Aaron S. Moore	22 June, 2015
Take jellyfish for headaches: language, print and presentation in early 17th-century medical manuals	Professor Peter Kornicki, emeritus professor, Cambridge University, gives a talk for the Nissan Institute for Japanese Studies seminar series.	Peter Kornicki	1 December, 2014
The Downward Spiral of Japan's Relations with China since 2012	Dr Taku Tamaki, Loughborough University, gives a talk for the Nissan Centre for Japanese Studies seminar series.	Taku Tamaki	1 December, 2014
Schoolgirls, Money and Rebellion in Japan	Talk given by Dr Sharon Kinsella, University of Manchester as part of the Nissan Institute of Japanese Studies seminar series	Sharon Kinsella	27 June, 2014
Economic Uncertainty and Fertility: Insights from Japan’s Long Recession	Joint seminar with the Department of Sociology and the Nissan Institute of Japanese Studies	James Raymo	19 May, 2014
Productive Motherhood: Women's Labour and Japan's Lowest-Low Fertility	Professor Mary Brinton, Harvard University, gives a talk for the Nissan Institute of Japanese Studies Seminar Series	Mary Brinton	1 April, 2014
The Geography of Ageing and Population Decline in Japan	Professor Ralph Lützeler, University of Bonn, gives a talk for the Nissan Institute of Japanese Studies Seminar Series	Ralph Lützeler	1 April, 2014
A Comparison of the Determinants of Low Marital Fertility between Japan and Korea	Professor Kazuo Yamaguchi, University of Chicago, gives a talk for the Nissan Institute of Japanese Studies Seminar Series.	Kazuo Yamaguchi	31 March, 2014
Declining Fertility Rates in Japan and Other Low Fertility Nations: Can We Diagnose and Cure this 'Disease'?	Leonard Schoppa, Professor of Politics, University of Virginia, gives a talk for the Nissan Institute of Japanese Studies Seminar Series.	Leonard Schoppa	31 March, 2014
The Political Arena of Low Fertility - Comparing Japan and Germany	Professor Axel Klein gives a talk for the Nissan Centre for Japanese Studies Seminar Series.	Axel Klein	31 March, 2014
Little paid and Overworked: Marriage prospects of low income Japanese men	Dr Ekaterina Hertog, Nissan Institute of Japanese Studies, University of Oxford gives a talk for the Nissan Institute of Japanese Studies	Ekaterina Hertog	25 February, 2014
Nissan Seminar: Population reproduction: a new fertility regime (with remarks on the role of migration)	Professor Francesco Billari, Nuffield College, University of Oxford, gives a talk for the Nissan Institute for Japanese Studies	Francesco Billari	27 January, 2014
Cultural Diversity and the law: From the Perspective of Cultural Policy	Mr Ryu Kojima , Kyushu University. gives a talk for the Nissan Institute of Japanese Studies Seminar Series	Ryu Kojima	22 January, 2014
Britain and Japan; Reflections on the bilateral relationship	Sir David Warren , Chair man, The Japan Society, gives a talk for the Nissan Institute of Japanese Studies Seminar Series	David Warren	22 January, 2014
Transnational History and Japan	Professor Garon, Nissan Professor of History and East Asian Studies , Department of History, Princeton University, gives a talk for the Nissan Institute of Japanese Studies Seminar Series	Sheldon Garon	22 January, 2014
After Cool Japan: Contemporary Art in the Post-Bubble, Post-Disaster Society	Professor Adrian Favell, (Professor of Sociology, Centre d'études européennes Sciences Po, France) gives a talk for the Nissan Japan Studies seminar series.	Adrian Favell	5 November, 2012
Sarin no ato: Tracing the Aftermath of the Tokyo Subway Gassing	Dr Mark Pendleton, (Lecturer in Japanese Studies, School of East Asian Studies, University of Sheffield) gives a talk for the Nissan Japanese Studies Seminar Series.	Mark Pendleton	5 November, 2012
Motivations for marriage and marital (un)happiness: Discourses in Japanese women's magazines	Dr Barbara Holthus (Senior Research Fellow, Social Science Section, German Institute for Japanese Studies Tokyo) gives a talk for the Nissan Institute of Japanese Studies on Thursday 16th February 2012.	Barbara Holthus	12 March, 2012
Japan's Immigration Policy, 1999-2008: Discrepancy between Comprehensive Debate and Partial Reforms	David Chiavacci (University of Zurich) gives a talk for the Nissan Institute of Japanese Studies.	David Chiavacci	9 March, 2012
Building up Steam as Consumers: Women, Rice Cookers and the Consumption of Everyday Household Goods in Japan	This talk investigates the story of the development of the first automatic electric rice cooker in Japan. With Helen MacNaughtan (SOAS).	Helen MacNaughtan	9 March, 2012
What does the anthropology of Japan tell us about Japan - and about anthropology?	An excurse into the history of Japanese studies with William Kelly (Yale).	William Kelly	9 March, 2012

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