Please join us next Thursday, Sept. 18, at 12:00 p.m. ET for our first Fall 2025 Noon Lecture by Prof. Christine R. Yano! This free lecture will be held in 555 Weiser and livestreamed on Zoom. Learn more at myumi.ch/9pG81 U-M International Institute

Tomorrow, Sept. 18! Join us in person or virtually for the CJS lecture, "Jet-Age Nationhood: Pan American World Airways as Postwar Japan." 12:00 p.m. ET in Weiser 555 or on Zoom! Learn more at myumi.ch/9pG81

Thursday! Join our Sept. 25 CJS lecture, "THE SOUND OF MANGA: From Erotica to Sitcom in Gengoroh Tagame's Oeuvre," by Anne Ishii. ⏰12:00 p.m. ET, Weiser Hall 555 + Zoom. 💻 Register for the Zoom at myumi.ch/VVrJ3 U-M International Institute

Join us today (Sat.) for special talks and a concert! Free and open to all. View the complete schedule at: myumi.ch/79rM5

The 2025 II Photo Contest is now open! Learn more at myumi.ch/J7xA2 and submit your entry by October 31!

Join us tomorrow for "THE SOUND OF MANGA: From Erotica to Sitcom in Gengoroh Tagame's Oeuvre," by Anne Ishii. (*Please note that this lecture contains adult content.*) ・Sept. 25, 12:00 p.m. ET, Weiser 555 and Zoom. ・Zoom: myumi.ch/VVrJ3

Prof. Joshua Hausman has been awarded the Journal of Economic History’s Arthur H. Cole Prize for best article! He is an Associate Professor at the Ford School of Public Policy and a CJS Faculty Member. Congratulations, Hausman-sensei! 🎉 Read more here: myumi.ch/qZPj4

Join us next Monday, Oct. 6, from 8-10:30 p.m. for a night of celebrating the Mid-Autumn Moon! 🌕 Enjoy presentations, music, and telescope observing. All are welcome as walk-ins; no registration is required! 🔭 Learn more at myumi.ch/QwJ1y U-M International Institute

Join us next Thursday (10/9) at noon in Weiser 555 for the CJS lecture, "Scripting Suicide in Japan," by Prof. Kirsten Cather. Learn more at myumi.ch/R3EbQ Please note that this lecture will be held in person only and will not be livestreamed or recorded. U-M International Institute

Tonight! 🎑 Join us from 8 p.m. - 10:30 p.m. at the Detroit Observatory!

Please join us tomorrow (10/9) for our next Noon Lecture in Weiser 555!

Please join us next Thursday at 12:00 p.m. ET for a lecture by one of our postdoctoral fellows, Dr. Thomas Monaghan! This talk will be held in Weiser 747 and on Zoom. Register for the Zoom at myumi.ch/kPrbk U-M International Institute

Join us tomorrow! (10/16) This talk will be held in Weiser 747 and on Zoom. Register for the Zoom at myumi.ch/kPrbk

The II is hosting "Have Funding - Will Travel" on Monday, Nov 10 from 4-6 PM on the 10th Floor of Weiser Hall. This is a funding opportunity expo for all U-M students! Please RSVP (there will be food!): myumi.ch/EPnG7

Join us next Thursday at 12:00 p.m. ET for a talk by Prof. Matthew Fraleigh, "Finding Refined Friends: The Magazine Gayū (1951–70) and Sinitic Poetry in Postwar Japan." 📘In 555 Weiser & on Zoom Register for the Zoom at myumi.ch/g3MeJ U-M International Institute

Courtsey announcement: There will be a free showing of the Japanese horror film Tetsuo: The Iron Man this Friday, Oct. 31! 🎃 Hatcher Library, Central Campus, at 10:00 a.m.

Tomorrow! We invite you to a lecture by our Toyota Visiting Professor, Prof. Matthew Fraleigh.📚Weiser 555 and Zoom, Thursday, Oct. 30, 12:00 p.m. ET.

Yumishi, our CJS mascot, wishes everyone a Happy Halloween! 🎃 ハッピーハロウェン！

Join our next lecture! Nov. 6, 12:00 p.m. ET. "Japan's Mountain in Nepal: The First Ascent of Manaslu and Reconciliation with Postwar Asia," by Prof. Miriam Kingsberg Kadia. 🗻 Held in Weiser 1010 and on Zoom. Register for the Zoom at myumi.ch/mRJD4 U-M International Institute

Tomorrow! Join us in Weiser Hall 1010 or on Zoom for our next CJS lecture. Learn more at myumi.ch/jJ6Xq