Knowledge Commons | Japanese Studies | Activity https://hcommons.org/groups/japanese-studies/ Activity feed for the group, Japanese Studies. Sat, 04 Apr 2026 11:08:35 -0400 https://buddypress.org/?v=10.6.0 en-US 30 hourly 2 8d700677ef36f38e07ec8ac1c96c1b89 Steve McCarty deposited "Japanese People and Society" presentation link in the group Japanese Studies https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1896899/ Wed, 21 Aug 2024 03:00:06 -0400 From 2004-2024 the author introduced Japan to visiting foreign officials for the government foreign aid agency Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA). From 2020, when JICA could not bring participants to Japan, his recorded presentation by Zoom was shown at JICA branches abroad. Now, JICA has released the 98-minute recording from exclusive…[Read more]

]]> 0 8c951788b8455b344068d09c502c79c3 Steve McCarty deposited English Education and Bilingual Education in Japan in the group Japanese Studies https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1889642/ Thu, 20 Jun 2024 03:00:17 -0400 The Japan Times quoted the author extensively in a recent article on bilingual education. The reporter agreed to share the full interview with the Japan Association for Language Teaching Bilingualism Special Interest Group (JALT Bilingualism SIG) publication Bilingual Japan. Asked why the level of English in Japan remains low, the author goes well…[Read more]

]]> 0 e08a64f9549d776094daa5ec7b1db252 Steve McCarty deposited Kyōto Temples, Shrines, and Festivals in the group Japanese Studies https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1880562/ Mon, 25 Mar 2024 03:00:30 -0400 A pechakucha presentation allows only 20 seconds to describe each of 20 slides, so this slideshow for a presentation at Kōnan University in Nishinomiya consists of mostly photos by the author of beautiful sites in Kyōto that those planning to visit can search for online. Kyōto Buddhist temples, Shintō shrines, and the great festivals like the Gio…[Read more]

]]> 0 43791109d12250e68b4b2347b50071fd Steve McCarty deposited Discovering Japanese Fusion of Religions on the Pilgrimage Island of Shikoku in the group Japanese Studies https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1878834/ Thu, 07 Mar 2024 03:01:02 -0500 This chapter traces the eventful biography of Steve McCarty vis-à-vis Japan. The story spans decades from graduate school specializing in Japan to discovering an astonishing syncretism of Asian religions. Along the way, the author gained a Japanese family and became a rare foreign full professor in 1993. Anecdotes vividly portray daily life,…[Read more]

]]> 0 3957ef26840318a6a10cc892ac83aef9 Steve McCarty deposited Dual Nationality in Japan: Learning to Love Ambiguity in the group Japanese Studies https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1862347/ Sun, 22 Oct 2023 03:00:34 -0400 This journalistic essay can give Western readers insight into non-Western logic that the author has found in a long career in Japan. It is also informed by research on intercultural communication, bilingualism and biculturalism. The author teaches those subjects and has a Japanese family. This 2023 update includes the author's photo taken in Osaka…[Read more]

]]> 0 f77f2000d49675f21eba181d54f0c784 Steve McCarty deposited Translation Issues in the Rapid Transmission of Esoteric Buddhism from India to China to Japan in the group Japanese Studies https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1851263/ Fri, 07 Jul 2023 02:24:01 -0400 Three consecutive patriarchs of Esoteric Buddhism were Amoghavajra of India, Huiguo of China, and Kūkai of Japan. This paper foregrounds the usually taken-for-granted but vital historical role of language education and translation in the international spread of religion and culture. There had to be sufficiently educated bilingual or multilingual…[Read more]

]]> 0 428ea8bc475363cf899b4752f0cccff6 Steve McCarty deposited Interview on the life and times of Japan's great saint Kūkai in the group Japanese Studies https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1849982/ Thu, 22 Jun 2023 02:23:43 -0400 Through the book Kūkai the Universal, the podcast guest discusses the life and times of Japan's great saint Kūkai, Esoteric Buddhism, and Zen, in terms of East Asian history, language education, and translation issues including voice.

]]> 0 a08c5d9d032fd44d6ea1715c908460c7 Gwyn McClelland deposited Digitalising Trauma's Fractures: Nagasaki Museums, Objects, Witnesses and Virtuality in the group Japanese Studies https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1833571/ Fri, 10 Feb 2023 02:32:52 -0500 Within this chapter I evaluate the still unfolding evolution of digital resources in the case of museum and archive practice related to Nagasaki and their suitability in assisting in the task of teaching the difficult history of the atomic bombing. Memorial museums do exist to convince, and to assist the public in recalling public and collective…[Read more]

]]> 0 696c85d1f27bb0b41d98ba8d9e57e630 Egas Moniz Bandeira deposited Creating a Constitutional Absolute Monarchy: Li Jiaju, Dashou, and Late Qing Interpretations of the Japanese Parliament in the group Japanese Studies https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1820959/ Wed, 09 Nov 2022 02:23:53 -0500 This paper explores interpretations of the Japanese parliament by governmental actors in the Qing empire, most importantly the commissioners for constitutional research Li Jiaju 李家駒 (1871–1938) and Dashou 達壽 (1870–1939). It shows that, within a theoretical framework formed in dialogue with their Japanese constitutionalist colleagues, these actors…[Read more]

]]> 0 e43a87abaf792b3f3c0591c1c0563982 Steve McCarty deposited 巡礼の島・四国で発見した日本の宗教融合 (Fusion of Asian religions: A Passion for Japan chapter translation) in the group Japanese Studies https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1793073/ Wed, 07 Sep 2022 02:23:38 -0400 Author's translation, corrected by a Japanese university lecturer, of the chapter “Discovering Japanese Fusion of Religions on the Pilgrimage Island of Shikoku” in A Passion for Japan: A Collection of Personal Narratives. この章…[Read more]

]]> 0 8d44a32caa7e985222b4ec6ef71516a6 Steve McCarty deposited Syncretism chapter in A Passion for Japan in the group Japanese Studies https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1784509/ Sun, 19 Jun 2022 02:23:42 -0400 Slideshow containing information about the new book, links, and mostly illustrations supplementing the autobiographical chapter "Discovering Japanese Fusion of Religions on the Pilgrimage Island of Shikoku."

]]> 0 bcac8aa3425828c6bf41ee6ede4e443a Steve McCarty deposited A Passion for Japan: A Collection of Personal Narratives in the group Japanese Studies https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1784508/ Sun, 19 Jun 2022 02:23:39 -0400 Long-term residents share their stories of acculturation or thriving in Japan, from enjoyable activities to serious research. Readers contemplating a stay in Japan can see typical entry points and occupations, decide whether or not to study the language, and prepare accordingly. Editor John Rucynski describes the collection as a "captivating…[Read more]

]]> 0 25cf493a877bf2d1dd3819ccca9c7c8e Steve McCarty deposited Japanese People and Society in the group Japanese Studies https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1779835/ Tue, 26 Apr 2022 02:24:19 -0400 Since 2004 the author has lectured for the Japanese government foreign aid agency to visiting officials, mostly from developing countries. The 70th 2-hour presentation will be to long-term grantees entering graduate schools in the Kansai region (Osaka, Kobe, Kyoto, Nara, and surroundings) by Zoom. This illustrated slideshow gives an idea of the…[Read more]

]]> 0 bd8b7e595ab8332a5c5c21bf0a4b354c Steve McCarty deposited Podcasting Reconsidered in the group Japanese Studies https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1775387/ Tue, 22 Mar 2022 02:25:01 -0400 Slideshow for a forthcoming invited presentation. ABSTRACT: Podcasting originated as a new form of audio broadcasting, but by 2006, issues of ease of use, proprietary technology, and finances slowed its momentum. Now podcasting is more popular than ever. This presentation therefore traces the author’s initial and current CALL podcasting p…[Read more]

]]> 0 a37131fe7d7f4dfac78a3954fa536894 Steve McCarty deposited Lifelong Learning and Retiring Retirement Stereotypes in the group Japanese Studies https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1772807/ Wed, 23 Feb 2022 02:27:03 -0500 Whether citizens, sojourners, or immigrants, most employed residents of Japan will be unable or unwilling to retire. The natural desire to choose the terms of transitions, however, runs into customary age limits, around 65 for full-time and 70 to 75 for part-time employment in the case of higher education. Combined with stereotypical…[Read more]

]]> 0 2a2c3a019091d7cf83d87ea4857541af Steve McCarty deposited International Marriage and Bilingualism in Japan in the group Japanese Studies https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1771393/ Fri, 11 Feb 2022 02:26:16 -0500 Fun quiz with a presentation and worksheet for students to answer the questions while the teacher projects the presentation. It upends preconceptions of most Japanese university students and provides a lesson on phenomena such as international marriage, language shift, and the levels of bilingualism formulated by the author.

]]> 0 329a6d9628edd9331d5202e5791b6558 Steve McCarty deposited How to Be a Professional Foreigner in Japan in the group Japanese Studies https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1765720/ Tue, 11 Jan 2022 02:24:36 -0500 A previous Deep in Japan podcast explored how ancient Japanese viewed their environment and sacred sites, culminating in the author's discovery of a mountain range that was formerly viewed as a mandala that practitioners could traverse. This 2022 podcast is more autobiographical, describing encounters with Reischauer, Keene, Alan Watts, and…[Read more]

]]> 0 bfa5623ca34c7b56045778b7655f1c00 Steve McCarty deposited Japan's Real Killers in the group Japanese Studies https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1752867/ Sun, 26 Sep 2021 02:24:05 -0400 The author solved what seemed to be an international murder mystery, finally clarifying what the real danger in Japan is. This article combines investigative journalism, Japanology, creative writing, photos of Kyoto, and environmentalism.

]]> 0 0506c129b03124361ffc736429cd8da0 Egas Moniz Bandeira deposited The 22 Frimaire of Yuan Shikai: Privy councils in the constitutional architectures of Japan and China, 1887–1917 in the group Japanese Studies https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1734385/ Fri, 09 Apr 2021 02:24:50 -0400 Privy councils are among the most traditional, yet least conspicuous forms of collective decision-making in modern states. However, using the example of East Asia, this chapter shows that, far from being a moribund relic of the pre-constitutional past, advisory councils to the head of state were a highly productive global element of…[Read more]

]]> 0 05f92c3f0d3340b64e29804e8c2ad0c9 Egas Moniz Bandeira deposited Montesquieu vs. Bagehot: Two visions of parliamentarism in Japan in the group Japanese Studies https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1734382/ Fri, 09 Apr 2021 02:24:39 -0400 This chapter focuses on the Tokugawa-Meiji transition period in the Japanese archipelago. It discusses the question of the perceived poor prospects for the transplantation of a "parliament" onto Japanese soil. The Japanese system itself, on which the new parliament was premised, hovered between a centralized unitary state and an extremely…[Read more]

]]> 0 153737b8a1daf9f1447f0ea3333f12bf Steve McCarty deposited バイリンガリズムの理論と日本 [Bilingualism Theory and Japan] in the group Japanese Studies https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1726090/ Wed, 03 Feb 2021 02:23:47 -0500 この論文は、世界中のバイリンガリズム（二ヶ国語併用・使用） の研究によって得られた理論を概説し、これらを日本のバイリン ガリズムの現状を把握に適用することを目的とする。更に、日本 で用いられているバイリンガリズムの用語を再点検するとともに、 日本における二言語・二文化併用に見られる諸現象を述べるに必 要な新しい用語についてもいくつか紹介したい。 Research paper on bilingualism and biculturalism. Because the author prioritized getting…[Read more]

]]> 0 45e4e3df3934789d59100da6ebbcd72c Gwyn McClelland deposited 'I still cannot get over it' 75 years after Japan atomic bombs, a nuclear weapons ban treaty is finally realised in the group Japanese Studies https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1715357/ Tue, 03 Nov 2020 02:25:01 -0500 The UN Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons will finally come into force after the 50th country (Honduras) ratified it over the weekend. The treaty will make the development, testing, stockpiling and use of nuclear weapons illegal for those countries that have signed it. This is an extraordinary achievement for those who have suffered the…[Read more]

]]> 0 af0ba8b44eddda3a3eb60006b34d7e98 Steve McCarty deposited Translation of Shiki’s haiku emblematic of Matsuyama in the group Japanese Studies https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1713533/ Sun, 18 Oct 2020 02:23:55 -0400 English translation of a famous but unorthodox haiku by Masaoka Shiki in the late 19th Century, with photos and references for further research on the pilgrimage island of Shikoku.

]]> 0 4c4ad6c0a2b04b9d99f713fc6bd449f0 Steve McCarty deposited A Lecture on Japanese Prehistory and Mythology with Professor Steve McCarty in the group Japanese Studies https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1691089/ Sun, 14 Jun 2020 16:25:41 -0400 Entry to a Deep in Japan Podcast, during which Steve McCarty elucidates the origins of Japan, the Imperial line, and how people viewed their environment from 30,000 years ago to the golden age of the Heian Period. He tells moving legends to rival Sophocles, culminating in a fusion of many religions in a mountain range viewed as a maṇḍala that cou…[Read more]

]]> 0 b4366c2e930d8869d7526f1cf19d6f55 Christina Spiker deposited Nostalgic Femininity / From Flowers to Warriors: Japanese Woodblock Prints in the St. Catherine University Archives & Special Collections in the group Japanese Studies https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1637886/ Thu, 11 Apr 2019 16:25:31 -0400 The prints featured in this exhibition are all products of the Meiji period (1868–1912), a time of massive cultural and institutional transformation in Japanese culture. The era is characterized by rapid westernization brought about after the opening of Japanese ports in 1854 and the subsequent restoration of the Meiji Emperor in 1868. The p…[Read more]

]]> 0 616dc664a2b95497b9c9da26d1d124a7 Christina Spiker created the group Japanese Studies https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1637799/ Wed, 10 Apr 2019 16:35:35 -0400 0