Nissan Institute of Japanese Studies

Nissan Institute of Japanese Studies

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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. The Nissan Institute seminar runs each week during the teaching terms alongside the Graduate research seminar.

Recent Episodes

  • Towards Synthesis of the Youth’s Counter-urbanisation Movement and the Governmental-led Measures for Shrinking Communities in Japan

    9 years ago
  • Achieving an Asia-Pacific Depopulation Dividend: Evidence and Experience from Shrinking Regions in Japan and New Zealand

    9 years ago
  • The Degradation and Regeneration of Rural Areas in Japan

    9 years ago
  • The Slow City Approach and the Resilience of Japanese Shrinking Communities

    9 years ago
  • Cittaslow Experiences against the Social Desertification and to Promote Local Micro-economies on Resilient Way

    9 years ago
  • From Growth to Shrinkage: Managing Population Decline in Western-Europe

    9 years ago
  • Abenomics: Past, Present, and Future

    9 years ago
  • The Double Responsibility of Care: Balancing childcare, elderly care and work.

    9 years ago
  • The Double Responsibility of Care: Balancing childcare, elderly care and work. (Slides)

    9 years ago
  • A History of the IUD in Japan: Birth control policy and Cold War diplomacy

    9 years ago