Weatherhead Center Program on U.S-Japan Relations Symposium; co-sponsored by the Korea Institute

Akio Takahara, Professor, Faculty of Law and Graduate School of Law and Politics, University of Tokyo

Victor Cha, D.S. Song-KF Endowed Chair in Government and International Affairs, Georgetown University, and Senior Advisor and Korea Chair, Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)

Sheila Smith, Senior Fellow for Japan Studies, Council on Foreign Relations

Zheng Wang, Associate...

ROK Presidential Committee on Unification Preparation (PCUP) Forum Discussion,co-sponsored by the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Harvard Kennedy School and Korea Institute

The ROK Presidential Committee on Unification Preparation (PCUP) was founded by Park Geun-Hye, President, Republic of Korea, and Chair of PCUP. PCUP is a bipartisan body to engage experts from diverse sectors to foster a broad societal consensus on preparation for the unification of South and North Korea. Led by Ambassador Chung Chong-Wook, Vice Chair of PCUP, this is the...

Harvard-Yenching Institute Talk; co-sponsored by the Korea Institute

Jaehyang Han, Associate Professor, Hokkaido University; Harvard-Yenching Institute Visiting Scholar

Chair/Discussant: Carter J. Eckert, Yoon Se Young Professor of Korean History, Harvard University

Abstract:
In Japan, even though gambling is illegal, pachinko—a form of gambling—has become ubiquitous in daily life, with spending on pachinko even surpassing the automobile market at the peak of pachinko’s popularity....

In collaboration with the upcoming “Megacities Asia” exhibition on display at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, from April 3 to July 17, 2016, this event will bring together artists and academics to examine contemporary Asian megacities including Beijing, Delhi, Mumbai, Shanghai, and Tokyo. Discussions will focus on the built environment in these cities, how we think about concepts of modern versus vernacular, formal versus informal, and the impact  of rapid urbanization on inhabitants of cities from Mumbai to Shanghai....

Featuring musicologist Hilary Finchum-Sung (Seoul National University) and musicians Tae-Baek Lee, Ji-Young Yi, Wan-Chul Won, Suk-Joo Lee, and Hyun-Bin Lim

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