Nathan Hopson

Roundtable Japan

Science EN ↓ 3 episodes

Roundtable Japan is a bilingual podcast on modern and contemporary Japan sponsored by the Toshiba International Foundation. This series brings together scholars and experts from around the world to discuss a single theme each time. Topics will be selected from major themes in modern and contemporary society. Each episode will be accompanied by transcripts and/or subtitles, a reading list, etc., to make it accessible to the broadest audience possible. 公益財団法人東芝国際交流財団のご提供でお届けするラウンドテーブル・ジャパン (Roundtable Japan)は、近現代日本に関するポッドキャストです。このシリ...

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Nathan Hopson

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Sports in Contemporary Japan: History, Culture, and Identity 12.08.2025 1:04:34

This roundtable brings together several leading scholars to examine Japanese sports through historical and sociological lenses. The discussion offers a dynamic look at how sports reflect and shape Japanese society by exploring themes from nationalism and identity to the cultural meanings of celebrity and disability. Dr. Robin Kietlinski , historian, gender studies and Japanese studies scholar, ope...

Navigating the Challenges of Japanese Studies Pedagogy at Universities in Japan 31.05.2025 46:48

More than fifteen years have passed since the Japanese Ministry of Education’s Global 30 project, which encouraged universities to accept more international students and was followed by a series of other projects that led to an increase in English-medium instruction (EMI) across faculties, newly-designed English-taught programs (ETP), and the concomitant hiring of many scholars with doctoral degre...

Has Japan solved the problem of homelessness? 16.01.2025 1:02:28

“Has Japan solved the problem of homelessness? And even if it has not, what lessons for other countries does the Japanese experience have to offer? According to Japanese government statistics, Japan’s street homeless population peaked in 2003 at 25,296. The figure for 2023 was 2,830 – 2,575 men, 172 women, and 73 ‘unclear’. That is an 89% decline. Of course these figures must be treated with caut...