| Grantee | University of Utah |
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| Project Title | Authority and Architecture in Japan: Literary Depictions of Power and Disaster in the Built Environment |
| Project Director | Mira Locher, Associate Professor, Architecture |
| JF Grant Total | $33,009.00 |
| Study-Tour Description | Together with a 4-week combined course in literature and architecture to be taught in Utah, the tour will allow students to visit the buildings and landscapes depicted in their readings. By examining how power functions on social and structural levels as depicted in Japanese novels, short stories, memoirs, and films, as well as in actual buildings, landscapes and urban areas in Japan discussed in the literature, this course focuses on the roles that architecture and geography play in shaping the world of Japanese literature. |
| Grantee | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee |
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| Project Title | Japan Summer 2012 Short-Term Study Abroad Tour |
| Project Director | Jason Christopher Jones, Assistant Professor, Japanese, Foreign Languages and Literature Department |
| JF Grant Total | $18,738.71 |
| Study-Tour Description | The course objective is to enhance student understanding of both traditional Japanese culture and Japanese popular culture, through first-hand experience of venues connected with traditional and pop culture and lectures that provide students with the knowledge they will need to interpret their experience. |
| Grantee | University of Arkansas Little Rock |
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| Project Title | The Cultural Aspects of Software Development in Japan |
| Project Director | Chia-Chu Chiang, Associate Professor, Department of Computer Science |
| JF Grant Total | $18,500.00 |
| Study-Tour Description | The course is designed around the Japanese cultural influences in software development. The tour will help students see how the culture is practiced in software development and how the cultural aspects of software is educated and exercised in colleges. Ultimately, the tour provides students with experience in understanding the differences in software development in the USA and Japan, and further promotes the potential for collaboration in the future. |
| Grantee | St. Olaf College |
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| Project Title | Asian Conversations Semester 2: Experiencing Asia |
| Project Director | Karil J. Kucera, Luce Associate Professor, Asian Studies and Art History |
| JF Grant Total | $38,500.00 |
| Study-Tour Description | The goal of this course is to immerse Japanese language students in Japanese culture and daily life within the larger construct of studying Asia. The study tour is designed for maximum interaction with Japan in the form of pre-arranged interviews with their peers on a college campus, assignments focused on mapping Tokyo through visual and textual means, and visits to historical sites connected with the evolution of Tokyo from past to present. |
| Grantee | Bethel University |
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| Project Title | Travel Writing in Japan |
| Project Director | Paul Reasoner, Professor of Philosophy |
| JF Grant Total | $58,500.00 |
| Study-Tour Description | The objective of this study tour is to encourage students to recognize and articulate various personal, community, and cultural norms and their role is sustaining Japanese culture. Students will also analyze how their own individual experiences, language, culture, family and community values influence their views of the United States and Japan and consider and articulate the values and challenges of travel. |
| Grantee | Depauw University. Greencastle, IN |
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| Project Title | From Chopsticks to Robotics: Experiencing Japanese Culture through the Spirit of “Craftsmanship” |
| Project Director | Hiroko Chiba, Associate Professor of Modern Languages |
| JF Grant Total | $66,400.00 |
| Study-Tour Description | The primary purpose of the project is for students to experience Japan culturally with a special focus on the spirit of craftsmanship. Participants will examine how the traditional spirit has influenced making things in design and production from daily commodities to advanced technology. The participants will also have a small-scale ethnographic experience, immersing themselves in Japanese society through a homestay. |
| Grantee | Bucknell University |
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| Project Title | Sustainability – Japan’s power, environment, culture and language |
| Project Director | Elizabeth Armstrong, Associate Professor, East Asian Studies Department |
| JF Grant Total | $33,300.00 |
| Study-Tour Description | The objective of this tour will be to examine the concept of sustainability regarding Japan’s power sources, the environment, culture and language. Students will address the first two topics by visiting Fukushima to learn about the effects of the nuclear disaster of 2011, and by visiting prominent ecologists and environmentalists in Tokyo and Kyoto. The aim is to learn about Japanese culture and languages and how convention and tradition is being sustaining in the process of continuous cultural/linguistic evolution. |
| Grantee | Villanova University |
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| Project Title | Japan Transforming |
| Project Director | A. Maria Toyoda, Associate Professor, Political Science |
| JF Grant Total | $45,600.00 |
| Study-Tour Description | This study tour will complement a full semester course on Japanese political, economic, and social transformation. The site visits are meant to address specific themes and topics in the course, such as the contrast between rural and urban representation, family life and youth culture, globalization’s impact on traditional industries, Japan’s foreign policy and affairs, etc. Students will directly engage with policymakers, officials and private actors. |
| Grantee | University of Wisconsin-River Falls |
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| Project Title | History 371 Japan Study Tour: Evolution of Japanese Civilization and Its Modern Transformation |
| Project Director | Zhiguo Yang, Professor of History, History Department |
| JF Grant Total | $46,000.00 |
| Study-Tour Description | In addition to providing the students with a context for their knowledge of Japanese culture and history that they will be introduced to in the pre-tour lectures, the study tour is also designed to deepen their understanding of the uniqueness of Japanese civilization in Asia and its connection with other East Asian culture; the tradition of Japanese culture, society and political system during and after the Meiji Era; and the Japanese perspective on World War II and Japan’s wartime experiences and post-WWII reforms. |
| Grantee | University of Findlay |
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| Project Title | Kyosei (co-existence) with Animals: Relationship with Pets among Contemporary Japanese |
| Project Director | Hiroaki Kawamura, Chair, Department of Language and Culture |
| JF Grant Total | $56,000.00 |
| Study-Tour Description | This tour will be incorporated into a semester-long course, Introduction to Japanese Culture. The study tour will contribute to the course by providing opportunities for students to learn more about human-animal relationships in Japan through interviews and visits to numerous places to experience first-hand the similarities and difference in culture between Japan and the US. |
| Grantee | Kent State University |
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| Project Title | Experiencing Japanese Culture Firsthand |
| Project Director | Judy Wakabayashi, Professor of Japanese, Modern & Classical Languages & Studies |
| JF Grant Total | $47,650.00 |
| Study-Tour Description | The goal of this study tour is twofold: (1) to motivate students in the undergraduate Japanese Culture course to relate at a more personal level to topics and themes studied during the semester; (2) to add a richer dimension to the course by providing experiences not possible in a classroom setting through direct immersion in traditional contemporary Japanese culture. This will help dispel stereotypes, deepen their perspective, and offer more diverse insights. The trip will also offer opportunities for students to practice their Japanese language skills. |
| Grantee | University of Hawaii |
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| Project Title | Indigeneity in Japan: Ainu and Okinawan Identity and Culture in Historical and Contemporary Context |
| Project Director | Lonny E. Carlile, Associate Professor, Asian Studies |
| JF Grant Total | $36,000.00 |
| Study-Tour Description | The objective of this study tour is to gain through first-hand observation and exposure a deep and nuanced understanding of the complex, multi-dimensional nature of the identities of “indigenous” peoples in Japan today through site visits, lectures and listening to the voices of Okinawans and Ainu people. |
| Grantee | University of La Verne |
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| Project Title | Experiencing Japan, Its Culture, and Its People |
| Project Director | Dr. Gloria Montebruno Saller. Department Associate, Modern Languages |
| JF Grant Total | $30,880.00 |
| Study-Tour Description | Stops in Tokyo, Kamakura, Yokohama, Kyoto, Osaka, and Hiroshima, along with visits to museums and historical sites, will allow students to be exposed to the history, literature, and culture of Japan. Focus will be on the blending of the traditional/historical elements within a society with an aggressive push for modernity; on issues of change and continuity in historical and social issues; and on the understanding of concepts of morality and beauty in the arts. |
| Grantee | Pratt Institute |
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| Project Title | Tokyo Planning and Urbanism |
| Project Director | Jonathan Martin, Associate Professor, School of Architecture |
| JF Grant Total | $51,000.00 |
| Study-Tour Description | The course goals are to expose American students to Japanese planning and urban design approaches (including planning issues surrounding response to Japan’s March 11th Disasters) through interaction with faculty, students, professional practitioners (e.g. architects and planners), and government officials. The tour also aims to provide joint learning opportunities for American and Japanese urban planning students through academic interaction and to introduce relevant aspects of Japanese society and culture, including customs, geography/economy, arts, and language. |
| Grantee | University of Nebraska Omaha |
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| Project Title | The Ancient Foundations of Contemporary Japan |
| Project Director | Halla Kim, Professor, Department of Philosophy and Religion |
| JF Grant Total | $30,700.00 |
| Study-Tour Description | This trip focuses on understanding the unique character of Japan and its intellectual heritage. In particular, the trip focuses on the question of the making of contemporary Japan out of ancient and medieval foundations. |
| Grantee | St. Mary’s University |
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| Project Title | Challenges on Japan’s Educational System and Labor Market in an Era of a Declining Population |
| Project Director | Dr. Eva P. Bueno, Chair, Department of Languages |
| JF Grant Total | $48,500.00 |
| Study-Tour Description | The major goal of this study tour is to investigate the extent that such demographic shifts and changes as the aging and declining population and low fertility rates have impacted contemporary Japanese society an economy, and how sectors of society , the government, academia, the private and public pre-collegiate institutions, the export-oriented and domestic-based industries, have addressed these challenges from the human resources management viewpoint. |
| Grantee | University of Wyoming |
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| Project Title | Japanese Art and Culture |
| Project Director | Noah Miles |
| JF Grant Total | $46,000.00 |
| Study-Tour Description | The primary objective of this course is for students to experience the complexities and nuances of Japanese Art and Culture firsthand and to be able to articulate the unique artistic contributions that Japan has made to the world. |
| Grantee | Glendale Community College |
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| Project Title | Glendale Community College Japanese Language Program Travel to Japan |
| Project Director | Tomomi Hayashi and Shigeko Toyota, Japanese Language Instructors, Communication and World Languages Department |
| JF Grant Total | $56,800.00 |
| Study-Tour Description | Students will have a better understanding of complex socio-cultural perspective of Japanese language including proper usage of Keigo (honorifics and humble expressions), formal/informal language and gender differences in speaking. Furthermore, students will have various opportunities to communication with native speakers on various topics and expand their practical vocabulary. |
| Grantee | University of Texas at San Antonio |
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| Project Title | Walking the Japanese Culture |
| Project Director | Mimi Yu, Director, East Asia Institute (EAI) |
| JF Grant Total | $43,100.00 |
| Study-Tour Description | This course will allow students to deepen their language skills and experience Japan, its society, people, history, geography, nature, religions, and culture first-hand so that they will have a well-rounded perspective on japan and its language. The tour will also include a four-night homestay to experience Japanese style home living in Kyoto. |
| Grantee | University of Indianapolis |
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| Project Title | Hiroshima Peace Study |
| Project Director | Kyoko Amano, Associate Professor, Department of English |
| JF Grant Total | $34,600.00 |
| Study-Tour Description | Through this study tour, students will begin to understand universal human concerns related to world peace, how hibakusha’s experiences have be interpreted in literature, and to gain a deeper understanding of their class readings through visiting Hiroshima and Nagasaki and meeting A-bomb survivors. |
| Grantee | Mount Holyoke College |
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| Project Title | Way-finding and urban space in Japan |
| Project Director | Joshua H. Roth, Chair, Sociology and Anthropology Department |
| JF Grant Total | $27,000.00 |
| Study-Tour Description | The objective of this study tour is threefold: 1) to deepen students’ understanding of Japanese society and culture, 2) to create lasting relationships between American and Japanese students that can lead to ongoing exchanges in the future, and 3) to engage students in a research project on way-finding and urban spaces that will develop student’s understanding of research design and data gathering. |
| Grantee | Colorado College |
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| Project Title | Japanese in Japan: Economy, Society and Culture |
| Project Director | Joan E. Ericson, Professor of Japanese, Dept. of German, Russian, and East Asian Languages |
| JF Grant Total | $38,500.00 |
| Study-Tour Description | This course explores aspects of Japanese literature, culture and economic and commercial development while traveling the Tokaido (East Sea) Route of the Edo Period (1603-1868). For the economic component of this course, students will visit artisanal produces, the Mikimoto Pearl Factory, Toyota Automobile Manufacturers and Yamaha Piano Corporation. For the cultural, historical and literary components, students make visits to Mt. Fuji, Ise, Nara and Kyoto. |
| Grantee | Oakland University |
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| Project Title | Oakland University Urban Japan: Then and Now |
| Project Director | Jane W. Yamazaki, Special Lecturer, International Studies |
| JF Grant Total | $58,265.00 |
| Study-Tour Description | The study tour provides the experiential dimension to the students’ study of cities in the classroom. Students will gain an appreciation of urban life as having different realizations in different settings and be able to broaden their understanding of “urban” beyond the West, US ideas of urban living. |
| Grantee | Elmira College |
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| Project Title | Culture and People of Japan |
| Project Director | Kunihiko Imai, Associate Professor, Political Science Department |
| JF Grant Total | $40,925.00 |
| Study-Tour Description | The objectives of this course are to enable students to 1) acquire basic skills in Japanese, 2) travel to some of the major sites of cultural historical, and political significance in Japan, and 2) obtain a basic understanding of the culture and people of Japan. |
| Grantee | University of Hawaii Leeward Community College |
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| Project Title | Leeward CC Language and Cultural Study Tour 2013 |
| Project Director | Kazuko Nakamitsu, Japanese Language Instructor, Language Arts Department |
| JF Grant Total | $58,200.00 |
| Study-Tour Description | This project aims to provide students with firsthand experience that will allow them to gain a more nuanced and balanced understanding of Japan. Students will have the opportunity to make realistic connections between what they have learned in class and everyday life in Japan, engage in meaningful interactions with Japanese people, and visit the significant historical sites of Japan. |
| Grantee | Tulane University |
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| Project Title | Architectural History/Theory Seminar: Kyoto and New Orleans |
| Project Director | Kentaro Tsubaki, Assistant Professor, School of Architecture |
| JF Grant Total | $34,420.00 |
| Study-Tour Description | Through classroom and study-tour curriculum, students will compare Kyoto and New Orleans from historical, architectural, and cultural perspectives in order to grain a deep appreciation for Japanese contributions to art and architecture. Study-tour activities will explore how the similarities and difference between Kyoto and New Orleans provide rich sources for further inquiry, as well as inspiration and knowledge that can inform the future. |
| Grantee | University of West Florida |
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| Project Title | Japanese Language and Culture Study Program |
| Project Director | Shigeko Honda, Director, Japan Center and FL-Japan Institute |
| JF Grant Total | $35,550.00 |
| Study-Tour Description | This 2-week Japanese language and culture study program will provide students with a firsthand learning experience of Japanese language, culture and society, extensive opportunities to interact with people in Japan, and to nurture the students’ leadership and goodwill ambassadorial skills. |
| Grantee | Emerson College |
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| Project Title | Asia in World History: 1750-2000 |
| Project Director | Sharmishtha Roy Chowdhury, Historian-In-Residence, Journalism Department |
| JF Grant Total | $33,500.00 |
| Study-Tour Description | On this study-tour, students will travel to Japan to learn about the evolution of the Japan-US relationship, as part of a course on the changing relationships of selected Asian nations, including Japan in particular, with the western world. |