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Haenicke Institute
for Global Education

1903 W Michigan Ave
Kalamazoo, Michigan
49008-5245 USA
Phone (269) 387-5890
Fax (269) 387-0630

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Location
2425 Ellsworth Hall
WMU Mail Stop 5245

Michitoshi Soga Japan Center

Building Bridges and Creating Opportunities

Mission Statement:

The Soga Japan Center at Western Michigan University commits itself to making fundamental advances in our knowledge of Japanese history, culture, business, science and technology. In so doing, it serves as a generative force in international education.

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Soga Japan Top Story

Center's founder honored
at April 21 memorial service

Dr. Michitoshi Soga

More than 150 guests attended the April 21 memorial service for Dr. Michitoshi Soga, the guiding light of WMU's Japanese studies program, who passed away in early March 2013. Presenters included the Honorable Kuninori Matsuda from the Consulate General of Japan in Detroit, Mr. Eiji Oshima, chair of the WMU Japan alumni group--Kalamazoo Kai, and WMU President John M. Dunn.

Service program, including presentations and photos

Service photo gallery

Dr. Michitoshi Soga photo gallery

 

Other News

 
Soga Japan Center Events

Japanese Conversation Table @ WMU
Six free opportunities to practice
language skills
4 to 5 p.m.
6 Fridays in May and June
See flier for details

Spring 2013

"Buddhism After the Tsunami:
The Souls of Zen 3/11 Japan Special"
Film screening, poetry reading and discussion
with
Tim Graf, filmmaker
Consul General Kuninori Matsuda of Japan in Detroit
5:30 to 8 p.m.
Monday, March 11
Fetzer Center Putney Auditorium
Flier

“Travel Accounts in Early Modern Japan:
Poetic Patterns of Representation”

A talk by
Dr. Judit Árokay
University of Heidelberg (Germany)
5 to 6:30 p.m.
Tuesday, March 12
3025 Brown Hall
Flier

“Premodernity in Japanese Theater:
A View from the Stages of  Edo-Period Kabuki”

A talk by
Mr. Yoshizumi Higuchi
Iwanami Shoten
5 to 6:30 p.m.
Wednesday, March 27
2500 Knauss Hall
Flier

“Poetic Women:
At the Crossroads of Textile and Tradition”

Poetry reading and talk by
Takako Arai
Saitama University
5 to 6:30 p.m.
Thursday, March 28
2500 Knauss Hall
Flier

"Disorientalist Manifesto:
Writing the Imaginary Real"

Reading and talk by
Professor Kyoko Yoshida
5 to 6:30 p.m.
Wednesday, April 10
2500 Knauss Hall
Flier

“The Buddha You Never Knew:
Reimagining a Prince of Ancient India in Japan”

A talk by
Dr. Micah Auerback
University of Michigan
5 to 6:15 p.m.
Thursday, April 11
3025 Brown Hall
Flier

“Yume ka utsutsu ka: “Dream or Reality?:
Exploring the World of Dream in Japanese Noh Theatre”

A talk by
Dr. Shelley Fenno Quinn
The Ohio State University
5 to 6:30 p.m.
Monday, April 15
2500 Knauss Hall
Flier

Fall 2012

The Importance of Studying Japanese in Michigan
a talk by
Kuninori Matsuda
Consul General of the Japanese Consulate in Detroit
4 p.m.
Tuesday, Nov. 27
Room 3025 of Brown Hall Room

Flower Arrangement Rite of Yakushiji
Film screening and discussion with
Dr. Koichi Matsuo, director
Dr. Asuka Sango
6 to 8 p.m.
Thursday, Nov. 15
Richmond Center Room 1004
event flier

JET Programme International
Info session
4 to 6 p.m.
Monday, Oct. 1
3025 Brown Hall
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Lecture: "Japan, Land of Herbivore Men?"
Dr. Masahiro Morioka
5 to 6:15 p.m.
Wednesday, Sept. 26
Brown Hall Room 2028
Event flier

Lecture: Japan's Hidden Christians
Dr. Megumi Takasaki
4:30 p.m.
Monday, Sept. 10
2500 Knauss Hall
Event flier

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