The UP Asian Center and the Japan Foundation Manila will hold the Japanese Studies in the Philippines: The Fifth Japanese Studies Research Competition, via Zoom, on 18 March 2023, 8:30 AM – 2 PM, Philippine Standard Time (GMT+8). The event is free and open to the public. Participation requires signing into a (free) Zoom account.
Panel 1: Disaster Resilience and Recovery in Japan and the Philippines
Tribe’s Influence: Building Back Japanese and Filipino Disaster Resilience through the Social Influence Theory
Justine Marielle R. Jaen
BS Accountancy, University of San Carlos
Research and development, adapting technology, and improving government response: How the Philippines can learn from Japan’s disaster recovery system
EJ Viviene A. Cabataña
BS Business Administration, University of San Carlos
Panel 2: History, Society, and Culture in Japan
Seniors Living the Thug Life: Exploring the Reasons Behind the Rise in Senior Offenders in Japan, 2012-2021
Kristel Wiener Benitez
MA International Affairs, UP Diliman
Communicating the Past with the Present: A Comparison of Japanese and German Response on Postwar History Education
Ruth T. Cuvin
M Asian Studies, Northeast Asia-Japan, UP Asian Center
Challenging “Cool Japan”: Hibakusha Activism as an Alternative Representation of Post-War Japan
Marie Beatriz D. Gulinao
MA Asian Studies, Northeast Asia-Japan, UP Asian Center
Panel 3: Japanese Diplomacy and International Relations
The Hazards of Westernization: A Textual Analysis on Junichiro Tanizaki’s Naomi
Marie Francine L. Ciasico
MA Asian Studies, Northeast Asia-Japan, UP Asian Center
The Article IX Revision Controversy: A Security-Based Analysis and Prospects for the Future
Tyrone Kit B. Agres
MA Asian Studies, Northeast Asia-Japan, UP Asian Center
Gunpla, Friendship, Japan, Public Diplomacy, and Moving Forward: An Autoethnography
Jesus C. Deytiquez
MA Media and Communications, Hallym University
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ABOUT THE COMPETITION
The research competition aims to encourage Japan-related research among Filipino students, to disseminate knowledge, and exchange perspectives on Japanese Studies. It is organized by the UP Asian Center and the Japan Foundation, Manila.
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The UP Asian Center offers M.A. degrees in Asian Studies with four fields of specialization: Northeast Asia, Southeast Asia, South Asia, and West Asia. The Center also has an M.A. program in Philippine Studies that allows students to major in Philippine society and culture, Philippine foreign relations, or Philippine development studies. The Center offers a Ph.D. program in Philippine Studies in conjunction with the College of Arts and Letters and the College of Social Sciences and Philosophy. For an overview of these graduate programs, click here. The Asian Center also publishes Asian Studies: Journal of Critical Perspectives on Asia, the latest issue of which can be downloaded at the journal's website. For other news and upcoming events at the Asian Center, click here.
