Edwin O. Reischauer Institute of Japanese Studies

The Edwin O. Reischauer Institute of Japanese Studies (RIJS) at Harvard University is a research center focusing on Japan. It provides a forum for stimulating scholarly and public interest.^[1]

The institute's function is to develop and coordinate activities concerning Japan among the various faculties at Harvard. RIJS responds to scholarly and public interest in Japan from outside Harvard; and RIJS supports outreach activities such as lectures, conferences, symposia, exhibitions and films.^[1]

History[edit]

In 1973, Edwin Reischauer established the Japan Institute at Harvard.^[1] In honor of his 75th birthday in 1985, the Harvard Board of Trustees renamed it The Edwin O. Reischauer Institute of Japanese Studies, to honor Reischauer's contributions to the institute.^[2]

Directors[edit]

The RIJS Directors are selected from its senior faculty.^[3] Through 2019, there have been eleven Institute Directors serving 13 intervals:

• Edwin Reischauer, 1974-1981
• Donald Shively, 1981-1983
• Albert M. Craig, 1983-1985
• Howard Hibbett, 1985-1988
• Harold Bolitho, 1988-1991
• Akira Iriye, 1991-1995
• Helen Hardacre, 1995-1998
• Andrew Gordon, 1998–2004; 2011-2012
• Susan Pharr, 2002–2003; 2004-2011
• Theodore C. Bestor, 2012–2018
• Mary C. Brinton, 2018–present

Selected works[edit]

RIJS's published list of occasional papers on Japanese Studies encompasses 51 works in 83 publications in 1 language and 410 library holdings.^[4]

• Multiple Logics of the Welfare State: Skills, Protection, and Female Labor in Japan and Selected OECD countries (1999) by Margarita Estévez-Abe
• Cost Reduction in Transmission and Distribution: a Key Issue for Liberalization of the Power Market (1999) by Shinya Nishigata
• Compliance from Within : MITI's Transition and Japan's Changing GATT Behavior (1999) by Amy Searight
• The Social Responsibility of Corporations (1999) by Masatoshi Taguchi
• Japan's Future Employment System: Recommendations Based on a Study of the Japanese and U.S. Labor Markets (2000) by Koki Hayakawa
• Exploration of Management Methods for Sustainable Development in Regional Governments (2000) by Nobuo Ino
• Style Differences at International Negotiations: a Comparison between Japan and the United States: Case Study of the International Negotiations on Global Climate Change (2000) by Takashi Kageyama
• Toward a More Desirable System of Foreign Exchange Management in Asia: Possible Roles for Japan and the United States (2000) by Yasuhiro Maki
• Reflections on Modern Japanese History in the Context of the Concept of "Genocide" (2001) by Gavan McCormack
• Policy Legacies: Japan's Responses to Domestic and International Environmental Problems (2000) by Isao Miyaoka
• Foreign Direct Investment Strategies of Japanese High-technology Firms in East Asia (2000) by Patricia A Nelson
• The Evolution of Japan's Politico-security Role in the Asia-Pacific Region: an Insider's View (2000) by Seiichiro Otsuka
• Respect for the Elderly's Votes: Theories of Interests and the Elderly in Japanese Healthcare Policy, 1995-2000 (2000) by Paul David Talcott
• Management of Internet Domain Names (2000) by Hidekazu Tanaka
• Rediscovering Women in Tokugawa Japan (2000) by Yutaka Yabuta
• From Feudal Fishing Villagers to an Archipelago's Peoples: the Historiographical Journey of Amino Yoshihiko (2005) by William Johnston

See also[edit]

• Edwin O. Reischauer Lectures, Harvard
• Edwin O. Reischauer Center for East Asian Studies, Johns Hopkins

Notes[edit]

References[edit]

• Deptula, Nancy Monteith and Hess, Michael M. (1996) The Edwin O. Reischauer Institute of Japanese Studies: a Twenty-year Chronicle. Cambridge: Harvard University Press. OCLC 041181357

Further reading[edit]

• RIJS. (2001) Edwin O. Reischauer Institute of Japanese Studies, Harvard University, 2000-2001 Annual Report. OCLC 061741419

External links[edit]

• RIJS web site