Hokkaido University's Modern Japanese Studies Program

We are pleased to inform you that MJSP is holding the following Guest Lecture＆Workshop Series event:
Lecture Title: Island Tourism in Japan: Beyond Sun, Sand and Sea
Speaker: Prof. Carolin Funck (Hiroshima University)
Date: 2:45pm - 4:15pm, 10 July 2026 (Friday)
Venue: Student Communication Station (Room: 106)
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We are pleased to inform you that MJSP is holding the following Guest Lecture＆Workshop Series event:
Lecture Title: A Cosmopolitical Countryside: One Health, Wellbeing and Ikigai on the Frontiers of Japan
Workshop Title: *So, You Want to Do Fieldwork Eh?*: A Workshop on Embodied Knowing and Personal Limitations
Speaker: Prof. Paul Hansen (Akita University)
Date: Lecture: 4:30pm - 6:00pm, 25 June 2026 (Thursday)
Workshop: 4:30pm - 6:30pm, 26 June 2026 (Friday)
Venue: Lecture: Student Communication Station (Room: 106)
Workshop: Student Communication Station (Room: 325)
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The MJSP Spring/Summer Lecture Series 2026 started on May 14 with Dr. Simona Zollet (Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Hiroshima University) delivering a lecture on “Reimagining Rural Futures: in-migration and entrepreneurship in contemporary Japan and beyond”.
The lecture outlined issues such as demographic shrinkage and introduced governmental and individual activities in the areas of sustainability, social innovation and alternative lifestyles.
During the workshop on May 15 students had a chance to reflect on entrepreneurship, business creation, economic viability and community well-being in rural areas.
Thank you, Dr. Zollet, for your engaging lecture and workshop!

We are pleased to inform you that MJSP is holding the following Guest Lecture＆Workshop Series event:
Lecture Title: My Friends/Informants Over Five Decades
Speaker: Prof. Gordon MATHEWS (Emeritus Professor of The Chinese University of Hong Kong)
Date: 2:45pm - 4:15pm, 19 June 2026 (Friday)
Venue: Student Communication Station (Room: 106)
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We are pleased to announce the result of the Modern Japanese Studies Program entrance exams (2nd Call) for 2026-2027 Enrollment.
(https://www.oia.hokudai.ac.jp/mjsp/news/the-result-of-mjsp-2nd-call-for-2027-enrollment/)
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We are pleased to inform you that MJSP is holding the following Guest Lecture＆Workshop Series event:
Lecture Title: A Global Crossroad in Rural Japan: Our Lady of Akita’s Global Presence and Local Obscurity
Speaker: Assoc.Prof. Hisako Omori (Akita International University)
Date: 2:45pm - 4:15pm, 11 June 2026 (Thursday)
Venue: Student Communication Station (Room: 111)
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We are pleased to inform you that MJSP is holding the following Guest Lecture＆Workshop Series event:
Lecture Title: Reimagining Rural Futures: in-migration and entrepreneurship in contemporary Japan and beyond
Workshop Title: Reimagining Rural Futures in Practice: Applying entrepreneurial thinking to rural business creation”
Speaker: Dr. Simona Zollet (University of Hiroshima)
Date: Lecture: 2:45pm - 4:15pm, 14 May 2026 (Thursday)
Workshop: 10:30am - 0:30pm, 15 May 2026 (Friday)
Venue: Lecture: Student Communication Station (Room: 111)
Workshop: Student Communication Station (Room: 325)
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Hokkaido University entrance ceremony for degree program was held on April 6!
We hope you all have fruitful four years on Modern Japanese Studies Program!

Congrats students!! All of us hope that each and every one of you have bright futures ahead!

We are pleased to announce the result of the Modern Japanese Studies Program entrance exams (1st Call) for October 2026 Intensive Japanese Course and April 2027 Bachelor’s Degree entry.
https://www.oia.hokudai.ac.jp/mjsp/the-result-of-mjsp-1st-call-for-2027-enrollment/
#北海道大学 ＃現プロ #現代日本学プログラム