Five College Center for East Asian Studies

"No Horace, No Ichiro." Learn about the Maine native who is credited with introducing baseball to Japan!

Meet the Mainer who introduced baseball to Japan - Portland Press Herald GORHAM — Theo Balcomb was 12 when she learned her family’s farm was part of Japanese history.Her dad was milking the cows when a group of serious Japanese baseball men arrived one summer day in 2000. The group included a newspaper reporter, a historian and a translator.They wanted to meet the de...

Watch the livestream of the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Ceremony August 5 (today), 6:50-7:50pm ET (Aug. 6 7:50-8:50am local time in Hiroshima)

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We’re off to a great start here in Taiwan!

The Teaching of Civil Disobedience through Letters from Burma’s/Myanmar’s Generation Z Ei Thin Zar and Jennifer Otting introduce their article and lesson ...

July 13, 10am-3pm, A Global 250: Early American Maritime Ties to Asia in Boston in-person "walking workshop." Learn more and register here.

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Amherst College 2026 Three-Minute Thesis Winner Jaimie Han ’26 delivering her speech, “Illicit Affairs: Korean Martial Law and Democratic Safeguards.”

Jaimie Han - Winner - Amherst College - 3MT 2026 Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.

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Are you a fan of June Hur's books? A K-Pop fan? Maybe you watch Korean dramas? They all come together in June's Spotify playlists for each of her books. Go to https://www.junehur.com/, click on Books, then scroll down the page for a link to the playlist that goes with that book. Listen while you read!

June Hur A New York Times Bestseller! A Crane Among Wolves To save her sister, a teen girl becomes entangled in a political conspiracy with an enigmatic prince in this fiery new YA that will feel all-too-relevant in today’s world. Based on a true story from Korean history. Learn More ON BOOKSHELVES MAY 19 ...