Friday, January 06
8:30am-3:00pm
Conference registration
Table outside Pua Melia Ballroom, 2nd floor
9:00-10:00am
Keynote Address
Theodore Bestor
Professor of Social Anthropology, Harvard University
“Washoku Far and Near: Culinary Heritage and Global Food Culture”
Pua Melia Ballroom, 2nd floor
Introduction: Fay Beauchamp, JSA Vice President
10:00-10:15am
Coffee/tea break: Pua Melia Ballroom
10:15-11:45am
Panel 7. On Food and Food Replicas: Art, Science, Markets
Pua Melia Ballroom, 2nd floor
Chair and discussant: Theodore Bestor, Harvard University
Kumiko Ninomiya, Global Communications Department, Ajinomoto Company
“Umami and the Creation of Global Networks among Chefs and Scientists”
Gary K. Beauchamp, Distinguished Member, Monell Chemical Senses Center
“The Science of Flavor: A Cross-Cultural Look at Working with Japanese Food Companies”
Nathan Hopson, Nagoya University
“Fake Food: Authentic Japanese Product”
Panel 8. Multiculturalism and Immigration Matters
Room: Lokahi 1
Chair: James Peoples, Ohio Wesleyan University
Anand Rao, State University of New York at Geneseo
“To Dodge or Bite the Bullet: Immigration Politics in Japan”
Bianca Trifoi, Florida International University - cancelled
“Korean Organizations in Japan: Shaping Perceptions of Zainichi Koreans in Japan”
Jeonghye Son, The University of British Columbia
“Zainichi Korean Parents’ Choice of School in Japan: For Children’s Future or to Save Family’s Face?”
Panel 9. Pedagogy: Reflections on Traditional and Contemporary Approaches
Room: Lokahi 3
Chair: Jennifer L. Welsh, Lindenwood University-Belleville
Roberta E. Adams, Roger Williams University
“Seeing Through Japanese Eyes: Japan in Introduction to East Asian Studies”
Dawn M. Gale, Johnson County Community College
“Nuclear Ethics and Post-Atomic Fiction: Reflections on a Teaching Module”
Jeremy Rapport, The College of Wooster
“Rounding up the Stray Gods: Teaching Japanese Folk Religion in the Anime Series Noragami”
Pieter Van Lommel, Tsukuba University
“Teachers’ Personal Reasons: A Re-Evaluation of Child-Centered Discourse in Japanese Literary Texts around 1900”
12:00-1:00pm
Lunch in Pua Melia Ballroom and stretch time
Conference registration
Table outside Pua Melia Ballroom, 2nd floor
9:00-10:00am
Keynote Address
Theodore Bestor
Professor of Social Anthropology, Harvard University
“Washoku Far and Near: Culinary Heritage and Global Food Culture”
Pua Melia Ballroom, 2nd floor
Introduction: Fay Beauchamp, JSA Vice President
10:00-10:15am
Coffee/tea break: Pua Melia Ballroom
10:15-11:45am
Panel 7. On Food and Food Replicas: Art, Science, Markets
Pua Melia Ballroom, 2nd floor
Chair and discussant: Theodore Bestor, Harvard University
Kumiko Ninomiya, Global Communications Department, Ajinomoto Company
“Umami and the Creation of Global Networks among Chefs and Scientists”
Gary K. Beauchamp, Distinguished Member, Monell Chemical Senses Center
“The Science of Flavor: A Cross-Cultural Look at Working with Japanese Food Companies”
Nathan Hopson, Nagoya University
“Fake Food: Authentic Japanese Product”
Panel 8. Multiculturalism and Immigration Matters
Room: Lokahi 1
Chair: James Peoples, Ohio Wesleyan University
Anand Rao, State University of New York at Geneseo
“To Dodge or Bite the Bullet: Immigration Politics in Japan”
Bianca Trifoi, Florida International University - cancelled
“Korean Organizations in Japan: Shaping Perceptions of Zainichi Koreans in Japan”
Jeonghye Son, The University of British Columbia
“Zainichi Korean Parents’ Choice of School in Japan: For Children’s Future or to Save Family’s Face?”
Panel 9. Pedagogy: Reflections on Traditional and Contemporary Approaches
Room: Lokahi 3
Chair: Jennifer L. Welsh, Lindenwood University-Belleville
Roberta E. Adams, Roger Williams University
“Seeing Through Japanese Eyes: Japan in Introduction to East Asian Studies”
Dawn M. Gale, Johnson County Community College
“Nuclear Ethics and Post-Atomic Fiction: Reflections on a Teaching Module”
Jeremy Rapport, The College of Wooster
“Rounding up the Stray Gods: Teaching Japanese Folk Religion in the Anime Series Noragami”
Pieter Van Lommel, Tsukuba University
“Teachers’ Personal Reasons: A Re-Evaluation of Child-Centered Discourse in Japanese Literary Texts around 1900”
12:00-1:00pm
Lunch in Pua Melia Ballroom and stretch time
1:15-2:45pm
Panel 10. Does the Once-Successful Japanese Way Continue to Succeed in the Future? A Case Study of US-Japan Auto Industry Competition since 1960s
Pua Melia Ballroom, 2nd floor
Chair: Keiji Fujimura, Osaka University
Keiji Fujimura, Osaka University
“The Impact of Japan's Government Policies for Competing Against the Big 3”
Kenichiro Tachibana, Tohoku Bunka Gakuen University
“Revolt of Consumers in Me Decade: How U.S. Automakers Underestimated Demand for Small Cars”
Etsuko Tsutsumi, Hokkai School of Commerce
“Reconsideration of Japanese Uniformalized System”
Panel 11. Reconsidering Community: Challenges and Opportunities in Contemporary Japan
Room: Lokahi 1
Chair: Beth Widmaier Capo, Illinois College
Discussant: Patricia Welch, Hofstra University
Michaela Kelly, Lafayette College
“Akabanedai Danchi: Managing Neighborly Space in a Contemporary Tokyo Housing Complex” (read by Patricia Welch)
Beth Widmaier Capo, Illinois College
“The Space of Violence: Tokyo and Contemporary Japanese Fiction”
Andrea Wood, Winona State University
“Transnational Commercialization of Queer Fandoms: From Japanese Yaoi to Boy’s Love and Western Slash to M/M Romance Fiction”
Panel 12. Teaching Japanese Popular Culture: Practices, Problems and Provocations
Room: Lokahi 3
Chair: Chris McMorran, National University of Singapore
James Dorsey, Dartmouth College
“Experiential Language Learning: Popular Music and Gendered Subjectivities”
Chris McMorran, National University of Singapore
“Fanning the Flames or Burning Out? Managing Fan Pilgrimage Fieldtrips”
Sally McLaren, Kwansei Gakuin University
“Bridging Content with Pedagogy in Japanese Popular Culture Courses”
Alwyn Spies, University of British Columbia Okanagan Campus
“From Cosmology to Curriculum Design”
2:45-3:00pm
Coffee/tea break: Pua Melia Ballroom
Panel 10. Does the Once-Successful Japanese Way Continue to Succeed in the Future? A Case Study of US-Japan Auto Industry Competition since 1960s
Pua Melia Ballroom, 2nd floor
Chair: Keiji Fujimura, Osaka University
Keiji Fujimura, Osaka University
“The Impact of Japan's Government Policies for Competing Against the Big 3”
Kenichiro Tachibana, Tohoku Bunka Gakuen University
“Revolt of Consumers in Me Decade: How U.S. Automakers Underestimated Demand for Small Cars”
Etsuko Tsutsumi, Hokkai School of Commerce
“Reconsideration of Japanese Uniformalized System”
Panel 11. Reconsidering Community: Challenges and Opportunities in Contemporary Japan
Room: Lokahi 1
Chair: Beth Widmaier Capo, Illinois College
Discussant: Patricia Welch, Hofstra University
Michaela Kelly, Lafayette College
“Akabanedai Danchi: Managing Neighborly Space in a Contemporary Tokyo Housing Complex” (read by Patricia Welch)
Beth Widmaier Capo, Illinois College
“The Space of Violence: Tokyo and Contemporary Japanese Fiction”
Andrea Wood, Winona State University
“Transnational Commercialization of Queer Fandoms: From Japanese Yaoi to Boy’s Love and Western Slash to M/M Romance Fiction”
Panel 12. Teaching Japanese Popular Culture: Practices, Problems and Provocations
Room: Lokahi 3
Chair: Chris McMorran, National University of Singapore
James Dorsey, Dartmouth College
“Experiential Language Learning: Popular Music and Gendered Subjectivities”
Chris McMorran, National University of Singapore
“Fanning the Flames or Burning Out? Managing Fan Pilgrimage Fieldtrips”
Sally McLaren, Kwansei Gakuin University
“Bridging Content with Pedagogy in Japanese Popular Culture Courses”
Alwyn Spies, University of British Columbia Okanagan Campus
“From Cosmology to Curriculum Design”
2:45-3:00pm
Coffee/tea break: Pua Melia Ballroom
3:00-4:30pm
Panel 13. Narratives of Disaster, Recovery and Futures in Post-3.11 Tohoku
Pua Melia Ballroom, 2nd floor
Chair: Flavia Fulco, Sophia University
Ryo Morimoto, Harvard University
“‘Fukushima’ Never Told: The Pact of Cesium Manjyu in Coastal Fukushima”
Aleksandr Sklyar, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
“Katarinas: Fukushima Storytellers Fostering Connection and Sociomaterial Support Networks”
Anna Martini, University of Groningen and University of Tohoku
“Tohoku after 2011: Affective Tourist Narratives”
Flavia Fulco, Sophia University
“Performing Storytelling in the Aftermath of a Disaster: Kataribe Tours in Tohoku”
Panel 14. On Posthumanism and Animism: Hatsune Miku, Mono and Post-Humanoid Androids
Room: Lokahi 1
Chair: Dawn Gale, Johnson County Community College
Gretchen Jude, University of California, Davis
“Hearing out the Cyborg: Echoes of the Uncanny valley in Singing Synthesis Software”
Ronnie Littlejohn, Belmont University
“Can Post-humanoid Androids Be Morally Superior Life Forms?
Susan Mason, California State University, Los Angeles
“Thanking Your Mono”
Panel 15. Japanese Language and Linguistics
Room: Lokahi 3
Chair: Andrea Stover, Belmont University
Basil KCD Cahusac de Caux, Monash University
“Dynastic Perspectives: Written Language and the Cultural and Socio-political Dimensions of Linguistic Perspective”
Hannah Kunert, University of Melbourne
“When Is a れもんnot a レモン? Examples and Interpretations of Loanwords in Hiragana”
5:45pm
Meet in hotel lobby at 5:30pm for a 5:45pm sharp departure.
Conference dinner with entertainment at Kapi’olani Community College.
See maps on p. 17 if not travelling with the group. Dinner starts at 6pm.
Panel 13. Narratives of Disaster, Recovery and Futures in Post-3.11 Tohoku
Pua Melia Ballroom, 2nd floor
Chair: Flavia Fulco, Sophia University
Ryo Morimoto, Harvard University
“‘Fukushima’ Never Told: The Pact of Cesium Manjyu in Coastal Fukushima”
Aleksandr Sklyar, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
“Katarinas: Fukushima Storytellers Fostering Connection and Sociomaterial Support Networks”
Anna Martini, University of Groningen and University of Tohoku
“Tohoku after 2011: Affective Tourist Narratives”
Flavia Fulco, Sophia University
“Performing Storytelling in the Aftermath of a Disaster: Kataribe Tours in Tohoku”
Panel 14. On Posthumanism and Animism: Hatsune Miku, Mono and Post-Humanoid Androids
Room: Lokahi 1
Chair: Dawn Gale, Johnson County Community College
Gretchen Jude, University of California, Davis
“Hearing out the Cyborg: Echoes of the Uncanny valley in Singing Synthesis Software”
Ronnie Littlejohn, Belmont University
“Can Post-humanoid Androids Be Morally Superior Life Forms?
Susan Mason, California State University, Los Angeles
“Thanking Your Mono”
Panel 15. Japanese Language and Linguistics
Room: Lokahi 3
Chair: Andrea Stover, Belmont University
Basil KCD Cahusac de Caux, Monash University
“Dynastic Perspectives: Written Language and the Cultural and Socio-political Dimensions of Linguistic Perspective”
Hannah Kunert, University of Melbourne
“When Is a れもんnot a レモン? Examples and Interpretations of Loanwords in Hiragana”
5:45pm
Meet in hotel lobby at 5:30pm for a 5:45pm sharp departure.
Conference dinner with entertainment at Kapi’olani Community College.
See maps on p. 17 if not travelling with the group. Dinner starts at 6pm.