Japan

Sakura Park event honors century-old Japanese trees

In 1912, Japan gave New York City a gift of 2,000 cherry trees, or “sakura” in Japanese. Thirteen were planted in Claremont Park.

By Casey Tolan | Apr 16 03:41 am ET

Downhill both ways

Foreign commuter students prove that the Columbia bubble may be the best of both worlds.

By Po Linn Chia | Sep 19 06:56 pm ET

Students in Kyoto program returning, say University's plans were unclear

Participants said it was unclear last week whether or not the program would be suspended, as the University had not sent them official word.

By Sammy Roth | Mar 25 02:17 am ET

Reharmonizing Japan

What Beethoven can teach us about starting anew.

By Yoshiaki Onishi | Mar 24 06:43 pm ET

Kyoto program suspended for spring semester after quake

“Given the ongoing uncertainty about how events will unfold as Japan responds to the situation in the affected areas ... we believe it is prudent for students to make arrangements to leave Japan at this time,” the Unversity said in a statement.

By Sammy Roth and Katie Bentivoglio | Mar 21 02:32 am ET

Japan, U.S. scholars talk Afghanistan aftermath

Columbia's Weatherhead East Asian Institute hosts a discussion on Japan and U.S. policy in Afghanistan.

By William Jacobs | Nov 12 11:57 pm ET

The potency of academic culturalism

From the brutality of colonization to the intense competition in manufacturing, design, and innovation, the triangular relationship between Japan, China, and South Korea is at best tumultuous and ambiguous, and at worst fraught with irreconcilable animosity. That said, however, no triangular relationship in Asia is as crucial for the peaceful and prosperous development of the region.

By Dennis Yang | Oct 4 06:22 pm ET

Feels like home

My being here at Columbia is, to a large extent, a fortunate accident.

By Dexter Thompson-Pomeroy | Apr 26 07:51 pm ET

Turning Japanese

Japan has begun to show that it is willing to embrace the model of heterogeneity in the 21st century, and it has inadvertently proved why Columbia’s dedication to diversity is our generation’s way.

By Mary Ghadimi | Mar 31 08:31 pm ET

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