Department of Japanese Studies, CUHK 香港中文大學日本研究學系

Department of Japanese Studies, CUHK 香港中文大學日本研究學系 CUHK Department of Japanese Studies 香港中文大學日本研究學系

⭐ Celebrating MAJS Excellence – Dean’s List 2024–2025 ⭐We are thrilled to share that 10 students from MAJS have been nam...
11/06/2026

⭐ Celebrating MAJS Excellence – Dean’s List 2024–2025 ⭐
We are thrilled to share that 10 students from MAJS have been named to the 2024–2025 Dean’s List at the CUHK Faculty of Arts, with the Presentation Ceremony held in March 2026.

A proud moment for MAJS - Mr Lam Chun, Colin (Class of 2024) was selected as the representative speaker for all Faculty of Arts MA Dean’s List recipients. In his speech, Colin reflected on how MAJS’s strong academic support and overseas exchange opportunities shaped his journey - bringing classroom learning to life through meaningful cultural experiences.
He also mentioned our student-organised Tokyo study trip - a true highlight of the MAJS journey that deepens both academic and cultural understanding.

We extend our heartfelt congratulations to all Dean’s List recipients. May this achievement be a stepping stone to even greater success. Wish all our graduates a bright and promising future!

🎉2024–2025 Dean’s List Recipients – Master of Arts in Japanese Studies🎉
CHAN Ching Laam
CHAN Lonn
LAM Chun
LAW Kai Yui
LEE Chi Yum
LEUNG Hon Wa
LIU Shiying
TSUI Wai Kit
WONG Wai Ting
WONG Yik Fan

International Conference | 2026 Summer School on Kyoto SchoolThe Department of Philosophy and Department of Japanese Stu...
26/05/2026

International Conference | 2026 Summer School on Kyoto School

The Department of Philosophy and Department of Japanese Studies will co-host the International Conference at the 2026 Summer School on Kyoto School with theme “Totality and Contradiction” from 11 to 12 June 2026 (Thursday to Friday) with support from the Faculty of Arts and Edwin Cheng Foundation Asian Centre for Phenomenology. Details of events are as follows:

Date: 11-12 June 2026 (Thu to Fri)

Time: 09:15 – 17:45

Venue: Room 101, Leung Kau Kui Building, CUHK (Limited seats. Registrations will be handled on a first come, first served basis)

Speakers:
(Japan)
Ching-yuen CHEUNG — The University of Tokyo
Yujin ITABASHI — Rissho University
Mayuko UEHARA — Kyoto University
Satoshi URAI — Kyoto University

(USA)
Graham PRIEST — The Graduate Center, City University of New York

(Hong Kong)
Gregory MOSS — The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Kyle Austin PETERS — The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Dennis PROOI — Hong Kong Baptist University

For rundown and more details, please visit the Event web page:
https://www.phil.arts.cuhk.edu.hk/web/event/international-conference-at-the-2026-summer-school-on-the-kyoto-school-totality-and-contradiction/

Register for face-to-face event as audience:
https://cloud.itsc.cuhk.edu.hk/webform/view.php?id=13732870

Live streaming on YouTube (no registration required):
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCkIjtv5MRWV5wHlFXpDy-AA

Presentations and discussions will be in English, all are welcome.

#中大哲學 #中大日研

🎉 CUHK JAS Alumni AchievementWe are proud to share that our BA graduate Ms. Ho Wing Kwan Kimmey has been appointed as Di...
08/05/2026

🎉 CUHK JAS Alumni Achievement

We are proud to share that our BA graduate Ms. Ho Wing Kwan Kimmey has been appointed as District Officer (Wong Tai Sin), as reported by Ming Pao on 6 May 2026.

✨ Reflecting on her studies, Kimmey shared:

“Studying Japanese Studies at CUHK was a good stepping stone in life, giving me a strong academic background and work ethic, along with a diverse and dynamic network of friends and acquaintance. I am pleased that I graduated with skills in Japanese language and culture and also in communication – both areas of increasing importance and potential within the public sector and private enterprises in Hong Kong and throughout the Asia-Pacific region.”

👏 We warmly congratulate Kimmey on this significant appointment and wish her every success in her new role.

🎉 中大日研校友喜訊

本系校友賀穎君獲委任為黃大仙民政事務專員（《明報》2026年5月6日報道）👏

✨ 她曾分享：

“修讀日本研究學是我生命中的踏腳石，給予我良好的學術背景及職業道德知識，讓我建立多元化及有活力的朋友網絡。我很高興我在畢業時能具備日本語、文化以及傳播的技能 ─ 這兩方面的才能在香港和亞太區的政府和私人企業越益吃重。”

本系謹此衷心祝賀賀穎君履新，並祝願她在新崗位上繼續取得卓越成就。

📰 資料來源Sources:
HKSAR Government Press Release 香港特別行政區政府新聞公報, 5 May 2026
🔗 https://www.info.gov.hk/gia/general/202605/05/P2026050500285.htm

Ming Pao《明報》, 6 May 2026
🔗 https://news.mingpao.com/pns/%e6%b8%af%e8%81%9e/article/20260506/s00002/1778003423709

#香港中文大學 #中大日研 #中大校友

🎏 The Japanese Cultural Festival 2026 🌸The Japanese Cultural Festival 2026, organised by the 34th CUHK Japanese Studies ...
21/04/2026

🎏 The Japanese Cultural Festival 2026 🌸

The Japanese Cultural Festival 2026, organised by the 34th CUHK Japanese Studies Society and CUHK Japanese Culture Society, was successfully held at the Cultural Square on April 8 and April 9.

This year’s festival featured a wide variety of exciting activities and a series of traditional Japanese booth games. A wide range of Japanese snacks, drinks and souvenirs was also available for purchase. The event also invited the New Asia Band of CUHK to perform several Japanese songs live on the first day, which greatly livened up the event.

In addition to the speech delivered by Professor Jeremy Yellen and the ribbon-cutting ceremony on April 9, congratulations were given to the Mizoguchi Scholarship 2024-2025 recipients (Au Siu Nga Audrey, Li Yi Ching, Yuen Hey Weng Symphony, and Zhang Xinran), in recognition of their outstanding academic performance. Year 4 student Audrey Au received the award on behalf of recipients currently on exchange in Japan.

The Department of Japanese Studies extends heartfelt thanks to the 34th Japanese Studies Society and Japanese Culture Society for their dedicated planning, and to the co-organizing societies, the Animation & Comic Society, and the Doujin Culture Society for their support, which made this year’s festival a great success.
We look forward to seeing you again at next year’s Japanese Cultural Festival!

🎏 2026日本文化祭🌸

由香港中文大學第三十四屆日本研究學系系會「薰日映霞」及香港中文大學日本文化學會主辦的2026日本文化祭，已於4月8日及4月9日假文化廣場順利舉行。

今年的文化祭設有多項精彩活動及日本傳統攤位遊戲。活動更提供多款日式小食、飲品及紀念品等供現場選購。活動亦邀得中大新亞樂隊於首日現場演出多首日文歌曲，帶動活動氣氛。

活動紀念典禮於4月9日舉行，並由Jeremy Yellen教授致歡迎辭及多位老師及學生代表進行剪綵儀式。典禮亦同時祝賀區小雅同學、李意澄同學、袁晞咏同學及張欣然同學榮獲2024–2025年度溝口獎學金，表彰他們在學術上的卓越表現。 其中四年級生區小雅同學代表其他正於日本交流的得獎同學上台接受獎項。

日本研究學系衷心感謝第三十四屆系會及日本文化學會的用心策劃，並感謝協辦學會—動漫畫研究社及同人文化學會的支持，使本屆文化祭得以順利舉行。

我們期待在來年的日本文化祭，再次與大家見面！

#中大日研 #日本文化祭 #日本研究

🌏𝐂𝐔𝐇𝐊 𝐉𝐚𝐩𝐚𝐧 𝐅𝐨𝐫𝐮𝐦: 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐀𝐧𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐨𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐉𝐚𝐩𝐚𝐧 🇯🇵📅 Date: 30 April 2026 (Thursday)🕚 Time: 11:00 am – 12:15 pm📍 Venue: Room...
21/04/2026

🌏𝐂𝐔𝐇𝐊 𝐉𝐚𝐩𝐚𝐧 𝐅𝐨𝐫𝐮𝐦: 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐀𝐧𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐨𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐉𝐚𝐩𝐚𝐧 🇯🇵

📅 Date: 30 April 2026 (Thursday)
🕚 Time: 11:00 am – 12:15 pm
📍 Venue: Room 401, Leung Kau Kui Building, CUHK
🎙 Speaker: Prof. Julia Adeney Thomas (University of Notre Dame)
🗣 Language: English
✨ No registration required – All are welcome!

Abstract:
This talk explores both what the Anthropocene is and what Japan might teach us as we navigate the coming decades of inprecedented disruption. Some have suggested that early modern Japan exemplified satisfactory stewardship of nature while others argue that even Tokugawa society pushed beyond environmental constraints. Today some hope that Japan's current urban consolidation and population decline will allow nature to recover and stabilize, but others dispute this contention. In exploring these debates, this talk puts Japan's history into conversation with Anthropocene science.

About the speaker:
Julia Adeney THOMAS teaches history at the University of Notre Dame (USA) and researches the intellectual history of Japan, photography as a political practice, and the challenge of the Anthropocene to historical practice. She is the author of Reconfiguring Modernity: Concepts of Nature in Japanese Ideology; Strata and Three Human Stories (with Jan Zalasiewicz); and The Anthropocene: A Multidisciplinary Approach (with geologists Mark Williams and Jan Zalasiewicz). Among her edited volumes are. Japan at Nature's Edge (with lan J. Miller and Brett Walker) and Altered Earth: n Getting the Anthropocene Right. She is currently working on The Historian's Task in the Anthropocene. Thomas's many articles bridge the divide between the humanities and the sciences to address our global environmental crisis. Although she lives in Chicago, her heart is in the Appalachian Mountains of Virginia.

For enquiries: NAGAOKA Misaki ([email protected])

#中大日研

📢 [𝐂𝐔𝐇𝐊 𝐉𝐚𝐩𝐚𝐧 𝐅𝐨𝐫𝐮𝐦: 𝐍𝐞𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐒𝐤𝐮𝐥𝐥 𝐧𝐨𝐫 𝐌𝐢𝐧𝐝: 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐜 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐏𝐡𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐲 𝐢𝐧 𝐋𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐌𝐞𝐢𝐣𝐢 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐓𝐚𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐨 𝐉𝐚𝐩𝐚𝐧]🗓 1...
27/03/2026

📢 [𝐂𝐔𝐇𝐊 𝐉𝐚𝐩𝐚𝐧 𝐅𝐨𝐫𝐮𝐦: 𝐍𝐞𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐒𝐤𝐮𝐥𝐥 𝐧𝐨𝐫 𝐌𝐢𝐧𝐝: 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐜 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐏𝐡𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐲 𝐢𝐧 𝐋𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐌𝐞𝐢𝐣𝐢 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐓𝐚𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐨 𝐉𝐚𝐩𝐚𝐧]

🗓 10 April 2026 (Friday)
🕒 3:00 – 4:00 pm
📍 Room 401, Leung Kau Kui Building, CUHK
🗣 In English | No registration required

✨ All are welcome!

👤 Speaker: Dr. Chi Hang CHO, The Chinese University of Hong Kong

Originating in eighteenth-century Europe, phrenology became popular in Japan from the late Meiji to the Taisho period. The most prominent phrenologist of the time, Sekiryushi, founded a Japanese phrenology magazine and toured the country to promote the discipline, which is now regarded as pseudoscience, and gained considerable public influence. Unlike the common Japanese translation kossōgaku ("study of bone"), he coined the term seisogaku ("study of nature"), reframing phrenology as a hybrid of scientific and philosophical thought. This talk examines how Sekiryushi interpreted phrenology through diverse Eastern thoughts, including Confucian ethics, Buddhist ideas, and Yijing cosmology (yin-yang and the wuxing [five phases]) etc., and argues that philosophy compensated for phrenology's lack of scientific rigor, facilitating its use as a tool for social and state reform.

📩 Enquiries: NAGAOKA Misaki ([email protected])

#中大日研

📢 [𝐂𝐔𝐇𝐊 𝐉𝐚𝐩𝐚𝐧 𝐅𝐨𝐫𝐮𝐦: 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐂𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐫𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐀𝐧𝐢𝐦𝐞’𝐬 (𝐍𝐨𝐧)𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐬: 𝐌𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐉𝐚𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐞 𝐋𝐨𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐆𝐥𝐨𝐛𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐳𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧]Co-organised byD...
25/03/2026

📢 [𝐂𝐔𝐇𝐊 𝐉𝐚𝐩𝐚𝐧 𝐅𝐨𝐫𝐮𝐦: 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐂𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐫𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐀𝐧𝐢𝐦𝐞’𝐬 (𝐍𝐨𝐧)𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐬: 𝐌𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐉𝐚𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐞 𝐋𝐨𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐆𝐥𝐨𝐛𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐳𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧]

Co-organised by
Department of Japanese Studies, The University of Hong Kong,
Division of Humanities, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, and
Department of Japanese Studies, The Chinese University of Hong Kong

🗓️ April 1, 2026 (Wed)
⏰ 15:30 – 17:30
📍 MB256, 2/F, Main Building, Main Campus, HKU
👤 Speaker: Professor Stevie Suan (Associate Professor, Hosei University)

Stevie Suan is an Associate Professor at Hosei University in the Faculty of Global and Interdisciplinary Studies. He is the author of Anime’s Identity: Performativity and Form beyond Japan (University of Minnesota Press, 2021; winner of the Japan Society for Animation Studies Award).

No registration is required.
ALL ARE WELCOME !

🔗 For enquiries: Prof. Edwin Michielsen at HKU ([email protected])

✨ 𝐂𝐔𝐇𝐊 𝐉𝐚𝐩𝐚𝐧 𝐅𝐨𝐫𝐮𝐦 ✨ 📚 𝐅𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐚𝐥𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐏𝐞𝐧 𝐏𝐚𝐥𝐬: 𝐌𝐚𝐲 𝐃𝐚𝐲, 𝐄𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐐𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐥𝐞𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐒𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐝𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐉𝐚𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐞...
20/03/2026

✨ 𝐂𝐔𝐇𝐊 𝐉𝐚𝐩𝐚𝐧 𝐅𝐨𝐫𝐮𝐦 ✨ 📚 𝐅𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐚𝐥𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐏𝐞𝐧 𝐏𝐚𝐥𝐬: 𝐌𝐚𝐲 𝐃𝐚𝐲, 𝐄𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐐𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐥𝐞𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐒𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐝𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐉𝐚𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐞 𝐄𝐦𝐩𝐢𝐫𝐞

👤 Prof. Edwin MICHIELSEN
Assistant Professor, The University of Hong Kong

🗓 27 March 2026 (Friday)
🕚 11:00 am – 12:00 noon
📍 Room 401, Leung Kau Kui Building, CUHK
🌐 In English. No registration required.
💡 All are welcome!

Amid militarization, repression, and economic crisis, demands for emancipation and liberation among working-class and marginalized populations surged across the Japanese empire in the 1920s and early 1930s. This talk examines how proletarian cultural workers mobilized the international workers’ day May Day and the international auxiliary language Esperanto to organize solidarity across distance, difference, and multilingual publics. Tracking print and multimedia techniques and cross-border correspondences, I aim to show how May Day demonstrations and Esperanto pen pals enabled shared critiques of Japanese imperialism while revealing frictions of translation and hierarchy. Assembling solidarity emerged not as a finished program but as an experiment, expanding the boundaries of revolutionary subjectivity and rethinking the “proletariat” as a heterogeneous and relational political force.

📖 Prof. Michielsen’s research explores modern Japanese literature and culture, with a forthcoming book Conjunctures of Revolution on proletarian literature and international solidarity in Imperial Japan. His interests also extend to postwar and contemporary questions of labor, ecology, mental health, and technology.

📩 Enquiries: NAGAOKA Misaki ([email protected])

#中大日研

[🏆𝐖𝐄𝐅𝐋 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐦 𝐇𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐈𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐅𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐄𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐀𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐒𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐝 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐘𝐞𝐚𝐫!]We are proud to share th...
17/03/2026

[🏆𝐖𝐄𝐅𝐋 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐦 𝐇𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐈𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐅𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐄𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐀𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐒𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐝 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐘𝐞𝐚𝐫!]

We are proud to share that the Women’s Empowerment through Financial Literacy (WEFL) Program, led by Professor Lynne Nakano of our department, has been honored by the Investor and Financial Education Council (IFEC) with the Investor and Financial Education Award (Education – Tertiary Institution) 2025 Merit Award! This marks the second year in a row that this program has received this prestigious recognition.

Professor Nakano and team member Dr. Liping Fu were present at the award ceremony on 10 March 2026.

Established in 2022, the 36-month program provides financial education to empower women with knowledge and skill in personal finance. Its curriculum covers budgeting, saving, asset management, risk assessment, and retirement planning.

Core achievements:
✨Provided 54 hours of training
✨Benefited 584 women in Hong Kong from diverse backgrounds
✨Extended its impact to Osaka in 2025 in collaboration with the local YWCA
✨Influence reached beyond direct beneficiaries, with most participants sharing training content with other women

A huge congratulations to Professor Nakano and the WEFL team on this meaningful honor! 🎉 👏
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For more information, please check the links below:
https://wefljas.wixsite.com/wefljas
www.ifec.org.hk/ifea

#日本研究

🍵 𝐂𝐔𝐇𝐊 𝐀𝐥𝐮𝐦𝐧𝐢 𝐇𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐓𝐞𝐚 𝐑𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 – 𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐤 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠! 🍵Thank you to all our amazing alumni who came back for th...
11/03/2026

🍵 𝐂𝐔𝐇𝐊 𝐀𝐥𝐮𝐦𝐧𝐢 𝐇𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐓𝐞𝐚 𝐑𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 – 𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐤 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠! 🍵

Thank you to all our amazing alumni who came back for the Homecoming Tea Reception on March 7, 2026! 💜💖

It was such a delight to see familiar faces, share stories, and celebrate the incredible memories we have built together over the years. From career journeys to nostalgic moments from student days, it was truly a joyful and heartwarming day for all of us.

We hope you enjoyed the snacks and drinks we prepared for you!🍪☕

We can’t wait to welcome you back to campus again at future events! 🎉

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Department Of Japanese Studies, The Chinese University Of Hong Kong, 4/F Leung Kau Kui Building
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Monday 09:00 - 17:30
Tuesday 09:00 - 17:30
Wednesday 09:00 - 17:30
Thursday 09:00 - 17:30
Friday 09:00 - 17:45

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