Austin College East Asian Studies

05/12/2026

With Japan's age of the full-time housewife in the past, a new book reflects on how a mother raised in Tokyo but living in the U.S. builds her home country's way of parenting into her daughters' upbringing.

05/12/2026

This chalk factory in Japan offers fulfilling jobs and competitive salaries to employees with intellectual disabilities. Over 70% of their workforce are neurodivergent. But this business model is not mere charity. The employees are dedicated and hardworking and have helped the company secure 70% of the domestic chalk market

05/08/2026

The Japanese government is working to secure sufficient supplies of key raw materials such as oil and naphtha amid strong concerns over possible shortages arising from the closure of the Strait of Hormuz.

05/08/2026

05/08/2026

China has completed a deep drilling project reaching 11 kilometers below the Earth’s surface, encountering temperatures of up to 200°C and uncovering geological formations hundreds of millions of years old.

Deep drilling projects provide valuable insights into Earth’s structure, tectonic activity, and natural resources. The extreme conditions encountered at such depths require advanced materials and engineering techniques.

The samples collected can reveal information about Earth’s history, mineral deposits, and potential energy resources, including geothermal energy.

Projects like this are often compared to space exploration, as they explore environments that are largely inaccessible and poorly understood.

The ability to drill to such depths demonstrates significant progress in engineering and scientific research.

This effort highlights humanity’s ongoing quest to understand the planet from within, complementing exploration efforts beyond Earth.

05/08/2026

05/01/2026

South Korea will remove the term “out-of-wedlock child” from government forms used in child welfare administration, as authorities move to update official langu