Japanese Resources
Funding sources for the study of Japan
- American Council of Learned Societies
- Asian Cultural Council
- Association for Asian Studies
- Center for Global Partnership
- Fulbright
- Japan Foundation
- Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
- Japan-United States Friendship Commission
- Konosuke Matsushita Memorial Foundation
- National Endowment for the Humanities
- Sasakawa Peace Foundation
- Social Science Research Council
- Sumitomo Foundation
- Suntory Foundation
- Toshiba Foundation
- Toyota Foundation
- Yoshida Scholarship Foundation
Opportunities in Japan
- Fulbright—Institute of International Education
- Japan Exchange and Teaching Program
- Western Michigan University Study Abroad in Japan Program
Other related links
- Battle Creek Japanese School
- Japan America Society of Michigan and Southwestern Ontario
- Japanese studies at WMU—Dr. Jeffrey Angles’ home page
- WMU Department of World Languages and Literatures
- WMU's Haenicke Institute for Global Education
- WMU International Partnerships
- WMU Japan Liaison Office
Publications
Advisory committee members in the Soga Japan Center at Western Michigan University have written articles for prestigious national and international journals and various other publications.
Books
Angles, Jeffrey and Rimer, J. Thomas (editors)
Japan: A Traveler's Literary Companion
Berkeley: Whereabouts Press, 2006
Covell, Stephen
Japanese Temple Buddhism: Worldliness in a Religion of Renunciation
University of Hawaii Press, 2005
Spielvogel, Laura
Working Out in Japan: Shaping the Female Body in Tokyo Fitness Clubs
Durham: Duke University Press, 2003
Yoshida, Takashi
From Cultures of War to Cultures of Peace: War and Peace Museums in Japan, China, and South Korea
Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 2013
Yoshida, Takashi
The Making of the “Rape of Nanking”: History and Memory in Japan, China, and the United States
New York: Oxford University Press, 2006
DVDs
Angles, Jeffrey
Voice-over commentary for "Sansho the Bailiff"
Directed by Kenji Mizoguchi
Criterion Collection, 2007