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Gary Mukai
Minamata Mayor Toshiharu Takaoka and Gary Mukai
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A Visit to Minamata City, Kumamoto Prefecture

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A Visit to Minamata City, Kumamoto Prefecture

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50+ years after seeing a Life magazine photo essay about Minamata disease

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Speakers Kathryn Tolbert and Waka Takahashi Brown and webinar moderator Naomi Funahashi.
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Japanese War Brides: Teaching History Through Multimedia Resources

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Japanese War Brides: Teaching History Through Multimedia Resources

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A teacher professional development webinar featured Kathryn Tolbert and Waka Takahashi Brown.

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Dr. Mariko Yang-Yoshihara’s Yatsuhashi (“Eight Bridges”)

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Dr. Mariko Yang-Yoshihara’s Yatsuhashi (“Eight Bridges”)

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University of the Sacred Heart in Japan and Stanford University alumna serves as a bridge to students and scholars in Japan and other parts of the world.

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Teaching About Martin Luther King, Jr.’s Legacy

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Teaching About Martin Luther King, Jr.’s Legacy

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MLK Jr. would be turning 95 this year.

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Gary at Sendai Ikuei
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SPICE Collaboration with Sendai Ikuei Gakuen High School

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SPICE Collaboration with Sendai Ikuei Gakuen High School

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Cultivating international mindedness and perspectives to navigate an increasingly globalizing world.

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Reaching Students at Takatsuki Jr. and Sr. High School, Osaka, Japan

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Reaching Students at Takatsuki Jr. and Sr. High School, Osaka, Japan

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SPICE is currently offering the ninth year of the SPICE/Stanford e-Course on Global Health.

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Gary Mukai with Principal and Chair of the Board of Directors Akiko Takagi standing in front of busts of her great-grandparents, Suguru Takagi and Kimi Takagi, founder of Takagi Girls’ High School
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Yokohama Eiri Girls’ High School

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Yokohama Eiri Girls’ High School

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Cultivating global citizens since the early 20th century.

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Keio students at Stanford University on September 15, 2023
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Keio University Student Delegation Visits the San Francisco Bay Area: 163 Years after the First Japanese Embassy to the United States in 1860

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Keio University Student Delegation Visits the San Francisco Bay Area: 163 Years after the First Japanese Embassy to the United States in 1860

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Keio University Founder Yukichi Fukuzawa was a member of the embassy.

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Ornelas Rodriguez with four former braceros
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Dr. Ignacio Ornelas Rodriguez Honored by Monterey County

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Dr. Ignacio Ornelas Rodriguez Honored by Monterey County

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Supervisor Luis A. Alejo and Supervisor Chris Lopez recognize Ornelas Rodriguez’s work on the Bracero Program.

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SPICE Honors Top Students in 2022–2023 Regional Programs in Japan

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SPICE Honors Top Students in 2022–2023 Regional Programs in Japan

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Congratulations to the 2022–2023 student honorees from Fukuoka, Kawasaki, Kobe, Oita, Tottori, and Wakayama.

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Yoshino Dake and Haruka Koga with instructor Rylan Sekiguchi
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SPICE Honors Top Students in Stanford e-Hiroshima

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SPICE Honors Top Students in Stanford e-Hiroshima

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Congratulations to Yoshino Dake and Haruka Koga, the 2022–2023 student honorees.

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Stanford e-Entrepreneurship Japan honorees with their instructors
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Ceremony Held for the Top Students in the 2022 Stanford e-Entrepreneurship Japan Courses

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Ceremony Held for the Top Students in the 2022 Stanford e-Entrepreneurship Japan Courses

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Applications for the fall 2023 course are due on September 8, 2023.

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Students, their family members, and their instructors posing in a group.
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Top Students of Stanford e-Japan and the Reischauer Scholars Program Are Recognized at Stanford University

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Top Students of Stanford e-Japan and the Reischauer Scholars Program Are Recognized at Stanford University

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Congratulations to the 2022 Stanford e-Japan and 2023 RSP honorees.

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LeadNext: Ambassadors for a Global Future

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LeadNext: Ambassadors for a Global Future

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The 2023 LeadNext fellows from Asia and the United States visited Stanford University in July 2023.

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Teachers in front of the Japanese Garden, East-West Center
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Stanford/Freeman SEAS Hawai‘i Teacher Fellows Participate in Summer Institute at the East-West Center

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Stanford/Freeman SEAS Hawai‘i Teacher Fellows Participate in Summer Institute at the East-West Center

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East-West Center President Suzanne Vares-Lum delivers welcoming comments.

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Local High School Students Meet with Scholars from Stanford’s Center for International Security and Cooperation

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Local High School Students Meet with Scholars from Stanford’s Center for International Security and Cooperation

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Willow Glen High School students from San Jose—enrolled in a course taught by Dr. Ignacio Ornelas Rodriguez—participated in the second annual International Security Symposium.

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EPIC Fellows with Jonas and Gary
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Community College Instructors Convene at Stanford for the 2023 EPIC Symposium

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Community College Instructors Convene at Stanford for the 2023 EPIC Symposium

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Stanford Global Studies hosts 2023 Education Partnership for Internationalizing Curriculum (EPIC) Symposium: Integrating Global Topics into Community College Curricula.

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Makiko Hirata speaking at the TEACH Conference on May 5, 2023
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SPICE Instructor Dr. Makiko Hirata Offers Workshop on “Sound Communication: How Musicality Can Enhance Your Teaching”

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SPICE Instructor Dr. Makiko Hirata Offers Workshop on “Sound Communication: How Musicality Can Enhance Your Teaching”

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The workshop was part of the Spring 2023 TEACH Conference, which explored the theme of belonging and wellness in teaching and learning.

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New SPICE Lesson Examines Japanese Propaganda from the Meiji Era (1868–1912) to the Pacific War (1941–1945)

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New SPICE Lesson Examines Japanese Propaganda from the Meiji Era (1868–1912) to the Pacific War (1941–1945)

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“Fanning the Flames” is a free teacher’s guide that teaches students visual media literacy by utilizing primary source materials from the Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

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Governor Katsusada Hirose and His Enduring Ties to Stanford University

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Governor Katsusada Hirose and His Enduring Ties to Stanford University

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Professor Emeritus Daniel Okimoto, founding Director of the Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center, has collaborated with Governor Hirose since 1993.

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Marie Fujimoto at Tsuda Elementary School, Yokohama City
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Music Beyond Boundaries

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Music Beyond Boundaries

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Graduate student Marie Fujimoto reflects on a course co-taught by SPICE Director Gary Mukai and former CASEER Director Hideto Fukudome.

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SPICE Reunion
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Reunion with SPICE’s Founding Director, Dr. David L. Grossman

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Reunion with SPICE’s Founding Director, Dr. David L. Grossman

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The roots of SPICE date back to 1973.

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Mexican Perspectives on the Mexican–U.S. War, 1846–1848

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Mexican Perspectives on the Mexican–U.S. War, 1846–1848

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Stanford’s Center for Latin American Studies and SPICE release new video lecture and teacher’s guide.

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HBMS faculty, students, and alumni with Hikari Farms’ founder Akira Nagamine and wife Hideko (both seated at table) and daughter Janet (next to Hideko)
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Hiroshima Business and Management School Visits the Bay Area

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Hiroshima Business and Management School Visits the Bay Area

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Students and alumni of HBMS visit Stanford, Silicon Valley, and Hikari Farms.

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Jake (with colorful aloha shirt) with Graduate School of Education students and Professor Hideto Fukudome (next to Jake) at the University of Tokyo
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Ukulele Virtuoso Jake Shimabukuro Gives Lecture at the University of Tokyo

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Ukulele Virtuoso Jake Shimabukuro Gives Lecture at the University of Tokyo

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Students are also treated to a performance of several of his hits.

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