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Gary Mukai
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“Instruments of a Beating Heart,” a Film by Ema Ryan Yamazaki

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“Instruments of a Beating Heart,” a Film by Ema Ryan Yamazaki

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Reflections on the film and recommendations for its use in U.S. schools

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Dr. Ignacio Ornelas Rodriguez with his grandfather, a former bracero, and family, taken during a ceremony at Stanford University
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The Bracero Program, 1942–1964

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The Bracero Program, 1942–1964

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December 31, 2024 marks the 60-year anniversary since Congress ended the Bracero Program.

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SPICE’s New Course Aims to Develop Students’ Autonomy and Independence

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SPICE’s New Course Aims to Develop Students’ Autonomy and Independence

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SPICE’s Alison Harsch offers a class with the newly established FC Imabari High School in Imabari City, Ehime Prefecture.

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Top Students in SPICE’s 2023–2024 Regional Programs in Japan Are Recognized

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Top Students in SPICE’s 2023–2024 Regional Programs in Japan Are Recognized

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Congratulations to the 2023–2024 student honorees from Fukuoka, Hiroshima, Kagoshima, Kawasaki, Kobe, Oita, Tottori, and Wakayama.

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

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

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The Honorable Yo Osumi, Consul General of Japan in San Francisco, makes opening comments.

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Third Cohort of LeadNext Fellows Visits SPICE at Stanford University

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Third Cohort of LeadNext Fellows Visits SPICE at Stanford University

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LeadNext builds a network of future leaders from across Asia and the United States.

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Special Online Session for SPICE Students with Drummer Satoshi Yamaguchi (RADWIMPS)

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Special Online Session for SPICE Students with Drummer Satoshi Yamaguchi (RADWIMPS)

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Satoshi Yamaguchi inspires students to overcome setbacks.

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Reflections on the 2023–24 Education Partnership for Internationalizing Curriculum (EPIC) Fellowship

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Reflections on the 2023–24 Education Partnership for Internationalizing Curriculum (EPIC) Fellowship

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SPICE Instructional Designer Jonas Edman worked with five EPIC Fellows in 2023–24.

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Culturally Relevant School Events

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Culturally Relevant School Events

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Dr. Ignacio Ornelas Rodriguez organizes a lowrider festival at Willow Glen High School in San Jose, California.

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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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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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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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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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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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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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